2026-05-07 02:35 UTC
@kimlockhartga@beige.party Yeah, the weather people tell us they can predict the general area where there'll be possible severe storms but they can't predict the exact location of these "mini tornados" that pop up. Likewise they'll say " possible large hail" and that can be anything from the size of a cherry to the size of a tennis ball. Or maybe none at all.
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@kimlockhartga@beige.party 2026-05-07 12:16
@anne_twain@theblower.au I guess we just have to be prepared for the top end of the scale every time, because it's impossible to know exactly what the storms will do. This was oddly (for me, being an avid weather watcher) the first time I saw tornadoes recycle, in the same way that a hurricane goes through an eye replacement cycle, only much faster. The National Weather Service kept downgrading two of the tornadoes, only to upgrade them back to PDS tornado emergency (highest designation) minutes later.