PSA for fans going to Houston: tornadoes possible today

Michigan vs. Tornados

Fergodsakes... I have never looked at a non-hurricane forecast for an indoor game and actually thought "yeah that could impact the logistics of the game." 

National Weather Service says "Strong Tornadoes likely."  Weather Channel says "look out for powerful tornadoes."

This bodes well for our offense and not theirs. 

that's right. cause Wolverines are coming to town, and Hell's coming with them

Oh that's just swell.

With 30 seconds remaining in the game Washington is up by 4 points, but Michigan has driven down the field and has a first down on the three yard line. JJ is about to hand off the ball to Corum for the winning TD. 

A tornado suddenly forms near the stadium, blows out the electrical power system, tossing cars like confetti, and the game is stopped and called for the Huskies.

Hold up, hold up. What if the tornado was named Tornado Harbaugh?

The only tornado in that area tonight will be Mason Graham.  

Looks like the afternoon will be rough there. Weather.com predicts that the storm will finish passing through before kickoff.

I’m sure Tony Pettiti is on his way right now to suspend Harbaugh, because checking the weather report gives Michigan an unfair advantage.

biggest scandal in sports history. Also a player safety issue: if Michigan knows that there will be a tornado and Washington doesn’t, Washington players might end up wandering around outside. Clearly have to suspend Harbaugh for this

A paywalled article about tornado warnings? Way to go, Houston Chronicle 

Well it is Texas. The last time I was in Houston there were tornadoes then too. Sounds about right.

If the sky turns green, it might just be a release from the chemical plants.

For those who are flying into Houston today or expecting someone who is flying in, there is ground stop issued for both airports due to  thunderstorms in the area.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/01/08/ground-stop-issued-at-bush-and-hobby-airports-due-to-severe-thunderstorms/

If you go to Texas and there isn't a tornado, did you really go to Texas? I've been to Texas 5 times and on four of those visits there was a tornado; the other time there was a blizzard. Sarcasm aside, everyone be safe and have a great time.

And the name of the tornado is Blake Corum.

NOAA’s storm prediction center has a convective - ie tornados - outlook. It’s showing enhanced for Houston, which is 1 step up from slight.  Living in tornado country, enhanced could get schools closed/let out early because lawyers, but it’s not worrisome.  Moderate is when we get nervous.  

& the NWS Houston has a severe weather outlook for today.  These are basically the bluf for the briefings what local EMS, schools, etc get when bad weather is forecast.  Again, today isn’t stuff that usually gets us nervous.  

& for those who don’t live in tornado country (like Michigan), even if tornado watches are issued later today, that’s pretty standard because something could pop up.  It’s when the warnings are issued & the sirens go off that - at least in my county - get us to turn on the tv & see where the track is.

if there is bad weather while at the stadium - inner halls & bathrooms are usually the shelters.

https://www.weather.gov/hgx/

Forecast at the moment is for the front to pass through around dinner time and then the weather should stabilize.  So tailgating would be most impacted.  

Think victory.  

Wow.

Because of course.

One more thing for the team to rise above.

This shit doesn't happen if they play the championship game at Michigan stadium.

We are the storm.

Tornado warnings will prolong drives. This benefits us.

WE ARE THE TORNADO!

Those tornadic supercells are quite isolated so the odds are very low a tornado will hit the stadium. I would not worry too much about it. If it was an open air stadium, I'd be more worried about lightning suspending the game for long periods of time. I'm glad it's indoors!

I called Michael Barrett - He's re-routing the weather system over the Gulf.