1 Interesting... the NOAA page is somewhat understated and concentrates on WI, but TWC rates KS and NE as having about a 90% chance of tornadoes today, and 70%-ish from the TX panhandle through IA.

2 While there is a chance for severe T-storms tonight here in Duckford, it's a slight one only, though the weather nabobs are saying up to a half-inch of rain overnight. 

The real action is supposed to be tomorrow afternoon and evening, when a cold front from the north moves down and bangs right into all this stuff you're talking about heading up from the south.

Alas, the one thing Pond Central lacks is a basement.  Still, I've hidden in the bathroom a couple of times... though not, I'll admit, because of weather.

3 Ooooh!  Gonna tell us any more about the love life of ducks?

4 The real weather should stay south of me, too.  We just get the big atmospheric changeover... too warm & humid to have the windows open today, and snow tomorrow night.  A nice 45-degree drop in 36 hours.

5 Ubu, be careful what you ask for.  There are some things that you are simply better off not knowing...

6 It's raining here.  The occasional roll of thunder.  In other words, general springtime weather.

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8 Sorry about the blank post.

Don made a comment explaining my mistake.  The forecast and map you saw were different from what I saw a few hours later.  When I look at the map closely, it says (in very small print, lower left corner) "Valid 15/1/1200Z – 16/1/1200/Z” and there are very small links to day 1 and day 3. So you wrote the article Friday evening, based on a different Day 2 map/forecast. When I followed the link in the early AM of Sat., it had changed; Day 2 was now Sunday (today).

9 We've had just over 2" of rain since midnight here at Pond Central, with more possible.  Nothing severe, though.  The rainfall amount is higher than what you'd regularly expect, but not uncommonly so...

No complaints here... I've seen enough bad weather to last a lifetime.

10 The tornado watch was lifted this morning.