Stanton and Pilger NE Storm

Yesterday, we tracked the storm that hit Stanton and Pilger, NE with a strong tornado, from Pender, NE to Sioux City, IA.

There were multiple funnel clouds seen from 1 mile east of Pender on Route 94. This video is from 4:55-5:01 PM CDT on June 16, 2014:

There was good storm stucture a few miles north of Pender, NE on Route 9. This video runs from 5:10-5:12 CDT:

We saw two funnel clouds simultaneously between Pender and Emerson, NE on Route 9. The video runs from 5:13-5:17 PM CDT:

We found ourselves too close to rapid rotation while driving east on Route 35 just northeast of Emerson, NE. The video runs from 5:26-5:28 PM CDT:

There were rapidly rotating funnel clouds just southwest of Hubbard, NE on Route 35. The video runs from 5:32-5:35 PM CDT:

We saw great striations on Route 35 between Hubbard and Dakota City, NE. The video runs from 5:41-5:42 PM CDT:

We saw incredible storm structure on Route 35 between Hubbard and Dakota City, NE. The video is at 5:43 PM CDT:

The supercell had rapid rotation on Route 35 between Hubbard and Dakota City, NE. The video runs from 5:45-5:47 PM CDT:

The tilted updraft was visible from US 75/77 just north of Dakota City, NE as the storm began to weaken. This is from 5:53-5:54 PM CDT:

Hurricane Christina

Hurricane Christina rapidly intensified from category 1 with winds of 70 knots to category 4 with 130 knot winds over just a 21 hour period. This occurred from June 11th at 21Z to June 12th at 18Z.

Christina is already the second category 4 hurricane in the East Pacific this season. This is the earliest in the season that two hurricanes reached category 4 in the East Pacific since 1966 when satellite monitoring began.

Ice On Lake Superior On May 31

The last day there was ice on Lake Superior was Saturday, May 31st: