Twisters

I am not an alarmist and it's not exactly breaking news anyway that Illinois sees a lot of tornadoes every Spring. However, it might bear watching 2024 in particular as past weather patterns might indicate the Land of Lincoln might be in the danger zone for twister development.

You would be surprised how many people don't fully understand what tornado alerts in Missouri mean. Today is a special reminder that understanding what weather alert you're hearing could save your life and there's one in particular that is dreaded. It's a rare tornado emergency.

If you live in Missouri, you need to be prepared for tornado season, but there's a special reason why the US Army in the state is already getting ready for this year's twisters.

There's an almost unprecedented warning from forecasters at NOAA about what could happen in Missouri early next week. They say a 'deep cyclone' system could bring severe storm danger to the entire state and possibly even Illinois, too.

If weather patterns continue to change the way many meteorologists are predicting, Missouri should brace itself for terrible twisters once Spring begins in 2024.

This is normally the time of year when I'd be warning you about possible winter storms in Illinois. Not so much in 2024. As a matter of fact, there's a very good chance of strong tornadoes in the Land of Lincoln this Thursday according to forecasters.

Missouri has seen some historic and tragic tornadoes, but few can rival a twister that tore through St. Louis in the Spring of 1896. It was so fierce it even blew steamboats out of the river.

I demand a recount. A new ranking of the states with the most dangerous weather doesn't have Missouri anywhere near the top. How can this be? Science I suppose.

I was gonna use the word "guess", but there is some science behind a prediction of how many tornadoes Missouri and Illinois will see in 2024.

It's really not unusual for Illinois to have a lot of tornadoes, but it's not typical for the Land of Lincoln to have more than any other state, but that's exactly what has happened in 2023.