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Apr 15, 2012 - Added 2 fatalities to the 2012 Lightning page.

Apr 06, 2012 - Added the first fatality to the 2012 Lightning page and reworked the Astronomy page.

Apr 04, 2012 - Reworked theSPC Report page and the SPC Watch page and created a new Tropical page.

Apr 01, 2012 - Reworked the 6-10 Day and 8-14 Day Forecast Pages and the SPC Outlook pages.

Apr 01, 2012 - Reworked the Mesoscale Analysis page.

Mar 31, 2012 - Have reworked several pages: Air Delays, 3 Day Precip., U.S. AQI, UV.

Mar 29, 2012 - Completed the following states for the NexRAD conversion: AR, DE, IA, KS, LA, MA, ME, MN, MO, NJ, OK, VT, WV, WY.

Mar 03, 2012 - Completed KJUA.

Mar 02, 2012 - Added 6 fatalities to the 2012 Tornado page.

Feb 27, 2012 - Completed KVNX, KRLX.

Feb 26, 2012 - Completed KINX, KTLX, KFDR.

Frb 23, 2012 - Completed KLZK, KSRX.

Feb 22, 2012 - Have started reformatting the NexRAD radars for the new site.

Feb 18, 2012 - Made the menu "fixed" instead of floating.

Feb 04, 2012 - Added 12 pages under the "Almanac", "Data Reports".

Jan 28, 2012 - Removed over 900 pages (all radar pages) from the website to make it more manageable for me.

Jan 27, 2012 - Moved website from E-Rice to ICDsoft.com for more hosting abilities.

Jan 20, 2012 - Have converted over 500 pages so far. Only about 900 or so to go. :)

Jan 01, 2012 - Happy new Year!!! Have changed the name of the website from Sacrey Weather to Saline Weather to better reflect the area that I live/serve.

2011

Dec 31, 2011 - A total of 26 people were killed by lightning and 550 people were killed by tornadoes in 2011. We sincerely hope 2012 will be better in terms of weather related deaths.

Dec 20, 2011 - Have begun working on a new website design.

Nov 26, 2011 - 4 new pages of lightning fatalities for 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998. 1995 Lightning, 1996 Lightning, 1997 Lightning and 1998 Lightning.

Nov 18, 2011 - Added 2 tornadoes and 5 fatalities to the 2011 Tornado page for a total of 552 people killed so far this year. In addition, 1 direct fatality was removed from the Joplin listing for a total of 158.

Nov 17, 2011 - Lost my rain gauge after nearly 3 years of operation. New one on order.

Nov 11, 2011 - 2 new pages of lightning fatalities for 2000 and 1999. 2000 Lightning and 1999 Lightning.

Oct 29, 2011 - Added a fatality to the 2011 Tornado page for a total of 548 people killed so far this year.

Oct 29, 2011 - Added the 2011 Annual Map to the U.S. Annual Tornado Map page.

Oct 24, 2011 - Added 2 new pages of lightning fatalities for 2001 and 2002. 2001 Lightning and 2002 Lightning.

Oct 23, 2011 - Added 2 new pages of lightning fatalities for 2003 and 2004. 2004 Lightning and 2003 Lightning.

Oct 23, 2011 - Added 1 fatality to the 2011 Lightning page for a total of 26 people killed this year.

Oct 15, 2011 - Added a new radar site in Washington State Langley Hill.

Oct 15, 2011 - Added a fatality to the 2011 Tornado page for a total of 547 people killed so far this year.

Oct 14, 2011 - Added a new page of lightning fatalities for 2005. 2005 Lightning.

Sep 17, 2011 - Added 2 fatalities via the SPC website for a total of 546 killed this year by tornadoes.

Sep 17, 2011 - Added 2 more fatalities to the 2011 Lightning page for a total of 25 people killed this year.

Sep 12, 2011 - Added 3 more fatalities to the 2011 Lightning page for a total of 23 people killed this year.

Sep 02, 2011 - Added a new radar page Kansas City Regional radars on Google Maps.

Sep 02, 2011 - Subtracted 6 fatalities via the SPC website for a total of 544 killed this year by tornadoes.

Aug 27, 2011 - Added 1 more fatality and 1 tornado to the 2011 Tornado page for a total of 550 people killed so far this year.

