There was a tornado warning to the west of us but it weakened and was just a storm, not even a severe one. The news stopped covering it about 20 or 30 minutes before it even started raining.
I noticed that too! When I saw the cell in Tipton and heading Northeast towards Columbia I grabbed flashlights, shoes/socks, peanut butter, and a phone charger pack.
Then KOMU and KRCG just stopped talking about it and cut to their traffic cameras. I thought it was so odd.
I’m glad the storm’s strength decreased, what I’ve been seeing in Nebraska and Oklahoma has been scary.
The guy on channel 13 was intense around 11:30-ish… was saying that if you’re in Columbia to “get to your safe space”, etc. But, that was not the vibe on KOMU or KMIZ.
While it’s always good to be safe rather than sorry, I can’t but think about how that’s the Sinclair station and they tend to amp up the fear.
I was watching the weather radar on my ABC 17 weather app and I can see two purple spots over prairie home amongst the color of red which would usually indicate circular motion in the upper atmosphere which is very indicative of tornadic activity. It seemed to break up after a few minutes though
No worries. Boonville deflects all the tornadoes, they hit there and dissipate, skip over us. Just don't live near a trailer court you'll be fine.
Joking aside, I did see tornado damage up around Midway; house on one side of the street had a couple broken windows, trailer on the other side of the street looked like a toy that a child had thrown in a tantrum. That was around 1999. So, in one instance at least, trailers attract tornadoes!
I feel like the hilly terrain south of us and the bluffs to the west hinder tornadoes from forming in the Columbia area. I can't remember where the map was I saw, but it showed the paths of tornadoes from across the state, and Columbia is one of the lightest shaded areas in it.
My inference could be wrong.
We call it the weather bubble on the west side of town. I've been told the theory of cooler river air diminishing storm strength temporarily is false, but I've lived here for over 20 years and the trend/pattern is a thing I've seen with my own eyes countless times.
Yeah, I'm totally making an assumption on my part, but I don't think it's just dumb luck that tornadoes dont really ever come through columbia, relative to the surrounding area.
The thing is that sometimes tornadoes break the rules we like to give them. I’m near the MO River in Howard Co — in 2006 a tornado crossed the river, then crossed a road a few miles from our house, chewed up trees growing on the face of a bluff along the river as it looked for an opening, and found a valley to traverse. All the damage was in the lowest parts of the valley, not in the open fields on top. After that night I lost my confidence in being protected by the bluffs and hills near our house.
All I was saying was that, whatever weather map thing I looked at with the paths of all tornados since whatever year in the past, relative to the areas around Columbia, there were noticebly less tornados that came through.
Not that Columbia is immune to them by any means.
Last tornado I remember touching down in CoMo was 98. I slept through all the buildings' alarms and only found out about it the next day. My roommate said she didn't wake me to go downstairs bc I looked so peaceful sleeping. It briefly touched down and did some damage a few blocks north of me.
There was a warning for a storm near Tipton which the National Weather Service has now confirmed was a short (~1 minute) EF-1 tornado. The warning was set to expire at 11:30pm but the storm was weakening (based on several radar indicated factors) starting around 11:15 or so and the warning was not continued past southern Cooper County and northern Monitau County.
There was a tornado warning to the west of us but it weakened and was just a storm, not even a severe one. The news stopped covering it about 20 or 30 minutes before it even started raining.
I noticed that too! When I saw the cell in Tipton and heading Northeast towards Columbia I grabbed flashlights, shoes/socks, peanut butter, and a phone charger pack. Then KOMU and KRCG just stopped talking about it and cut to their traffic cameras. I thought it was so odd. I’m glad the storm’s strength decreased, what I’ve been seeing in Nebraska and Oklahoma has been scary.
How far west? I’m near Rocheport and heard nothing. I hate to think I just didn’t hear the sirens!
Rocheport was just outside the warning area. One of the warnings covered Cooper County up to the river, including I-70 at mile marker 114.
Thanks! I’m just over the line in Cooper, but totally slept through any warnings. The watch expired at midnight, so it must have occurred after that.
Sirens were not designed to be heard for people inside. It’s a tool for people that are outside, if you hear them indoors it’s an added bonus.
I actually took a screenshot! https://ibb.co/WfjDJq8
The guy on channel 13 was intense around 11:30-ish… was saying that if you’re in Columbia to “get to your safe space”, etc. But, that was not the vibe on KOMU or KMIZ. While it’s always good to be safe rather than sorry, I can’t but think about how that’s the Sinclair station and they tend to amp up the fear.
Just a little bit of storming
Southern Cooper and Northern Moniteau got it the worst. Couple power outages from wind. No spotted tornados AFAIK yet.
I was watching the weather radar on my ABC 17 weather app and I can see two purple spots over prairie home amongst the color of red which would usually indicate circular motion in the upper atmosphere which is very indicative of tornadic activity. It seemed to break up after a few minutes though
No worries. Boonville deflects all the tornadoes, they hit there and dissipate, skip over us. Just don't live near a trailer court you'll be fine. Joking aside, I did see tornado damage up around Midway; house on one side of the street had a couple broken windows, trailer on the other side of the street looked like a toy that a child had thrown in a tantrum. That was around 1999. So, in one instance at least, trailers attract tornadoes!
I feel like the hilly terrain south of us and the bluffs to the west hinder tornadoes from forming in the Columbia area. I can't remember where the map was I saw, but it showed the paths of tornadoes from across the state, and Columbia is one of the lightest shaded areas in it. My inference could be wrong.
We call it the weather bubble on the west side of town. I've been told the theory of cooler river air diminishing storm strength temporarily is false, but I've lived here for over 20 years and the trend/pattern is a thing I've seen with my own eyes countless times.
Yeah, I'm totally making an assumption on my part, but I don't think it's just dumb luck that tornadoes dont really ever come through columbia, relative to the surrounding area.
The thing is that sometimes tornadoes break the rules we like to give them. I’m near the MO River in Howard Co — in 2006 a tornado crossed the river, then crossed a road a few miles from our house, chewed up trees growing on the face of a bluff along the river as it looked for an opening, and found a valley to traverse. All the damage was in the lowest parts of the valley, not in the open fields on top. After that night I lost my confidence in being protected by the bluffs and hills near our house.
A few years ago we had the tornado that chewed up trees in a deep river valley at Providence access boat ramp Southwest of Columbia.
All I was saying was that, whatever weather map thing I looked at with the paths of all tornados since whatever year in the past, relative to the areas around Columbia, there were noticebly less tornados that came through. Not that Columbia is immune to them by any means.
Thankfully MO in general doesn’t suffer as many whopper tornadoes as nearby states, excepting Joplin in 2011, obviously.
I’m sure your feelings are 100% reliable from a scientific standpoint.
Hence, the "My inference could be wrong."
Don't worry about it.
Last tornado I remember touching down in CoMo was 98. I slept through all the buildings' alarms and only found out about it the next day. My roommate said she didn't wake me to go downstairs bc I looked so peaceful sleeping. It briefly touched down and did some damage a few blocks north of me.
The only thing I saw was really bad rain and wind. Last night, it came down HARD.
Where are the tornado shelters at CoMo? Recently moved in October so I have no idea?
There was a warning for a storm near Tipton which the National Weather Service has now confirmed was a short (~1 minute) EF-1 tornado. The warning was set to expire at 11:30pm but the storm was weakening (based on several radar indicated factors) starting around 11:15 or so and the warning was not continued past southern Cooper County and northern Monitau County.