Significant threat for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes April 27 & 28 forecast for the Central United States. Track warnings as issued at http://iAlert.com or signup to receive alerts by email or text message at http://iAlert.com/signup.php [caption id="attachment_1965" align="aligncenter" width="454"…
Dr. Phillip J. Klotzbach and Dr. William Gray of Colorado State University (CSU) have issued their annual Hurricane Season Forecast calling for below average activity for 2014. The hurricane forecast calls for a total of nine named storms, three hurricanes and one major…
Severe weather storm reports for the Midwest April 3, 2014: Over 350 storm reports: 8 Tornado reports 165 Wind reports with 2 reports greater than 65 kts, and one report of softball size hail 4.24 inch in Denton, TX 180…
Tsunami animation resulting from the April 1, 2014 earthquake off northern Chile.Source: NOAA Video is a NOAA NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center animation of the tsunami generated from an offshore 8.2 magnitude earthquake near northern Chile April 1, 2014
According to NOAA’s Spring Outlook released today, rivers in half of the continental United States are at minor or moderate risk of exceeding flood levels this spring with the highest threat in the southern Great Lakes region due to above-average…
Flooding remains one of the top weather killers in the U.S., with the average number of annual fatalities totaling near 90. More than half of these fatalities are vehicle-related. The National Weather Service has been working to bring those numbers…
The wind chill temperature is calculated using the following formula: Windchill (F) = 35.74 + 0.6215T - 35.75(V^0.16) + 0.4275T(V^0.16) Where: T = Air Temperature (F) V = Wind Speed (mph) ^ = raised to a power (exponential) More about…
Hypothermia occurs when body temperature falls below 95 degrees Fahrenheit. Visible warning signs include uncontrollable shivering, memory loss, disorientation, incoherence, slurred speech, drowsiness, and exhaustion. The U.S. governments Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) recommended steps for a person suffering…
Frostbite is freezing of the skin and underlying tissues. The lower the temperature, the quicker frostbite will occur. Frostbite typically affects the extremities, particularly the feet, toes, hands, fingers, ear lobes, or tip of the nose. The U.S. government's Occupational…
