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Hey Gary I liked it! It was cool! :)
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Rachel,

Thank you so much! We are doing it again at 6 PM. It is amazing how many different kinds of advisory's are in effect.

Gary

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I thought it was pretty cool, different, but neat nonetheless. One question Gary, IF we do get severe weather, what form do you think it will take? I'm going out tomorrow morning, and I just want to be prepared.
Briauna
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Briauna,

Winds of over 50 mph would be the main threat.

Gary

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Yes Gary I see all the watches. Could the winter storm watch be pulled down to us and you? Do you see any thunderstorm watches for us? Thanks, Michael/Topeka
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Michael,

Of course it could, but we just have to see how it sets up on Saturday.

Gary

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I liked the graphics. Only one problem. NOT ENOUGH BLUE AND WHITE OVER OUR AREA!!
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Scott,

I would rather have a winter storm than severe weather. We will see what happens.

Gary

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Gary, every new tool you come up with is like another ray of sunshine coming into my life lol. keep it up!
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Jonathan,

Thanks!

Gary

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The new tool is cool. I can't wait until it is used over our area. Hopefully tonight at 10 or at least tomorrow?
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Ann,

Thank you for the positive feedback. Yes, it will really help as we are able to show everyone's county and really explain the severe weather better.

Gary

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Hello Mr. Lezak, So what I'm seeing is a large area of rain and t-storms in the morning. What would need to happen for storms to fire up in the afternoon? Sun??
How much of a break do you see for tomorrow?
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Ben,

This is a tough question to answer. If we were to break out and warm up to near 60 degrees then I think it would be unstable enough. I just don't see this happening.

Gary

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On the one hand your watch/warning tool isn't a lot different than things like the little weather bugs we'll see during shows in the corner of the screen. But on the other hand I see how there's now an interactive element to it where you can point and click to more easily show us who has what watches & warnings. Since most things during a newscast can be explained as you point at them, I'm interested if you guys have any neat little tricks for weather bugs during normal programming during storm season up your sleeves?
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Retro Rick,

What would you suggest? Thanks for the feedback. It is a great interactive tool at the wall. When there are severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings we will be able to show one county at a time and investigate what they are experiencing better.

Gary

P.S. Why do I have a feeling I might be awakened in the morning from my weather radio with some watch or warning over Clay County? :-)

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So are you saying that the only precip will be in the morning and then tomorrow night? Or do you expect rain in the afternoon as well?
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Ben,

Rain in the morning, and then there is a dry slot, but will it get here? And, will it then fill in as the upper low comes across? Rain could redevelop all day long.

Gary

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Gary - I thought the regional "Warnings" display was exceptional. Tornado watchs, blizzards, T-storm watchs, etc. Wow! Please post a copy of the display so I can copy it for weather geek friends. Thanks!
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Jim,

I can't post one now, but that is a good idea. Thanks for the feedback.

Gary

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I liked the tool - a lot of good info displayed easily/quickly.

It seems like it'll likely be much more beneficial during severe weather when county-by-county warnings will vary much more both spatially and temporally.
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Jake,

Exactly! This is where it will really help.

Gary

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well i love the storms and any kind of info i can get in my area of clay co would be great...... so i think it is a neat idea doing each county.
i think it will help keep people better informed when we have a storm. not every person has a computer to have a thing such as a weather bug and if they can look on the tv and see what is going on right in there back yard is great....keep up the good work and keep the ideas comming gary.
so do you see the winter weather watches moving in to kc sat or sun? wow what a storm it will be fun to watch..i will be checking here often to see what has been posted threw out the storm.
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Nikie,

Only if the storm goes further south.

Gary

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Gary Good info and easy to read keep using the tool .. I am always interested who is under waht watch or warning in the area Jerry in the norhland .
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Jerry,

Thanks for helping.

Gary

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What does concern me the most is the Dry Slot and only about 1" of rain. I would think that there would be more rain with this type of storm but there isn't. Has any of the new data taken the storm a little further south? I do hope so. How is your cofidence that this dyr slot will effect us a lot in terms of precip?
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Alden,

It will likely affect us, but sometimes convective rain patterns can produce a lot more rain, but then other areas get less.

Gary

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Thanks for the upgrade with the county-by-county info. I liked it. By the way, as this storm sets up on Saturday during the day, will you blog now and then to let us know about the dry slot setup etc?

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Gary,
I really enjoyed the watch tool it puts everything in perspective maybe we will be put in some kind of wintery advisory on sunday morning if that storm tracks south, I also have a friend that was going to hastings,nebraska this weekend but told him there were blizzard advisories that way and now he changed his mind thanks to your watch tool.

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Gary,
I like it. I especially like the way the counties pop up with their names and times. Many times I have no idea what the counties are when you show them so this is a helpful tool for those relative newcomers to the area.
Also, I have another question related to severe weather. Last week I heard that the tornado in New Orleans was classified as an EF-2. Is that the new Fujita scale? If so, what is the difference between the new and old scales?
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Matt,

EF......Enhanced Fujita scale!

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Awesome new graphics Gary... its amazing to see a few counties in Kansas under a tornado watch and a blizzard warning at the same time. Im sure that is a very rare occurence, as this is a very powerful storm for this time of year.

Great Job and I will keep you up to date on my rain totals.
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Joe,

Thanks, this is a very strong one!

Gary

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Gary,
I thought the new tool was pretty neat. However that being said I more enjoy the forecasts where less of the fancy gadgets are used and more of the straight up weather forecasting is made. Call me old school I suppose.
Jake

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Jake,

Thanks for the feedback. Keep in mind this will only be used when severe weather or watches are in effect.

Jeremy