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Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather Meteorologist & Digital producer. Opinions my own. WeatherMatrix, Since 1996: "The Weather is Always Interesting."

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Jesse Ferrell
2 years
Jaw-dropping timelapse of the mothership storm moving over Washington, D.C. earlier ( @EarthCam timelapse) #dcwx
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Jesse Ferrell
1 year
OK I got all 3 on a map: Tornado Warning, Earthquake, Tropical Storm, all in Southern Cali. If the Sharknado comes, somebody text me. #cawx
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Jesse Ferrell
5 months
I don't know folks... a lot different tonight than last night at this time.
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Jesse Ferrell
2 years
There have been 425 warnings issued since noon today, including... - 269 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings - 130 Tornado Warnings
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Jesse Ferrell
7 years
Webcam timelapse: Snow accumulates at Keck Observatory in Hawaii yesterday:
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Jesse Ferrell
2 years
. @US_Stormwatch @YosemiteNPS and @YoseConservancy 3-week timelapse of the webcam getting buried by snow attached here (reuploaded in better quality)
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Colin McCarthy
2 years
It has snowed so much in Yosemite the webcam view of Half Dome has been completely blocked. Insane.
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Jesse Ferrell
6 months
Definitely something unique!
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Jesse Ferrell
5 years
The amount of lightning strikes in the eyewall of Hurricane #Dorian during the last hour is just incredible. Hard to believe this thing could still be strengthening, but it may be.
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Jesse Ferrell
7 months
Wind gusts so far in California (keep in mind, 12 feet of snow falling too) #cawx Palisades Tahoe: 190 mph* Kirkwood: 148 mph** Mammoth Mountain: 138 mph Upper Providence: 130 mph *Set CA wind record of 199 mph 2/20/17 **Sensor failed afterwards
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Jesse Ferrell
5 years
Incredible radar shots of incredible Typhoon Faxai's eye about to move directly over downtown Tokyo: Forecast:
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Jesse Ferrell
5 years
#AmazonFire #AmazonRainForest According to NASA: "As of August 16, 2019, satellite observations indicated that total fire activity in the Amazon basin was slightly below average in comparison to the past 15 years."
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Jesse Ferrell
1 year
The McDs arches in Shawnee, Oklahoma got crushed by the #tornado #okwx
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Jesse Ferrell
2 years
Arctic sea smoke (fog) right now over the Ohio River in Covington, KY (across the river from Cincinnati) on the @EarthCam
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Jesse Ferrell
3 years
Amazing look at Hurricane Larry's 75-mile-wide eye through Longwave IR & Lower Water Vapor in 3D via @RadarOmega
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Jesse Ferrell
3 months
#Beryl is catching up to #Ivan 2004 with the tornado warnings. Ivan had 213 warnings from Sept. 14-19, 2004. By my count Beryl has now had 186, and counting.
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Jesse Ferrell
2 years
OK that's cute. Some people built a snowman on the ALERTCalifornia cam at Pole Mountain (2,205') west of Santa Rosa and the cam operator centered on it. #cawx
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
Plenty of lightning in the atmospheric river approaching California! #cawx
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Jesse Ferrell
8 months
It just won't stop #cawx (3d radar over Los Angeles, California)
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
Snow & sunrise on Mauna Kea, Hawaii this morning! #hiwx ❄️☀️🏖️🗻
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Jesse Ferrell
2 years
Weather maps from the night the #Titanic sank, 110 years ago tonight.
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Jesse Ferrell
9 months
Impressive wind gusts today! Santa Rosa Beach, FL: 106 mph Cove Mountain, TN: 94 mph Starksville, GA: 93 mph Navarre, FL: 87 mph Magnolia Beach, FL: 80 mph (1/3) #flwx
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Jesse Ferrell
1 year
Ft. Lauderdale insanity this evening. #flwx
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
Melting snow reveals fall colors at the 'Boundary Waters' NPS webcam on the border of Minnesota & Canada today.
