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3 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Possible TDS just SE of walkersville

Yeah, good looking cell. Might actually have two circulations there.

Just now, WinterWxLuvr said:

Likely a tornado lol

I know, right? 

Kansas has been struggling to produce tornadoes of that quality for years now

3 minutes ago, yoda said:

I saw the report in Northumberland County... but not the video

Did y’all see the video from the Lewisetta, VA tornado? Wow.

18 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said:

That velocity/storm presentation looks legit. Someone on a forum I follow was nerding out about this wind profile, can’t read ‘em myself but maybe others could translate.

@high risk can explain better but you see a curved hodograph on the left indicating supercell potential and very strong helicity (SRH on the right) in the lowest levels of the atmosphere.

Looks like a nice tornado profile if you have the other ingredients (moisture, instability, so on). 

More on hodographs here: https://www.weather.gov/media/lmk/soo/Hodographs_Wind-Shear.pdf

Cell south of Comer, GA looks like it could get a tor warning if that circulation keeps up. Just a lot of rotation today generally.

Two more tor warnings up in Georgia. One reissued on the earlier cell NE of Athens and one on the previously severe warned storm south of Monticello. Active wx day and the Texas stuff hasn’t popped yet (another subforum I know).

Both warnings dropped.

Mesoscale Discussion 0491
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1203 PM CDT Mon May 03 2021

   Areas affected...north central Georgia into northern and central
   South Carolina

   Concerning...Tornado Watch 127...

   Valid 031703Z - 031830Z

   The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 127 continues.

   SUMMARY...Threat for isolated tornadoes will persist another couple
   hours over north central Georgia. Severe threat is expected to
   develop eastward into northern and central South Carolina this
   afternoon where another WW will be needed soon.

   DISCUSSION...Storms continue developing along several east-west
   oriented boundaries across north central GA where the environment
   remains favorable for occasional supercells with low-level
   mesocyclones and isolated tornadoes. The atmosphere is destabilizing
   from the southwest across central and north central GA into central
   SC. Low-level hodographs will remain sufficient for supercells with
   isolated tornadoes as the low-level jet continues to shift northeast
   through northern GA and into western and central SC while the
   atmospheres destabilize from the south and west.

   ..Dial/Grams.. 05/03/2021

   ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

   ATTN...WFO...CAE...GSP...FFC...

New tornado warnings up NE of Athens, GA and SW of Charlotte. Hard to get a read on both cells via radar. GA cell looks good though with a strong couplet. 

4 minutes ago, Wmsptwx said:

Tds is gone, looked weaker...never had PDS attached to it.

Hopefully the damage wasn’t too bad. The TDS looked pretty strong at one point before Atlanta proper.

1 minute ago, SmokeEater said:

And don't bank on it being weaker looking, couplets like this last night produced major damage in MS.

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Yeah, definitely a dangerous situation. Missed my family by like 10 miles.

Just a few minutes ago I said that one would become worthy of a warning. It had acquired some rotation right after passing my parents’ place. 

Stay safe down there today.

35 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

Ok I’ve got questions. Don’t laugh lol. 
1. how was that made

2. it almost looks like it’s pulling moisture off of trees as it approaches. Like mist being sucked in. What is that?

It was drone footage. Definitely some of the best I've seen. The tornado would have been virtually impossible to see without it. 

As for the second question, I want to say that what we're seeing is really strong inflow, but after watching it a few times I think it's the larger circulation of the tornado. I'm not as well versed as others, but it looks like the Bear's Cage to me: basically the precipitation wrapping around the updraft, with the actual tornado (condensation funnel) in the center. 

23 minutes ago, janetjanet998 said:

 

Sharing this here because it’s truly incredible. You can even see trees start falling as the tornado approaches.

7 minutes ago, CAPE said:

We really need another bomb cyclone sometime soon. Hopefully such a thing is still possible.

I knew you’d recognize it.  

Such a great storm. Pure whiteout conditions under that band of S++

Happy May!

7 hours ago, Stormfly said:

There have been a few.  It's very localized.  We've been in many severe thunderstorm warnings but neither wind or hail verify at our location.  But someone does.

March 02, 2018 was a rare event and it was quite widespread not only in coverage but duration. 

Aside from tropical, last time we had really widespread gusts 70+ would have been 12/28/1988!

Tropical?

2 hours ago, NorthArlington101 said:

Wind sucks. Too bad we do it so well.

Blasphemy 

1 minute ago, Eskimo Joe said:

M58 wind gust @ US Capitol. 

Just saw that. Glen Burnie too. 

Happy severe season!

2 minutes ago, mappy said:

 

Thanks! I had some major arm soreness after shot 1 but no other issues. I know everyone reacts differently though.

I had serious arm soreness after shot 1 that began as minor 3 hours after the shot and progressed to pain in the joint about 12 hours after the shot. Really interesting how everyone reacts differently. 

14 minutes ago, mappy said:

please report back tomorrow about how you feel. I get my second next week.

I was out of it for 24 hours with arm soreness (less than the first shot though), fatigue, chills, and a headache, but it was better than I expected.

Arm soreness came three hours after the shot, the other symptoms came approximately 12 hours after the shot.

20 minutes ago, yoda said:

1 hour ago, mappy said:

From their website:

• Full Wind Restrictions (sustained wind speeds exceeding 50 mph for a continuous period of 10 mins or more; or wind gusts persistently exceed 50 mph over a period of 15 mins) only automobiles, pickup trucks, flatbed trailers, commercial buses and heavy-laden tractor/trailers are permitted to cross the bridge. Tractor-box trailer combinations will not be permitted to cross any bridge if the gross weight is less than 64,000 pounds.

• Traffic Holds/Bridge Closure (sustained wind speeds exceeding 55 mph for a continuous period of 10 mins or more; or wind gusts persistently exceed 55 mph over a period of 15 mins) In the event of a sudden increase of sustained wind speeds or wind gusts that could jeopardize life or property, the MDTA may elect to discontinue the movement of all traffic across the bridge.

So I can see them limiting two-way traffic tomorrow, but not fully close. That's only happened a few times during hurricanes/tropical storms. 

Tropical?

1 hour ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

Nah, I want 6 months of fall

You already get that. It’s called October through March