Aug 27, 2011 - Added 1 more fatality to the 2011 Lightning page for a total of 20 people killed this year.

Aug 15, 2011 - Added 1 more fatality to the 2011 Lightning page for a total of 19 people killed this year.

Aug 14, 2011 - Added 3 more fatalities to the 2011 Tornado page for a total of 549 people killed so far this year.

Aug 10, 2011 - Added 3 more fatalities to the 2011 Lightning page for a total of 18 people killed this year.

Aug 07, 2011 - Widened the entire website from 800px to 1200px for a better look. Removed the weather flyer page and added a fishing forecast page.

Aug 02, 2011 - Added 9 fatalities to the 2011 Tornado page for a total of 546 people killed so far this year.

Aug 01, 2011 - Added 2 more fatalities to the 2011 Lightning page for a total of 15 people killed this year.

Jul 27, 2011 - Added 2 more fatalities to the 2011 Lightning page for a total of 13 people killed this year.

Jul 23, 2011 - Added an new/old radar page to the website: Weather Underground Radar, plus I modified the menu on the left by combining both of the phone links into one.

Jul 21, 2011 - Added 1 more fatality to the 2011 Lightning page for a total of 11 fatalities.

Jul 19, 2011 - Removed the Twitter logo and shut down the Twitter feed because of spamming issues.

Jul 15, 2011 - Added 2 more fatalities to the 2011 Lightning page.

Jul 13, 2011 - Corrected several bad radar links on the U.S. Radar page, and added the 8th fatality to the 2011 Lightning page.

Jul 05, 2011 - Added a seventh lightning fatality to the 2011 Lightning page and added a note to the 2011 Tornado page.

Jun 29, 2011 - Changed a tornado strength to an EF5 from an EF4 for the DeKalb, Co., AL storm via the SPC on the 2011 Tornado page.

Jun 19, 2011 - Added 4 fatalities to the 2011 Lightning page.

Jun 11, 2011 - Added a Twitter Logo.

Jun 11, 2011 - Added 1 tornado and 11 more fatalities to the 2011 Tornado page. This makes a total of 537 people killed so far this year. Information is current as of June 11, 2011 from the SPC.

Jun 09, 2011 - Revamped the Tropical pages.

Jun 06, 2011 - Added the first Lightning Fatality to the website 2011 Lightning page.

Jun 05, 2011 - Added several pages to the Tropical Section of the website. Corrected the number of fatalities in MA to 3, and added 3 fatalities to the Joplin, MO total. This makes a total of 525 people killed so far this year. Information is current as of June 07, 2011 from the SPC.

Jun 03, 2011 - Added the tornado and 4 fatalities from the June 1 tornado in MA to the 2011 Tornado page. This makes a total of 523 people killed so far this year. Information is current as of June 03, 2011 from the SPC.

May 29, 2011 - Added the types of tornadoes to all of the killer tornado pages.

May 27, 2011 - Again added more fatalities and tornadoes to the 2011 Tornado page. This makes a total of 512 people killed so far this year. Information is current as of May 27, 2011 from the SPC. Also added the types of tornadoes to the 2011 page. Will work on others as I get time.

May 25, 2011 - Added more fatalities and tornadoes to the 2011 Tornado page. This makes a total of 504 people killed so far this year. Information is current as of May 25, 2011 from the SPC.

May 23, 2011 - Added a table to the GR3 Radar page with 3 additional pages, plus this one. They are: Base Velocity, Storm Relative Velocity, and Storm Total.

May 22, 2011 - Added more fatalities and tornadoes to the 2011 Tornado page. This makes a total of 363 people killed so far this year. Information is current as of May 17, 2011 from the SPC.

May 21, 2011 - Rain gauge works now (hopefully). It was stopped up. Surprising what a little maintenance/clean up will do.

May 16, 2011 - Added the Who's Online and map pages.

May 14, 2011 - Added the SPC Thunderstorm Outlook page.

May 14, 2011 - Revamped the AR River Level page to a newer version and made a new page for river levels of the surrounding states.

May 12, 2011 - Removed the flooding information from the website. Have been adding/subtracting information to the 2011 Tornado page.

May 07, 2011 - Converted the following states to the "new" radar format: AZ, CA, FL.

