Langner Storm Spotting - LSS

08/02/2024

07/31/2024

07/31/2024

The forecast is still on track for strong storms to enter the region this afternoon, with very strong winds and damaging hail still possible this evening. Stay weather aware, especially if you have any outdoor plans after 5 PM.

***Storms are currently looking to arrive in the Omaha/Lincoln metro areas around 8-9 PM**

07/31/2024

07/30/2024

NOCTURNAL WIND BAG THREAT this evening through midnight from eastern Nebraska through southern Iowa, including Omaha to Des Moines! It's summertime ridge rider season, and I expect a few nights in a row of massive lightning shows but also widespread wind damage potential. The tornado threat appears quite low at this time!

An emergency live update is expected later this morning! This first one in quite some time. Never stop chasing

07/30/2024

-Intense Wind Bag Wednesday-Wednesday Night-

Summary ~ Confidence is increasing in significant severe weather to occur Wednesday afternoon, evening, and into the overnight hours for a large portion of the region. Clusters of thunderstorms is expected to rapidly develop along a cold front during the mid to late afternoon hours and should quickly conguel into an intense squall line as it moves east/southeast into IA and southern MN. Conditions are favorable for a long-lived squall line with significant damaging wind gusts in excess of 80 MPH. Large hail and a few tornadoes are possible.

Discussion ~ A deepening surface low will move into SD Wednesday afternoon with a warm front extending southeast. A sharp gradient of upper 70s dew points is expected to develop near the warm front, with a sharp gradient of 4,000+ J/kg of MUCAPE/SBCAPE. Strong forcing and buoyancy will initiate thunderstorms as a rather potent shortwave trough moves in. Downstream of organizing clusters SD and northern NE, deep-layer/bulk shear in excess of 50 knots and a potent southwest LLJ should continue MCS intensity into the overnight with moderate MUCAPE around. Downburst winds in excess of 80 MPH are increasingly likely.

07/24/2024

A lightning strike hit a tree and fence around the pool yesterday. This is why you always head indoors when there is thunder and stay out of the pool. Picture from 📸 Sharon Mitchell in Waco, NC.

07/19/2024

As of July 17, there had been 1,421 tornado reports in the U.S., well ahead of the historical average of 1,001. https://bit.ly/3y1acm0

07/15/2024

SEVERE WEATHER THREATS 7/15/2024

07/15/2024

Stay tuned!!

The Storm Prediction Center has issued an enhanced risk of severe weather Monday afternoon. It is looking like a line of storms will roll through this enhanced risk area Monday afternoon and will pose a risk of damaging wind gusts (some in excess of 75-mph), and there could even be an embedded tornado threat along the leading edge of the storms. We will have more updates this evening during our Facebook live.

06/12/2024

*** UPDATE: She has been safely located! ***

AMBER Alert: lowa City. The suspect vehicle is a Blue 2014 Jeep Compass w/ IA plate LIU044. The missing is 15-year-old white female Ophelia Barton, 5ft 80lbs, w/ brown hair & hazel eyes. The suspect is a white adult female Lindsey White, 5ft 3in 165lbs, w/ brown hair & gray eyes.

Photo of the abducted child below.

06/06/2024

This is why we do what we do… RADAR DOES NOT CATCH EVERYTHING! It’s merely just a useful tool.

The National Weather Service emphasizes that everyone is “weather aware” on days when severe weather is likely to occur.

06/06/2024

Preliminary count of tornadoes in Iowa for 2024 year to date is 94. This includes 45 in April (broke April record of 40 set in 2001), 48 in May and one confirmed so far in June. The yearly total record for Iowa is 120 set in 2004.

06/04/2024

YOUCH!

06/01/2024

‼️Keep an eye out Next Tuesday, June 4th, for a possible big squall line or severe storm complex riding the leading edge of this northwest flow and embedded upper low into the northern Plains and Midwest. This possibility could bring a strong line of severe weather from Kansas upto Illinois late next Tuesday.

Stay weather aware!

