6/16 Storm/Tornado Coverage

[Bull Shannon]

WZZM, WWMT, and WXMI have live coverage of the confirmed tornado moving from Van Buren County into Kzoo County.

Through my Xfinity Stream, WOOD-TV has yet to break in on either Channel 8 or 41, instead airing what coverage they have through WXSP, which as of 10:20pm is saying nothing about the tornado warning.

Astonishing lack of coverage by WOOD-TV. Holy hell.

[TC Talks]

The website just shows a forecast from probably 6p.

https://www.woodtv.com/weather/forecast ... -forecast/

[MWmetalhead]

76 mph wind gust reported at the K'zoo / BC International Airport.

[TC Talks]

These guys are kicking ass with some PC's and a live channel.

https://www.youtube.com/live/uz1IeoPhAR ... wcMP05Sl9L

[Localnewsisdead]

Storm Team 8 had an "issue" which prohibited them from going live.

Here's what Chief Meteorologist Ellen Bacca posted on Sunday evening:

We have resolved the issue that kept us from going live immediately during the tornado warning this evening.

We value your trust. It will not happen again.

Thank you for reaching out to us this evening! We care deeply about the community and are taking steps to be sure we can continue our legacy of being the most accurate and the most reliable.

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[MWmetalhead]

I wonder if inability to go live had something to do with their "hub" in Indianapolis?

News 8 all around was terrible this weekend. Very minimal coverage of the mass shooting in Rochester Hills on-air Saturday evening and Sunday morning.

Sara Flynn on Sunday morning's newscast downplayed the HRRR model's depiction of Sunday evening storms in the Kalamazoo area, saying no severe weather was expected and intensity wouldn't be as bad as it appeared on the graphic. Oops!

The GRR office of the NWS inexplicably has no severe thunderstorm warning in effect for Clinton County right now. There is a damaging wind threat ongoing there based on what I see on radar.

[TC Talks]

Sara Flynn on Sunday morning's newscast downplayed the HRRR model's depiction of Sunday evening storms in the Kalamazoo area, saying no severe weather was expected and intensity wouldn't be as bad as it appeared on the graphic. Oops!

The youtube weather kids also said that no models predicted what ended up happening. Weather, particularly near a lake, can be hard to predict.

[MWmetalhead]

That's true. I think Chicagoland was outlooked for only a marginal risk, yet severe weather reports were quite plentiful from that region.

Like SW Michigan, I believe no weather watch was in effect for Chicagoland in advance of the storms.

The SPC thought the higher threat would be near Duluth, Ashland, Ironwood, etc.

GR, which received little to no rain last night, is already up to 89 degrees downtown. Ditto Alpena and Traverse City (all are 89 unofficially right now). The front hasn't fully cleared my neighborhood yet. It is only 81 here, but I will note that temp is up a good 6 or 7 degrees from an hour ago.

[Trophyhead]

While a funnel cloud may have been seen by a fire crew near Gobles, there was no touchdown evidence for the National Weather Service in Sunday Evening's Tornado Warning area.

It doesn't change the hamstrung emergency reporting operations for Nexstar stations, I saw them trying to give some information during news at 10 on CW-41.2 and the warning was given up during that 'cast.

[MasterB]

I thought it was going to be dry for Sun didn't think it was going to be a storm that day/night I didn't believe the Weather channel on the storms or Wood TV at 6PM Sun, even when looking at NWS had it was about only 20% at 5PM did check it again at about 8:15PM did say 50% and saw the cells forming near the lakeshore. The storms got to Kazoo at around 10PM when I went upstairs for the final time hardly any wind did put on a light show and not a fan of thunderstorms lasting for 2 & half hours I prefer them to get in and get out. Just glad I didn't lose power I'd be not happy with losing and being ungodly hot this week.

[Doktor No]

https://www.lightningmaps.org/#m=oss;t= ... ;dl=2;dc=0; https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/wisc/ Lightning maps , org and the updated every 15 minutes midwest view from the satellite. This started in northeast Mo/Central Illinois area with a little low pressure center. On the sat pic it was wound up tight and looked to cover a couple counties at best. It continued northeast into the Chicagoland area where it got more intense. The first line of storms formed out ahead of the low and after it crossed the lake thats when the SECOND line formed after midnight. The first set was from the outflow of the low, that was the tornado warned one, the second was the actual low pressure point. It looked like a small hurricane on the sat pics. I use the SPC from NOAA, the Area Forecast Discussion from GRR NWS and the WISC.EDU sat and lightning maps for up to date goings on.
As for REALLY dropping the ball...Blake Helms from TV13 at 6:30 NEVER mentioned anything but the upcoming heat. I was talking to the TV, "LOOK AT THE SATELLITE! Look at the radar scans in Illinois!" Look at the direction of travel! Just glad it didn't hit in my house surrounded with oaks and hickory trees up here east of Rockford.

[Doktor No]

Or Blake Hansen or whatever....and weekends on TV8? I cannot handle Amanda Porter. She got her voice training from Captain..Kirk.

[DJ-MichaelAngelo]

I wonder if inability to go live had something to do with their "hub" in Indianapolis?

The only thing that could explain all the technical failings, repeated mistakes, and bumbling disorganization of this infamous out-of-state "hub" is a poltergeist. Seriously, is this doomed building haunted or built on top of an ancient indian burial ground or something?

[MasterB]

I saw a lot of tree branches down going to the mall in Portage from the storms almost 2 weeks ago.

[CurlyHoward]

Too bad they didn't all fall on you.