Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Tornado & flood season: enter stage right



Mother Nature has been flexing her muscles and showing just who is boss!


Last Friday night turned out to be the real first day of Spring Storms including numerous weather watches and warnings. At least one tornado even touched down.


Paul Thomas and Chris Kunz covered the worst hit area--Lakewood, Ohio --as they found flooding, trees down, wires and poles down, power out, lightning strikes and much more in the short stretch they covered. Great job by the guys!


It's advantageous having weather alerts and breaking news on your cell phone to give the latest on any storms rolling in to this area. My cell phone never stopped 'dinging.'


Strap yourselves in for a wild ride this Spring and Summer.


Fortunately, wkyc recently introduced a new Interactive HD Radar.


If you have not seen how this works, head on over to your computer at wkyc.com and test it out.


It's wonderful. YOU are in charge of what you want to see, what conditions interest you most and what situations to track.


In HD, on air and on line, you have the latest at your fingertips whether it be temperatures, lightning strikes, wind speeds, earthquakes here and elsewhere, and Lake Erie's water temperature...plus so much more.



As always, Betsy Kling and the Channel 3 Weather Team will have all the latest information to keep you and your family safe during stormy weather.


Betsy and the gang will break in to programming, if warranted. It's a responsibility they have to the Channel 3 viewers during weather situations.



Stay with wkyc on line and on air for your most complete spring and summer storm coverage!

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