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
Confirmed via SPC's @pmarshwx : •There has been no year that has passed with zero violent (F4-F5) US tornadoes •We are currently in the longest stretch of no violent on record. •April 9, 2017 (Canton, TX) is the last official EF-4 (map/graph via @USTornadoes )
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Jesse Ferrell
3 years
Tornado Warned storm left rotation track right through the middle of Washington, D.C. around 9:10 PM! Trees down in Falls Church, winds gusted >50 southeast of DC! #DCwx
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
Always keep a pair of Google Eyes handy in cases like these. @attila_thefun @ShawnReynolds_
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Jesse Ferrell
1 year
WOW that gust front from the severe thunderstorm in NYC area really created a sand storm at Coney Island! Via @earthcam (6x timelapse) #nycwx
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Jesse Ferrell
7 years
Weirdest thing I've ever seen this AM in Texas... legit thunderstorms with lots of lightning and hail, developing in areas where temps are 26-28 degrees and dropping heavy freezing rain.
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Jesse Ferrell
15 days
Among the more amusing apocalyptic predictions for next week is the GDAPS/UM model, which is predicting the second-deepest pressure in a hurricane since 1850 in the middle of the Gulf -- an 885 mb storm.
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Jesse Ferrell
5 years
Headline says "you can see the damage from space." #lazyscience #lazyreporting You can see smoke from space, you can see hotspots (kind of) from space, but you can't see "the damage from space." #Amazonfires
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Jesse Ferrell
3 months
I believe that this house, at 3909 1st Street, Galveston, Texas may have been hit by a tornado. The home is not oceanfront and an MRMS NROT rotational wind signature went right through there overnight before Hurricane #Beryl 's landfall.
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Jesse Ferrell
3 years
3D satellite loop of Hurricane #Sam , now Cat 4, by @RadarOmega
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
THE CURTAIN CLOSES: Fronts conspire to end the warmth in the East tomorrow in this beautiful forecast temperature animation.
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Jesse Ferrell
9 years
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
Very cool, live lenticular cloud webcam in Mexico #faceboklive
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Jesse Ferrell
3 months
Very impressive 6.8-foot storm surge from Hurricane #Beryl at Manchester, TX preliminary rank of #2 all-time (data back to 1998). Live Blog:
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Jesse Ferrell
7 years
The Nor'easter pulling away from the U.S. this morning is nearly the same size as our country!
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Jesse Ferrell
8 years
OCTOBER SURPRISE: I had an amazing view of a Fall thunderstorm's lightning last night from an overlook in Huntingdon County, PA!
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Jesse Ferrell
2 years
This is a map showing in which states the Aurora / Northern Lights were photographed last night, based on @spaceweather 's gallery & Twitter. Send me changes/additions. Again, in PA I am super bummed but happy for all who saw them.
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Jesse Ferrell
8 months
Wind Gusts Today in California: #cawx Palisades Tahoe: 121 mph Mammoth Mountain: 99 mph Grapevine, CA: 94 mph Kirkwood, CA: 90 mph Funt Ranch: 88 mph
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
Congratulations, Northeast! For the first time in months, you now have NO chance of snow in the next 3 days! #spring ?
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
Low off North Carolina coast is looking neat. Could be some high winds offshore (only one wind-only buoy in the area)
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Jesse Ferrell
7 months
Playing around with extruded 3d radar on @radaromega for when that hook got twisted up NE of Alta Vista #kswx
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Jesse Ferrell
7 years
It snowed in Africa yesterday (Sahara in Algeria) for the second winter in a row, something that previously hadn't been seen for 40 years.
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Jesse Ferrell
6 months
Over 180,000 lightning strikes hit the ground today per AccuWeather/Vaisala.
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Jesse Ferrell
8 months
Winds gusted as high as 162 mph at Ward Mountain, California, yesterday -- a location that set the 199 mph wind record for the state in 2017. #cawx Nearly 1 million customers lost power from the storm yesterday evening. Ward Mountain: 162 mph* Palisades Tahoe: 148 mph*
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
Ladies & gentlemen, we have a Canadian/U.S. border-crosser storm throwing out hail on both sides!
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Jesse Ferrell
5 years
The USGS flood gauge at Cameron Run at Alexandria, Virginia (circled here) rose from 3.83 ft to 15.61 ft this morning, as of 10:15 AM.  That's 11.78 feet in 60 minutes, 8.71 feet in 30 minutes, and 1.98 feet in 5 minutes.  Flood stage is 11 feet. #dc #flooding
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
Dammit, @ReedTimmerAccu is that you
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Jesse Ferrell
5 months
Incredible drone damage footage from Greenfield, Iowa tornado: #iawx
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
So... not only is there some awesome GREENAGE in this #facebooklive video... but watch till the end when @ReedTimmerAccu almost gets struck by lightning!
