<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Extremely critical <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#fire</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/weather?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#weather</a> conditions are expected tomorrow afternoon as winds increase to 30-45 mph with very low relative humidity from the high plains of NM and CO into central KS and southern NE. (1/3) <a href="https://t.co/SaYFrgraVN">pic.twitter.com/SaYFrgraVN</a></p>&mdash; NWS Storm Prediction Center (@NWSSPC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSSPC/status/1470848062541406208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1:40pm CST <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SPC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SPC</a> Day2 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FireWX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FireWX</a> Extremely Critical: far northern parts of the texas panhandle, the oklahoma panhandle, and portions of western into central kansas <a href="https://t.co/OIf8uk7xip">https://t.co/OIf8uk7xip</a> <a href="https://t.co/b0GTTHcDK6">pic.twitter.com/b0GTTHcDK6</a></p>&mdash; NWS Storm Prediction Center (@NWSSPC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSSPC/status/1470841220888870916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

We are under a high wind warning like I've never seen this time of year. I've never seen one like this even for the normal spring season.

The warning actually says to "expect wind gusts in excess of 75mph" and "widespread power outages".

You should have seen the radar signature. The debris field was LARGE.

We're getting something similar in Colorado. The NWS says,

Wind in these areas (Denver and others) will blow 30 to 50 mph with gusts between 60 and 80 mph. Wind-prone places in and near the foothills may see gusts as strong as 100 mph, the NWS reports.

It looks like I should bring the lawn furniture indoors.

Yep.

Gives you an excuse to buy new

Or maybe some will blow into my yard.

But I like my current brand, so I'll try to keep it.

Yeah. Schools are getting cancelled here. For wind. Where it’s always windy. This doesn’t bode well.

I saw one in Iowa too. If it is so windy, it could tip busses over.


This may be an inland tropical storm. Not Derecho. Have not heard that term used.

Dont forget to posts reports here.

Yes they just cancelled school here in gc. Get to sleep in!
Three years ago one of our barns jumped the tree row and landed in our back yard. Hopefully that doesn’t happen again. A 12 x 40 barn makes a hell of a crash!

Seeing some schools closing here about noon and 1. Gusts forecasted about that time around 30, up to 60 about 7.

Stay safe people!

We've had 100mph sustained wind before.

Flips sprinklers (not the yard kind) over like they are an empty kiddie pool.

**** this shit in December. WTF?!

I was going to see if I could hit some 450 yard drives but all the golf courses are closing due to wind.

Pretty windy here. Scarf weather. I love my scarf. But I lost my scarf tonight and I'm pretty upset.

They said last night that the damage will likely be nearly indistinguishable from a derecho. A derecho is an outflow boundary on a thunderstorm complex.

This is low pressure, sustained winds FED by an outflow boundary. They said we could have 80-100mph winds sustained for an hour.

This is actually setup WORSE than the August 2020 derecho for us.

Most of the schools in the area are letting out at noon.

This is honestly the first time I've ever seen this type of storm setup in December.

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I hope Nebraska puts our topsoil to good use.

It was dark here for awhile.

There are some power outages around. I have, I think it's a cable line down in my alley.

It's still windy, but I can see the sky. Hopefully that's the worst of it.

Dodging tree-sized tumbleweeds is fun…..

I came home to get the kiddo from preschool. Fortunately, I was ahead of the worst of the stupid.

It was actually nice this morning. 20ish mph wind and 55 degrees out.

Yeah, I made the nephew drive a cabless tractor to town this morning.

We lost power and internet for about 15 minutes, and I was going to be bummed if it lasted longer since I have two virtual client presentations today. Fortunately, the wizards of electricity fixed it quickly.

It's getting worse again.

****ing shit wind switched directions. Out of the north now. :Lin:

Expected winds at 60 mph here today, with gust up to 80 mph.
I fully expect a mess tomorrow.

Front passed



100 MPH wind gust at the Air Force Academy

A bunch of Kansas schools are actually ending school early today to get kids home before the worst of it hits...

And now I70 is closed out west...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">⚠️ I-70 CLOSED<br>KDOT has closed I-70 in BOTH DIRECTIONS from the Colorado border to exit 159 in Hays because of low visibility and crashes blocking the roadway. Please delay travel today if possible. Stay updated at <a href="https://t.co/hFNgAPWzND">https://t.co/hFNgAPWzND</a>. <a href="https://t.co/FD9GbtcXPS">pic.twitter.com/FD9GbtcXPS</a></p>&mdash; NWKansasKDOT (@NWKansasKDOT) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWKansasKDOT/status/1471193586838421509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

They closed 83 to garden. That bitch never closes.

Pretty intense line of thunderstorms from Grand Island NE south to Salina. I work at a greenhouse and we had everything opened so the wind would blow through and the plastic was still snapping like crazy.

Oh man, look how fast those are moving on radar.

Looking out the window at work and seeing trees that don't normally move in the wind blowing all over the place. This afternoon is gonna be interesting

84mph wind recorded in Garden City. Quite a few semis reported sleeping along KS highways.

Elkhart, KS:
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Lots more info: https://www.kwch.com/2021/12/15/colo...mph-wind-gust/

This is the worst I’ve seen. And I’ve seen a lot of shit.

It's so windy because Nebraska blows and Oklahoma sucks. Or is it Colorada blows and Missouri sucks




It's ****ing windy as ****.

93 mph in Lincoln

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Only 169 miles separates a Snow Squall Warning and a Tornado Warning. <a href="https://twitter.com/spann?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@spann</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MatthewCappucci?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MatthewCappucci</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JimCantore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JimCantore</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RadarScope?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RadarScope</a> <a href="https://t.co/KqTR5giYyW">pic.twitter.com/KqTR5giYyW</a></p>&mdash; Meteorologist Johnny Parker (@JohnnyParker012) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnnyParker012/status/1471239489133625345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

We lost power an hour or so ago and have been through 2 tornado a severe tstorm and 2 excessive wind warnings. Craziest weather I've ever seen especially in December.

