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Post by guyatacomputer - NE St. Peters on Apr 2, 2024 9:58:33 GMT -6
My wife was in central Texas two weeks ago. One town there is expecting 60,000 visitors for the eclipse. They are warning residents to stock up on groceries and other necessities. Anywy, she picked up one of the shirts they were selling.   |
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Post by shrapnel - Arnold, MO on Apr 2, 2024 10:11:31 GMT -6
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Post by let it snow11 on Apr 2, 2024 10:11:59 GMT -6
Every drop is beneficial, but I'd estimate only about a half inch of rain IMBY overnight. Not nearly enough to ease the drought and raise the pond unfortunately.
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Post by sgdragons on Apr 2, 2024 10:35:37 GMT -6
Every drop is beneficial, but I'd estimate only about a half inch of rain IMBY overnight. Not nearly enough to ease the drought and raise the pond unfortunately. Yeah once again it looks like Ste Gen got the short end of the stick. I’ll take what we did get. We’re dragging rear around here this AM. 2:00am sitting in a tub was not ideal with the kids. |
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Post by Chris Higgins on Apr 2, 2024 13:48:35 GMT -6
Do any of you have a screen grab of the radar status page when it was nearly all red last night?
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Sullivan, MO
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Post by sullivanjohn on Apr 2, 2024 14:06:25 GMT -6
Do any of you have a screen grab of the radar status page when it was nearly all red last night? Chris, check your email. Just sent you the screen grab... |
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Post by John G -west belleville on Apr 2, 2024 14:11:45 GMT -6
Do any of you have a screen grab of the radar status page when it was nearly all red last night?  |
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Post by dschreib on Apr 2, 2024 14:58:06 GMT -6
I don't have that one, but I was looking through the pics on my phone because I grabbed one in September of 2021 when the same thing happened.
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Post by Chris Higgins on Apr 2, 2024 15:17:39 GMT -6
Thank you all!
I always know I can count on this group for an assist!
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Post by bdgwx on Apr 2, 2024 16:04:56 GMT -6
Totality occurs between 1:58:19 pm and 2:02:25 pm at Cape Girardeau. The official NWS forecast is mostly sunny. We have seen favorable trends in modeling in the last couple of days for our area. As of the 18Z cycle today we are 144 hours out. And aside from the extreme NE part of the US the Poplar Bluff to Cape Girardeau area is actually one of the more favorable locations at least in terms of modeled cloud coverage. Here are the current NBM forecast plots.   |
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Post by grizzlebeard on Apr 2, 2024 16:18:41 GMT -6
Can someone please post the NWS link to the Chesterfield tornado from last night? I found the story on our favorite station, and a badly pixelated map on another source, but I would like to see the actual NWS story.
Thanks all.
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Post by John G -west belleville on Apr 2, 2024 16:20:32 GMT -6
Thank you all! I always know I can count on this group for an assist! Did the outage effect the offices or do they have to go through the same server? |
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Apr 2, 2024 16:33:44 GMT -6
Pretty wild...the 12z EC looks almost identical to the current flow at 500mb over the US on D10.
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Post by Worldserieschampions (Chicago) on Apr 2, 2024 17:54:24 GMT -6
Pretty wild...the 12z EC looks almost identical to the current flow at 500mb over the US on D10. I’m getting pretty sick of the feet of snow falling in Wisconsin. Let’s not repeat the storm today at D10 please. I’m ready for summer. |
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Post by bdgwx on Apr 2, 2024 18:03:14 GMT -6
Did anyone capture video of the Chesterfield tornado?
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Post by Chris Higgins on Apr 2, 2024 19:25:24 GMT -6
Can someone please post the NWS link to the Chesterfield tornado from last night? I found the story on our favorite station, and a badly pixelated map on another source, but I would like to see the actual NWS story. Thanks all.  |
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Post by Chris Higgins on Apr 2, 2024 19:38:46 GMT -6
Thank you all! I always know I can count on this group for an assist! Did the outage effect the offices or do they have to go through the same server? NWS offices had visualization on the data... but they could not issue warnings. We (and the public as a whole) had no data and did not receive warnings. The NWS posted screen shots in our chatroom of radar and hand drew warning polygons and cute stick figures to show us where the warnings/tornadoes were located. Then, as the system tried to come back up, all the blocked warnings they tried to issue came flying out all at once... so we had a wall of warnings pop-up 50 miles behind the QLCS and about an hour after they had been issued. The radar data would come up and work for a volume scan then go down for 30 minutes. It was very frustrating and very challenging because it was impossible to trust the data we were receiving from radar. |
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Post by John G -west belleville on Apr 2, 2024 21:01:05 GMT -6
Did the outage effect the offices or do they have to go through the same server? NWS offices had visualization on the data... but they could not issue warnings. We (and the public as a whole) had no data and did not receive warnings. The NWS posted screen shots in our chatroom of radar and hand drew warning polygons and cute stick figures to show us where the warnings/tornadoes were located. Then, as the system tried to come back up, all the blocked warnings they tried to issue came flying out all at once... so we had a wall of warnings pop-up 50 miles behind the QLCS and about an hour after they had been issued. The radar data would come up and work for a volume scan then go down for 30 minutes. It was very frustrating and very challenging because it was impossible to trust the data we were receiving from radar. I woke up at 220 and it was pouring with hail embedded, but I couldn't see the hail just heard it. Looked at the radar and it looked like the worst was still to come. Got a little panicked, then it calmed down and never ramped back up. Then I realized the radar wasn't updating. Very frustrating as someone who makes informed decisions based on data and not just a new warning product. I can imagine it was very stressful for everyone to be blind in that moment |
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Apr 3, 2024 5:55:40 GMT -6
Graupel mixing in near Godfrey...might see some decent bursts of snow today
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Post by yypc on Apr 3, 2024 6:30:39 GMT -6
All eyes to Monday now. Cloud cover forecast looks much better now than it did just a few days ago, with the clouds/rain moving even further south and east. Should be an epic event. I cant wait.
