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Bingo

The cell crossing 57 down by Danforth is looking interesting

Looking good. Which storm are you on?

No matter what long-term effects the vaccine MAY have on the body in RARE cases, to me it was no-brainer to get vaccinated when staring at the short-term risk of not being vaccinated and contracting the virus, especially with the more dangerous variants spreading in our country. It's been clear for the past several weeks that almost all of the new cases are among the non-vaccinated. Is my thinking simplistic? Maybe, but so are the arguments of the anti-vaxxers, the people who still will not get the shot because of the unknown horrible things it might do to the body, because it's all a hoax, because the government can't make me take it, because it's no worse that a cold, because...because...because.

RFD?

That GFS precip map reminds me of winter storm clowns with those kind of numbers. You know the ones I'm talking about, where we say congrats ORD, and Ohio gets shut out.

I am also not immunosuppressed, although I am a lot older (63) and a former smoker, and as such I am really concerned with developing pneumonia as a result of the flu. I am planning on wearing a mask when in crowded company in the winter to hopefully help ward off it off, even though I annually get a flu shot. However, a flu shot is just an educated guess of the possible strains expected to circulate. As you alluded to, there shouldn't be as many sideways looks when wearing a mask.

The science apparently hasn't advanced much in the past 50 years...

...and a second Indiana QLCS TOR PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 417 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2021 /317 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2021/ ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/21/2021 TORNADO EVENT... ...OVERVIEW... .WYATT TORNADO JUNE 21 2021... EMBEDDED WITHIN A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, A BRIEF TORNADO DEVELOPED NORTHWEST OF WYATT. ACCORDING TO PHOTOS, A NUMBER OF HEALTHY TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH AND A BARN LOST ITS ROOF. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF OSBORNE RD AND GUMWOOD RD. HEALTHY TREES WERE UPROOTED AT THIS LOCATION. IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST, HEALTHY TREES WERE SNAPPED. AFTER CROSSING GUMWOOD RD, A LARGE PORTION OF A BARN ROOF WAS REMOVED, LOFTED AND DEBRIS SCATTERED TOWARD OSBORNE RD TO THE NORTH. IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THIS, A GROVE OF HEALTHY PINE TREES WERE ALL SNAPPED. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED BEFORE CROSSING FIR RD. ..TORNADO NORTH OF WYATT... RATING: EF1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.0102 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100.0 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 06/21/2021 START TIME: 02:07 AM EDT START LOCATION: 1 S WOODLAND / ST. JOSEPH COUNTY / IN START LAT/LON: 41.5505 / -86.1788 END DATE: 06/21/2021 END TIME: 02:09 AM EDT END LOCATION: 1 NNE WYATT / ST. JOSEPH COUNTY / IN END LAT/LON: 41.5458 / -86.1604 SURVEY SUMMARY: PRELIMINARY DATA.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 350 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2021 /250 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2021/ ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/21/2021 TORNADO EVENT... .OVERVIEW... .FREMONT TORNADO JUNE 21 2021... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH NORTHEAST INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE. IN ADDITION A BRIEF TORNADO WAS SPAWNED JUST WEST OF I-69 NEAR SR127. THIS TORNADO TRACKED EAST HITTING THE COUNTRY MEADOWS GOLF COURSE CAUSING EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND DESTROYED A BARN JUST WEST OF FREMONT. THE TORNADO THEN TURNED RIGHT, TRACKING THROUGH FREMONT SOUTH OF US127 SNAPPING TREES AND DAMAGING ROOFS OF SEVERAL STRUCTURES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS MAINLY OPEN FIELDS, SNAPPING TREES ALONG THE WAY BEFORE HEAVILY DAMAGING ANOTHER BARN AND DESTROYING SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS ON A FARM RESIDENCE SOUTH OF CLEAR LAKE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TOWARD THE INDIANA OHIO STATELINE BEFORE DISSIPATING IN AN OPEN FIELD. RATING: EF1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10.1212 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100.0 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 06/20/2021 START TIME: 02:52 AM EDT START LOCATION: 3 NE LAKE JAMES / STEUBEN COUNTY / IN START LAT/LON: 41.7307 / -85.003 END DATE: 06/20/2021 END TIME: 03:04 AM EDT END LOCATION: 1 NNE YORK / STEUBEN COUNTY / IN END LAT/LON: 41.703 / -84.8126 SURVEY SUMMARY: PRELIMINARY DATA. Covered quite a bit of territory at 50 MPH

See, if I had followed my plan, I would be within striking distance:

