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Dr. Stephanie Pilkington

@phdisaster

Assistant Professor at UNC Charlotte, College of Engineering. Structural Engineer | Educator | Researcher | Weather nerd | Former storm chaser | VT Hokie | Colo. State Alum

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0112Z, 7/30: The #Tsunami Warning Center now estimates that #Hawaii could see a 1-3 meter (or 3.2-9.8 feet) maximum tsunami height. ETA 7:17 PM HST tonight.

30.07.2025 01:12 πŸ‘ 197 πŸ” 148 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 7

Losing Mookie Betts was an unforgivable from the Red Sox. He should’ve been in that organization for life. And YOU THOUGHT they’d learned their lesson by paying & locking up Rafael Devers. But it would appear not

15.06.2025 23:44 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œEveryone can follow the radar”

Hahahahahahahahaha

Seriously?? 1) I’ve TAUGHT adults how to read radar. It’s not like everyone just innately knows how to read radar. 2) do you think people have the bandwidth to always be checking radar???

22.05.2025 16:39 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WATCH: WFCN Towercam shows large tornado moving south of Marion, Illinois earlier this evening.. #ilwx

17.05.2025 00:53 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Wow. Excellent capture, guys!

17.05.2025 12:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this is incredible

17.05.2025 03:23 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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From 12 UTC on Tuesday, April 2 to 12 UTC on Wednesday, April 3, NWS Forecast Offices have issued 768 severe thunderstorm, tornado, and flash flood warnings

This is next highest total number of SVR+TOR+FF for an April calendar date since the April 26-27, 2011 Super Outbreak

03.04.2025 13:15 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
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Quick shots of the Lake City, AR #tornado from Brandon Copic’s live stream a few minutes ago. Unbelievable footage.

03.04.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 365 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 13

Impressive tornado debris signature with the below tornado at 2344 UTC (6:44 p.m. CDT). #arwx

02.04.2025 23:48 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Massive, violent tornado on Brandon Copic's livestream near Lake City AR. Holy crap.

02.04.2025 23:41 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5
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I had to turn the warnings layer off on RadarScope so I could see this insane couplet outside of Jonesboro!

02.04.2025 23:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hurricane Helene's name retired after deadly 2024 impact on US The World Meteorological Organization retired the name Helene due to the catastrophic storm's impact in 2024.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has officially retired the name #Helene from its Atlantic hurricane name list, following the catastrophic damage and tragic loss of life caused by the storm in 2024. www.wcnc.com/article/weat...

02.04.2025 20:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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My god, Mother Nature, calm down!

02.04.2025 23:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Remember yall: this is fake spring.

31.01.2025 20:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Y’all. I’m gonna read so many fantasy books over the next 4 years.

23.01.2025 14:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Team β€œhead in sand”!

23.01.2025 05:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Support.

22.01.2025 17:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well that adds a nice layer of complexity for you! πŸ˜†

22.01.2025 12:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

WHOA

22.01.2025 02:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Charlotte moving everything to β€œsuspended operations” for less than an inch of snow anticipated is killing me as I try to figure out what to do with my classes.

22.01.2025 02:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Omg yaaaassss!!! But I can’t get the sound on my phone 😞

19.01.2025 04:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think the β€œFree Mom Hugs” are one of my fav things to see on a college campus.

17.01.2025 17:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good morning #AMS2025! I'm back in CLT but will be giving 2 talks virtually today. Hope you can check them out!

16.01.2025 13:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop by and chat! #AMS2025

15.01.2025 20:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Climate change impacts on the 2024 Hurricanes #AMS2024

15.01.2025 20:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On communication with the next generation:

Ken Graham: "How do you communicate if it isn't in 20 seconds, riding a skateboard, holding a fuzzy cat, while listening to Fleetwood Mac?!"

#AMS2025

15.01.2025 17:41 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CSU peeps at #AMS2025

15.01.2025 19:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kicking off a panel discussing Hurricanes Helene and Milton! #AMS2025

15.01.2025 17:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Come check out Poster 638 in Hall C tomorrow (1/16)! I’m highlighting my course that combines meteorology, engineering, and social sciences with respect to disasters! #AMS2025

14.01.2025 15:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah I saw 8pm and my eyes bugged out 🀣. Getting too old for that

14.01.2025 13:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0