May 05, 2011 - Updated information on the flooding in AR here to reflect the current situation. Will be changed as needed.

May 05, 2011 - Converted the following states to the "new" radar format: NM, NV.

May 04, 2011 - Added flooding and detour information to the AR Road Conditions page.

May 03, 2011 - Added 311 fatalities to the 2011 Tornado page. This makes a total of 361 people killed so far this year. Added 13 confirmed tornadoes to the list.

May 01, 2011 - Lost my rain gauge last night/this morning. Hasn't registered any rain at all and we've had over 2.50" so far. Don't know if it is clogged or flat out gave up the ghost. Will look into when it quits raining and dries out some. Manually inputting rain for now.

Apr 29, 2011 - Converted the following states to the "new" radar format: NY, TX.

Apr 24, 2011 - Completely revamped all of the SPC pages: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4-8.

Apr 23, 2011 - Converted the following states to the "new" radar format: CO, ID, IL, LA, MT, OK, TN, WI.

Apr 21, 2011 - Added 5 fatalities to the 2011 Tornado page. This makes a total of 40 people killed so far this year.

Apr 18, 2011 - Added 22 fatalities to the 2011 Tornado page.

Apr 17, 2011 - Added 8 fatalities to the 2011 Tornado page.

> Apr 17, 2011 - Converted the following states to the "new" radar format: IN, OH, KY, MI.

Apr 16, 2011 - Converted the following states to the "new" radar format: GA, NC, ND, PA, SC, SD.

Apr 16, 2011 - Added 2 fatalities to the 2011 Tornado page.

Apr 08, 2011 - Added 1 fatality to the 2011 Tornado page.

Apr 03, 2011 - Converted the following states to the "new" radar format: KS, NE, MN.

Apr 02, 2011 - Temporarily removed the Skew-T link because of the redesign of the College of DuPage website causing broken links on this.

Apr 02, 2011 - Converted the following states to the "new" radar format: IA, MO, NJ, MS.

Mar 30, 2011 - Added a new page called Supercell that has a detailed explanation of the various regions of the storm and is clickable.

Mar 29, 2011 - Converted the following states to the "new" radar format: AL, OR, HI, PR.

Mar 25, 2011 - Completely revamping the Ridge Radar pages again. Have completed the following states: AR, DE, VT, ME, UT, WY, WA, WV, VA, MA.

Mar 12, 2011 - Revamped the NWS Forecast page with a new script that includes multiple cities via a dropdown box.

Mar 06, 2011 - Added a second fatality to the 2011 Tornado page.

Mar 05, 2011 - Added a new page Sounding Analysis Map. Information is from the SPC.

Mar 04, 2011 - Added the "Certified Storm Spotter" picture to the menubar. I am now an official Storm Spotter in Central AR.

Mar 03, 2011 - Added the first fatality to the 2011 Tornado page.

Feb 27, 2011 - Added a Severe Weather/Tropical widget to the menubar.

Feb 20, 2011 - Added 2 maps to the Tornado Analysis Page.

Feb 16 2011 - Converted the following state to the RIDGE radar format: AK. Note: not all radars from this state are listed here.

Feb 15, 2011 - Converted the following state to the RIDGE radar format: CA. Note: not all radars from this state are listed here.

Feb 13, 2011 - Converted the following states to the RIDGE radar format: FL, AZ and HI. Note: not all radars from those states are listed here.

Feb 12, 2011 - Converted the following states to the RIDGE radar format: KY, NM, NC and TX. Note: not all radars from those states are listed here.

Feb 12, 2011 - Completely revamped the AQI page and added an information link.

Feb 11, 2011 - Converted the following states to the RIDGE radar format: LA, OK and SC. Note: not all radars from those states are listed here.

Feb 08, 2011 - Had to remove the Weather Closings page because of restrictions and copyright in KTHV's info. :( Will have to see if I can locate something else.

Feb 07, 2011 - Converted the following states to the RIDGE radar format: GA, IN and MI. Note: not all radars from those states are listed here.

Feb 06, 2011 - Converted the following states to the RIDGE radar format: CO, NV, NY, OH and OR. Note: not all radars from those states are listed here.

