Thread: A Open Thread Talking About Weather!

We had something happen down here in Greene County in the early morning hours of Sunday! Yep the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for parts of Greene County which included the city of Willard, MO. Well the city person in charge of pushing the button pushed the button and no sirens period! Now these sirens are the same ones that they test once per month during the National Weather Service test time. So we had a radar indicated tornado and the 5,469 residents of Willard, Mo didn't have any sirens going off!

Look folks I know your sick of me hammering this thread but I don't want to see anyone hurt! I know what it is was like to know that a tornado is on the ground and heading right towards my folks. And all I could do was to call to warn them and pray! And then drive like I was qualifying for a Nascar race to their location! Hoping that they still had a home! My folks have had a NOAA Weather Radio since that day. And yep I still called mom and dad about 1 am Sunday morning when my phone app went off for a tornado warning for Hickory County! Mom had just gotten out of bed since their weather radio went off with the warning!

Please do not depend on the sirens to wake you. Remember these outdoor warning sirens are meant to ONLY notify you if you are outdoors. Not when you are in your home. Get a NOAA Weather Radio! Down load a weather phone app! Always have a backup plan in case something doesn't work!

OLD DW!!

A flash flood watch has been issued from 7PM Saturday night through 7PM Monday night. This will be due to several rounds of showers and thunderstorms through Sunday night. A few showers tonight will be possible with scattered thunderstorms possible during the day on Saturday. The best chance for heavy precipitation will come between Saturday night through Sunday night with several rounds of heavier showers and thunderstorms during that period. This may lead flooding along area river which are already swollen from recent rains. This may also, lead to localized flash flooding. Severe weather is NOT anticipated

Lets be safe out there this weekend folks!!!

I sure do appreciate all the info on the weather! I hope the serious flood stays away but the mulberry trees are absolutely loaded this year and almost ready to drop, so a few more weeks of high water would make for some good fishing!

Originally Posted by south point

I sure do appreciate all the info on the weather! I hope the serious flood stays away but the mulberry trees are absolutely loaded this year and almost ready to drop, so a few more weeks of high water would make for some good fishing!

Thank you! After having a tornado hitting a house just south of Bucksaw on Sunday with no Tornado watches being in effect at the time I am trying to make everyone aware storms can happen at anytime any where. I know we got caught coming out of Bucksaw Saturday evening in a very heavy rain storm.

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I want to share this Youtube video on Flash Flooding Safety. Remember Turn Around Don't Drown!

https://youtu.be/FhJ5SG4YGQw

Now you guys seeing those green clouds can tell your wife you were right!

Both Tornados I've witnessed had a green sky along with them.