It's comin'

https://i.imgur.com/muPkWsl.jpg

The main line just crossed the Iowa-Nebraska border moving east at a whopping 90 mph. Generated a 93mph wind gust at Lincoln and 90 in Omaha.

It looks like we had a mild blizzard, only it's sand drifts instead of snow.

Guymon Ok has been told to evacuate due to a wildfire.

GuymOn brah.

Sorry, I stand corrected. ;)

Oh ****.

There were some fires around. One a couple of miles from the house so I hooked up the disk. I got beat all to hell. I think they got it out.

There was one south by a feedyard but I think they chased it into some wheat and got it out.

At least one farmstead got torched up by pence.

What are max gusts supposed to get to in Johnson County/KC?

We currently have sustained winds at 47mph. The thunderstorm has been followed by all the dust and smoke from western KS. Smells like a fire close by and can't see a block, it's crazy. (I may have said that earlier.)

I don’t know that I have ever seen the wind blow this hard for this long. Going on three straight hours now. Crazy!

Seems to be hitting West Shawnee now.

Hail in Gardner.

Holy shitsnacks, TENNIS BALL sized hail?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tennis ball sized hail and 70 MPH winds heading for southern Johnson County Kansas, including Gardner and Olathe. Please seek shelter now. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kswx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#kswx</a></p>&mdash; NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSKansasCity/status/1471263786111668224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Is a tennis ball smaller or larger than a baseball?

My neighborhood smells of burning plastics now

Storm line went through Topeka about 1.5 hours ago. Looked outside and everywhere was orangish in color. And for a few minutes you couldn't see more than 10ft. Lost power sometime after that, maybe an hour ago. Still very windy (ceramic tiles are blowing off our fire pit table). And it smells of wildfire. Evergy says power is supposed to be back on by 7:30. Hmmm, we shall see.

This doesn't sound good.

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Don't matter. They just bounce better.

Weather cockblocked me.

come to think of it, I smell a bit of a campfire type smell in Olathe.

Worse in southern Minn and Iowa. Austin, minn does not have power. Entire town. How are they going to make SPAM?

Ours was a fizzle. but on its way.............
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Severe T-Storms now east of Twin Cities and Weather will be calm until 1am. Heaviest Storm Damage 85 miles south of Twin Cities likely from Tornado in Hartland,MN northwest of Albert Lea. Weather Calm until 12am Thu then Cold West Winds at 25 to 50 mph and Gusts to 60. <a href="https://twitter.com/KSTP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KSTP</a> <a href="https://t.co/YqoNKaOtWc">pic.twitter.com/YqoNKaOtWc</a></p>&mdash; Jonathan Yuhas (@JYuhasKSTP) <a href="https://twitter.com/JYuhasKSTP/status/1471310007912132609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Power just came back on. We got kind of lucky all things considered - I don't think we had any storm gusts over 70. Of course, we've had 50mph sustained winds since the storm went through. Don't know about Mid-American Energy but Allianz has about 75,000 people without power.

Here's a nugget for you amateur meteorologists:

There were 11 confirmed tornado reports in Iowa tonight.

There had been only 5 in December since they started keeping records in the late 19th century.

This is way too many GOT damned weather posts for a football message board

what are you people? old?

Yes.

and it is a hobby

Blew right through us here. There was 93 MPH gusts in Lincoln. By the time it got to my house outside of Omaha, it came and went in like 10 minutes. But further to the north there were some tornadoes and power outages. Done by 6pm. But right now there are crazy winds blowing, probalby 40 to 60. And it was like 72 degrees today...on December 15th...

Have you ever chased storms pussy? ROFL

So it took us about an hour to figure out that the smoke smell was coming all the way from ****ing Kansas.

How is everyone doing? We're still without power. About 19K in Shawnee County where I live lost power, 37K in NE KS overall.

It's still dark out so I won't know for sure for another hour or so but it looks like we have very little damage for once. Getting tired of having once-in-a-lifetime storms every year.

What is storms pussy?

:LOL:
We all knew that type in HS or college.

Flipped one of my pivots lost a roof off one of dad's sheds, damage to another. Pretty goddamned lucky to be safe with all the fires and shit.

As of today, most of the storm surveys are complete for the December 15th outbreak. It's unbelievable.

1. The entire event has been classified as a derecho. The first December derecho in the US anywhere ever.
   
2. 43 confirmed tornadoes in Iowa. The previous record was 35 set in August 2014.
   
3. 17 confirmed tornadoes EF2 strength or higher. The previous record was 16 set in June 1984.
   
4. Record high non-thunderstorm winds including 4 sites that clocked non-thunderstorm wind speeds over 80mph.
   
5. The Des Moines airport recorded a wind gust over 70mph. The highest non-thunderstorm gust ever recorded there.
   
6. The first ever moderate risk of severe weather in Iowa in December.
   
7. Record highs shattered in several towns. 4 towns recorded temperatures of 75 degrees or higher.

Parts of I-94 in wisconsin closed for icy roads and a 100 vehicle crash

Interesting about the DSM wind. Thought the last derochio would have at least matched that.

If bored, look up the armistice day blizzard.

https://www.weather.gov/dvn/armistice_day_blizzard

This has the links to the Dec tornado events

https://www.weather.gov/dmx/Stormyan...December152021

Only 70? Our local airport guy told me 97. And all that is after the front blew through.

Is all that stuff for just Iowa? **** all those ****ing tornadoes.

Yeah, that's JUST Iowa.