Lance Cooper

@weather_history I can’t believe you made a thing about this Nader

July 20, 2017: A significant tornado struck Hamburg, New York, in the Buffalo metropolitan area. The EF2 damaged the Hamburg Fairgrounds, several homes, a garage, and a few other structures. Thankfully, no injuries or fatalities occurred. #wxhistory

@michaeljknowles Why did they casts trans person I need an explanation

Nobody liked the Odyssey.

@WeatherSphere22 What is the black

population bias simulator

@pissvortex Best wings in the world

Family in Buffalo genuinely just asked me if I would rather go to “Adolf’s” or “Nine Eleven” for lunch and they were being completely sincere

@PeterC428 This looks like Watertown SD

If I'm not watching Michael Marz Ashby footage in the retirement home in 60 years, then I never was a real storm chaser.

@mnhldn At least there reaching out

This is among the worst NWS tweets I’ve ever seen. Even if it’s just a funnel, which it is not, you still warn that.

@NickKrasz_Wx That tree damage was not ef2

The path of 2025's "Tornado of the Year" near Wellfleet, Nebraska. This long-lived, incredibly photogenic, and intense tornado exhibited highly unusual behavior throughout its life, at times becoming nearly stationary and following a remarkably deviant path. Storm chaser Freddy McKinney and I collaborated to reconstruct the tornado's track. Freddy analyzed his video footage to map the beginning portion of the path, while I used satellite imagery to trace the remainder of the track through the open fields. The tornado left a visible scar on satellite imagery, something that's incredibly hard to do in this area of Nebraska, which made it possible to map the track in much greater detail. Photo 2 shows the current official paths, which depicts the event as two separate tornadoes. While it's still an interesting comparison, the official track is noticeably less accurate because satellite imagery was not incorporated into the analysis.

@ChasingWConnor @lydiakauppi @MatthewCappucci Your the best Conner

@lydiakauppi @MatthewCappucci Sounds like the options are to cry and moan about it or just be smart with the funding they do have for the time being.

Have weather forecasts seemed less accurate lately? There's a major contributing factor: nearly half the morning weather balloons in the Lower 48 are "missing." This is an ongoing crisis that is degrading critical severe weather forecasts that we all rely on. It's having real, tangible impacts on degrading forecast quality. If you work in transportation, agriculture or commerce, this should matter to you. Regardless of the causes, this negatively affects people of ALL political backgrounds. Weather affects everyone. And it's impacting ALL of us negatively. We can't look at weather balloon data that doesn't exist. We can't pump nonexistent data into models. We can't rely as heavily on models that don't "know" what's happening above our heads. This is especially concerning for severe weather forecasts. We can't go 18 hours without ascertaining how the atmosphere is layered, how much storm fuel has built up and if severe thunderstorms are going to erupt. The Storm Prediction Center has even acknowledged forecasting frustrations in at least one public bulletin. As an atmospheric scientist myself, I can say firsthand – the forecasts I'm able to offer you are less accurate than they would otherwise be. I'm not able to predict severe weather with the confidence I normally would. That is extremely concerning. The United States is "supposed" to launch balloons at 0Z and 12Z ideally – a.k.a. around 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Eastern time. That's not happening. Many sites, due to staffing issues stemming from broader political and organizational issues, have pushed to 18Z, or early afternoon. That's not helpful for morning severe weather forecasts. In other words, you get less lead time. Less advanced notice. Quicker ramp-ups and ramp-downs to the forecast. We're not able to get jet stream, temperature, moisture or wind profiles of the atmosphere each morning like we otherwise would. Moreover, the World Meteorological Organization encourages 12Z soundings; that data is shared via the Global Observing System (GOS) under the World Weather Watch (WWW). That's not happening.

@weather_history It also had a super late tornado warning

June 25, 2024: An intense tornado tore a 39.62-mile path through several counties in western Nebraska. The high-end EF3 devastated a farmstead near Whitman, where trees were debarked, vehicles were tossed, and several homes were leveled. One person was injured. #wxhistory

@weather_history Such a underrated tornado will never forget when it happened

@FalcnStormChase @Discovery Why can we just enjoy things

People hate the new @Discovery In the Eye of the Storm: Chasers Here’s why:

@Midwest_wx That track is awful

It appears the Washburn tornado has had damage found at EF2 intensity. #ilwx #BREAKING #wxtwitter

@BreakinNewz01 Holy Manchester

#Breaking 🚨 Significant images of a Dangerous tornado on the ground in LaSalle County, IL near Streator. #Illinois (#ILwx)

@JaydonShawwx Looks just like Manchester violent tor

Not sure how to describe this but this tornado gives me Manchester and Greenfield had a baby vibes

@Pandrew_Wx Looks like Manchester SD

Streator tornado from earlier #ilwx

@ChrisHallWx Likely hit by geolocation

@rolandgarros This aged poorly

Morning routine mood 😁😐 #RolandGarros

@tornadotrx @CDisillusion Yo why are you here

@CDisillusion thank you goat

Ok, Imma explain the admiral neck shadow thing. (Spoilers: it's not a rubber mask, ya weirdos)... 🧵

@ffrffr123 @GuardiansP1zWin @PlaysSaheb That’s is a terrible take

@GuardiansP1zWin @PlaysSaheb Yes

Biggest high outlook bust imaginable. Its like how the 5/3/99 models had errors and the initialised forgot what trof timing is which ultimately is the largest single failure mechanism behind ejection (5/18) then geometry

@MatthewCappucci The nws currently

Unpopular opinion: issuing a tornado emergency should carry the same gravitas as a pilot declaring a mayday. In the latter case, there’s always a formal event postmortem, paperwork, etc. We’ve had a number of questionable TOR-Es in the past few years. It’s becoming the new PDS or even regular “radar-confirmed” tornado warning. That needs to not be the case.