March Roars In Like a Lion!

"Weather" it's the start of the traditional severe weather season or the fact that March is coming in like a lion, I thought this would be a great opportunity to create an online journal of the fascinating weather that we experience in our backyard here in the Heartland (aka "Tornado Alley").

... and what a better way to start it off than with a fascinating evening of storms on Wednesday night! Most of the day was clear and beautiful with springlike weather in the 60's ... but by the time evening rolled around, mountains of clouds started appearing to the south over the cornfields. Over the course of the next few hours, thunderstorm and tornado warnings appeared all over the area. In Ottawa (about forty miles south of us) there were three tornadoes that merged into one! Fascinating! By 9:00 pm there were six counties in the southern area of the television viewing area (all of which had cut into their regular shows) that had tornado warnings. The KC metro area itself reported nickel and quarter size hail. Ouch! As for us ... it was a quiet evening. We'll see what happens overnight.

RED: Tornado Warnings
YELLOW: Thunderstorm Warnings
GREEN: Flood Warnings

Articles from Wednesday's storms:
Massive Storm Spawns Tornadoes: CNN
Storms Bring Twisters, Hail & Flooding: Kansas City Star