blue60007 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Found this incredible video EDIT: I fail at linking videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witness Protection Program Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Interesting that one of the mobile home parks hit hard in Wichita had an underground storm shelter. Mike 'Fire Ants' Seidel said that there were no serious injuries at the park because the residents evacuated to the shelter, more than 75 packed in it. I wonder how much such a shelter would reduce the liability insurance cost for the owner of a mobile home park, making it more affordable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 ^^ incredible video!! Got a little close there towards the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Found this incredible video EDIT: I fail at linking videos Wow awesome video. How powerful do you guys think that is? f3? Also what was up with Salina in the path of 3 Tornadoes! All lifting up before hitting the town, they were definitely really lucky yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 You can see the wedge during the lightning and power flashes on the south side of Wichita With Wichita having nearly 400,000 people I am very surprised more injuries did not occur with this one...Thing looked like a huge wedge, quite curious to see the damage this caused to see how powerful it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike2010 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Found this incredible video EDIT: I fail at linking videos Indeed. He must of been like 75 yards from it at 1:30 in. Almost looked like it was taking a turn towards him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Hmmm...only a handful of deaths with this outbreak? Perhaps there's nothing wrong with the warning system after all. I wonder if the media will showcase that angle for days on end? lolz KS, OK and NB have their **** together and procedures in place. Not just the NWS but Emergency Management and the public are well rehearsed. If other areas that don'tget hit as often this isn't always the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EquusStorm Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Does anyone have a high quality radar and velocity loop from the Woodward cell? I was closely monitoring the radar all day but completely missed that storm as it rapidly spun up as the line developed. Frankly, I was monitoring the Kansas cells at the time as I didn't think the line in OK was going to do anything that impressive. I'm curious to see how quickly it started rotating and how strong the signature was before it went through Woodward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Does anyone have a high quality radar and velocity loop from the Woodward cell? I was closely monitoring the radar all day but completely missed that storm as it rapidly spun up as the line developed. Frankly, I was monitoring the Kansas cells at the time as I didn't think the line in OK was going to do anything that impressive. I'm curious to see how quickly it started rotating and how strong the signature was before it went through Woodward. I don't have any images, mainly because all of my obs here are based solely on the NWS website radars, but I can tell you that the actual velocity couplet was very small, however very intense. It began to really strengthen g2g about 5 miles southwest of town. As the tornado went over the west side of the city, it made a right turn and struck the mobile home park on the northwest corner. The two most intense images were when it was moving through town unfortunately. The reflectivity showed a hook, but the intensity of the storm (i.e. hail) was not like some of the other storms during the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EquusStorm Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I don't have any images, mainly because all of my obs here are based solely on the NWS website radars, but I can tell you that the actual velocity couplet was very small, however very intense. It began to really strengthen g2g about 5 miles southwest of town. As the tornado went over the west side of the city, it made a right turn and struck the mobile home park on the northwest corner. The two most intense images were when it was moving through town unfortunately. The reflectivity showed a hook, but the intensity of the storm (i.e. hail) was not like some of the other storms during the day. Yeah, I was working off NWS radars and Wunderground. Thanks for the info. The radar images I've been able to decipher in my own little image collection from last night do show that the cell that dropped it did NOT look like a cell that would drop what will likely be at the very least an EF2 tornado... definitely not a 'classic' supercell, or at least not for more than a few minutes. I'm just amazed how quickly it wrapped up, evolving from a line-segment type storm to that kind of g2g shear in a few minutes, then quickly weakening. I think this storm was the worst-case scenario event for the day; other areas such as Salina and much of Wichita got fortunate, but this particular cell developed quickly after sunset with a rapid ramping up and back down of velocities directly over a large town that apparently had no working sirens at that particular moment (although, of course, sirens are NOT to be solely relied upon, regardless of the situation). The NWS did an excellent job with the warnings for the cell though, as they had very little time to act on it based on how sudden it was. I just wish that spin-up had happened just a few miles west of where it did, and it would have probably been just a passing side-note in this event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowGoose69 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Wow awesome video. How powerful do you guys think that is? f3? Also what was up with Salina in the path of 3 Tornadoes! All lifting up before hitting the town, they were definitely really lucky yesterday! The base is spinning very fast, thats usually how you can get some idea how strong they are, that thing looks like an EF5 on the current scale but probably a strong F3 or weak F4 on the old scale, had it been a 5 the pavement on that road should have been stripped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 You can see the wedge during the lightning and power flashes on the south side of Wichita If I was chasing with someone that kept talking like that I'd probably knock them unconscious and abandon them in the path of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettjrob Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I don't have any images, mainly because all of my obs here are based solely on the NWS website radars, but I can tell you that the actual velocity couplet was very small, however very intense. It began to really strengthen g2g about 5 miles southwest of town. As the tornado went