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First Alert Weather Day: Slow-moving tropical low to bring rain, rough conditions to Suncoast through Monday

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 8d ago
20 distinct posts / 48h, matching Slow 20
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8d ago This afternoon, broad upper-level ridging will persist across the region, bringing mostly cloudy skies with a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Some slow-moving storms could lead to nu… -0.5
8d ago 10:40 Jul 17 2026 YELLOW WATCH - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM - IN EFFECT for Coastal British Columbia Expires: 00:03 Jul 18 2026 Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms th… -3.5
9d ago Slow moving scattered storms are expected to pop up this afternoon across S.IN & Central KY. A few storms may become severe as they move east of I-65, having winds w/ the potential to bring damagin… -1.0
9d ago It's been a long time since I've had to do this but because of the heatwave, things are getting really tough I'm working on comms but it's been slow going because of this heat and a lot of other ir… -3.0
9d ago July 17th, 1987: Slow-moving thunderstorms caused flooding in the Guadalupe River in Texas. A bus and van leaving a youth summer camp stalled near the rapidly rising river. The powerful surge of … -7.0
9d ago Wind turbines extract less than 1% of the enery in the moving air we call wind. Climate change has already increased the energy in the atmosphere by 5 to 7%. Even with all our energy needs "fueled"… -2.0
9d ago 4:40 p.m. - ⛈️ Slow-moving thunderstorms are dumping heavy rain across parts of the area. Areas of flash flooding will be possible through 9 p.m. @kmbc9.bsky.social -3.5
9d ago Kerrville, TX, downriver of where the horrible deaths of campers happened in last year's flooding. This is massive amounts of water on what is normally a pretty slow-moving, narrow river. Gratef… -2.5
9d ago #NWS #flood #nwsflashflood #FlashFloodWarning Flash Flood Warning for Martin, TX #TXwx At 247 PM CDT, Doppler radar continued to indicate slow moving showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain … -4.5
9d ago Isolated slow-moving thunderstorm cells have developed across mid and north Devon and north Cornwall ⛈️ These could give locally torrential downpours, frequent lightning and 20mm or more of rain i… -1.0
9d ago #NWS #flood #nwsflashflood #FlashFloodWarning Flash Flood Warning for Borden, TX; Scurry, TX #TXwx At 1128 AM CDT, the Snyder Fire Department reported flash flooding along streets in Snyder. Dopple… -7.0
10d ago Extreme heat forces Amtrak, SEPTA to slow trains - h/t The Philadelphia Inquirer -2.5
10d ago It's been a warm day. My home office was over 33 °C this afternoon. Went out to the footpath along a neighborhood creek after the sunset. A thunderstorm warning was issued in my area. Fortunately, … +3.0
10d ago High risk of excessive rain > flash flooding for parts of SW TX through 7 AM CDT Friday 7/17: "Areas of slow-moving, heavy rainfall are expected to continue...exacerbating the catastrophic impacts… -5.0
10d ago REMINDER: A warmer atmosphere holds more moisture. Warmer oceans allow for more evaporation = more rain-making moisture. Slow-moving, repeated rounds of rain in Texas this week were always likely… -3.5
10d ago The overnight WPC crew upgraded today's Day 1 ERO to a High Risk amid the ongoing catastrophic flooding. Per the Day 1 discussion, "Areas of slow-moving, heavy rainfall are expected to continue bey… -7.0
10d ago Flooding forces evacuations in parts of South Texas as slow-moving storms swamp the region -6.0
10d ago Slow-moving storms continue from Uvalde and Camp Wood northeast through Kerrville and the Hill Country. Life-threatening flash flooding remains possible where heavy rain repeats. Other storms are … -2.5
10d ago Only had 2 to 3 hours sleep. As I said a few times now: Doing a slow alcohol detox after drinking an extreme amount, while also having Fibromyalgia, Bipolar 1 / Schizo-Affective Disorder, during a… -4.0
10d ago Often when the fires are intense, water bombing doesn't have much of an impact. Extreme heat causes the water to evaporate before it can douse it. It can help slow the spread though. -1.5

Articles in Story

Tier Title Category Source Feeling SentimentSentiment Score (-5 to +5)
LLM-assessed emotional tone of coverage.

-5 = extremely negative/alarming
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+5 = extremely positive/hopeful

The colored bar shows position on the scale. Emotion badge uses Plutchik's 8 primary emotions: joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation.
T3 FIRST ALERT ACTION DAY: Tracking lingering humidity and storm potential weather_forecast kyma.com watchful, humid, alert
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anticipation
T3 FIRST ALERT ACTION DAY: Tracking lingering humidity and storm potential weather_forecast kyma.com tense, watchful, humid
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anticipation
T3 First Alert Weather Forecast: Scattered PM storms Friday; watching Gulf low this weekend weather_forecast wcjb.com watchful, cautious, expectant
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anticipation
T3 FORECAST: Active weather pattern with potential for strong thunderstorms weather_forecast wptv.com charged, watchful, expectant
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anticipation
T3 First Alert Weather Day: Severe storms possible Saturday ⚖ Contested weather_severe_storm 12onyourside.com tense, vigilant, wary
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anticipation
T3 Severe storms possible this weekend ⚖ Contested weather_severe_storm whio.com tense, watchful, prepared
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anticipation
T3 First Alert Weather Day: Slow-moving tropical low to bring rain, rough conditions to Suncoast through Monday weather_forecast mysuncoast.com blustery, prepared, cautious
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anticipation
T3 FIRST ALERT: Thick smoke returns along with a severe storm threat Saturday ⚖ Contested weather_forecast wbng.com hazardous, smoky, imminent
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fear
T3 Tracking the potential for several rounds of severe storms for Saturday weather_forecast wfmz.com watchful, cautious, alert
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anticipation
T3 ABC-7 StormTrack Weather: Heavy rain and flash flooding remain possible through Sunday weather_flooding kvia.com concerned, cautious, uneasy
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T3 Smoke and haze tonight into early Saturday then severe storms possible weather_forecast wfmz.com warning, hazy, tense
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anticipation