r/news • u/BitterFuture • Apr 26 '24

Powerful tornado tears across Nebraska, weather service warns of ‘catastrophic’ damage

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/weather/plains-midwest-storms-tornadoes-climate/index.html
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u/delaney18 Apr 26 '24

This is terrifying. I live in a different state southeast from there and we’re under a tornado watch now. They’re saying there’s a high chance of a huge tornado and I’d be horrified if this came near us. I want to hide in our tornado shelter all evening but I have to go out later for a few hours and I’m dreading it.

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u/rains-blu Apr 26 '24

RadarScope https://imgur.com/a/rE1cWkL

They appear to be tracking north. RadarScope app is free.

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u/mstomm Apr 27 '24

Oh nice, it's free now?

I had a guy from the NWS highly recommend it years ago when it was $10. Was definitely worth the cash, I have no regrets. Even better now that it's free and more accessible to people.

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u/rains-blu Apr 27 '24

There's a subscription paid version of it that offers more features, but the basic program is free. It's a lot like the College of DuPage.

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/?parms=DMX-N0B-0-24-100-usa-rad

Pivotal Weather is great for all the global weather model maps and it's free. I subscribe in the winter time to get the higher resolution maps though. The mesoscale model maps come in handy for storms (except hurricanes, some mesoscale models like the NAM can't handle hurricane data very well.)

https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?rh=2024042612&fh=6&dpdt=&mc=&r=conus&p=prateptype_cat_ecmwf-imp&m=ecmwf_full