And now, onto June 2021 where we also have some wild weather stories to share in our latest #WxWrapUp! (1/7)
#Tropics: The South Atlantic blew us out the water with a strong subtropical storm in the winter of the SHem. Raoni formed & strengthened to a windspeed of 60mph, the strongest since Eçaí, & the strongest pressure wise since Hurricane Catarina '04. Such a rare event. (2/7)
Other than that, the ATL was busy with 3 systems, Bill, Claudette, & Danny. Claudette caused some significant damage to the south with 14 deaths (deadliest tropical storm in US since Fay '08) & bringing a few tornadoes (stated in a later thread). (3/7)
#SevereWx: There was so many international tornadoes, especially in China & much of Europe. One of the most notable was a strong F4 that slammed into SE Czechia in South Moravia. It was the 1st F4+ since 2015 & 6 were killed. (4/7)
In the USA, a few notable tornadoes occurred, including the EF2 spawned from Claudette & an EF3 in Naperville, IL outside of Chicago. Both these tornadoes caused a lot of injuries & left many homeless. Thankfully no one had died from those tornadoes. (5/7)
In Quebec, an EF2 went through Mascouche near the Montreal area, killing a man in his 60s. A house under construction was shifted off the foundation & many other houses had roofs destroyed. It's the 1st EF2 tornado in Quebec since 2019. (6/7)
OtherWx: An unprecedented heat wave & wildfires ravaged through the Pacific NW & BC. A bunch of high temp. records were shattered & worse, these are areas with not many AC units. Lytton, BC broke the highest temp record for Canada with it reaching 121F (~50C). (7/7)
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- Strongest landfalling storm in Pilbara Region; beating Chris '02 (wind wise; 2nd strongest pressure wise)
- Strongest landfalling TC in AUS in April since Monica '06
- Strongest landfalling TC in WA in Apr. on record (wind wise; latest 130kt landfall in the state)
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- Strongest landfalling TC in WA in Apr. pressure wise since Orson '89
- 1st landfalling TC in Pilbara Region in Apr. on record
- 1st landfalling TC in Pilbara since Stan '16
#OTDwx: A winter tornado outbreak like no other, occurred last year. A Moderate Risk was put up for the Mid MS Valley area as the environment was ripe for intense tornadoes. Many of the tornadoes deserve to be mentioned, including the Monette EF4, Defiance EF3 (1/4)
(2/4) Edwardsville EF3, Bowling Green EF3, & most infamous, the Mayfield long tracked EF4. The Monette EF4 was the Quad-state supercell that soon spawned the longer tracked EF4 in KY. This destroyed multiple buildings including a nursing home. The Defiance EF3 quickly grew & hit
(3/4) a 100 year old home & NWS St. Louis had to briefly take cover. In Edwardsville, an EF3 destroyed an Amazon warehouse, killing people & eventually led to a lawsuit. The Bowling Green EF3 was a nightmare that killed several overnight. And the Mayfield EF4 tracked for miles on
[🧵] One word, asinine. That’s the word we can describe April 2022. And that’s what we will be reviewing in the #WxWrapUp of that month. (1/7)
#Tropicswx: It was very problematic for many w/ the 1st being Megi. It generated massive landslides & flooding that killed 200+ people. The current damage toll stands at ₽4.7B. It’s likely both Agaton & Megi will be tossed off the naming list. (2/7)
In South Africa, a deadly flood event occurred from a system that became Issa. Issa is the deadliest TCs in 🇿🇦 history. Most of the impacts occurred in KZN Province where cleanup is still underway to this day. (3/7)
March was very interesting with what it had. Weather stories made some serious headlines & we'll shear that in March 2022's #WxWrapUp. (1/4)
Tropics: We start with Gombe. It left a mark on Mozambique with serious impacts. A total of 72 have died from the storm. This storm's circulation even reached Malawi as a depression (barely), becoming the 1st to do so since Idai '19. (2/4)
SevereWx: The start of it was deadly w/ 7 dead in a nasty IA outbreak w/ an EF4 in Winterset. Then in Mid-Mar., Jacksboro, TX & Arabi, LA were hit by damaging EF3s. Lastly, on the 31st, a deadly EF3 killed 2 in Cottondale, FL. Overall, 11 were killed by tornadoes in March. (3/4)
[🧵] A December to remember. That's the words we had for this crazy conclusion of 2021. So much went down that we now have to break our rule on 10 tweets or less. So here it is, our monthly installment of #WxWrapUp for December 2021. (1/13)
Tropics: Nyatoh reached super typhoon status all due to the jet stream. Admittedly, it's not the best looking super typhoon but it reached that status. Nyatoh was 1 of 2 STYs in Dec.; the 1st time since 1959. (2/13)
Ruby came next in the AUS basin. At one point it was forecasted to rapidly intensify as it moved into New Caledonia; thankfully that wasn't the case. However, the center went through almost the entire island of Grande Terre. (3/13)
(🧵of 4) I know we have been seeing people saying "It's just normal winter" & "I survived the last storm so it's not a big deal"
But there's a couple of things wrong with those statements. 1st, just because you survived 1 doesn't mean it will be easy the next time. (1/4)
2nd, if the NWS is telling you that extreme impacts are likely, they are being right, things will get to be serious, & potentially life threatening for those who are ill-prepared. This has that chance. Now people have been comparing this to the Blizzard of '78. (2/4)
While every storm is different in each way, places could feel less impacts compared to that storm but others may feel it worse. It all depends here. All you have to do is prepare accordingly & stay safe. We're here relying official information to people in this storm. (3/4)