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SD Derecho
Jul 7, 2022 08:41:52 #
Did any of you witness the derecho in SD? https://abcnews.go.com/US/derecho-turns-skies-green/story?id=86336580
Jul 7, 2022 09:25:29 #
I remember seeing a green sky back in the 70's when a tornado went through Xenia Ohio. I lived about 50 or so miles Southwest.
Jul 8, 2022 10:21:36 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Did any of you witness the derecho in SD? https://abcnews.go.com/US/derecho-turns-skies-green/story?id=86336580
I have often seen a sky that appears green when severe weather is present. It isn't like what you are reporting on, just a very slight tinge of green.
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Jul 8, 2022 10:30:31 #
Bridges wrote:
I have often seen a sky that appears green when severe weather is present. It isn't like what you are reporting on, just a very slight tinge of green.
I'm envious.
Jul 8, 2022 10:47:18 #
Saw a green sky in Louisville, on April 3, 1974. In the "green sky" was a tornado (darker green), which was among the Super Outbreak of that date. It wasn't until I heard, on my car radio, what it was.
PS - The "traffic-copter" pilot for WHAS-840 AM, tracked the tornado from behind it until it crossed the Ohio River into Madison, IN. Talk about big brass ones!!
TRADIO saw the terminus of the Super Outbreak in and near Xenia, OH.
PS - The "traffic-copter" pilot for WHAS-840 AM, tracked the tornado from behind it until it crossed the Ohio River into Madison, IN. Talk about big brass ones!!
TRADIO saw the terminus of the Super Outbreak in and near Xenia, OH.
Jul 8, 2022 11:03:24 #
I grew up in Kansas. Usually a sky that color meant a tornado was coming and everyone should head for the basement!
Jul 8, 2022 14:47:47 #
B1rdr
Loc: Northern Virginia
I saw a green sky once in the late 50's when I was a a church camp near
Windsor, NY. We never had a storm and it got dark before the sky turned blue again.
Windsor, NY. We never had a storm and it got dark before the sky turned blue again.
Jul 8, 2022 17:52:26 #
Chopper Bill
Loc: East Tennessee
This photo from the article captures the bottom of the roll cloud of a cold front passing straight over the road. That it is also aligned with the road to boot is really fine. I flew offshore in the Gulf of Mexico for 39 years and lived offshore on a crew platform for a week at a time for 22 years. I never learned what caused the green color of the rain following the front, but I did learn to "Never fly into the green rain!" What I did do was tie the helicopter down to the deck post haste and take cover until the storm passed. Just remembering those squalls gives me goose bumps.
Jul 8, 2022 22:18:42 #
Lucian
Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio
I remember seeing a green sky in Florida at Sun n Fun which is a weeklong airshow. A huge storm hit us shortly after seeing those storm clouds turn green. Just seeing the sky turn that colour, you knew something was not right. We had to tie down our aircraft and be out under the wings to add extra weight as the storm moved quickly through.
Jul 8, 2022 23:16:34 #
Chopper Bill wrote:
This photo from the article captures the bottom of... (show quote)
Wow, what a fantastic shot! I love it.
Jul 9, 2022 06:59:52 #
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Jul 9, 2022 23:49:20 #
SD61
Loc: South Dakota
I agree on the green sky indicating hail, but it is usually a lighter green. This green was much darker and meteorologist thought it was light being bent and water particles causing this shade of green.
Jul 11, 2022 10:42:47 #
Chopper Bill
Loc: East Tennessee
Here's The Weather Channel's thoughts on Green Rain:
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/why-is-this-sky-so-green
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/why-is-this-sky-so-green
Jul 12, 2022 09:27:26 #
Jul 12, 2022 13:54:06 #
I'll have to ask my grandsons if they saw it. Green sky. That's something. Doesn't it usually mean hail?
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