Tornado Warning- April 6, 2010

This warning took everyone by surprise, even those of us in the northern part of the county, 15 miles to the north. Just before the first local forecast in this clip, my TWC feed went completely out. The LDL was left up underneath the warning crawl, until the feed conveniently came back right before that local forecast.

Immediately following it, the National Weather Service issues a Tornado Warning for the southern part of Ingham County (which was included here). The Weather Channel then begins covering it, and much to my dismay, actually makes it headline news.

HiRAD was also out for 10 minutes again, and it's obvious that this new LDL was not prepared to handle HiRAD outages. This was the first time I was able to see the wintry mix icon, as HiRAD was guessing hail for the airport (this is displayed on the 2nd local forecast).

The thunderstorm cell which prompted the warning moved out of the warned area and into Livingston County right on time. However, no other tornado warnings were issued on it. Also notice the final local forecast in this clip. Right before the Tornado Warning Update crawl makes its final appearance in the last local forecast here, we see the LDL with the tab bar once again missing. This was fixed about an hour later.

Also, while it's off subject, my condolences go out to the friends and family of those killed or injured by the Montcoal Mine disaster.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• TWC
• The Weather Channel
• Lansing
• Ingham County
• Michigan
• Local on the 8s
• Local Forecast
• Comcast
• Intellistar
• April 2010
• Tornado Warning
• Severe Thunderstorm Watch
• Severe Weather Coverage
• Carl Parker
• Kim Perez
• LDL Tabs Error
• yt:stretch=16:9

[lightningbolt99999]

When I listen to my NOAA Weather Radio during severe weather, the TWC scroll comes way before the alert is announced on NOAA Radio by the NWS. You would think NOAA would broadcast the warning, and then TWC would relay it.

[socool775]

A script has to be read by an employee at the NWS office responsible for issuing the warning. With TWC, all alerts are completely automated, and only in the information is needed for the crawl.

[tonylong75]

How long was this storm in your area?

[socool775]

Not even 15 minutes. This thing raced along at over 60 mph.

[tonylong75]

5:48 Did i see snow in the airport?

[socool775]

The airport reported hail, which the Intellistar shows as a Wintry Mix.

[thevirginia6]

THAT 4 DAYS AWAY TILL MY BHRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!

[GtaIVman11]

what's with the sound in the lf?

[Weatherman436]

@lightningbolt99999 It's just how the IntelliSTAR works. For a watch, it scrolls after NOAA Broadcasts an alert. Probably due to large coverage of the watch. A warning, smaller coverage of warning., thus a faster cuing.

[123souldedout321]

thumbs up if your cable company inturupts tv for tornado warnings and it scares the shit out of u.

[Yoshiguyfull]

3 beeps in a row at 0:40

[francisjairam]

@MultiDollar1234 Emergency Alert System

[jimmieanddale]

i had that storm before you!

[SpottingWithTom]

0:39 The all too well-known bow echo formation on NEXRAD. I'm surprised that NWS didn't issue a tornado warning until minutes later when the conditions are clearly imminent.

[TheResistanceRangers]

I only got yellow storms in my area.

[APDlegends]

i hate the soung inbetween repeats of the ARNINGS