Sunday, October 30, 2016

Crossing Tornado Alley

Heading dorsum to Colorado, I crossed Tornado Alley this forenoon in addition to afternoon, a wide swath of landscape from Texas to Nebraska in addition to Iowa that is specially susceptible to tornadic thunderstorms inwards throttle in addition to early on summer.

As i who has often driven across the Great Plains, I hereby offering a dyad of personal recommendations to beau travelers.  First of all, cross this share every bit early on inwards the twenty-four hr menses every bit possible since supercell thunderstorms (and the tornadoes that they spawn) virtually often prepare inwards belatedly afternoon or evening, fueled yesteryear daytime heating.  Secondly, melody into local radio stations to rest informed regarding unsafe storms; spell the terrain is relatively apartment in addition to many storms tin endure spotted at a distance, this is non ever the case, specially when heavy rains obscure your view.

Today, I managed to orbit Hays, Kansas, amongst no major problems, though I did skirt i severe thunderstorm simply W of Topeka.  After checking into a motel inwards Hays, however, a tornado alert was issued for this metropolis in addition to nosotros all gathered inwards the laundry room until the tempest passed simply to our east.  Meanwhile, tornadic thunderstorms convey begun to ignite all across eastern Kansas (not to cite an outbreak inwards Pennsylvania, stretching along the rim of a high pull per unit of measurement area dome that sits over the Southeastern U.S.).

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