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Finally got around to making a loop from the severe weather sequence from April 23rd (Thursday) to April 29th (Tuesday). This was a very active stretch, with a total of 103 tornado reports, 500 hail reports, and 501 damaging wind reports. Along with this, a total of 264 tornado... show more

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James Pettus5 months ago

I am working on adding a plot with spotter network dots for future event recap loops 👀

Liberty N Justice 4 All5 months ago

It was a long week for Tornado Alley, still catching up on sleep.

Tijer945 months ago

Weather manipulation

GoPokesSoCal5 months ago

This is really cool! Thanks for putting it together and sharing. Nice use of technology and tells a story too.

Kade Myhre5 months ago

@ReedTimmerUSA This is awesome!

Aly🌪5 months ago

@Vols1217 If only we could get 2 straight weeks of that rain in the SE.

Sound The Alarm5 months ago

You make cool stuff!

Kyle David4 months ago

This is a really well-made visual! What program did you use to make it?

Matt DeAngelis (Big Time)5 months ago

@PettusWX amazing job as always man! What are your thoughts on severe potential in the Southern Plains on Tuesday? Looking like this may be the best shot to see anything chase worthy with some discrete cell/tornado potential through the middle of May for the Plains.

James Pettus5 months ago

Not gonna lie, haven’t looked to much. Been taking the past few days to rest up after the grind. I’ll be back at it this coming week.

Matt DeAngelis (Big Time)5 months ago

Cool man! Keep grinding! Love your analysis and work!

Meteorologist Tim Ealer4 months ago

Hey James - I really like your website but I noticed some of the features aren't working. Still in development?

Alex5 months ago

Like it’s coming out of a power plant 🫣

⋅ ☾ ˚₊‧ the wraith ‧₊˚ ☽ ⋅4 months ago

justtt ignoring april 27th because it kinda sorta busted

Jackson Miller5 months ago

@ReedTimmerUSA Crazy that Thursday was really the worst day

James Distler5 months ago

That looks amazing

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