I hope you enjoyed our brief interlude with spring over the weekend, as it was back to more wintry weather Monday. We didn’t get much rain, but those winds were sure blustery and a little on the chilly side. Of course, what else would you expect with a cold front moving through?
With each cold front that blows through the Northwest, I wonder what effects it will have as it travels across the U.S.? We have seen many of these contribute to the severe weather that has produced a record number of tornadoes and deaths.
The preliminary estimate from the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration are that there were at least 312 tornadoes last week from 5 a.m. Pacific Time on April 26 through 5 a.m. April 28.
That is certainly an amazing number of tornadoes in such a short time. During those two days, 350 people were killed, the most since April 5 and 6, 1936, when 454 people lost their lives. April 27 was the deadliest single day since March 18, 1925, when 747 people were killed over seven states. I am sure the warning system the National Weather Service has now, with NOAA weather radios and such, helped alert many people and saved numerous lives.
