jojo762 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Pretty impressive updraft on this thing... Has tops approaching 56KFT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN NOBLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA... NORTH CENTRAL PAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 243 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF MORRISON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 and there pops a tornado warning on the impressive supercell in OK... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonOH Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Looks like AMA preliminarily rated the Turkey, TX tornado from last night as a low-end EF3, with estimated winds of 138mph. Was half-a-mile wide at times, and tracked about 7-8 miles. Was on the ground for quite a while though. That's NWS Lubbock. No one was tweeting the right office yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Mention of strong tornadoes in 20Z Outlook update. Also now a hatched area across NW OK/ SW KS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Seeing pea sized hail in Stapleton right now, not even showing up on RADAR yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioWX Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Good luck to everyone who's chasing today and stay safe. And congratulations Andy on your first tornado yesterday! Based on your picture and the streams I saw, that thing looked really pretty. Also, 80/50 probs on the new tornado watch for TX/OK/KS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Amazing read, this thread is great. Stay safe guys, enjoy! Also have to add to congrats Andy, love reading your stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Developing supercell currently in Scott County, Kansas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 This went up FAST. Scott City under the gun. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 404 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF SCOTT CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... SCOTT CITY AROUND 425 PM CDT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Scott City, KS storm has a strengthening couplet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Scott City, KS storm has a strengthening couplet... 50+kt inflow... Scott City better watch out, as it looks like it might go right over them. EDIT: Actually slightly NW, maybe effecting the NW side of town, if a tornado develops. Brief tornado was reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Radar-indicated tornado west of Scott City, Kansas currently. Storm moving northeast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weunice Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Public confirmed according to the warning update as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Couplet appears to be strengthening and tightening on latest scan. Oddly appears to be two separate areas of rotation. One almost right on top of Scott City that is a bit broad, and another west of town that is stronger/tighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Occluding couplet west of Scott City, KS now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Looks like this storm has thus far produced two tornadoes. First the brief tornado south of Modoc, then another east of Modoc. A bit surprising given that it is only 4:30pm... Tornado threat will ramp up significantly in the 23-03Z time frame, if any storms remain discrete during that time. Could be quite a show later on. Meanwhile SVR warned supercell developing over the TX PH in Hutchinson Co. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Looks like some towers are getting ready to go in SW KS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormgeek Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Kelley Williamson currently showing an extremely quickly growing cell, you can see the top exploding/moving on camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Looks like some towers are getting ready to go in SW KS.We're heading that way now, to near Meade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 DDC AFD from this afternoon... FOCUS IN THE SHORT TERM IS SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. SATELLITE SHOWS CUMULUS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE FORECAST DISTRICT AND A DRYLINE FARTHER TO THE SOUTHWEST. WE LAUNCHED AT 19Z SPECIAL SOUNDING. THERE IS PLENTY OF SBCAPE WITH VALUES OVER 4000 J/KG. THE SOUNDING DID SHOW A SIGNIFICANT CAP IN PLACE, BUT THIS SHOULD ERODE OVER TIME WITH CONTINUED SFC HEATING. WIND SHEAR IS SUPPORTIVE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH 38 KT OF 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR AND 21 KT OF 0-1 KM SHEAR FOR TORNADOES. THE 12Z 4 KM NAM SHOWED INTENSE SUPERCELLS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS WITH SIGNIFICANT UPDRAFT HELICITY. THE HRRR IS SHOWING THE SAME THING, ALTHOUGH DIFFERS IN LOCATION OF THE STORMS. CONVECTION SHOULD FORM ALONG THE BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS (PROBABLY FROM GARDEN CITY DOWN TO MEADE) AND THEN MOVE TO THE EAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. THREATS WILL INCLUDE TORNADOES (SOME OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG), GIANT HAIL OF 3-4", AND OUTFLOW WINDS AS THE SYSTEM COULD FORM INTO A LINE LATER ON IN THE EVENING. THE CENTRAL ZONES ARE MOST UNDER THE GUN AS FAR AS SEVERE WEATHER IS CONCERNED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 We're heading that way now, to near Meade. Looks like CI is attempting near there now...Maybe it'll go. Going to be tough for now given the strength of the cap in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Impressive supercell right now east of Denver, as seen from TDEN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstrunk Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Supercell just east of Denver, CO is showing a decent "flying eagle" presentation on radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Looks like CI is attempting near there now...Maybe it'll go. Going to be tough for now given the strength of the cap in place. Storms are beginning to go in southwest Kansas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Base of the Fowler-Mineola cell: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Base of the Fowler-Mineola cell: Looks pretty good for barely being any thing on radar. Volume scan shows quite a collection of updrafts in that area, pretty tilted too... hopefully they all congeal/ get better organized... Meanwhile another updraft--that is up to 50KFT-- just went up near Liberal, looks high-based for now though... given that it is on the hot/drier side of the boundary that does not surprise me much. Should look better when it gets on the moist side, if the updraft maintains that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Another confirmed tornado northeast of Scott City KS right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 And we are off to the races... Storms SW of DDC quickly organizing, appears to have busted the cap. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 516 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF FOWLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Nice couplet well NE of Scott City, KS now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Nice couplet well NE of Scott City, KS now... This storm has produced about 5 tornadoes I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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