CoastalWx Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 That's pretty sick how they're all discrete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Mind if I ask what software or website you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 441 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... SOUTHEASTERN PAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AVERY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AVERY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowahawkeyedave Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Uh...yeah. I lost count at 16 supercells. Wow, amazing. If I had to guess I'd think a high risk might be coming sometime soon. Can't recall ever having 16 discrete supercells that have managed to all stay discrete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Mind if I ask what software or website you use? Its actually software...GREarth $180/yr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php Beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Very impressive system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Its actually software...GREarth $180/yr Oh ok, thank you! I think I'll stick to GRLevel3 for now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Metro Tulsa looks to be under the gun in the not too distant future if that storm to its sw keeps intensifying like it has been doing. All these storms are rotating! Amazing, since we don't have the highest forecast helicities as of yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Whoa... If you can, turn on TWC. They have live video from KFOR of a possible funnel cloud. Very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Whoa... If you can, turn on TWC. They have live video from KFOR of a possible funnel cloud. VERY impressive. Forbes breaking it down nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Intense rotation with the cell near Hominy, OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 That is just insane! I shudder to imagine if all of those cells had a tornado on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 couplets increasing in many of the cells now Tulsa: City may get the split, the cell SW is tuning morre east and may miss them to the south(often the case) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Strengthening further... NROT/ SRV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 This is one of the most wicked looking cyclones I have seen in my 3.5 years of forecasting. I am speechless. This storm is currently bombing out. Classic positive feedback/self development--and all operational guidance is now playing catch up. The sky is the limit for how intense this synoptic storm eventually becomes. This will have a significant effect on the low level wind fields as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpeters3 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 0-1k SHR is less than impressive, and LL rotation is pretty weak with some of these storms. I'd be more concerned in a few hours with strengthening LLJ increasing hodograph curvature. Edit: breathtaking on visible satellite :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Oh man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierdo Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Spotter reporting rotation in that cell near Bristow on local media. Getting pretty dark here in tulsa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Derek30 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 The radar images are incredible. Seeing cells split then get ingested into another supercell. It's a chaser's paradise out there, right now, but it's also one hell of a scary situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Wicked ageostrophic response of the sfc wind field...look at that backing! Good God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 south side of tulsa metro really under the gun...the more north it goes the more people it will affect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 i freakin love this storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUmet Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 There are rapid pressure falls being reported at sfc stations along the Red River associated with a secondary low development. Surface winds are backing as a response and the helicities should explode over the next couple hours across portions of SE OK. The cells between Ardmore and McAlester are in a prime position over the next few hours to produce a string of significant tornadoes and perhaps a violent one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 when you look at the velocity return on radar, the core of the strong rotation looks to pass right over Tulsa. It has really strengthened over the past few minutes as well... Tornado Emergency Incoming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Wicked ageostrophic response of the sfc wind field...look at that backing! Good God. There are rapid pressure falls being reported at sfc stations along the Red River associated with a secondary low development. Surface winds are backing as a response and the helicities should explode over the next couple hours across portions of SE OK. The cells between Ardmore and McAlester are in a prime position over the next few hours to produce a string of significant tornadoes and perhaps a violent one. Spectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 There are rapid pressure falls being reported at sfc stations along the Red River associated with a secondary low development. Surface winds are backing as a response and the helicities should explode over the next couple hours across portions of SE OK. The cells between Ardmore and McAlester are in a prime position over the next few hours to produce a string of significant tornadoes and perhaps a violent one. SPC agrees with you, great call man. MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0426 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0521 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 AREAS AFFECTED...ERN HALF OF OK / PARTS OF N-CNTRL AND NERN TX CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 135... VALID 142221Z - 142315Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 135 CONTINUES. A DRYLINE EXTENDS FROM THE KS/OK BORDER 20 NNE OF PNC TO 25 SE OF OKC TO THE RED RIVER 25 WSW OF ADM AND FARTHER S-SW INTO N-CNTRL TX. THE ARCING LINE OF SEMI-DISCRETE SUPERCELLS THAT INITIATED ALONG THE DRYLINE CONTINUES TO SHIFT EWD TOWARD ERN OK...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS GIVEN EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR VECTORS ORTHOGONAL TO THE DRYLINE WITH MAGNITUDES OF 45 TO 60 KT. THIS DEGREE OF DEEP-LAYER WIND SHEAR WILL MAINTAIN THE SUPERCELL THREAT AS STORMS APPROACH THE TULSA AND MCALESTER AREAS THROUGH 2330Z WHILE TRAVERSING MLCAPE VALUES OF 2000-2500 J/KG. EFFECTIVE SRH VALUES OF 100-200 M2/S2 SUPPORT A TORNADO THREAT ANY SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS. THIS THREAT WILL FURTHER INCREASE INTO THE EVENING...ALONG WITH THE THREAT FOR STRONG TORNADOES...AS EFFECTIVE SRH VALUES INCREASE PER THE LATEST RUC GUIDANCE. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR STRONG TORNADOES WILL BE ACROSS SERN OK INTO FAR NERN TX THROUGH 00Z...WHERE SFC-3 KM CAPE VALUES FROM 100-150 J/KG WILL PROVIDE ENHANCED LOW-LEVEL BUOYANCY TO THE RELATIVELY MORE DISCRETE CONVECTION /COMPARED TO FARTHER NORTH/. FARTHER SOUTH ALONG THE DRYLINE...CONVECTION IS INITIATING ACROSS PORTIONS OF N-CNTRL TX TO THE NORTH OF THE DFW AREA. GIVEN THE DEGREE OF POTENTIAL INSTABILITY AND DEEP-LAYER WIND SHEAR...THESE STORMS COULD EVENTUALLY POSE A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT FOR A TORNADO GIVEN THE VEERING WIND PROFILE EVIDENT IN THE SFC-2-KM LAYER PER THE NEARBY FORT WORTH VWP. THUS...THE TORNADO WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED FARTHER SOUTH BY ONE TIER OF COUNTIES IN NERN TX IF STORMS FURTHER INTENSIFY. LATEST RUC GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING THAT THE DRYLINE WILL REMAIN STATIONARY INTO EARLY EVENING ACROSS CNTRL/SRN OK...AND POTENTIALLY BE NUDGED WWD A BIT. THIS MAY SERVE TO FOCUS ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT CONVECTIVE INITIATION AFTER 00Z AS AN AREA OF DEEP-LAYER ASCENT APPROACHES. THIS IS SUPPORTED BY THE LATEST EXPERIMENTAL HRRR GUIDANCE...AND THESE TRENDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR A PERSISTENT SEVERE THREAT INTO THE EVENING ACROSS THE WRN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH. ..COHEN.. 04/14/2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpeters3 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 There are rapid pressure falls being reported at sfc stations along the Red River associated with a secondary low development. Surface winds are backing as a response and the helicities should explode over the next couple hours across portions of SE OK. The cells between Ardmore and McAlester are in a prime position over the next few hours to produce a string of significant tornadoes and perhaps a violent one. RUC brings 0-1km EHIs upwards of 6 over E OK by 3z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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