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Severe Weather 2026

Mine would probably be the big Ice Storm across North MS. Monroe County got lucky as we stayed in the "warm sector" and got more rain. Had we not, it would have been far worse.
 
Let's see if they finally decide to issue a Freeze Warning or Hard Freeze Warning..... LOL! We see it's freezing outside, but since growing season has ended, we aren't going to alert you to bring your plants inside or protect your pipes.
 
Ozonelayer said:
Figured since I did something similar last year around this time, what are the most memorable weather events of this year for ya'll?
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Figured I'd mention mine.

1: June 11th, suprise prefrontal mayhem

Tornado of the day: Kouts, IN (EF-3 165 MPH) or Toluca, IL (EF-3 155 MPH)

2: April 23rd. Enid and Bramen storms

Tornado of the day (and year): Enid, OK (EF-4 180 MPH)

3: March 6th, Tornado outbreak from the great plains to the great lakes.

Tornado of the day: Union City, MI (EF- 3, 160 MPH)

4: June 21st, suprise tornado outbreak

Tornado of the day: Mount Vernon, IL (EF-3 140 MPH)
 
The problem isn't necessarily the moisture return itself. It's the speed of these storm systems that's been the main issue thus far with severe weather threats and will continue to be unless one of these systems slows down enabling better moisture return. I do see the 00z Euro and a few GFS runs that have what should be a significant severe threat around or just after 20th. That being said, there's been little consistency though thus far between GFS and Euro.
 
My most notable of 2026 so far since there's entirely a possibility something happens in the next few weeks/months

1. April 23rd: Most violent tornado I've ever watched. Enid had a different feeling to it watching it. I've never been more certain in real time that I was watching a EF5. Didn't get that treatment but very soon, it may be upgraded thanks to NWS Norman and their reanalysis project.
2. 6/11, 6/17 and 6/21: All three of these outbreaks featured significant activity. Ridiculous 10 day period for the Midwest. Had morning convection not washed out the entire warm sector leading to lesser instability, 6/17 would've likely featured even more quantity than we got with sigtors.
3. 3/6, and 3/10. Union City was wild to watch. A pink DBZ debris ball showing up that suddenly was ridiculous, and that footage of it over the lake was absurd. Kankakee supercell was just planting tor after tor. What a night that was.
4. 4/17. Prefrontal tor spam in Minnesota, QLCS spam in Illinois right after. High octane outbreak, maybe even underrated despite the year.
5. 5/17. St Libory was a vicious tornado even if short lived. Wasn't on the forum for this one due to other reasons but did watch it and it went 0 to 100 quite quick
6. Appleton. This could go higher but radar presentation did overdo. This was the most sickened I'd ever been watching a radar. I legitimately thought we were watching a tornado for the history books at first. It wasn't that bad but still devastating and that doesn't change the effects whether weaker than radar or not.

Lessons learned from this year: Don't call bust. No matter how confident you are, Mother Nature will make you pay. Read the 6/17 thread.
A key lesson is that you will never be correct all the time. Meteorology is fickle. Seasoned meteorologists have got it wrong at times. It's what the models show. So embrace humility if you want to improve at forecasting. Don't get too cocky either and call others clowns with GIFs either. Even for me, I delved to quite a bad standard for the forum that night. I can laugh now but I'm not proud haha.

It's gonna take a chaser to die before all these reckless idiots wake up and stop getting close range with tornadoes. Why do I say this? Despite my wrongs on 6/17, a lot noticed how close chasers were getting and one particular fellow who said "it's super hard to get caught in straight line moving tornadoes" got caught in a rain wrapped tornado the day after he said that. That was TornadoTRX. No matter how well he does his documentaries, his chasing method is extremely risky. It was dumb to do that. St Libory too. How many chasers got close and managed to avoid getting flamed barely? Believe me. This horde of storm chasing becoming more popular with adrenaline filled junkies getting close range on their 2nd chase will lead to disaster.

Stop calling tornadoes "grinders" : hyperbole in the chasing community is a big problem and I hope that we can improve on accurate analysis of describing a tornado. What are offices supposed to do when you call a rope funnel "a huge wedge" and a "grinder". That's not a scientifically accurate description.

