EXTREME WEATHER: Gone Wtih The Wind - Abu Dhabi Airport Devastated By Severe Storm! [VIDEOS]

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March 10, 2016 - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - When it rains, it pours, in the case of Abu Dhabi Airport, which on Wednesday saw roofs collapse, small planes scatter, and debris smash into terminal doors in a heavy storm.

The severe weather conditions forced the airport to suspend all flights and cancel the UAE Air Expo 2016.

Airport staff and passengers looked on as wind and rain battered the airport, causing further destruction.

In one video, a large piece of debris smashed into a set of glass doors, causing panic among bystanders.

WATCH: Severe storm hits Abu Dhabi.

damages at Abu Dhabi airport due to heavy rains pic.twitter.com/2SEmTwGqC9

— Khalid Khan™ (@khalidkhan787) March 9, 2016

OMG. Photo taken in Abu Dhabi Airport, Alden's in Dubai, still, be safe.
(c) Nelson Canlas IG#ALDUBTheCompromise pic.twitter.com/VH6oPinIlU

— Rosalie Hale | MC (@MCRosalie_716) March 9, 2016

A post on a frequent flyer site called Boarding Area criticized the UAE's infrastructure, saying the Emirates are unequipped for severe weather.

"Qatar and the UAE seem to have almost unlimited funds for completely unnecessary construction, but can't even get basic things right, like rain-proof buildings. Embarrassing...," it read.

Though the worst appears to be over, the bad weather is predicted to continue over the next few days, though flights schedules are expected to resume to normal. - RT.

EXTREME WEATHER: Apocalyptic Hailstorm In Argentina - Gigantic Hailstones Pound Conscripto Bernard Damaging Homes And Cars, Resulting In Widespread Power Outages! [PHOTOS+VIDEO]

November 13, 2015 - CONSCRIPTO BERNARD, ARGENTINA - An apocalyptic hailstorm hit Conscripto Bernardi in Argentina on November 9, 2015.

On average, the stones were the size of a tennis ball or an orange. Some were measuring more than 15 centimeters in diameter. Insane...

The extreme storm hit the city of Conscripto Bernardi in the late afternoon hours on Monday.

The strong winds accompanied by rain and large hail, affected several homes, shattered roofs, broke window panes, shop windows and cut off most of the electrical, telephone and cable service.

The storm caused strong damages, a disaster for this small city and its inhabitants.

The major hailstorm only lasted three to five minutes, but seemed unstoppable, like never ending...

This weather anomaly was concentrated on the 2000-people city.

WATCH: Severe hailstorm in Argentina.

The apocalyptical hailstorm only engulfed and destroyed Conscripto Bernardi. Within a radius of 10 kilometers, no other localities had problems, except the rain and wind.

News article and pictures: Relevan la situación de familias afectadas por el granizo en Conscripto Bernardi


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EXTREME WEATHER: 2014 Forecast - Severe Storm And Tornado Threat To Spike Later Than Usual Across The United States!

March 14, 2014 - UNITED STATES - Persistent cold air during the first part of the spring is likely to cause severe weather to get off to a sluggish start in a heavily populated part of the nation. However, a marked turnaround is expected later in the spring for 2014.

On average, severe weather gradually ramps up moving forward through the spring. This year, the transition may occur later and may be more dramatic.

A spike in damaging thunderstorms, including some capable of producing tornadoes, is expected during May and June.

Early Season Temperature Extremes

According to AccuWeather Long Range Weather Expert Paul Pastelok, "We expect a southward dip in steering-level winds to occur much of the time over a large part of the Midwest to the Eastern states during March and the first part of April."

This dip of strong winds high in the atmosphere, known as a jet stream trough, will generally keep warm, moist air at bay from near the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast.

Last year, a similar setup occurred in much of the same area during the spring and led to a much lower-than-average severe weather season for the nation as a whole.

Thunderstorms are fueled by rising warm, moist air. As a general rule, the lower the temperature near the ground, the lower the risk for tornadoes and violent thunderstorms.

"This year, the ground is colder, the Great Lakes have an extensive amount of ice and the Gulf of Mexico waters are starting off colder than average," Pastelok said. "All of these can have a negative impact on temperatures in the lower atmosphere."

Over much of the Southeast, Midwest and Northeast, the tornado risk will be lower than average early on due to the colder-than-average environment expected.

According to Severe Weather Expert Dan Kottlowski, "As a positive note, we may not see the frequency and violence of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that typically occur during March and much of April, because of the lingering chill impacting a significant part of the nation."

However, Kottlowski urged caution when comparing overall numbers of tornado and other severe weather incidents to other seasons.

"This is not to say there cannot be a couple of outbreaks of severe weather during the first part of the spring in portions of the Midwest, the South and even the Northeast," Kottlowski said. "People should not let their guard down."

Even during a minor severe weather event, all it takes is one tornado hitting a populated area to bring the potential for great loss of life and destruction.

Strong storm systems can exploit temperature extremes. These storms can allow building warm, moist air to surge in just long enough to trigger an outbreak of severe weather in an otherwise, predominately cool weather pattern.

There is one area where severe weather may get off to an early, typical start with the possibility of frequent severe weather events during March and April.

In portions of Texas, Oklahoma, western Arkansas and western Louisiana, Kottlowski and Pastelok both expect warmth to build quickly relative to the balance of the Central and Eastern states.

