2010 Tornado Status

Hi Ya'll I found this article on weather.com & though everyone that loves tornadoes / severe storms would be interested in this!

 

2010 TORNADO STATS THROUGH MAY

Dr. Forbes, Severe Weather Expert, The Weather Channel

Jun. 26, 2010 5:46 pm ET

Tornado statistics are provided by The Weather Channel's severe weather expert Dr. Greg Forbes who closely analyzes and documents confirmed tornadoes throughout the year.


2010 Forbes' Tornado Count :

•  January 28
• February 1
• March 30
• April 137
• May 258

January through May 454




2010


10-Year Average :

• January 22
• February 37
• March 90
• April 163
• May 291

January through May 603




2010


Departure from Average :

• January 27%
• February -97%
• March -67%
• April -16%
• May -11%

January through May -25%


June Tornado Stats :

• June has averaged 217 tornadoes over the past 10 years through 2010.
• There were 270 tornadoes in June 2009.
• June 1992 had the most on record, with 399.

2010 Killer Tornadoes

• There have been 7 killer tornadoes in the United States through May 31, 2010 leading to 18 deaths.
• Below is a list of the killer tornadoes including the location, strength of tornado and attributed fatalities.
• March 10 - Pearson, Cleburne County, Arkansas - EF2, 1 killed
• April 24 - Yazoo County (4), Choctaw County (5) and Holmes County, Mississippi (1); total 10
• April 30 - Van Buren County, Arkansas (1) EF3
• May 2 - Lafayette County, Mississippi (1) EF2
• May 2 - Benton County, Mississippi (2) and Hardeman County, Tennessee (1) from EF3 tornado
• May 10 - Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (1) from EF3
• May 10 - Cleveland County, Oklahoma (1) from EF3

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Lu

Whats Left of Hurricane Alex

All of hurricane or shall i say tropical storm /  depression alex is left is just rain rain & more rain!!!!
Even though we weren't in the way / target of the hurricane or storm we still got slammed with the rain in which it created a minor choas which led to flooding all over houston & in some spots of sugarland / missouri city TX. There is a flash flood watch until 4pm today.
Lu

Alex Downgraded

Hurricane Alex has now downgraded to a tropical storm since early this morning.
I will keep ya'll posted on the conditions at my location - ( midtown - houston tx)
I though i would wake up to news on channel 11 tell me there is flooding going on all around houston! But to my surprise there wasn't any flooding going on! But now that i see the color of the sky im beginning to wonder if there will be flooding happening soon! Gee i hope not cause when there is the traffic is all backed up & heck i have kuk sool won tonite!!!! OMG!!!
12:45pm
       The sky is dark green grayish color & is pouring down real hard.
Lu

Hurricane Alex

Its official the first hurricane of the season!
Tropical Storm Alex became a hurricane as of 10pm CDT Tuesday nite.
Hurricane Alex will hit 100miles south of Brownsville TX.
Alex is either going to hit inland tonite or tomorrow. But the thing that I have just learned is this: In these bands isolated tornadoes will be possible anywhere within 50 – 100 miles of the southeast Texas Coast!
My location is Midtown - Houston TX and I will be updating this post through the day on the hurricane as well as the current weather conditions in my location. The location.
The hurricane is going to make landfall @ 7pm tonite!!!!
There are already reports to tornadoes & flooded roads!! In Galveston & Mexico !!! The hurricane is a CAT 2!!!!
Weather

12:47pm
      Light rain w/ light winds. - nothing to much to be a big threat to get concerned about.

3:30pm
      light gray skies w/ light wind. Around the early hour of 3 we did have a moderate rain shower w/ no thunder.

4:30pm
     very light gray skies & windy.

Here i have found a more recent map of Hurricane Alex.

The map above is continuously updated on the current weather as u can see.

Here is a map below that was hurricane ALEX at CAT2 -

Lu

Tropical Storm ~ Hurrcaine Alex

About 2 weeks ago the meteorologists were not real concerned about this low pressure system but they kept their eyes on it. & what do u know. It comes in to the Caribbean & into the gulf & now they are saying that it will become or could become a hurricane before it makes landfall & that’s all we need with that oil spoil but luckily its steering far away from it. So I don’t think it will spread any farther than it is already doing.

I would really like to post better maps like the ones on weather.com but for some reason i do not know how to in the new draft posting in blogger. So here are some maps that i have found.
I heard when i was driving into work that the (now) tropical storm will become a hurricane but not a CAT 1 BUT a CAT2!!!

Lu
Where is a really cool website that i myself just found! its totally cool! : Storm Pulse
These two maps below are continuously updated on the current weather conditions :

Visible Statllite Image of Hurrcaine Alex

Projected Path of Hurrciane Alex

 Tropical Storm alex 7 hrs before becoming a Hurricane CAT1

Here is map of the projected path of the hurricane.

Tornadoes on a Partly Cloudy day???

Its soo odd how the weather service can put out a tornado watch when its soo nice outdoors!!! When i read the e-mail at work that one of my co-workers sent out i wanted to burst out laughing but I didn’t but I did chuckle a few times though!

But I figured it out it hasn’t come into Houston yet!. Its coming from the northwest up near Conroe is & College Station area is. But i bet ya all the storm chasers / spotters here in Houston ( and in the nearby counties & cities ) are jumping up & down & screaming yahoo!!!
I can't wait to get my training done & be an offical storm spotter along the sides of other storm spotters
I'll keep ya'll posted

                                                       Updated Map at 2:10pm

                             Updated at 2:23pm

Here is a link for US Severe Storm Alerts .  But remember that its listed by COUNTIES NOT CITIES!

The national Weather Service extended the tornado watch for Houston / Galveston TX until 4pm this afternoon.

UPDATE  We here in Houston are out of the Tornado watch as well as the severe weather.

Hurricane Season 2010

From all the wicky weather we been having ( abnormal winter to record breaking summer heat when its not even summer yet! I heard that we are going to have a very busy or very active seaon this year! If u are a storm chaser that likes to chase or track hurricanes then this is your yr to do your thing!!!!
Lu