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Post by mchafin on Apr 3, 2024 9:34:18 GMT -6
It all makes sense now. I went to bed with that huge tornado warning polygon coming up from the southwest. I fell asleep and I expected to wake up to that warmed cell triggering a warning for Saint Louis county. Instead I woke up to crazy wind, hail, torrential rain, and a radar not updating. I was freaked out & worried.
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Post by ElburnDave on Apr 3, 2024 9:44:14 GMT -6
All eyes to Monday now. Cloud cover forecast looks much better now than it did just a few days ago, with the clouds/rain moving even further south and east. Should be an epic event. I cant wait. Heading to Farmington on Saturday for the event. I'm hoping Wisconsin and Chicago travelers choose Indiana over Southern Illinois this time around. In 2017, my 5 1/2 hour trip home took over 10. I had planned to stay until Tuesday this time, but now have to be home for multiple reasons. |
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Post by John G -west belleville on Apr 3, 2024 9:51:32 GMT -6
All eyes to Monday now. Cloud cover forecast looks much better now than it did just a few days ago, with the clouds/rain moving even further south and east. Should be an epic event. I cant wait. Heading to Farmington on Saturday for the event. I'm hoping Wisconsin and Chicago travelers choose Indiana over Southern Illinois this time around. In 2017, my 5 1/2 hour trip home took over 10. I had planned to stay until Tuesday this time, but now have to be home for multiple reasons. My oldest is going to ruma, il. They claim to be back in Belleville by 315. I doubt it |
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Post by SnowManJoe - Wentzville, MO on Apr 3, 2024 10:14:13 GMT -6
I’m debating between Nashville, IL and Taum Sauk Mountain state Park. Nashville would be nice being right off of 64, but they don’t have much in the way of public places to watch. Taum Sauk would be really cool. It has an overlook at the highest point in MO, but I worry about it being super packed. Where is everyone else headed?
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Post by ElburnDave on Apr 3, 2024 10:31:38 GMT -6
Washington County Conservation Area a few miles south of Nashville would be a good spot for public viewing and to observe wildlife behavior. 55 was a bear south of STL in '17. I'd avoid it if I could.
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Post by STGOutdoors on Apr 3, 2024 10:43:56 GMT -6
I’ll be watching from my farm. Took off work this year so I could watch it with family.
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Post by John G -west belleville on Apr 3, 2024 10:45:34 GMT -6
I’m debating between Nashville, IL and Taum Sauk Mountain state Park. Nashville would be nice being right off of 64, but they don’t have much in the way of public places to watch. Taum Sauk would be really cool. It has an overlook at the highest point in MO, but I worry about it being super packed. Where is everyone else headed? I'm avoiding interstates and using IL rt 13 to get into and out of the path. Remember people will trickle in this weekend and flood out on Monday following totality |
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Post by dschreib on Apr 3, 2024 10:47:49 GMT -6
I’m debating between Nashville, IL and Taum Sauk Mountain state Park. Nashville would be nice being right off of 64, but they don’t have much in the way of public places to watch. Taum Sauk would be really cool. It has an overlook at the highest point in MO, but I worry about it being super packed. Where is everyone else headed? Probably my back yard. I only have a minute or two of totality, but I'm also supposed to go to the Cards game that night. There are plenty back roads to Carbondale area and I have family in Carterville, but not sure I want to take the chance for another 2-3 minutes. My brother from SC is headed down there.
I have 4 acres if anyone wants to join me.
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Post by dschreib on Apr 3, 2024 11:15:18 GMT -6
...or I might just take some of the back roads south through the strip pits and around the back side of Sparta down toward Chester to gain another minute or two.
I also have an Acadia that seats 7, and I swear I'm not a serial killer.
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Post by bdgwx on Apr 3, 2024 11:25:08 GMT -6
My primary target is Popular Bluff, MO. Obviously I'm pleased with the trends being shown by the NBM right now. Popular Bluff is damn near the highest probability play in the whole country right now at least according to the NBM. It just sucks this is still 5 days away. I feel like since Mother Nature is always toying with us and throwing curveballs 2 days out that dash our hopes of a good snowstorm she should at least give us this. In the words of Dr. Evil...Throw me a frickin' bone here!
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