Watched a nice little lowering on the back side of a storm going over us right now but it got choked off pretty quick
Yesterday's tornado was rated EF4: Spoiler 243 NOUS43 KTOP 262055 PNSTOP KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-270900- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 355 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MAY 25 VIOLENT TORNADO... .LONG TRACK VIOLENT TORNADO... RATING: EF-4 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 180 MPH PATH LENGTH: 26 MILES PATH WIDTH: APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 25 2016 START TIME: APPROXIMATELY 710 PM CDT START LOCATION: APPROXIMATELY 5 MI NW OF SOLOMON END DATE: MAY 25 2016 END TIME: APPROXIMATELY 840 PM CDT END LOCATION: APPROXIMATELY 3 MI SE CHAPMAN A LONG TRACK VIOLENT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AROUND 710 PM AND TRAVELED AROUND 26 MILES ON A CONTINUOUS PATH ACROSS DICKINSON COUNTY. THE TORNADO PASSED JUST SOUTH OF CHAPMAN WHERE THE WORST DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO A FARMSTEAD THAT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE TORNADO ENDED NEAR THE DICKINSON AND GEARY COUNTY LINE AROUND 840 PM. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH* NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ Grabbed some screenshots of the debris signature...was a textbook example. Debris is the blue/black ball on the CC image on top, very tight velocity couplet on the bottom
There's an interesting event happening over Dallas right now. Open radar scope and put it in motion over Dallas.
Very strong system (by June standards) will push in. At the moment, I'd say it looks to be a big wind threat with lines of storms versus isolated supercells. Wouldn't rule out a tornado or an embedded supercell, but wind looks to be the biggest issue.
Here's the upper-level "low" pressure system responsible for the tropical-like radar feature over Texas. Very deep system churning in the atmosphere, low pressure from the surface all the way up to airliner level and is just going to churn over Texas for the next few days. Spoiler
We are in drought in Birmingham. Not fun. All my grass (which is planted probably a USDA Zone too far south) is already trying to die and it's barely June.
Tomorrow could be very interesting for the Chicago metro area. I haven't looked too closely at the details; I've been off the past two days, but I am getting a bit worried. I'll be working this event tomorrow too; should be a good time. SPC Day 2 Outlooks:
The Weather Channel @weatherchannel 4m4 minutes ago A #tornado emergency is in effect for Kokomo, Indiana. 57,000 people live in this town. Take cover now! #INwx
Damage signature just southeast of Kokomo, 15 minutes ago. Velocity couplet (top) collocated with blue area in the bottom panel
Either that building was hit by a mesovortex/subvortex within the parent tornado or it was built using balsa wood...
Tim McNicholas @TimMcNicholas 27m27 minutes ago Witness video of the Starbucks going down can't figure out how to embed vid
Today is a day that will be studied in-depth by the local WFOs, the SPC, and academia. Fascinating day, hopefully no injuries/fatalities. Highlights that despite how far we've come re: severe wx forecasting, sometimes we just don't know until the event unfolds. I bet post-event studies will highlight aspects of this day that would otherwise be obvious to forecasters.
So many tornadoes today, even Canada is getting in on things. Absolutely fascinating day; I can't wait to really dig into the data in the coming days to check this out.
Yeah, I am working nights right now so I missed a lot of the lead up to this event. It appears there were a lot of complicating factors such as morning cloud cover + a non-typical tornado weather pattern.