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Post by jmg378s on Mar 2, 2021 12:13:22 GMT -6
Coulda been worse...at least it wasn't a nuclear missile strike warning.
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Post by dschreib on Mar 2, 2021 12:20:57 GMT -6
Coulda been worse...at least it wasn't a nuclear missile strike warning. That's my kind of positive thinking. Nicely done! |
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Post by Chris Higgins on Mar 2, 2021 12:59:11 GMT -6
The test warning said test. It said test when it left the NWS. It was never supposed to trigger phones and WEA (weather emergency alert) system. Help us--or at least me--out with the logistics. When the local office issues a warning in an actual situation, does it normally go straight out to the WEA, or does it go to OKC or somewhere first? Here is the way it was just explained to me. There is a piece of software that takes the warning and sends it out to the WEA. That software was recently updated and that update caused it not to recognize the "test" coding of the warning. This was an issue across all of Missouri and Kansas. |
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Post by guyatacomputer - NE St. Peters on Mar 2, 2021 13:19:36 GMT -6
Coulda been worse...at least it wasn't a nuclear missile strike warning. Or it could have been a real tornado for which no warnings were issued. |
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Post by ajd446 on Mar 2, 2021 13:29:49 GMT -6
What is scattered on nws radar all day looks like popcorn showers all day. Are those birds?
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Post by mchafin on Mar 2, 2021 13:42:07 GMT -6
Yeah, I got a call from a co-worker and a text from my daugther asking what was going on. So...there you go.
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Post by jmg378s on Mar 2, 2021 13:56:06 GMT -6
Coulda been worse...at least it wasn't a nuclear missile strike warning. Or it could have been a real tornado for which no warnings were issued. Oh sure no doubt, just that as far as false alarms go the Hawaii incident takes the cake. |
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Mar 2, 2021 14:19:56 GMT -6
What is scattered on nws radar all day looks like popcorn showers all day. Are those birds? Snow geese and other birds migrating back north. |
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Post by Chris Higgins on Mar 2, 2021 14:20:11 GMT -6
As I told Kevin at the NWS, look on the bright side... this is most attention the Tornado Drill has probably ever received  |
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Post by beaker - Dardenne Prairie, MO on Mar 2, 2021 14:26:32 GMT -6
yeah, the WEA alert was not such a big deal, IMO. People are blaming the NWS for raising some nerves, but in actuality, this was not so bad in the big scheme of things. I get that it's an IT issue. But coming from a software engineering background I think a re-test is in order. That said, I think there needs to be some degree of tolerance here.
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Post by jeffcobeeman on Mar 2, 2021 14:26:35 GMT -6
What is scattered on nws radar all day looks like popcorn showers all day. Are those birds? Snow geese and other birds migrating back north. There was a TON of them flying north on Saturday. I was working outside on my boat and it was unbelievable. Also had a mating pair of hawks flying around the neighborhood all day. Spring Peepers on the carport the other night. Looks like spring is here. |
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Mar 2, 2021 14:29:38 GMT -6
Snow geese and other birds migrating back north. There was a TON of them flying north on Saturday. I was working outside on my boat and it was unbelievable. Also had a mating pair of hawks flying around the neighborhood all day. Spring Peepers on the carport the other night. Looks like spring is here. Yep, I was out hunting them...saw tens of thousands...but they weren't interested in stopping! |
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Post by beaker - Dardenne Prairie, MO on Mar 2, 2021 14:34:43 GMT -6
MJO is forecast to slide through the warm phases into phases 1,2, and 3- based off GFS. EPO is forecasted by Euro to tank mid-month. I’d say a winter storm is likely in the area March 15-20th. pretty good signal on the gfs16 during that time period. lol. I do think we still have some chilly weather coming. Might as well be on St. Patricks Day. |
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Post by demerson- Fletcher MO on Mar 2, 2021 15:59:38 GMT -6
Funny thing is I never received a warning or anything on my phone and didn’t hear any sirens. Guess it’s a good thing I’m addicted to weather so I usually will be staring at a radar in it sprinkles lol.
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Post by Snowstorm920 on Mar 2, 2021 16:05:14 GMT -6
I don’t think the sirens ever went off here in Arnold. I wonder if they went off anywhere else in Jeffco
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Post by maddogchief on Mar 2, 2021 16:27:12 GMT -6
MJO is forecast to slide through the warm phases into phases 1,2, and 3- based off GFS. EPO is forecasted by Euro to tank mid-month. I’d say a winter storm is likely in the area March 15-20th. pretty good signal on the gfs16 during that time period. lol. I do think we still have some chilly weather coming. Might as well be on St. Patricks Day. It is teleconnection forecasts. I’m not sure if the verification rates of them, but we’ve been burned before |
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Post by Chris Higgins on Mar 2, 2021 17:59:45 GMT -6
NWS reports the software bug that allowed the test warning to reach the WEA has already been isolated and fixed! That's why we do these drills, tests, etc. Great work fixing it fast guys!
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Post by guyatacomputer - NE St. Peters on Mar 2, 2021 18:15:54 GMT -6
I thought it noteworthy that the weather radio alert didn't sound until the sirens had been sounding for 3 or 4 minutes.
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Post by WEAXWATCHER on Mar 2, 2021 18:50:00 GMT -6
Anyone else joining the webinar for spotter training?
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Post by jeffcobeeman on Mar 3, 2021 9:12:34 GMT -6
There was a TON of them flying north on Saturday. I was working outside on my boat and it was unbelievable. Also had a mating pair of hawks flying around the neighborhood all day. Spring Peepers on the carport the other night. Looks like spring is here. Yep, I was out hunting them...saw tens of thousands...but they weren't interested in stopping! Doesnt surprise me. They were WAY up there. Had to really look hard to see them against the bright sky too. |
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Post by Snowstorm920 on Mar 3, 2021 10:01:27 GMT -6
Euro is showing a highly sheared environment with the system in a week that brings a line of convection through the area. Instability is really meager which limits the severe potential but its worth watching if instability can trend upward in the coming days
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Post by demerson- Fletcher MO on Mar 3, 2021 12:54:55 GMT -6
I’ll take today’s weather everyday for the next 8 months please.
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Post by Snowman99 on Mar 3, 2021 13:07:12 GMT -6
I’ll take today’s weather everyday for the next 8 months please. that would cause a pretty massive drought.  |
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Post by Lovableweatherguy TROY,MO on Mar 3, 2021 14:23:13 GMT -6
Gorgeous outside!
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Post by jeffcobeeman on Mar 3, 2021 14:32:34 GMT -6
I’ll take today’s weather everyday for the next 8 months please. that would cause a pretty massive drought. Well, considering that there is no way possible to cross my yard right now without sinking in to your knees, I would take drought weather for a month... or two... |
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Post by Snowman99 on Mar 3, 2021 14:55:25 GMT -6
Oh I agree, it's swampy out there. A few weeks of dry weather would be nice, before the Spring storms.
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Post by Snowman99 on Mar 3, 2021 15:35:36 GMT -6
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Post by REB on Mar 3, 2021 19:15:13 GMT -6
Anyone else joining the webinar for spotter training? Did it last week. |
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Post by amstilost on Mar 3, 2021 19:18:55 GMT -6
Starship 10 had a successful hop. Cool stuff. I had a high of 72 today. Gorgeous day.
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Post by Snowstorm920 on Mar 3, 2021 20:07:41 GMT -6
Hearing some spring peepers this evening
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