Wunderground Meteorologist Shaun Tanner

Signficant Severe Weather Outbreak Possible Wednesday

Posted by: Shaun Tanner, 4:53 PM GMT on May 29, 2013

The Storm Prediction Center has issued a moderate risk of severe weather for a large part of the Plains from northern Texas through western Kansas. In addition, a slight risk of severe weather has been issued for much of the rest of the Plains, from central Texas through the Dakotas. Parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin are also warned of the possibility of severe weather.

As if that wasn't enough the map below also illustrates the threat of severe weather to parts of the Northeast today.

All of this adds up to a potentially very dangerous day for the middle and northeastern parts of the country. Severe weather can mean a variety of things, including strong winds, large hail, heavy rain, and most importantly, tornadoes. Thus, it is important to have a plan in case severe weather does develop in your area Wednesday. We have set up a Tornado Safety and Preparedness page so you can plan your action in case of severe weather. If you are in a tornado warned area, please seek immediately. If you don't have a basement (the best place to go), go to an interior room of your home or building and get out of a mobile home.

Weather Underground many ways to track severe weather:

WunderMap allows you to follow the most up-to-date and comprehensive weather data on the internet. You can turn on radar to see if there are any thunderstorms in your area, and you can see if you are in an area that is warned by either a tornado or thunderstorm. This tool is very valuable for tracking severe weather.

Our Twitter feed will always give you a second-by-second update of any tornadic activity throughout the country. This feed includes information from local authorities, the National Weather Service, and emergency managers as monitored by Weather Underground meteorologists.

Please be ready for the severe weather today, and make sure your neighbors are ready as well.

Categories:Tornado Severe weather thunderstorms

Updated: 5:03 PM GMT on May 29, 2013

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Weather Underground Needs Your Help Testing New Products!!!

Posted by: Shaun Tanner, 5:01 PM GMT on May 23, 2013

Here at Weather Underground, we are constantly trying to improve our products. As part of this process, we will need feedback from some of our users before the products are released to everybody. Thus, you are a very important part to our product creation!

Weather Underground is seeking users interested in shaping the future of wunderground.com products. Participants will be contacted via email to schedule a quick video chat about current and potential ...

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Help Us Develop A Site-wide Alert System

Posted by: Shaun Tanner, 4:47 PM GMT on May 16, 2013

One of our high priority goals for the website is to develop a site-wide alert system where you can see the alerts for your area on ANY page within the website. This is something we have wanted for some time, and have made room to develop the product.

We do feel it is very important to communicate to our users the most important information to them as simply as possible. To that end, WE NEED YOUR HELP! If you have a very quick minute to fill out this s...

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Not Your Same Ole List of Things to do on Earth day

Posted by: Shaun Tanner, 6:30 AM GMT on April 22, 2013

Well everybody, Earth Day is here...again. It seems as though no matter how poorly we treat her, Mother Earth still comes around once a year to let us know that she still needs to be treated nicely. How selfish! Isn't it enough that we halfheartedly recognize Arbor Day once per year as well (and some of us even remember a week after it happened)? What could Mother Earth possibly want in addition? Our calendar is already full to the brim with other day, week, or...

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Is it Winter or Spring? Another Winter Storm Hits Rockies, Heading to Midwest

Posted by: Shaun Tanner, 8:33 PM GMT on April 15, 2013

We have set up a page where you track all of the latest information on this powerful Spring/Winter storm. All you have to do is click here!

If you look at the radar and front map above, you will notice all of the blue radar returns scattered from the Rockies through the Northern Plains and Northwest. You might think this is an old radar shot from this past Winter. No, it is current. A significant snow storm is moving through the Rockies, b...

Categories:Yogi Winter Weather Snow Spring Storm

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