IMPACT: The highly anticipated solar storm has hit Earth! This is likely a collection of a few coronal mass ejections over the last 48-60 hours.
BOTTOM LINE: If you want to see the
#NorthernLights
, be ready AT SUNSET. This is a bit of an early impact, but we should still be OK.
#BREAKING
:
#Tsunami
warnings issued for South Alaska, the Alaskan Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands following powerful 8.1
#earthquake
.
The threat to the west coast of the US is being evaluated.
@TwitterDev
@elonmusk
, does this include automated weather alerts of significant weather like tornadoes and severe thunderstorms from both government and weather communicator accounts? If so, this is potentially a life-threatening decision made on very short notice.
Certainly something interesting on
@NWSBillings
radar. The CC values are higher which normally wouldn't correlate to debris/chaff, but the location is suspicious near the Temporary Flight Restriction for national defense.
#MTwx
ASAT TEST: This was the initial call from NASA to the
@Space_Station
regarding the debris caused by Russia's anti-satellite test. Not a fun wakeup call.
Safe-haven procedures were put into effect.
This courtesy the
@NASA
ISS Stream.
@planet4589
@NASASpaceflight
When I joked the trash cans could end up in low-Earth orbit during the afternoon meeting due to the strong wind gusts Wednesday.... I had to do it. May be a new favorite graphic 😅
#IAwx
LIFE UPDATE: After joining
@iowasnewsnow
in 2017 my time in eastern Iowa is coming to a close. I have made the difficult/exciting decision to leave the TV industry and have accepted a position as a meteorologist at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Last day: 7/31
There is nothing quite like
@spann
during
#tornado
coverage.
"My head is full of knowledge that is absolutely useless."
Need some levity on days like today.
New video sent to me from Keokuk County's
#tornado
warning shows what appears to be three tornadoes occurring simultaneously. Just a wild storm.
📸 Kurt Houston
@NWSQuadCities
#IAwx
A wild photo I took from last night's
#GOESU
launch (and landing) - you can see the supersonic shock waves of the second
#FalconHeavy
booster coming in, located just above/left of this booster. You can make out all three of the signature "boom, boom, boom" waves of the booster
Is this going to be the year we finally realize we've gone past the point of no return? Between this insane record shattering day across much of the CONUS, the record-warm Atlantic and the record minimum Great Lakes ice coverage, it's gotta make you wonder
Wild scene between Keota and Wellman this afternoon this afternoon. Unfortunately this
#tornado
left a lot of damage in the county.
#IAwx
📸: Jessica Anderson
My brain cannot process what's happening right now. This is, and I can say this with 100% faith, the most insane thing I've ever seen.
#iawx
#northernlights
#aurora
HAPPENING NOW:
@blueorigin
has a launch failure during
#NS23
. The launch-abort system removed the capsule from the New Shepard Rocket.
This was an uncrewed flight with 36 payloads aboard.
Time lapse from my dash camera of the
#Haboob
in northwestern Iowa Thursday evening. Moving at 70mph, it was not something to really chase. Just sat and got rolled by it.
Didn't think my first haboob would be in Iowa, ha.
#IAwx
JUST IN: A
#tsunami
watch has been issued for the Hawaiian islands following a powerful 7.8
#earthquake
in the western Pacific. Threat for a tsunami is being monitored.
18 years ago
@NWSKansasCity
put out the best, accidental, test excessive heat watch of all time.
"The Earth has left its orbit and is hurling toward the sun."
NEW: A new NOTAM has been posted and a Temporary Flight Restriction enacted until further notice in far northern Lake Michigan. This is once again National Defense Airspace.
#balloongate
continued?
The
#SpaceX
#FalconHeavy
#USSF52
/
#OTV7
launch as viewed from the Cape Canaveral Light House. This composite features the launch and second stage ignition, as well as the boost back, entry and landing burn of the side boosters.
BREAKING: The entire state of Iowa is now under a Winter Storm Watch. Blizzard conditions with life-threatening cold are expected starting late Wednesday night through Saturday.
#IAwx
On the board in 2024, and captured my first
#tornado
in the state of Florida. Witnessed four tornadoes southwest of Jacksonville, Florida.
These all viewed from Florida Highway 23 looking west, from two different supercells.
#FLwx
Our Iowa statehouse reporter
@CaroRCummings
is leaving, and so this montage of clips over the last few months was absolutely necessary to put together to commemorate her final news conference with the governor.
Thank you for asking the hard questions and keeping Iowans informed!
A time lapse of last night's
#NorthernLights
show in eastern Iowa, with some real-time video at the end. Hands down the most incredible
#AuroraBorealis
show I have ever watched.
Video taken near Brandon,
#Iowa
.
#IAwx
LAUNCH! Here's another photo I snapped as the mighty
#SLS
rocket blasted off from
@NASAKennedy
with 8.8 million pounds of thrust on the
#Artemis
I mission.
#Artemis1
Appears to be a global
#SpaceX
#Starlink
outage. Many users report on Reddit, and I can confirm, long streaks of satellites "searching" for service this morning.
The end of Broadcast Park’s N-Stew era.
@NStewCBS2
changed a station, a market, and a hell of a lot of lives forever.
Eastern Iowa is better for having Nick Stewart these last six years. Thank you, my friend.