over the west side of the city, it made a right turn and struck the mobile home park on the northwest corner. The two most intense images were when it was moving through town unfortunately. The reflectivity showed a hook, but the intensity of the storm (i.e. hail) was not like some of the other storms during the day. Small but important note here: that's probably because KVNX has serious beam blockage to its WSW, and the city of Woodward is right near the middle of the worst of it. The storm this past Monday which dropped softballs on the city showed up as 45-50 dBZ on KVNX at the time, if I remember. Definitely something to keep in mind when watching storms in NW OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 warning on a few bad words lol my friends first tornado who got excited, will have great rope tornado video later Think this is the same tornado i caught on video as well when it was larger (but was much closer) Great video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 warning on a few bad words lol my friends first tornado who got excited, will have great rope tornado video later lol awesome video man....your friend Ryan would basically be me if I saw this thing. "that is a tor. nay. doo." What is intriguing me is how many people are driving toward the tornado...in the southeast, this would never occur...most people would pull over. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 warning on a few bad words lol my friends first tornado who got excited, will have great rope tornado video later great video were you chasing alone or with a company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 The base is spinning very fast, thats usually how you can get some idea how strong they are, that thing looks like an EF5 on the current scale but probably a strong F3 or weak F4 on the old scale, had it been a 5 the pavement on that road should have been stripped. ?? Re: the Twistex, Samaras vid... Im not sure we can make conclusions like that from this video, but what I will say is that this tornado looks a lot like the Tuscaloosa tornado from 4/27 of last year... All the little horizontal vortices shooting out from the main funnel, the base of the funnel constantly trying to catch up to the trunk... Its really, really familiar looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 great video were you chasing alone or with a company? was with two other guys. All from the Chicago area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 318 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... PRELIMINARY EF4 DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED NEAR KANOPOLIS LAKE IN ELLSWORTH COUNTY. THE ASSESSMENT TEAM IN CENTRAL KANSAS HAS BEEN TRACKING TORNADO DAMAGE ACROSS THREE COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE HAS BEEN NOTED NEAR KANOPOLIS LAKE WHERE A FARMSTEAD WAS DECIMATED...TREES WERE STRIPPED OF THE BARK AND THE ROADS WERE SCOURED. THIS AREA IS VERY RURAL AND FEW OTHER STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN HIT BY THE TORNADO. THEREFORE...THE RATING IS PRELIMINARY AS THE ASSESSMENT CONTINUES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 220 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STORM SURVEY RESULTS FOR FREMONT COUNTY IOWA... THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2 MILES NORTH OF PERCIVAL IOWA AND BEGAN A 10 MILE LONG TRACK THAT WENT THROUGH THE TOWN OF THURMAN...WHERE MOST OF THE DAMAGE OCCURRED...BEFORE LIFTING 1 MILE SOUTH OF TABOR IOWA. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF2 WITH A ONE HALF MILE WIDE DAMAGE PATH ALONG ITS 10 MILE TRACK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 419 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... PRELIMINARY EF3 DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED IN SOUTHEAST WICHITA. THE ASSESSMENT TEAM IN SEDGWICK COUNTY CONTINUES TO FOLLOW THE TORNDO TRACK ACROSS THE COUNTY AT THIS TIME...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE HAS BEEN NOTED ON THE WEST SIDE OF MCCONNELL AFB AT THE SPIRIT FACILITY AND FURTHER SOUTHWEST INTO THE OAKLAWN AREA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EquusStorm Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Bah, beat me to it. Wichita survey data coming in gradually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Small but important note here: that's probably because KVNX has serious beam blockage to its WSW, and the city of Woodward is right near the middle of the worst of it. The storm this past Monday which dropped softballs on the city showed up as 45-50 dBZ on KVNX at the time, if I remember. Definitely something to keep in mind when watching storms in NW OK. That's why Vance's images looked off yesterday, I was trying to figure it out all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Jeff and Kathryn Piotrowski got some impressive footage of many tornadoes yesterday: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Not very good footage compared to most of you guys, but here's our vid from the southwest Iowa supercell from yesterday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 NewsOK.com says Woodward is prelim EF2 as of 350pm. http://newsok.com/deadly-woodward-tornado-preliminarily-rated-at-ef-2/article/3666725 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 http://www.kwch.com/kwch-preliminary-report-ef3-tornado-hit-wichita-20120415,0,5533862.story Preliminary reports F3 Tornado hit Southern Wichita. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Crazy video! http://z6mag.com/featured/wichita-tornado-thurman-iowa-videos-pictures-of-tornado-damage-destruction-167777.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatherPimp Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Crazy video! http://z6mag.com/fea...ion-167777.html That was us and here is the link to our video. We were stuck in Wichita and we were trying to get East ahead of the storm and lost radar data and were essentially driving blind. Definitely one of the most scariest moments of my life. Very thankful we came out in one piece. The tornado strikes our vehicle and us at about 7 minutes into the video and then we believe a possible satellite area of rotation/tornado strikes us after the large tornado. This video was shot with the go pro that had been recording on the roof of the highlander. We had power poles and trees fall 15 feet in front of us, right beside us and 10-15 behind us. Can't even describe how fortunate i feel today and I'll definitely be sitting out on chasing for a week or two. Need a brief break, but lessons well learned also. Here is our live stream and audio from ChaserTV last night. Skip to about 30 minutes. http://weather.wdtin...88.flv&type=vod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 TWP. May I ask what type of vehicle you guys were in during that video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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