Fill up now. That's my advice for the day

If I was going to chase today, I'd set up my lawn chair in Cyclone's back yard.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 425 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2021 /325 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2021/ ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/18/2021 TORNADO EVENT... .OVERVIEW... .JAY TORNADO JUNE 18 2021... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY FRIDAY AFTERNOON ON JUNE 18TH. THIS STORM QUICKLY INTENSIFIED WITHIN A VERY UNSTABLE, SHEARED ENVIRONMENT AND BECAME SUPERCELLULAR AS IT TURNED RIGHT INTO NORTHEAST JAY COUNTY. A TORNADO SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOPED APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRYANT INDIANA AROUND 350 PM EDT AND RAPIDLY STRENGTHENED TO EF2 CATEGORY AS THE TORNADO TRACKED EAST-SOUTHEAST, DAMAGING OR DESTROYING SEVERAL RURAL HOMES AND FARMSTEADS AND FELLED A 100FT COMMUNICATIONS TOWER. THE TORNADO THEN WEAKENED BRIEFLY AS THE PARENT STORM TURNED HARD RIGHT AND REINTENSIFIED INTO A MULTI-VORTEX, 500 YARD WIDE EF2 TORNADO AS IT TRACKED SOUTH-SOUTHEAST, HITTING SEVERAL MORE FARMSTEADS WITH DAMAGED HOMES AND DESTROYED FARM BUILDINGS AND KILLING SEVERAL CATTLE. THE PARENT STORM AND TORNADO BOTH WEAKENED THEREAFTER WITH THE TORNADO FINALLY LIFTING/DISSIPATING IN AN OPEN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRYANT INDIANA. RATING: EF2 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 130 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.2338 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500.0 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 06/18/2021 START TIME: 03:50 PM EDT START LOCATION: 1 NW WESTCHESTER / JAY COUNTY / IN START LAT/LON: 40.5177 / -84.9085 END DATE: 06/18/2021 END TIME: 04:07 PM EDT END LOCATION: 2 NNE BELLFOUNTAIN / JAY COUNTY / IN END LAT/LON: 40.4645 / -84.848

With tomorrow's axis of the greatest 'nado threat basically running right through the heart of the subforum west to east, I am expecting several jaw-dropping pics and videos from multiple posters here tomorrow night.

And I'm proud to say that I was on the first warned storm of the year. It showed some nice rotation in southern Wabash County, then crapped out. The cell I should have been on was the one on your graphic in southeastern Huntington Co. There were multiple reports of a funnel about 1-2 radar scans after the one you posted and ended up dropping one southeast of there just before entering Ohio. IWX will be surveying in the morning. EDIT: I just got on here and saw your post so I responded, then scrolled down and saw the pics of the one I was referring to. lol

(7:56 PM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS IND: New Palestine [Hancock Co, IN] public reports HAIL of teacup size (E3.00 INCH) at 07:50 PM EDT -- Ouch!

Wow. That's scary to be that close to heat stroke. I actually experienced those temps one time 40 years ago when a friend and I spent 2 weeks in Scottsdale in July. The high temperatures ranged from 98-114 and the lows in the mid 80's. I didn't even exert myself and still could only take a couple of hours outside.

122° but it only feels like 111°. I don't want to feel either of them.

Although I'll admit that I haven't followed this closely, it comes down to a matter of labor law. For many years, many employees were protected under a collective bargaining agreements, a majority of which were negotiated with a labor union. In the last 20 years or so, corporate America (including the medical field) have shoved unions aside as pro-business legislation was pushed through that neutered workers rights with at-will employment. The result is employers don't need cause to terminate employment. In business and politics, money talks and workers get the short stick. That being said, this is one time I fall on the side of the employer, as it constitutes a health risk to other employees and patients.

Radar's now blowing up. Hammer time for Chicagoland.

What are those strange colors on LOT's radar?

A ton of lightning from that storm dropping across the state line.

@Hoosier @Chicago WX There was an interesting discussion concerning the LAF sensor on NWSChat today when the WTHR met questioned the temp issue: (3:09 PM) wthr-ind-sean.ash: Is the LAF sensor operating correctly? I have noticed it's been several degrees hotter in recent, but attributed it to possibly drier soils up there. (3:39 PM) nwsZID-joe.nield: Hey, Sean. That's been going on for a good while now. Our techs have checked sensor calibration multiple times since last year, and even went ahead and replaced it once or twice, and the results have been the same. That has been a long term dry spot for the area, but it still seems stark. My completely wild guess supposition is that it's the dryness combined with land use changes around the airfield. The rerouting of US231 a few years back, additional building on the Purdue campus nearby. Can't think of anything else it could be. (3:40 PM) nwsZID-joe.nield: Chad Evans at WLFI has said it compares favorably to some of his observers in the area as well. (3:42 PM) nwsZID-joe.nield: The fact that the Crawfordsville-Tipton/Sugar Creek valley area is a bit of a relative cool spot makes it stand out more as well...especially Crawfordsville. (3:49 PM) wthr-ind-sean.ash: Roger that. Just checking and all that makes sense. Good to know that Chad is getting some confirmation too. Thanks for responding and hope you're all doing well. (3:50 PM) nwsZID-joe.nield: Quite welcome. Likewise!