The Weather Thread | San Francisco under rare tornado warning

[Turd Ferguson]

The 21st is the best shot, but I'm not holding my breath.

I see there is a storm signal around that day, but that's far out when it comes to weather. Funny how that is exactly 10 days from now, though.

 

[aGDevil2k]

I hate these gloomy days - the yard is now soaked and it wont dry out until late March (seriously - every damn year we get these ridiculous rains in December and without the sunlight, it just stays squishy for months).

I want snow!

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Special Weather Statement
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1020 AM EST Wed Dec 11 2024

Lee NC-Chatham NC-Franklin NC-Vance NC-Durham NC-Alamance NC- Randolph NC-Wake NC-Granville NC-Orange NC-Moore NC- 1020 AM EST Wed Dec 11 2024

...AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WITH AN EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN ALAMANCE...NORTH CENTRAL MOORE...SOUTHWESTERN VANCE...ORANGE...SOUTHERN GRANVILLE... SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH...NORTHWESTERN LEE...NORTHERN WAKE...DURHAM... CHATHAM AND NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 AM EST...

At 1018 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking an area of heavy rain showers with an embedded thunderstorm over Goldston, or 10 miles southeast of Siler City, moving northeast at 70 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include... Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Creedmoor, Pittsboro, Siler City, Wake Forest, and Carrboro.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Special Weather Statement
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1143 AM EST Wed Dec 11 2024

Johnston NC-Franklin NC-Harnett NC-Wake NC-Granville NC- Cumberland NC- 1143 AM EST Wed Dec 11 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HARNETT...SOUTHEASTERN GRANVILLE...NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND...WAKE...NORTHWESTERN JOHNSTON AND SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 PM EST...

At 1142 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Raleigh to 9 miles northwest of Pope AFB. Movement was northeast at 70 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include... Raleigh, Cary, Louisburg, Lillington, Wake Forest, Garner, Fuquay-Varina, Clayton, Dunn, and Zebulon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Currently in a monsoon here.

 

[aGDevil2k]

Make it stop

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Well, hello there.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

 

[Turd Ferguson]

 

[Zoo_View]

As much as I’d like to see 17.3 inches of snow fall on Franklin County just to see rotowa’s reaction, that “forecast” is highly unlikely to happen.

For years, several New Jersey car dealerships have offered free cars to anyone who comes in for a test drive if Central Park receives 24” of snow in 24 hours. It’s not happened.

Warren/Halifax/Northampton Counties are not getting 23.9” of snow on the 23rd.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

As much as I’d like to see 17.3 inches of snow fall on Franklin County just to see rotowa’s reaction, that “forecast” is highly unlikely to happen.

For years, several New Jersey car dealerships have offered free cars to anyone who comes in for a test drive if Central Park receives 24” of snow in 24 hours. It’s not happened.

Warren/Halifax/Northampton Counties are not getting 23.9” of snow on the 23rd.

 

[circlesky88]

Well, hello there.

And you jinxed it like always

 

[Turd Ferguson]

And you jinxed it like always

Yes, because that is how science works

 

[Turd Ferguson]

GFS backed off the totals just a bit. But at least the storm is still there.

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

Bluesky

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[nycfan]

 

[BlooVooDoo]

Yikes. I can’t imagine a tornado sweeping through Muir Woods. Looks like this is well south of that.

 

[ZenMode]

I'm pretty sure there was a tornado warning in SF earlier this year.

 

[nycfan]

I'm pretty sure there was a tornado warning in SF earlier this year.

If so, I stand corrected. Just going by reports I read.

FTR, Wikipedia says there was a tornado in San Francisco in 1891 (but presumably no warning b/c there was no NWS). Also one near an airport in the 1950s and this in the area:

“December 23, 1996 – There were two tornadoes in the San Francisco area. The first was a waterspout that moved ashore Tomalesin Marin County, becoming an F1 twister that remained on the ground for six miles (9.7 km). It destroyed a large barn and knocked down power lines and trees. The other tornado was an F0 in Solano County, which injured a jogger who was flung into a fence”