And maybe, just maybe on my Christmas wishlist, I hope people aren't so obnoxious and argue over forecasting disagreements. I don't get why there is a competitive need in the community for this. Truthfully, this is not to be cocky but I focus more on my forecasts more than anyone else. I love reading the in depth discussions some bring on here and they should know who they are, they are well appreciated. There is a reason TalkWeather is respected by me. It seems to be one of the only places where you can reasonably discuss tornadoes and events in this day and age without people using baseless arguments. And it's also hated on by certain vicinities just because it hasn't lost its bluntness in a seemingly softer age for analysis.

That's my thoughts.
 
WeathermanLeprechaun said:
My most notable of 2026 so far since there's entirely a possibility something happens in the next few weeks/months

1. April 23rd: Most violent tornado I've ever watched. Enid had a different feeling to it watching it. I've never been more certain in real time that I was watching a EF5. Didn't get that treatment but very soon, it may be upgraded thanks to NWS Norman and their reanalysis project.
2. 6/11, 6/17 and 6/21: All three of these outbreaks featured significant activity. Ridiculous 10 day period for the Midwest. Had morning convection not washed out the entire warm sector leading to lesser instability, 6/17 would've likely featured even more quantity than we got with sigtors.
3. 3/6, and 3/10. Union City was wild to watch. A pink DBZ debris ball showing up that suddenly was ridiculous, and that footage of it over the lake was absurd. Kankakee supercell was just planting tor after tor. What a night that was.
4. 4/17. Prefrontal tor spam in Minnesota, QLCS spam in Illinois right after. High octane outbreak, maybe even underrated despite the year.
5. 5/17. St Libory was a vicious tornado even if short lived. Wasn't on the forum for this one due to other reasons but did watch it and it went 0 to 100 quite quick
6. Appleton. This could go higher but radar presentation did overdo. This was the most sickened I'd ever been watching a radar. I legitimately thought we were watching a tornado for the history books at first. It wasn't that bad but still devastating and that doesn't change the effects whether weaker than radar or not.

Lessons learned from this year: Don't call bust. No matter how confident you are, Mother Nature will make you pay. Read the 6/17 thread.
A key lesson is that you will never be correct all the time. Meteorology is fickle. Seasoned meteorologists have got it wrong at times. It's what the models show. So embrace humility if you want to improve at forecasting. Don't get too cocky either and call others clowns with GIFs either. Even for me, I delved to quite a bad standard for the forum that night. I can laugh now but I'm not proud haha.

It's gonna take a chaser to die before all these reckless idiots wake up and stop getting close range with tornadoes. Why do I say this? Despite my wrongs on 6/17, a lot noticed how close chasers were getting and one particular fellow who said "it's super hard to get caught in straight line moving tornadoes" got caught in a rain wrapped tornado the day after he said that. That was TornadoTRX. No matter how well he does his documentaries, his chasing method is extremely risky. It was dumb to do that. St Libory too. How many chasers got close and managed to avoid getting flamed barely? Believe me. This horde of storm chasing becoming more popular with adrenaline filled junkies getting close range on their 2nd chase will lead to disaster.

Stop calling tornadoes "grinders" : hyperbole in the chasing community is a big problem and I hope that we can improve on accurate analysis of describing a tornado. What are offices supposed to do when you call a rope funnel "a huge wedge" and a "grinder". That's not a scientifically accurate description.

And maybe, just maybe on my Christmas wishlist, I hope people aren't so obnoxious and argue over forecasting disagreements. I don't get why there is a competitive need in the community for this. Truthfully, this is not to be cocky but I focus more on my forecasts more than anyone else. I love reading the in depth discussions some bring on here and they should know who they are, they are well appreciated. There is a reason TalkWeather is respected by me. It seems to be one of the only places where you can reasonably discuss tornadoes and events in this day and age without people using baseless arguments. And it's also hated on by certain vicinities just because it hasn't lost its bluntness in a seemingly softer age for analysis.

That's my thoughts.
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