Bruce Jones

Meteorologist/Spokesperson: Midland Radio Corporation

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

Is your weather radio beeping? No Required Weekly Test this week, so it’s telling you it missed the test. Solution: turn ON/OFF switch OFF, then back ON. On Midland WR400: press WEATHER/SNOOZE twice. Weekly Test returns next week. #midlandusawx

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

10/21/2026 severe weather risk for AZ & Central Coast California. Abundant moisture and robust upper level winds could mean hail, even a few tornadoes. Have multiple ways to receive warnings, including The Voice of the National Weather Service: NOAA Weather Radio. #wxtwitter

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

Oct 17, 1963 (63 yrs ago today) The Beatles recorded these two songs on a 4-track recorder at EMI studios. The “A” side became their first #1 song in the USA. Every year I listen to them, these guys sound better and better and better. Thanks, Beatles!

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

10/15/2026: Santa Ana winds gusting to 70mph will create dangerous wildfire conditions in SoCal. Have a plan. Be ready for power outages and have a go-bag packed. Listen for NOAA Weather Radio alerts and warnings.

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

Live in a quake zone? Tomorrow is 10/15 and at 10:15am you can have an earthquake drill as part of the Great Shake-Out, now an international safety exercise. Drop, cover, hold on.

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

Hurricane Tracker app’s grafix Friday morning 10/9/2026. Isaias, over warm water now, is Cat3. High wind, flooding & tornado risk as he comes ashore. Have multiple, redundant ways to receive your warnings. Be prepared for power outages.

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

Grafix from Hurricane Tracker app. On the right flank, there will be nocturnal tornadoes possible East AL, West GA, FL Panhandle Friday night through Saturday midday. Have your NOAA Weather Radio working. Add fresh batteries if needed. Be Weather-Ready.

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

Isaias will become a hurricane soon…the latest-in-season US hurricane in modern history. Hurricane Tracker app (it’s a great one!) has these graphics, valid 10/7/2026. Flooding rains expected in areas surrounding Mobile, Alabama.

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

It’s October 1, and the Los Angeles area is under Extreme Heat Warning (purple) and Watch (brown). High heat, high humidity, and relentless mosquitoes have been the story for months. Enough already!!!

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

Steam rising from the cooling towers at this power plant northwest of Pittsburgh International AirPort.

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

Tornado in Pittsburgh (NOT!!)
Feel free to use in Spotter Training talks. 9/29/2026. 12:15pm

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

@Getmypopcorn @LiLBilly___ @hilbertspaess Would a Carrington Event be able to partially or completely kill it?

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

@AriWeather In the 1960’s, central A/C was a luxury unavailable to most Americans, so we kept our windows open during tornado season. Today, even mobile homes have central A/C, so the effectiveness of outdoor sirens is vastly degraded. NOAA Weather Radio is the indoor siren. It works.

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

No electricity, no internet, no cell service? No problem. Radio waves that enter your battery backed-up weather radio will alert you to the next danger. Wildfire, tornado, flood, hurricane…these radios belong in every home, school, and business in the USA.

[National Weather Service @NWS]

NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) is a great way to stay informed of the latest, real-time weather conditions, forecasts, and of course watches, warnings and advisories issued directly from your National Weather Service. 📻

Most NWRs allow you to set your location, so you’ll only receive emergency alerts for your area. And the portable NWR option is perfect for camping trips when cell phone service may be unreliable! 🏕️https://t.co/F9KtDJwfOE

#NationalPreparednessMonth

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

@MatthewCappucci There is a worldwide tendency for people to ignore & procrastinate emergency education & preparedness. Then, when a brown stain appears in their shorts, they lash out at the people they should have been listening to all along.

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

@capitalweather Continuous lightning of 1 per second or 1 per two seconds should be added to criteria for Severe Thunderstorm Warning. With the exception of anvil crawlers on a decaying MCS, it is 100% a measure of ongoing severity.

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

42 million people live, work, and go to school in the yellow areas, where multiple waves of severe storms are expected today. Straight line winds, hail, even tornadoes are possible from morning through evening. Have multiple ways to get warnings, including NOAA Weather Radio.

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

@spann Beware of any expert whose think-tank headquarters is located inside a moving vehicle.

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

@jamesaydelott National Lampoon’s High School Yearbook parody featured fleeting references to “The Mad Crapper”. The principal of the school, Dr. Humphrey C. Cornholt, revealed himself to be the culprit based upon his “Letter from the Principal”. Classic stuff.

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

The US National Weather Service is dedicated to saving lives. Pay attention to their watches, warnings, and advisories. They are words to the wise, so ACT WISELY for the sake of your children.

[James Spann @spann]

ON THIS DATE IN 2005: This statement was issued by NWS meteorologist Robert Ricks (from the Slidell office) at mid-morning on August 28, 2005.

At the time, Katrina was a category five hurricane in the Gulf, similar in strength to Camille in 1969. It would make landfall the next day as a category three at Waveland Mississippi. 

Some thought this “doomsday” statement was a hoax. Unfortunately, it wasn’t... as everyone would find out the next day.

[Bruce Jones @CycloneJones1]

Watching the videos of today’s Nepal flash flood highlights the terrifying power of water. Ice dam collapses during glacial melting created a series of such megafloods in eastern Washington state, USA. The scars are visible on the landscape even today. This book is mind boggling.