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Mother's Day blizzard underway in South Dakota


WOWT.com
Sun, 10 May 2015 00:00 UTC
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© South Dakota DOT/Handout/ReutersSnow covers the ground off Interstate 90 east of Sturgis, South Dakota, in this view from a highway camera taken Sunday.
Blizzard Warnings are in place for parts of South Dakota through 6:00 p.m. Sunday evening. Elsewhere Winter Storms Warnings are in effect that include the panhandle of Nebraska.

Area's in the panhandle, such as Chadron, could see more than a foot of the white stuff by the time all is said and done. Meanwhile, the Black Hills and Rapid City, SD could see up to two feet of snow! Winds are going to be whipping it around as well, they could see gusts near 60 mph.

This is a very late season storm, likely to break records. You'll remember back to the blizzard of October 2013 when western South Dakota and Nebraska panhandle picked up unprecedented snowfall. Some areas saw over four feet. The early season storm was to blame for weeks-long power outages and the deaths of millions of cattle and livestock. Our own Brad Sugden was working in the area at the time covering that blizzard.

Comment: A YouTuber posted the following video about the blizzard: "It's May...and last week it was in the 70's...today it's 30 and we have over a foot of snow!"






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Brick Wall

Fifty-one tornadoes rip through Tornado Alley; Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and north Texas


New York Post
Sun, 10 May 2015 15:18 UTC
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© ReutersDamon Braley carries his mother’s dog Sammy, which he rescued from under the wreckage of his parents’ RV.
Victims from a 51-twister outbreak across Tornado Alley sifted through rubble Thursday while experts issued ominous forecasts for the coming days.

Tornadoes hit Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and north Texas on Wednesday. Most were small and chewed up only farmland, but a pair crossed into Oklahoma City and damaged homes and businesses. A few injuries were reported — including about a dozen at an Oklahoma City trailer park — and one woman drowned in an underground storm shelter that flooded.
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© Zuma wireA large tornado passes just to the west of Halstead, Kansas, on Wednesday.
"There is a hotel on Interstate 35 that sustained major damage — it just looks destroyed," said Oklahoma police Sgt. Gary Knight. "We've been going room to room."

The Storm Prediction Center had warned that severe weather would come to Tornado Alley and said more storms were possible later in the week. Meteorologist John Hart said the greatest threat for severe weather Thursday was in southern Oklahoma and north Texas. Even two days out, the center was warning of a "moderate risk" of severe storms Saturday from the high plains of Kansas to the Red River area north of Dallas, including much of western Oklahoma.

"The conditions are right; it's the right time of year," forecaster John Hart said. "There are just a lot of things that make you think over the next three days there will probably be big tornadoes across the southern Plains."


Grady County authorities said Wednesday that a tornado destroyed 25 homes in Bridge Creek, a community southwest of Oklahoma City.
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Snowflake

May snowstorm dumps over a foot of snow on South Dakota's Black Hills


kttc.com
Sun, 10 May 2015 15:02 UTC
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The white stuff.
A May snowstorm has dumped more than a foot of snow in South Dakota's Black Hills.

Meteorologist Kyle Carstens of the National Weather Service in Rapid City says between 10 to 18 inches of snow already has fallen in the Black Hills as of Sunday morning. Snowfall could total 20 to 24 inches by the time the system passes.

Rapid City reports 8 to 11 inches of snow and could see a foot.

Carstens says the snow is not unusual for this time of year. He says this is the wettest time of the year for the Rapid City area, and temperatures have been hovering just below freezing.

Carstens says many roads have deep slush, but the snow won't stay. Temperatures are expected to reach the 60s by mid-week.

Source: Associated Press
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Cloud Lightning

Tornado destroys homes in North Texas as series of twisters rip through Great Plains states

Alex Dobuzinskis
Reuters
Sun, 10 May 2015 13:18 UTC
Cisco, TX tornado
A tornado hit the North Texas town of Cisco Saturday evening.
A tornado killed one person in a rural part of north Texas on Saturday and destroyed at least two houses, a local emergency official said, just days after a series of twisters tore through several Great Plains states.

The twister touched down about 5 miles (8 km) south of the town of Cisco, an area of farms and small ranches, where it traveled in a straight line and tore through several houses in its path, said Eastland County Judge Rex Fields, the local emergency management coordinator.

One person was killed by the twister, Fields said. He could not immediately provide more information on the victim.

At least two houses were destroyed in the area about 130 miles (210 km) west of Dallas, and other dwellings might have been damaged, Fields said. Roads were partly flooded because of the storm, he said.

"We can't exactly tell what all we've got just yet," Fields said. "We don't even have everybody accounted for."

