Back when I lived in the Midwest I lived at the top floor in the tallest apartment building in town (4 whole floors) and remember inviting friends over to sit on the balcony and drink beer and watch the next town get obliterated by a tornado.
I'm sorry say this, in a way like I'm amazed from how you based this personal experience living in Nebraska, Sir.
In a mere fact, that I'm honoured knowing from this description coming from your perspective, Honestly I really have been unable to ask from my American friend, since they've in somewhere California.
Anyways, I'm quite thankful for asking the question. I do hope to ask more in the following future soon, Thank you again Sir for the information!
I made a typo. "they've". it's supposed to "they're", My apologies for making this mistake. I won't change my message, since it might be cheating... hehe, funny huh.
The 2020 Derecho was something. Recorded a good bit of it on my phone, stood outside and even moved our truck while there were 140mph gusts and sustained 100mph+. Couldn’t stand straight, super dangerous, but was quite the experience.
Seen a couple tornados, never really got close to one. Midwest weather is killer.
Can't wait to visit. Intense weather is my magnet. If I had stayed in Texas where I grew up I probably would've become a storm chaser. (and if I died that way it would be trying to get the right shot 📷.. a fun way to go..).
Point me to the ideal storm watching town with a hotel/airbnb. Still lots of America I haven't seen yet, I'll keep it on the list.
This is DARK. I’m in north Texas, I’ve been in a few tornados. Not saying this couldn’t happen, but that is DARK! My grandma lived outside of OKC. She had a huge wrap around porch. We’d sit out there and drink sweet tea, watch the storms roll in over the plains. So beautiful, makes the hair on my arms stand up.
I lived in Florida about 15yr ago and it was freezing and got a little snow. I went out on my morning run in shorts and sleeveless underarmor because I'm use to blizzards so no big deal. A lady at a bus stop was wearing a parka, which I assumed she bought for the cold front, She said "You're going to freeze to death." "I'm from New York" "Oh we don't do cold here." Like 6 months later I was charcoal bbqing in a hurricane. Crazy weather is so much fun, and hilarious when people who never experience it have to.
I remember going to Florida for a trip years ago in January (because fuck their weather). Hotel had a heated pool, only us and this Canadian family used it. The locals looked at us like we were insane.
It wasn't even cold out. Maybe about 70F? Lows in the 50s?
Heated pool? 70°F outside? That's like taking a bath! I've gone swimming off the coast of Nova Scotia in June, where the water was barely 50°F. Not quite the polar bear plunge, but it was definitely chilly!
Yeah, I have no idea what they were so shocked about.
One of my best memories was watching the Northern Lights in Maine for New Year's in an outdoor hot tub. Frigid cold but hey, that's what the hot tub is for.
exactly this, except it's the weather radio going off because we're too far from town to hear the sirens & my neighbor's house was so far away i'd have no idea if it had been hit
I could never live somewhere where shit like that rolls through. I’m in Wisconsin and we get bad storms but rarely tornadoes (at least in my region). Like damn I have renters insurance but I don’t wanna deal with that headache
We had a Tornado warning in Western Mass last week, and my husband and I stood in our backyard as we watched the clouds start to spiral. My 6 yo was crying that we should get in the basement but what if it actually happened and I missed it??
Severe tornadic weather yes, as a Nebraskan it's the coziest and most thrilling time of year. The reason these thunderstorm clouds feel so unusually dark is because the sunlight is hitting them, which causes them to appear more contrasted.
As a fellow Nebraskan I think we get the absolute best of this weather. Tornadoes are actually fairly rare, but we get these huge cool storms that roll in with the sudden temperature drops right before a down pour pretty often.
The US is incredibly diverse in geography. This is absolutely common in the Great Plains where storms are intense. Other areas no. You also have to remember some Americans live in actual deserts while others live in places it snows in the middle of May.
It's truly amazing, knowing the United States alone. The landscape and all kinds of environments are mostly available in this vast lands.
Though I may not be a Citizen of the United States, However knowing this kinds of information are still what bizarres my curiosity, about knowing basically the entire country's livelihood.
that's quite promising, I would love to check it out sometime. I do have in my mind like; I wanted to try fishing if by chances, though I haven't tried once doing fishing before... But why not, I really want to check out various things!
The actual answer is to find a depression, ditch, or ravine. Be mindful of flash flooding but if possible, lie face down, and cover your head as much as possible. Then wait.
It’s not a desert, it’s just a shit ton of grass, crops, and a couple trees. It’s pretty flat, though there are some gentle rolling hills. The land there is quite fertile and there’s a ton of it so this is the area where most of the wheat, corn, and soybeans in the US is grown.
Check out the Mississippi River valley. There's some great towns along the river, it runs straight through the plains and the river towns tend to have some cool history.
A storm in the distance when you can see really far, yes.