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Jesse Ferrell
1 year
What a night in Florida! 32 Tornado Warnings issued (so far) with several tornado reports #flwx
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Jesse Ferrell
5 years
There have been some amazing Fall Color images this week from the #NPS National Parks Service & Phenocam webcams:
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Jesse Ferrell
7 years
AND THE STORM SPLITS! 10.0!
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Jesse Ferrell
5 years
The last 4 hours of spotter reports -- over 60 wind damage and 6 tornado reports.
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Jesse Ferrell
3 years
Closed I-10 bridge over Lake Pontchartrain not looking like a fun place to be right now during Hurricane #Ida
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Jesse Ferrell
8 months
Just incredible wind gusts today in California. #cawx 886,000 customers without power at peak, so far. Ward Mountain: 138 mph Upper Bull: 120 mph Mammoth Mountain: 107 mph Kirkwood: 106 mph Lagunitas: 102 mph Nicasio Hills: 102 mph
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Jesse Ferrell
1 year
We have passed the highest #tornado reports season on record YTD (inflation-adjusted LSRs via SPC). But, with calmer weather this week, we will likely slip below it in a few days.
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Jesse Ferrell
7 years
I've only seen one...
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Brad Panovich
7 years
That's the strongest looking hurricane on satellite I have ever seen at #Landfall in the U.S. #Harvey
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Jesse Ferrell
3 years
Cat 5 Super Typhoon #Mindulle & Cat 4 Hurricane #Sam this AM.
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Jesse Ferrell
7 years
WOW sunset webcam on snow shower over Mt. Nittany right now!
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
The last report from the USGS gauge at Patapsco River near Elkridge at Patapsco Valley State Park indicated that the all-time record high stage has been broken and that the river rose 17.88 feet in ~2 hours. #mdwx #flooding
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Jesse Ferrell
10 months
Already looks like a Tropical Storm on the @EarthCam in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and not going to get much better this week. Port Everglades gusting to 51 mph. Storm surge already +1.5 in GA/NFL craw. #flwx Forecast:
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Jesse Ferrell
7 years
Neat view of the cold front south of Florida on the GOES-East satellite!
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Jesse Ferrell
5 years
Impressive lightning show and multi-level gravity waves from #PTC16 this morning.
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Jesse Ferrell
7 years
This first weekend of Autumn we are a COUNTRY DIVIDED... by a line of rain. LEFT: WINTER: 30s & snow RIGHT: SUMMER: 80s & hurricane
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Jesse Ferrell
1 year
Here is a series of stills of Michelle's Clearwater Beach Waterspout/Tornado video, combined into a movie. Some incredible scenes here. Power flashes in various places caused interesting rays/shadows. #flwx
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1 year
Video shows multiple "power flashes" as a waterspout made landfall and became a tornado last night in Clearwater Beach, Florida. #FLwx
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
A live look at the latest models on Hurricane #Florence
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
-62.3 F: This was the temperature in Ontario, Canada this morning, according to the HWR-A forecast model initialization. Nearest weather station, Peawanuck, hit -52 F. #cold #onwx #canada
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Jesse Ferrell
9 years
MT @fullmetalsquid : I've seen a lot of s#%! in my backyard before. New one
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Jesse Ferrell
7 years
This is an AMAZING map for April. More of the U.S. is under some probability of snowfall this week than has been for much of the winter!
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Jesse Ferrell
1 year
IF we get a Moderate Day 1 SPC Risk tomorrow... Last in PA was 2018 Last in MD was 2019 Last in VA was 2014 Last in WV was 2014 #pawx #mdwx #vawx #wvwx
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Jesse Ferrell
9 years
ISS catches Sprite -- nice shot International Space Station​! http://t.co/U6edvLMXGv http://t.co/lMcQLOhnj8
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Jesse Ferrell
7 years
SPC Forecast Today... #JurassicRisk
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
Final list of high wind gusts from 3/13 Superstorm: Mancos, Coloardo: 121 mph Sunlight, Colorado: 113 Jefferson, CO: 109 Grand Prairie, TX: 109 Pine Springs, TX: 103 St. Augustin Pass, TX: 104 Cloudcroft, NM: 100 Colorado Springs, CO: 97 Glacier Park, MT: 94
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
Storms hitting D.C. now -- here are a couple of Instacams from NW of the city about 6:30 PM showing a defined shelf cloud
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Jesse Ferrell
3 years
Live look at chasers west of MCD# 0292 w/ 95% chance Tornado Watch in Texas: #txwx @ReedTimmerAccu
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Jesse Ferrell
1 year
These outflow clouds on #Lee 's western flank are just amazing.
