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Melissa, Texas- confirmed tornado, chasers see wedge on the ground

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* Until 1215 AM CDT.

* At 1136 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Melissa, or 9
  miles northeast of McKinney, moving east at 50 mph. Anna is in the
  path of this tornado.

  This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

  SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.

 

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1 hour ago, mob1 said:

Moving into a fairly populated areas. 

It *JUST* missed the far northern edge of DFW suburbs by a few miles (it tracked over a mostly still rural part of Collin County)

But yeah, definitely an impressive-looking cell.

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21 minutes ago, Powerball said:

It *JUST* missed the far northern edge of DFW suburbs by a few miles (it tracked over a mostly still rural part of Collin County)

But yeah, definitely an impressive-looking cell.

 

That said, the timing couldn't have been worse, because this cell also passed over a rural area that's a major recreational destination for DFW residents (Lake Ray Roberts), and on a hot holiday weekend, so of course there would be many people out there.

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15 minutes ago, Chinook said:

possibly up to a 60 mile long tornado track north of Dallas

60 mile tornado.jpg

If that tornado was on the ground that entire time, I suspect it would be one of the longest tornado tracks on record (if not the longest track) for the areas near/around DFW. While we are at the southern end of Tornado Alley, north-central Texas has actually had very few long-track (25+ miles) tornadoes in its record.

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10 minutes ago, andyhb said:

Another large tornado down west of Decatur AR.

Been one of the most impressive and dynamically interesting cells with multiple handoffs and areas of rotation for quite some time. The nocturnal show has been pretty unbelievable once again. Praying for all these people asleep. 
 

edit: it’s possible it’s producing three separate circulations with their own CC signatures. What an insane storm.

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4 hours ago, zinski1990 said:

This is such a bust wow

 

^^^The event did underperform expectations for sure, but I also wouldn't call it a total bust, especially since there was an uptick in activity after this post.

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A non-severe MCS just blew in from the SW out of the Big Country.

Getting some pretty impressive wake winds with it.

EDIT: Crazy enough, this season doesn't cease to surprise. Now getting widespread non-thunderstorm gusts over 60 MPH.

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I randomly check the tornado warnings page this morning (expecting nothing ongoing) to find 3 active warnings with Mayfield KY under one:

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
817 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Calloway County in western Kentucky...
  Southwestern Marshall County in western Kentucky...
  Central Graves County in western Kentucky...

* Until 845 AM CDT.

* At 817 AM CDT, a tornado producing storm was located near Mayfield,
  moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree
           damage is likely.

* This tornadic storm will be near...
  Mayfield around 825 AM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Kirksey, Brewers, and Wingo.

Really? 

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Unfortunately it ended up being another significant nighttime event with multiple strong deadly tornadoes. There were at least 7 deaths reported so far (5 in TX and 2 in Oklahoma) from the tormadoes north of Dallas and northeast of Tulsa. 

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There was nothing bust about this event. The damage on the northern fringe of the DFW Metroplex shows that there is massive damage stretching nearly a mile in width including the Ray Rodgers Lake marina & RV park and nearby large mobile home park. In the areas around that lake is catastrophic and could be site of several more casualties.

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18z subjective surface analysis:

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Isolated convection should first occur near a low and warm front from far northeastern Oklahoma into southwestern Missouri this afternoon. CAMs show isolated to scattered supercells across southern Missouri by late afternoon. I do wonder how far north the outflow boundary draped across northern Arkansas will retreat, as that could locally enhance the tornado threat.

SPC has a 10% hatched (sig) tornado area outlined from northeastern Arkansas into far southeastern Missouri. CAMs have steadily trended south with this feature, when compared to earlier morning runs. 

There’s also a question about how far east storms may initiate, given weaker forcing and proximity to the fresher outflow from the Ohio Valley MCS. 

Either way, there’s a conditional tornado threat near the outflow boundary and maybe near a quasi triple point, around the AR/MO/OK border area. Considering this area had tornado damage last night, that’s also unnerving. 

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Video from inside the Sanger gas station (I-35 & Lone Oak Road) when the tornado hit

https://x.com/ConnerStinesWx/status/1794804153551900895

From other video today over a rural subdivision 2 miles to the west (Lone Oak Road at 200 road) the heavy damage of houses is at least a half a mile wide

https://x.com/foxweather/status/1794761278809883096

(:48+)

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57 minutes ago, Witness Protection Program said:

Video from inside the Sanger gas station (I-35 & Lone Oak Road) when the tornado hit

https://x.com/ConnerStinesWx/status/1794804153551900895

From other video today over a rural subdivision 2 miles to the west (Lone Oak Road at 200 road) the heavy damage of houses is at least a half a mile wide

https://x.com/foxweather/status/1794761278809883096

(:48+)

Watched the Ryan Hall YouTube channel, he as Google maps or similar, to the street view, and there are probably few places with a greater concentration of RV parks than around Lake Ray Roberts.  For a beginning of summer holiday weekend, the death toll could have been even higher.  Two large damaging tornadoes simultaneously, when there were few other storms at all in Texas or Oklahoma, was bad luck.  I suspect the fact that the storms were very isolated in favorable instability and shear probably boosted both tornadoes.  

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Tornado Warning issued May 26 at 5:18PM CDT until May 26 at 5:45PM CDT by NWS Springfield MO

At 518 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 13 miles north of Mountain Grove, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Damaging tornado and baseball size hail. SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. Locations impacted include... Houston, Huggins, Bucyrus, Graff, Prescott, and Bendavis.

Instructions

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.

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