Craig Maire II
NWS and storm spotters
I had one incident on 10/01/02, I was tracking a storm in southern Blackhawk, Northern Benton County, Iowa (middle of nowhere) south of Laporte City, Iowa and was told by local EOC that the storm was indicated to be capable of producing 3/4 inch hail and had 3D shear by there LOCAL radar, (Waterloo) then the storm strenghthened more and I soon was told that the storm now still had 3D shear and was capable of producing 1.25 inch diameter hail!, but there was still no warning by the local NWS, I called the NWS and the gentlemen said that there radar didn't indicate 3D shear or large hail and so frustrated, I continued to track the storm and soon found myself shooting video of a beautiful wallcloud, (which was seen on the 5 or 6pm news)I called that in but still no severe storm warning was issued; I think this was a case of the NWS radar being to far away (Desmoines) to pickup this small brief severe storm?? That is the only "problem" I have ever encountered.
I had one incident on 10/01/02, I was tracking a storm in southern Blackhawk, Northern Benton County, Iowa (middle of nowhere) south of Laporte City, Iowa and was told by local EOC that the storm was indicated to be capable of producing 3/4 inch hail and had 3D shear by there LOCAL radar, (Waterloo) then the storm strenghthened more and I soon was told that the storm now still had 3D shear and was capable of producing 1.25 inch diameter hail!, but there was still no warning by the local NWS, I called the NWS and the gentlemen said that there radar didn't indicate 3D shear or large hail and so frustrated, I continued to track the storm and soon found myself shooting video of a beautiful wallcloud, (which was seen on the 5 or 6pm news)I called that in but still no severe storm warning was issued; I think this was a case of the NWS radar being to far away (Desmoines) to pickup this small brief severe storm?? That is the only "problem" I have ever encountered.