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Jesse Ferrell
5 years
Check out Typhoon #Francisco on the AccuWeather Japan Radar:
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Jesse Ferrell
5 years
Kalmus, Mass. mesonet station gusted to *90 MPH* as the rotation from the Tornado Warning passed over! #capecod @ReedTimmerAccu
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Jesse Ferrell
7 years
The Dec. 2017 snowstorm dumped >1 FOOT in AL, GA, NC. Highest by state: NC: 25.0" AL: 15.0" GA: 14.0" PA: 11.0" SC: 9.0" ME: 9.0" MA: 8.2" CT: 7.3" NY: 7.5" NH: 7.4" TX: 7.0" MS: 7.0" TN: 7.0" VA: 7.0" NJ: 7.0" MD: 7.0" DE: 7.0" LA: 6.5" RI: 6.0"
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Jesse Ferrell
2 years
Absolutely... incredible... snow amounts in the California mountains! ❄️☃️⛄️🏔️🌨️⛷️🏂🎿 Mammoth Mountain has seen 190 inches of snow (15.8 FEET) since the #AtmosphericRiver began. #CAwx
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
5 PM TOP SNOW AMOUNTS: Whitetop, VA: 24.0" Valle Crucis, NC: 21.0 Piney Creek, NC: 20.5 Sugar Mountain, NC: 20.0 FLoyd, VA: 20.0 Swansonville, VA: 20.0 Mouth of Wilson, VA: 19.5 Wytheville, VA: 19.3 Sparta, NC: 18.5 Saluda, NC: 18.5 MORE:
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Jesse Ferrell
2 years
No... cars are not good tornado shelters. (Rolling Rock, MS) These & other photos featured at
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Jesse Ferrell
2 months
#TD4 soon to be #Debby will be moving over extremely hot water that has been 90 degrees this week.
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
For anyone who is tied to a model "consensus" remember: 1. How bad the Irma 2017 4-DAY forecast was, predicting it going to SC (we're 5-DAYS from Hurricane Florence hitting) 2. The European model ensembles once had Irma 2017 off the coast, operational in Raleigh, NC
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Jesse Ferrell
5 years
Can't believe I'm saying this AGAIN today but Hurricane #Dorian is showing a lot of lightning in the eye, a sign of strengthening. The Hurricane Hunters must be getting a heck of a show.
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
Don't do it, #Invest98 , just don't do it. BAD NEWS: Part of #Florence is trying to come back to spread rain onto to the Carolina coast. GOOD NEWS: It will stay weak and NHC has only a 20% chance of formation. Accu Forecast:
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Jesse Ferrell
7 years
Really neat temperature chart from the HRRR model last night. I've annotated some features:
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Jesse Ferrell
1 year
Tornado Swarm tracking towards Chicago! #ilwx #chiwx
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1 year
We’re tracking the #tornado threat in the #Chicago area. Live coverage is on AccuWeather Prime right now. Free livestream here ⬇️
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
Mind-blowing #360 #VR "mothership" severe supercell thunderstorm yesterday in Alberta Canada via @ReedTimmerAccu #360 #VR
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Jesse Ferrell
7 years
And so it begins... THUNDERSNOW in Buffalo... @ReedTimmerAccu is onsite. #lakeeffect
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Jesse Ferrell
7 years
Highest Snowfall Reports by State: Montreat, NC: 8.0" Clayton, GA: 7.0" Lauderdale Co., MS: 7.0" Kings Crossing, TX: 7.0" Kentwood, LA: 6.5" Mars Hill, AL: 6.0" Mountain City, TN: 3.0" Oconee Co., SC: 1.8"
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Jesse Ferrell
5 years
72hr RAINFALL from #Imelda (through 1 PM CT per MRMS) vs. Claudette '79, Allison '01, and Harvey '17. Imelda *SO FAR* is covering an area as large as Claudette and bigger than Allison but falls short of Harvey. LIVE FLOODING UPDATES @
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
Oh... what a night.
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Jesse Ferrell
6 years
TORNADO CONFIRMED near Rockport, KY. Can you believe this is still the remnants of #Gordon ??
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