This week was Severe Weather Awareness Week in Minnesota and Wisconsin. It is important to be prepared for thunderstorms as we move into the late Spring and Summer.
2011 Minnesota and Wisconsin Severe Weather Awareness Week
This week is Severe Weather Awareness week in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Each day of the week focuses on a specific severe weather topic.
Monday, April 11th – Thunderstorms, Hail, Wind and Lightning
Tuesday, April 12th – Severe Weather Watches and Warnings, and How to Receive Severe Weather Information
Wednesday, April 13th – Flash Floods
Thursday, April 14th – Tornado Safety Information
Friday, April 15th – Heat Waves
Take this week as an opportunity to discuss your severe weather plan with your family so you are prepared from what Mother Nature may bring your way.
March 14-18 is Flood Safety Awareness Week
This week is flood safety awareness week around the country and it is very timely here in Minnesota.
Snow totals from Feb 20-21 storm
We received a total 10.5″ of snow at the farm over the last couple of days during this past snowstorm.
Interested in a storm spotter class this spring?
If so, check out the SKYWARN spotter training class closest to you this spring! A complete list of classes held around the metro can be found courtesy of the Twin Cities NWS.
Snow starting to melt!
The Green Bay NWS posted this nice animation of the serious snow melt from Thursday through this morning. Temperatures should get into the 40s over the next couple of days so look for more of the snow to melt! Don’t get fooled though, temperatures look to dip back into the single digits for lows this weekend as a cold front pushes through the region.
Cold Air Persists
If you would like to calculate the wind chill or the temperature that it feels like outside with the temperature and wind taken into account, you can use the chart below to give yourself an idea how cold and dangerous it is outside.
Spring Flooding Outlook for Upper Midwest
Every time we step outside, the white landscape is a constant reminder of the amount of snow and, thus, amount of moisture that is waiting to flow into rivers and streams when the weather finally turns warm this spring. The above normal snowfall early this winter combined with above normal rainfall early last fall has led to the National Weather Service declaring the potential for significant flooding in the Upper Midwest this spring.
Technical Difficulties
Treasured Haven Farm has encountered some technical difficulties this past week.
Tornado near Treasured Haven Farm on 17 June 2010
On June 17, 2010, Minnesota experienced a severe weather outbreak including numerous reports of hail, wind, and greater than 20 tornadoes. A complete overview of the outbreak can be found on the National Weather Service (NWS) in the Twin Cities website.
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