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Severe WX Severe Threat 8/7/23
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CheeselandSkies
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Fine time for State College, PA radar to be down with a tornado-warned supercell right next to it. Nearest alternative radar is Pittsburgh and that's hitting the storm at like 14,000'.
Knoxville also.
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Radar down in the middle of a severe weather event? I am shocked I tell you...
CheeselandSkies
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NWS radar in State College under repair
The National Weather Service in State College says their radar will be offline for about two weeks for repairs and upgrades.
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Thought my mind was playing tricks on me at first, but thanks for confirming. Just freakin' wonderful to know the radar-borne epidemic of Radarus Inoperabilius is showing no signs of slowing...
warneagle
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All of the federal offices are dismissing at 3 so I’m hitting the bricks before the trains get crowded. I guess everybody up here is getting the experience of a tornado day. They looked at me like I had two heads when I explained that this was a normal thing at home lol
warneagle
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Looks like the supercells that are popping in western MD and eastern WV are growing upscale pretty quickly. The intermediate balloon from Roanoke shows plenty of CAPE and impressive LLLRs but the wind profile is pretty unidirectional. The window for discrete convection might be pretty small.
I know the NWS offices up here sent up balloons at 2 but they’re not showing up on the SPC archive yet.
I know the NWS offices up here sent up balloons at 2 but they’re not showing up on the SPC archive yet.
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NWS needs to work with private weather companies or something to provide back up radar systems.
I'm sure GWX is about to go down again since a storm just passed by.
warneagle
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I'm running for president on a single-issue campaign in 2028. #MakeRadarGreatAgain
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Probably so.
warneagle
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The sun has been out here for at least an hour straight which is...concerning even if the dynamics aren't favorable for tornadoes. We also got a lot of rain last night and I don't think it will take a lot of wind to bring down a lot of trees here, especially when we're still repairing infrastructure from the downburst we got last Saturday. I'm not that worried about my neighborhood because all of our utility lines are buried but a lot of the area where they're above ground lost power for hours/days last week.
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Some strong winds moving through Cullman right now. Sitting in a parking lot and It’s rocking the car
warneagle
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Yeah that tracks with some of the other soundings (like the Roanoke one I mentioned above). The prefrontal cells that popped are really struggling to stay discrete.
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Yeah, it got hairy here for a while. And without power for the second day in a row!
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So, was that it or will there be more later?
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Was just looking at the 18z HRRR. It has another complex of storms moving through North MS into Alabama between roughly 8am through 1pm tomorrow. The 18z 3km NAM has a similar idea.
warneagle
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Well I take that back, there's a pretty healthy-looking supercell right on the MD/PA line south of Gettysburg. Rotation isn't that tight though.