Killer tornado, LA twister, green flash, heavy rain in southwest Missouri.
OTD in 1952: The newly established Severe Local Storm Warning Center issued the first tornado forecast, eradicating the ban in the U.S. Weather Bureau on the use of the word “tornado”. This product would eventually become the tornado watch that we know today. pic.twitter.com/tddnTXhBYA
— Bill Murray (WxH) (@wxhistorian) March 17, 2023
St. Patrick's Day GREEN FLASH popping above the multi-layered sunset over Half Moon Bay. 3/17/2023. #greenflash pic.twitter.com/RoQCcUD9D2
— Jan Null (@ggweather) March 18, 2023
On this date in 1948, the first of two F3 tornadoes to strike Tinker Air Force Base in a 5 day period occurs. Tracking over the base doing extensive damage and causing 8 injuries, this tornado is the catalyst for a forecast break-thru within the week. Damage is estimated at $16… https://t.co/j9zgF3s0mS pic.twitter.com/lBkbsyQsVK
— Oklahoma Tornadoes 🌪️ (@OKTornadoDB) March 20, 2023
Map showing how much daylight there is on the March (Vernal) Equinox. pic.twitter.com/f77CQBSoxx
— Brian Brettschneider (@Climatologist49) March 20, 2023
Tornado in Los Angeles today! #cawx https://t.co/cFzIvi4omW
— Convective Chronicles (@ConvChronicles) March 22, 2023
Last several hours of radar data out of San Francisco via @RadarOmega
— Steve Copertino (@TheSteveCop) March 21, 2023
Can't say I've seen two meso-lows Fujiwara off the California coast like this before. Numerous reports of wind damage have been coming in as these produced gusts of around 60 – 80 mph. #CAwx pic.twitter.com/FfJOCXdI2y
The northern lights are now visible in Massachusetts!
— Jacob Wycoff (@4cast4you) March 24, 2023
(📸: @kalpeshk2011 in Amherst) pic.twitter.com/QRAZIZSFD7
Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain occurred last night into this morning across the area. The heaviest rain occurred from McDonald County to just south of Springfield into Texas county with 2 to 5 inches of rainfall. #mowx #kswx pic.twitter.com/f5bJxOtCYC
— NWS Springfield (@NWSSpringfield) March 24, 2023
Nighttime satellite composite showing the aurora last evening. pic.twitter.com/WKUAW5nPzl
— Brian Brettschneider (@Climatologist49) March 24, 2023
Rolling Fork #mississippi monster. Damage is catastrophic. Multiple fatalities pic.twitter.com/KqWI8EDfc9
— Adam Lucio (@AdamLucioWX) March 25, 2023