Tornadoes in December

Well, woke up this morning to 67 degrees and overcast here in Mid-Missouri. Started raining about 9:15, hard, real hard. About 9:30 had a tornado chew through the northern Boone County, Audrain County area (North, Northeast of Columbia Missouri), about ten miles from my house. An hour later, had another tornado chew through Callaway County, this time only about a mile from my house. More torrential rains, we're really starting to flood, flash flood warnings are out.

Meanwhile, looking at the radar, as this rain even is now starting to pull out of the area, the temperature is dropping (currently 53), and oh boy, ice and snow are pulling in.

But nah, don't believe that the weather is being effected by global climate change. We get tornadoes every winter here in Missouri. And the fact that this is the wettest year on record, just a fluke:eyes:

Luckily I'm well stocked and don't have to go anywhere for a few days. Unfortunately I'm dog sitting for a friend who went out to spend Christmas with family in . . .Seattle. I know he was delayed getting into Seattle by at least a day, I'm wondering how long before he can get out.

but fortunately no tornadoes, at least none that I know of.

I was hoping that the front would pass in the night when the air was a bit more stable, but it waited until this morning when conditions were ripe.

This is a big front effecting all of the Midwest and moving east. Stay safe, hope you don't get the ice/snow mix.

Fortunately, I don't think we're supposed to get any snow or ice here.

I'm in Boone County Arkansas, a couple hundred miles south and west from you--we've had the same strange weather, but no tornadoes so far--just the rain. Heard earlier today here on DU that this front stretches from Texas up to Chicago IL. Hope you stay safe and warm. :hi:

Yeah, it's a hell of a huge front, with a steep temperature gradient, started out in the upper sixties this morning, supposed to be 23 by midnight tonight.

I've got a basement, a generator, and food, so I'm good. But I'm sure that this is going to play havoc with everybody doing holiday travel.

I know where Boone County Arkansas is, pretty Ozark countryside. Lived down in Springfield Mo for a few years in the '80's and loved the country of SW Missouri, NW Arkansas, it was the people that I couldn't stand(for the most part, there are good folks in that area, they're just few and far between).

Looks like you might get some of the ice/snow too. Stay safe yourself up in those hills and hollers:hi:

More "good guys" have shown up to live here now--we have local recycling centers and holistic health centers that stress wellness, lesbian communes, and lots of progressives, oddly sandwiched between the KKK types. A strange yet beautiful place to live.

We canceled our trip to Mt Vernon today, the forecast is so scary.

Didn't hit Columbia or other populated areas. Unfortunately I live out in the country and damn near got hit.

Are you getting hit by ice/snow mix yet? The radar I'm watching is showing ice followed by snow pushing into the western part of the state right now, headed my way.

Stay safe and warm up there, and be happy you don't have to go to school Monday:woohoo:

Sorry about your trip though.

A little bit of ice. It's gross out.

Hey did you hear about the KC teachers singing Christmas carols at the school board VP's house on Monday?

http://www.kmbc.com/news/18337468/detail.html# -

http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentI...

http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/949080.html

Good times. :)

I knew you folks were working without a contract, but I hadn't heard about last night's singing protest.
Good times indeed!

We've had a ton of rain, I've got streams running through my land right now, it's insane this much rain in December. If it starts to freeze, we're going nowhere.

Keep up the good fight for KC teachers, give 'em hell. Stay safe in this weather too, it is gross out. :hi:

be in the 30's by Sunday. 12 inches of snow very unusual for Dec. Tons of rain in between with thunder, wild temp swings, melting snow.

That kind of temperature gradient is an indicator that a tornado is a distinct possibility in your future. Stay safe and warm.

because we've finally got adequate snowpack to feed the reservoir in the center of the state plus have enough to satisfy the farmers downstream in Texas.

The weather dropped 18 degrees in one hour yesterday morning and wasn't done yet. It's still below freezing and there's a little snow on the ground here in the dry valley.

The other up side is that today is one of the three days a year I'll get to wear my fake fur coat.