It's a whole string of embedded supercells headed for STL, and they're racing at highway speeds. There is a lot of outdoor events tonight, such as at Forest Park and the Missouri Botanical Garden in the city, for the holidays.
Yeah, the usually conservative tv mets here are becoming very concerned with the quick evolution of this group. Starting to see a lot of mergers and cells becoming dominant. .
The activity over western MO will tell the tale for the northern half of the risk. We'll see if things stay more linear or if we can get more robust updrafts to become more individual.
Well, that was a nice, intense group of storms here in southern St. Louis. Max gusts 70-75mph and the roar that preceded it for a good 2 minutes was fantastic. It's been a bit since I've had that much wind and near constant sound of trees snapping.
I'm watching the chances of SVR basically cratering for STL metro with this bullshit slowly moving in from central & western MO. Still no SVR or TOR warning for St. Louis County & City the whole spring.
HUN straight up issued tornado emergencies versus tornado warnings for a period on 4/27. Also, literally every single thing was rotating that day. Tony Lyza posted something a few months back where multiple rain showers were rotating moderately before they even had achieved 40dBz returns. .
I personally do not and think very few do as well. If, big if, they do, it'll be during Day 1 issuances but still unlikely for 06z given potential for warm sector contamination.