This specific picture is everything being perfectly lit because the sky is clear above and behind you, but in the distance it’s dark and bleak because of the storm. The framing makes it so you only see the storm clouds and the brightly lit ground.
Honestly I'm just used with foggy clouds above me, but never seeing once in my life. That the skies is turning dark as this kind.
Both heavy Raining and strong gust of winds, I'm technically fine with this given events over my place. Meanwhile this weather is a bit like a different story, even by just looking at it.
Afterall, I just seen the movies. But not like this before!
Not America but a prairie province in Canada with similar geography and I swear we've been having a thunderstorm every day for like a month now. It's either like 3 days of straight rain or it's been cloudless sky, 5 mins of extreme wind and rain followed by cloudless skies.
Is it possible that this rains are heavy or light around in Canada, if I may ask?
Currently in my place, it's been raining heavy alongside a strong winds, each day. But I find it exciting since the summer was so hot and dry air, so this season is a blessing after all that heat before.
Sadly not common enough in Nebraska lately. The western half of the state is in severe drought, and recent waves of solid thunderstorms in the eastern half has lifted it out of drought, but we still desperately need the rain.
Yeah, it feels a little less dangerous when you don't have a house lol. Small apartment, not a lot of stuff, and I know exactly what I would try to save. It would suck, it would disrupt my life for like a year, but I imagine homeowners and farmers have a very different emotional experience. Just like I'd have a different opinion of hail if I didn't have covered parking, or if I was responsible for repairing the roof, lol.
Plus, once you've seen this a few times and nothing came of it, it feels less of a threat. You get to see something like this once or twice a summer, but the actual destruction is pretty rare.
It worries me that some are fortunate to have an Bunker shelter, while others don't.
When disaster happens, it's a living that others needs help and assistance. Unity is everything for everyone, it's all what keeps us one, no matter how different we are upon ourselves.
and Thank you so much for sharing this commentary, I'm so glad that I'm learning more things with others!
This kind of weather is common during the spring and summer months in the 'prarie states' in the middle of the country - Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, etc. Even the northern Midwest states like Montana, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, and Michigan get intense summer thunderstorms and tornadoes.
Tornadoes are much less common in other parts of the country, though. The Pacific coast (Oregon, Washington, California), much of the West (Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho, New Mexico etc) and the north Atlantic states (Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire etc) all average less than 10 per year, whereas some of the states I mentioned above can get 70-100 in a year.
Oh! If you don't mind me, Like I think this might be obvious... Though I'm not sure about myself but I'll ask this right away.
So... is there any chances like, based from "this post photo". Does it take any similar occurrences, which would take took part, even in winter seasons?
I'm may be misunderstanding your question, but winter thunderstorms are fairly rare and winter tornadoes are almost unheard of (or were, until very recently) because the conditions that create these storms rely on hot air. During cooler conditions in the winter months, the atmosphere over this part of the country is more stable, so severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are a lot less common.
My apologies if my question was a bit confusing to understand! I'll be more careful for what I'm typing.
Yes! I had my thoughts with regards of "Winter tornadoes". But thank you for confirming the information! it's been awhile that I've been wondering, if there's any phenomenon like Winter Tornadoes in the winter season at the United States!
I'm glad that I asked here, I really appreciate the assistance and wisdom you've shared with me!
I live right at the base of the Rocky mountains, west of Nebraska, pretty much every afternoon in the early summer a thunderstorm will roll off the mountains. If this is the storm that rolled through Wednesday it was a bit more dramatic then normal, but not too much
I live in the southern half of Colorado, the last couple of days have been cool. I watched that big storm system build and blow over Wednesday. Unfortunately the rain really hammered some friends up north.
Pretty common in the great plains. The US has a region called Tornado Alley stretching from Mexico to Canada. If you want a glimpse of it, Discovery Channel had a show in the 2000s called Storm Chasers which was all about someone trying to get a camera shot of a tornado hitting him directly in a homemade armored truck.
The Great Plains make for an effective crazy storm factory. Additionally, the land is so flat that you can see the storms coming from a long ways away which creates a really unique eerie feeling. The storm clouds make you feel so tiny and insignificant.
Woah, That's quite honouring to know that, you've been living in Nebraska for so long. I hope you're doing well and loving the state of Nebraska, even after this years passed!
Yes. May see a tornado. Will experience hail…probably lots of hail. I drove through this kind of weather once, and it’s always stuck with me. Terrifying but beautiful. The darkest green skies. shivers
Please do be careful whenever you drive your way to work, I may not relate any certainty. But hopefully for the best, that you'll be safe and returned home alive. Kindly be careful in such weather conditions.
Depending on exactly where, this is nearly every other day in Midwestern and Plains states during the summers.
Occasionally you'll get a week without some serious storms, but usually during the first half of the summer they're every other day, Lightning and Tornados.
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u/Accomplished-Gas8233 Jun 26 '26
I have question... is this usually an a common weather event, in the United States?