WX GEEK HUMOR April 30, 2007

Be careful what you do…, the Vorticity Owl may be spying on you!

~Hoo Hoo

PLANET C April 29, 2007

So, we have found a planet 20.5 light years away from Earth that is within the “Goldilocks” belt of its parent sun, a region that is not too hot or too cold, it’s just right, to potentially support or sustain life as we know it. The planet orbits a red dwarf star named Gliese 581 [...]

LITTER PREVENTION AND CONTROL April 29, 2007

The facts below are taken from http://www.keeparkansasbeautiful.com/litter_prevention/ Facts about Littering
Arkansas has 100,000 acres of public roadside along its 16,367-mile state highway system, 9,700 miles of streams, and 600,000 acres of lakes … and, unfortunately, litter can be found along all of them!It costs Arkansas more than $2 million annually to clean up along the highways, [...]

Helping the Environment by Planting a Tree April 28, 2007

Today is Arbor Day, and with all of the talk about Global Warming and the overall destruction of the environment, I wanted to share some facts with you that will hopefully make you understand the importance of trees.
My goal is to help people realize that they really can make a difference by just simply [...]

The Front is Coming Through….. April 25, 2007

The severe weather is winding down. Strong storms continue to move across Newton, Pope, and Yell counties. These storms have the capability of producing strong gusty winds to 50 mph along with small hail.
As the sun goes down, these storms will quickly fall apart. A cold front will continue to sweep across [...]

1:45 PM UPDATE April 25, 2007

Severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued for Craig and Nowata counties which border our north western area. Good breaks of sunshine have been developing off to the west and with a cold front still back near Tulsa; thunderstorms are likely through the late afternoon and into the early evening. A line of thunderstorms [...]

12:30 PM UPDATE April 25, 2007

Northern counties; Delaware, Cherokee, and Adair in OK, along with Washington, Benton, Carroll, and Madison in AR, are now breaking out in sunshine. Cumulus clouds are beginning to pop as well. With the cold front still lagging back to our west the potential for thunderstorms, some of which may produce large hail, still [...]

RAIN REPORTS… so far April 25, 2007

ARKANSASMena 1.50″Booneville 1.36”Fort Smith 1.12”Siloam Springs 0.97”Fayetteville .93”Springdale 0.75”Bentonville 0.60”OKLAHOMATalihina 2.26”Poteau 2.21”McAlester 1.86”Westville 1.14”Wilburton 1.16”Cookson 1.09”Sallisaw 0.91”The heaviest thunderstorm activity right now is along a line which stretches from southeastern OK through Mena, Clarksville, and Harrison, AR. There have [...]

8:30 P.M. Update April 25, 2007

Showers and storms continue to move across portions of western Arkansas. Several severe storms were reported throughout Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Scott, and Polk counties. Heavy flooding rainfall may be an issue with some locations seeing localized street flooding. Never cross a street that is covered with water.
The severe threat continues to wind [...]

6:00 P.M. Update April 24, 2007

Strong to severe storms continue to push throughout eastern Oklahoma this evening. Look for those storms to contain small hail and gusty winds from 40 to 60 mph. There’s still a tornado watch until 11:00 p.m.; however, the tornado threat is weakening as storms merge together in a general line.
The line of storms [...]