05/22/2024

The Greenfield, IA data from the (Doppler on Wheels) is crazy! A reading of 215mph winds at 600ft off the ground with 300mph winds at upper levels. Debris was shown to be lofted 40,000 feet into the atmosphere! A high-end EF-4 to possible EF-5 is projected from preliminary results.

05/21/2024

A PDS TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 9:00PM!

This this the STRONGEST LANGUAGE the NWS & SPC use to make citizens aware that the weather WILL BE DANGEROUS!

Stay and have MULTIPLE WAYS to receive weather alerts!

~KAL

BREAKING: A Particularly Dangerous Situation tornado watch has been issued until 9PM this evening for much of Iowa. Threats include:

Several tornadoes and a few intense tornadoes likely
Widespread damaging winds & isolated significant gusts up to 90mph
Very large hail up to 4" in diameter

04/30/2024

SEVERE WEATHER UPDATE

THE SPC & NWS have issued a Tornado WATCH for portions of Western and Southern Iowa as RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORMS will be capable of producing tornadoes this afternoon into this evening.

MAIN THREATS:
- SUSTAINED WINDS of 45-55mph
- WIND GUSTS as high as 80mph
- HAIL between 2" (chicken egg) and up to 3" (Tea Cup) in diameter
- A few STRONG tornadoes CANNOT be RULED OUT!

Stay this afternoon and evening!

04/27/2024

SEVERE COVERAGE - 4-/26/24

04/26/2024

SEVERE WEATHER MOVES INTO THE Langner Storm Spotting - LSS COVERAGE AREA!

ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED!!!!

Stay and have multiple ways of receiving weather notifications this evening!

04/25/2024

04/16/2024

Sent in by LSS viewers Amy Galles and Chris Gardner - by Farnhamville, Iowa earlier this afternoon!

Great catch!

04/16/2024

A TORNADO WATCH has been issued for the LSS Coverage area expiring at 19:00 tonight.

Please stay weather aware and have multiple ways to receive weather alerts!



~KL

04/16/2024

SEVERE WEATHER TODAY!

Severe weather is EXPECTED this afternoon into this evening as a STRONG low-pressure system moves into and through the area.

SEVERE WEATHER:
Eastern portions of the LSS coverage area are right on the edge of the ENHANCED (3/5) risk for SEVERE WEATHER. All other coverage areas are in a SLIGHT (2/5) risk for SEVERE WEATHER.

TORNADO:
A MAJORITY OF CENTRAL, EASTERN & SOUTHERN IOWA is in a 10% HATCHED risk of a tornado (10% chance OR greater of an EF 2-EF5 tornado within 25 miles of ANY given point within the hatched area.) The rest of the state is either in a 5% or a 2% tornado risk.

HAIL:
A MAJORITY OF CENTRAL, EASTERN & SOUTHERN Iowa are in a 30% HATCHED (30% chance OR greater of 2" diameter hail within 25 miles of ANY given point within the hatched area.) The rest of the state is either in a 15% or a 5% chance for 1" or greater diameter hail.

WINDS:
20-30mph SUSTAINED winds can be expected with gusts as high as 55-60 mph.

RAINFALL:
1-2" an hour is POSSIBLE under the strongest line of storms.
Rainfall will cease as storms move out of the area and a lull moves in, however, another front of rain showers will likely develop on the back edge of these storms.

Stay today!


~KL

04/07/2024

Stay today!

01/22/2024

Ok, this was just too funny not to post.
😁

08/06/2023

A non-severe cell prompted a tornado warning in North-Central Sac County, Iowa tonight.

Langner Storm Spotting’s Kirk Langner captured these photos as the the front pushed through Sac City, Iowa tonight.



~KAL

08/05/2023

TORNADO WARNING - SAC COUNTY IOWA!

Take shelter immediately!

Expires @ 7:00pm

08/05/2023

FLASH FLOODING is occurring along a line a thunderstorms that are dropping SIGNIFICANT RAIN FALL.

Visibility is less than 1/4 at times.



~KL

07/12/2023

Storms are moving into the area… they are continuing to intensify as they approach and move through the area.

Some may become severe if they continue to grow in intensity.