In eastern Colorado, three tornadoes touched down in rural areas on Saturday, said National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Kalina. There were no reports of injuries or property damage from the weak twisters, he said.
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Blue Planet

One person killed as tornadoes rip through Texas


RT
Sun, 10 May 2015 14:42 UTC
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© Reuters/Kathryn Piotrowsk

One person was killed after at least two tornadoes tore through parts of northern Texas. Meteorologists warned of worsening weather conditions for a broad swath of the state just days after several Great Plains states were pummeled by tornadoes.

The twister touched down about 5 miles (8 km) south of Cisco, a small rural town about 100 miles west of Fort Worth, where it tore through several homes in its path, Eastland County Judge Rex Fields, the local emergency management coordinator, told Reuters.
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Cloud Lightning

Tornadoes tear through North Texas - 1 dead and 'five miles of destruction'


US News
Sun, 10 May 2015 14:05 UTC
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© AP Photo/Orlin WagnerRain clouds hang over the press box during a delay in the Sprint Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Saturday, May 9, 2015.
Multiple tornadoes tore through North Texas on Saturday, leaving one person dead and others unaccounted for in a sparsely populated farming and ranching area as the system slowly weakened while advancing toward Fort Worth, officials said.

One of the twisters caused "five miles of destruction" as it ravaged homes in a rural area south of the town of Cisco, about 100 miles west of Fort Worth, Eastland County Judge Rex Fields said.

"The homes that I've seen, there are just maybe one or two walls standing," Fields, who also serves as the county's emergency services coordinator, told The Associated Press. "(The tornado has) taken them into pieces and blown them out into pastures."

Comment: Below is footage of another tornado that tore through Texas last month:



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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes kill 2 in Meherpur, Bangladesh


Dhaka Tribune
Sun, 10 May 2015 11:56 UTC
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Two people have been killed in a lightning havoc in Meherpur.

The deceased are Bilkis Begum, 25, wife of Qatar expatriate Liton Hossain of village Kazipur and Atiar Rahman, 55, son of late Ismail Hossain of Char Goalgram.

Bilkis died when lightning stroke her while she was entering her house on Sunday morning while Atiar was killed in the lightning while working at the courtyard of his house.

Gangni OC Akram Hossain confirmed the matter to the Dhaka Tribune.
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Windsock

Waterspouts seen off Grand Bahama after thunderstorm warning

Denise Maycock
The Tribune (Bahamas)
Fri, 08 May 2015 18:24 UTC
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Waterspouts off Grand Bahama.
Waterspouts were spotted on Friday off the southern coast of Grand Bahama following a severe thunderstorm warning this morning.

According to weather officials, three waterspouts were seen in the water - one about three miles from land and a second about one mile from shore from William Town Beach, Freeport.

Public schools closed early due to a bogus report circulating on social media warning the public that an estimated seven tornados were expected to make landfall in Grand Bahama.

Trinard Tynes, of the Department of Meteorology in Freeport, said it was a hoax and that the department did not issue any tornado warnings.

"We had a thunderstorm warning issued in the morning and during that time the waterspouts formed on the southern side of the island," he said. "The problem is that someone sent out a hoax letter estimating seven tornados to touch down in Grand Bahama. The information was bogus and there was no tornado warning issued by our department or the Police."

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Cloud Lightning

Massive tornado hits town of Rhome, Texas

Dave Goldman
KYTX
Fri, 08 May 2015 05:42 UTC
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© KYTX19 ImagesTornado damage in Rhome, Texas (WFAA)
A trail of damage was left behind by tornadoes in Wise County. The town of Rhome was hit hard, with some residents waking up homeless.


The EF-1 twister tore Greg and Nanette Pickenpaws' home apart, but they say they feel lucky to have their lives. Twisted metal, broken wood, even a refrigerator, were found toppled on the ground. Personal belongings were left out in the open, spread across the grass. The Pickenpaws say they've never experienced a storm like this in the 20 years they've lived in Rhome.

Comment: Check out the SOTT Earth Changes Summary - April 2015:



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Windsock

Waterspout and tornado threaten Bahamas


The Bahamas Weekly
Fri, 08 May 2015 11:07 UTC
waterspout off Freetown 08.05.15
© Jenneva Russell
A huge waterspout was seen off Grand Bahama this morning after 9am.

The first photo above was taken by Jenneva Russell off of William's Town.

In the second photo it that the waterspout has strengthened into a tornado. This photo was taken in downtown Freeport by Celia Mackey of The Bahamas Weekly's News Team. The Casa Bahamas building can be seen in the photo below.

Government schools closed around noon today, and a severe weather warning was issued by the Meteorology Department this morning.

A whatsapp message has been circulating on social media which depicts a radio report for the 'client: Royal Bahamas Police Report", but the Grand Bahama police have clarified that it was not generated by them.
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