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Severe Weather 2025

Clancy said:
I do, I do. Sometimes you have to put something on them if they're old, but you can't go wrong with an onion. Onions have never done me wrong.
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Back in the late 2000's or early 2010's there was a show I used to watch called "Making Fiends" where one of the running gags was a stand that sold raw onions on a stick. Man, that takes me back.

Can't say I've ever enjoyed eating onions straight out of the bag, but man do I love raw onions on street tacos and grilled or caramelized onions on cheeseburgers.

And now I'm gonna post an embarrassing secret for everyone to see - every time I get a soft drink from a fast food restaurant, I eat the straw wrapper.
 
Atlantic said:
Any real severe weather chances? It is only February after all. I've noticed here in South-Central Virginia that the severe weather season is around July-September.
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I would not hold on to that over the next few years. Over the next few years, people are going to realize that the “rules” that people have about the weather (timing, location, restrictions, etc) no longer apply.

Things are different. Expect the unexpected. As always, be prepared and be safe!
 
I use to eat raw onions and drink buttermilk. Started drinking coffee at the age of 3 or 4. True story.
 
KevinH said:
Over the next few years, people are going to realize that the “rules” that people have about the weather (timing, location, restrictions, etc) no longer apply.
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While unrelated to this particular threat, I can relate a lot to your point here. I'm from the UK, where we rarely see severe thunderstorms, let alone significant tornadoes. Our highest chance of severe storms are typically in the summer. Yet, in the last few years, we have seen our autumns become very active for both thunderstorms and tornadoes.

A significant tornado outbreak in 2021 (including an EF2/T4 tornado)
Another significant outbreak in October 2022 with multiple strong tornadoes (including my first ever supercell)
2023 was probably the most tornadically active year I can remember in the UK. The peak being a EF3/T6 tornado in Jersey, multiple other tornadoes on multiple other days, including multiple strong tornadoes. I can not recall anything like this previously.

The reason? We get plenty of favourable kinematic environments, but rarely any instability to accompany this. Yet all these years featured a much above average English Channel - providing enough instability for severe weather.

As expected, this has turned into a bit of a separate rant but you are right - a lot of traditional weather norms are shifting.
 
UK_EF4 said:
While unrelated to this particular threat, I can relate a lot to your point here. I'm from the UK, where we rarely see severe thunderstorms, let alone significant tornadoes. Our highest chance of severe storms are typically in the summer. Yet, in the last few years, we have seen our autumns become very active for both thunderstorms and tornadoes.

A significant tornado outbreak in 2021 (including an EF2/T4 tornado)
Another significant outbreak in October 2022 with multiple strong tornadoes (including my first ever supercell)
2023 was probably the most tornadically active year I can remember in the UK. The peak being a EF3/T6 tornado in Jersey, multiple other tornadoes on multiple other days, including multiple strong tornadoes. I can not recall anything like this previously.

The reason? We get plenty of favourable kinematic environments, but rarely any instability to accompany this. Yet all these years featured a much above average English Channel - providing enough instability for severe weather.

As expected, this has turned into a bit of a separate rant but you are right - a lot of traditional weather norms are shifting.
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Yeah.. The weather patterns of the past have lulled a lot of people into a false sense of security for the future. The weather patterns (and other things the earth does not for the thread lol) are going to catch a lot of people across the world by surprise in the coming years.

Good example: First ever FIRE TORNADO WARNING August 15 2020…. In CALIFORNIA.
 
UK_EF4 said:
While unrelated to this particular threat, I can relate a lot to your point here. I'm from the UK, where we rarely see severe thunderstorms, let alone significant tornadoes. Our highest chance of severe storms are typically in the summer. Yet, in the last few years, we have seen our autumns become very active for both thunderstorms and tornadoes.

A significant tornado outbreak in 2021 (including an EF2/T4 tornado)
Another significant outbreak in October 2022 with multiple strong tornadoes (including my first ever supercell)
2023 was probably the most tornadically active year I can remember in the UK. The peak being a EF3/T6 tornado in Jersey, multiple other tornadoes on multiple other days, including multiple strong tornadoes. I can not recall anything like this previously.

The reason? We get plenty of favourable kinematic environments, but rarely any instability to accompany this. Yet all these years featured a much above average English Channel - providing enough instability for severe weather.

As expected, this has turned into a bit of a separate rant but you are right - a lot of traditional weather norms are shifting.
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Just out of curiosity, how many EF5 tornadoes have y'all had?
 
JPWX said:
Just out of curiosity, how many EF5 tornadoes have y'all had?
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As far as I am concerned - none.

Technically, there were two tornadoes which previously were rated around T10 (EF5) but one of these was in 1099, the other in 1666, and with no more than just verbal reports and drawings of damage I see no way of really confirming this in strength. Accordingly, TORRO downgraded these to be T8/T9 strength, which would make them EF4s. Still, I don't think we can necessarily be sure these were violent.

The best contenders for an actual EF4+ UK tornado are probably the Welsh 1913 T7 (HE EF3) which caused severe damage to brick structures. The other was the 1810 T8 (EF4) Portsmouth tornado. No photos for this one (not a surprise considering the time lol!) but there are reports of brick homes being destroyed, which given construction quality and reliability of reporting had improved significantly I think is a reasonable candidate for EF4+ damage.

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Interesting question, though!
 
UK_EF4 said:
As far as I am concerned - none.

Technically, there were two tornadoes which previously were rated around T10 (EF5) but one of these was in 1099, the other in 1666, and with no more than just verbal reports and drawings of damage I see no way of really confirming this in strength. Accordingly, TORRO downgraded these to be T8/T9 strength, which would make them EF4s. Still, I don't think we can necessarily be sure these were violent.

The best contenders for an actual EF4+ UK tornado are probably the Welsh 1913 T7 (HE EF3) which caused severe damage to brick structures. The other was the 1810 T8 (EF4) Portsmouth tornado. No photos for this one (not a surprise considering the time lol!) but there are reports of brick homes being destroyed, which given construction quality and reliability of reporting had improved significantly I think is a reasonable candidate for EF4+ damage.

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Interesting question, though!
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Very interesting. Yeah. I'm not up to par on my UK tornado history. Thank you for the response!
 
JPWX said:
I use to eat raw onions and drink buttermilk. Started drinking coffee at the age of 3 or 4. True story.
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I do occasionally munch down a sweet Vidalia onion washing it down with sweet iced tea. Just waiting for this year's crops to be harvested to enjoy some fresh Southern cuisine once again :cool:
 
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