KWx Chasing

04/09/2025

Know "Tornado Terminology" as we continue through tornado season.

03/20/2025

Welcome to North Carolina! By 10am you'll be taking off the overalls too, sweating to death 😭🤣☠️

03/17/2025

No, it isn't a threat to the U.S. but come on now, 😭 the official season doesn't start until June 1st. Can we get through spring's tornado season first 😫

03/16/2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
~North-Central and North Florida
~Southeast Georgia Coastal Waters

* Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 805 AM until
300 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
~A couple tornadoes possible
~Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
~Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A broken band of primarily cellular storms will continue east into the Watch area this morning and afternoon. Relatively moist low levels and strongly sheared wind profiles will support organized storms, including supercells and small linear segments. A couple of tornadoes are possible, as well as damaging gusts with the stronger storms.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles northeast of Waycross GA to 50 miles southwest of Ocala FL.

03/16/2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
~Southeast Georgia
~Southern North Carolina
~Central and Eastern South Carolina Coastal Waters

* Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 610 AM until 200 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
~A couple tornadoes possible
~Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
~Isolated large hail events to 0.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A broken band of thunderstorms will continue east into the watch area this morning within a weakly unstable airmass with very strong flow aloft. A greater risk for wind damage along with a threat for a couple of tornadoes, will seemingly focus with organized bowing segments and perhaps a few embedded circulations within the band of thunderstorms.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north northeast of Fayetteville NC to 45 miles southwest of Savannah GA.

03/16/2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center Has Issued A

Tornado Watch For Portions Of:
~Eastern Florida Panhandle
~Southern Into Central And Eastern Georgia
~Westcentral South Carolina Coastal Waters

Effective This Sunday Morning From 215 Am Until 1000 Am Edt. Primary Threats Include. . . A Few Tornadoes Likely With A Couple Intense Tornadoes Possible Scattered Damaging Winds And Isolated Significant Gusts To 75 Mph Likely Isolated Large Hail Events To 1. 5 Inches In Diameter Possible

Summary. . . A Band Of Severe Thunderstorms With Embedded Supercells And Line Segments Will Move East Across Much Of The Watch Area Tonight Into The Early Morning. The More Intense Storms Will Be Potentially Capable Of Tornadoes Possibly Including A Strong Tornado Or Two And Damaging Gusts. The Tornado Watch Area Is Approximately Along And 65 Statute Miles East And West Of A Line From 60 Miles Northwest Of Augusta Ga To 40 Miles South Southwest Of Tallahassee Fl.

03/03/2025

***EDIT (3/3/25 at 1 PM EST): This drill has been postponed to this Friday, March 7th at 9 AM EST for SC, 9:30 AM EST for NC.***

🌪 We have the Statewide Tornado Drills on Wednesday March 5th. South Carolina drill will be at 9 AM, and North Carolina is at 9:30 AM. Do you have a plan in place, at home or work, if a tornado were to strike? Practice them this Wednesday.

01/26/2025

12/29/2024

Tornado Watch for portions of
Eastern Florida Panhandle to far northern Florida
Southeastern and extreme southern Georgia Coastal Waters

Primary threats include...
A few tornadoes possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...A particularly organized segment of an extensive quasi-linear MCS should move across the watch area through midday, interacting with the outflow boundary from the rest of the system.
A threat exists for damaging to severe gusts and occasional, embedded, potentially tornadic mesovortices.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles south of Tallahassee FL to 20 miles east northeast of Jacksonville FL.