The AccuWeather long-range team has concerns for flooding over part of the Tennessee and Ohio valleys with this setup, however. Weakening thunderstorms could unload heavy rain as they move farther east and unwind in the semi-permanent cooler air.

Dramatic Pattern Change Later in Spring

Pastelok and Kottlowski expect the pattern from the Mississippi Valley to the East to change significantly during May and June and correspondingly expect a spike in severe weather incidents to progress northward and eastward.

"We expect a normal to perhaps an above-average amount of severe thunderstorms over the Central states during May and June," Kottlowski said.

Indications are that the jet stream will pull to the north during May and June and hence will allow warm, moist air to flow northward more regularly over the Midwest.

"While warmth combined with drier air may keep a lid on severe weather for a time in the East during May, the air should be thoroughly warm and moist over much of the Midwest and South Central states," Pastelok said.

Areas from the Dakotas and Minnesota to Wisconsin, Michigan, the Appalachians and Atlantic coast should experience surge of severe weather during June and July.

A significant number of severe weather events are likely to continue to occur over the balance of the Midwest and South Central states and expand to along the Rockies as spring draws to a close and summer begins. - AccuWeather.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES: A Giant Wall Cloud Crashes New Jersey High School Graduation - The Huge Storm Produced Lightning, Loud Booms of Thunder, High Winds, Large Hail and Scary Clouds!

Cameras jumped from students to a tornado-lookalike cloud during a New Jersey high school graduation on Thursday. A severe storm producing dangerous lightning, loud booms of thunder, high winds, large hail and scary clouds cut the graduation ceremony at Absegami High School in Atlantic County, N.J., short during the evening hours.

Funnel cloud during Absegami graduation, Atlantic City (Credit: HockeyFanDan/Twitter).

Hundreds darted for shelter, but not before many got soaked by rain and hit by large hailstones. But the hail was not the scariest part to many of the witnesses at the graduation; the scary, tornado-lookalike cloud stole the show. Many thought that the cloud was a funnel cloud, which is defined as a rotating column of air (visible due to condensation) that does not reach the ground. Funnel clouds that reach all the way to the ground are tornadoes. A public statement released by the National Weather Service at 6:50 p.m. ET Thursday, read: "A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED IN GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP. HOWEVER SOME PICTURES SHOW THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DEVELOPING WALL CLOUD." AccuWeather.com meteorologists were skeptical of it being a funnel cloud as well, since there was no apparent rotation in the cloud. It appears that the cloud was a result of condensation that occurred as humid air was rapidly lifted into the storm.

Expert Senior Meteorologist Henry Margusity described what he thinks the cloud is after analyzing video, radar and observations. He stated the cloud is the result of "an updraft along the gust front that causes clouds to form in a shape that resembles a funnel. As the air rises along the slope of the gust front, mixing occurs which causes clouds to form under the base of the storm which can resemble a funnel cloud or wall cloud." Some other AccuWeather meteorologists feel that it is possible that the cloud was a non-rotating wall cloud, which is a lowered cloud from a thunderstorm. The National Weather Service defines a wall cloud as "a localized, persistent, often abrupt lowering from a rain-free base. Wall clouds can range from a fraction of a mile up to nearly five miles in diameter, and normally are found on the south or southwest (inflow) side of the thunderstorm." When a wall cloud rotates, it is often a sign of a well-developed thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado. - Accu Weather.

WATCH: Stunning wall cloud crashes high school graduation ceremony.

EXTREME WEATHER: Severe Storm Pummeled Central Trempealeau County - Destroying Thousands of Acres of Crops in Wisconsin!

The severe storm that pummeled central Trempealeau County last week destroyed an estimated 2,000 acres of alfalfa and more than 1,000 acres of corn, county agriculture officials said Tuesday.

Ron Westphal tills a field on his Strum-area farm Monday afternoon. Crops in central Trempealeau County,
south of Strum, were damaged extensively by a severe thunderstorm last week.

The crop damage was most severe between Whitehall and Ettrick, said Steve Okonek, an agriculture agent with the Trempealeau County UW-Extension office.  Travis Armitage, co-owner of Trinity Farms in Blair, said he and his partners still are waiting for fields to dry so they can assess the damage. "It's a little bit early to tell. It's so wet right now it's hard to do a lot of scouting," he said. "It definitely washed a lot of the seed out of the ground."  Armitage said he's hopeful he and his partners won't need to replant more than 5 percent of their crops.  "It looks very bad, but I don't think it's as bad as it looks," he said.  Farmers lost an estimated $500,000 worth of alfalfa, Okonek said.

The full extent of all the damaged crops for the roughly 150 farms in the area affected by the storm is unknown because many of the fields are still quite wet and farmers are busy planting corn, he said.  Okonek said replanting would be expensive, noting seeds can cost $120 to $200 an acre, and re-tilling land costs about $35 an acre.  In addition to heavy rain, the storm, which occurred a week ago today, brought hail and powerful straight-line winds that ripped siding off homes and sheds and uprooted and snapped trees.  "This was a pretty devastating storm," Okonek said, adding that because fields were freshly tilled, they were more susceptible to erosion.  The less severe storms that came through Eau Claire and Chippewa counties last week did not cause extensive damage for farms, officials said. - Leader Telegram.