Feb 05, 2011 - Changed the colors on the Alert box on the front page.

Feb 05, 2011 - Converted the following states to the RIDGE radar format: PA, TN, VA and Marquette, MI. Note: not all radars from those states are listed here.

Feb 04, 2011 - Added a drop-down box with all of the radars listed in alphabetical order by state and radar site.

Feb 04, 2011 - Converted the following states to the RIDGE radar format: MO, MT, UT and WI. Note: not all radars from those states are listed here.

Feb 04, 2011 - Changed both the Reg. Colorized Radar and the Reg. Animated Colorized Radar from Wunderground to Intellicast.

Feb 01, 2011 - Converted the following states to the RIDGE radar format: ID and WA. Note: not all radars from those states are listed here.

Jan 31, 2011 - Converted the following states to the RIDGE radar format: KS and IL. Note: not all radars from those states are listed here.

Jan 30, 2011 - Added an iPhone page and link to the menubar.

Jan 30, 2011 - Added the Weather Underground Wundermap to the site. I liked it better than iMapWeather.

Jan 30, 2011 - Converted the following states to the RIDGE radar format: MS, NE, NJ and SD. Note: not all radars from those states are listed here. Jan 29, 2011 - Added the Base Reflectivity Ridge Radars for Alaska and Hawaii. Will work on the other 5 radars for those states later.

Jan 29, 2011 - Changed the broken links on the Skew-T page of the College of DuPage website redesign.

Jan 23, 2011 - Added a NEXRad Radar Map of the U.S., Puero Rico, and Guam for the radar sites. Will be eventually removing the massive list of NEXRadar sites in the menu in lieu of this.

Jan 23, 2011 - Removed the Surface Obs. maps because of their confusing nature.

Jan 21, 2011 - Completed the following states to the RIDGE radar format: IA, ND. Note: not all radars from those states are listed here.

Jan 20, 2011 - Removed the Stormpulse scripts from both Tropical pages, because they no longer offer a free membership plan. Replaced with Weather Underground's Hurricane widget.

Jan 19, 2011 - Added back in the original GR3 Radar page with the one single radar picture for folks who don't want to deal with the animation and for those with slow Internet speeds or don't have Flash on their smartphone..

Jan 17, 2011 - Added the much anticipated Ridge Radar animation script from El Dorado Weather to the Little Rock NEXrad Radar page. Only the Base Reflectivity is animated currently. Have intentions to add both velocity pages, too.

Jan 16, 2011 - Completely revamped the GR3 Radar page to use Flanis animation and added METAR temps.

Jan 16, 2011 - Added more information (new fatality from the Dec. 31 tornado in Arkansas) to the 2010 Tornado page.

Jan 15, 2011 - Converted the following states to the RIDGE radar format: AL, DE, GU, MA, MD, ME, MN, PR, VT, WV, WY. Note: not all radars from those states are listed here.

Jan 09, 2011 - Added a Weather Closing page.

Jan 02, 2011 - Added the RIDGE Radar format to the Little Rock & Ft. Smith NEXrad pages. I will work on the other 150 or so sites as I get time.

Jan 01, 2011 - Added new information to the 2010 Tornado page.

Jan 01, 2011 - Added the 2011 Tornado page.


2010

Dec 16, 2010 - Removed the "Short Term Forecast" page.

Dec 16, 2010 - Added the United States Weather Group badge to the menubar.

Dec 12, 2010 - Enlarged the map of AR for Road Conditions.

Nov 28, 2010 - Moved the "Fcst. Models" directory to the "Forecast" drop-down.

Nov 28, 2010 - Added animations to the Forecast Models page.

Nov 20, 2010 - Added a new version of the U.S. Advisory Map.

Nov 07, 2010 - Added the AIS Ship Map to the website.

Nov 07, 2010 - Modified the menubar. Renamed the tab "Sev. Weather" to "Storm Central".

Nov 07, 2010 - Added a new page Forecast Graph to the website.

Nov 07, 2010 - Removed the wxguest page.

Oct 23, 2010 - Removed the realtime lightning pages, StormVue, and Tracreport because of the loss of my Boltek detector. Oct 09, 2010 - Added a guestbook to the website.

Oct 09, 2010 - Added a new version of MadALwx's Star Chart to the website.