Severe WX Severe Weather Threat 3/14-3/16

[Kds86z]

Tylertown 1 - EF4 (170mph). Tylertown 2 - EF3 (140mph). Still preliminary.

IEM :: PNS from NWS LIX

PNS issued by NWS LIX at 17 Mar 2025 21:29 UTC

mesonet.agron.iastate.edu

First fatal eF4 of outbreak

 

[AJS]

Had a feeling that storm would be rated EF4. The radar signature and debris ball definitely had a violent look to it.

 

[ColdFront]

Tylertown 1 - EF4 (170mph). Tylertown 2 - EF3 (140mph). Still preliminary.

IEM :: PNS from NWS LIX

PNS issued by NWS LIX at 17 Mar 2025 21:29 UTC

mesonet.agron.iastate.edu

West of Tylertown on the north side of 98, a well built,
well anchored home, was swept from the foundation, leaving debris
in a pile and thrown behind the home. This home was determined to
have 170 MPH EF4 damage.

Rookie question since I’m not as educated on actual damage surveys. Does the home having the debris still piled near it and not the slab swept completely clean and the debris granulated Preclude a higher end EF-4?

 

[Kds86z]

High end ef3 to list..this is one that had TORE

 

[tornado examiner]

Yeah the Diaz tornado was definitely of EF5 strength doing this to a foundation slab.

 

[Cood101]

I want to make sure I'm understanding things correctly as they stand.

2 EF4s in Arkansas.
1 EF4 for the first Tylertown, MS tornado?
Or is Kentwood LA and Tylertown MS two separate tornados?

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

Tylertown 1 - EF4 (170mph). Tylertown 2 - EF3 (140mph). Still preliminary.

This is the first time to have 3 tornadoes rated EF4 in a single outbreak since the Easter Tornado Outbreak of 2020.

 

[Kds86z]

I want to make sure I'm understanding things correctly as they stand.

2 EF4s in Arkansas.
1 EF4 for the first Tylerdale, MS tornado?
Or is Kentwood LA and Tylerdale MS two separate tornados?

Tbd

 

[UncleJuJu98]

Now sitting at over 100 tornado reports from the three day sequence.

 

[Mike S]

The first report I have seen from north Alabama

 

[Equus]

I keep forgetting LIX has a few counties in southern Mississippi. Most violents in a day since Easter 2020 I think even though Mayfield day realistically had more than two. Will be interesting to see JAN's final stuff when they wrap it up as well.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

I keep forgetting LIX has a few counties in southern Mississippi. Most violents in a day since Easter 2020 I think even though Mayfield day realistically had more than two. Will be interesting to see JAN's final stuff when they wrap it up as well.

I agree with you on more violent tornadoes but look at the offices we had surveying the damage from the December 10TH-11TH, 2021 Tornado Outbreak.

 

[AJS]

I keep forgetting LIX has a few counties in southern Mississippi. Most violents in a day since Easter 2020 I think even though Mayfield day realistically had more than two. Will be interesting to see JAN's final stuff when they wrap it up as well.

- Western Kentucky
- Tri State
- Hobson/Saloma
- Bowling Green

These tornadoes definitely were violent level and two of them earned an EF4 while the other two earned an EF3.

Dresden, Tennessee and Defiance, Missouri were more borderline.

 

[Maxis_s]

Without a doubt EF-5 contextuals (or damage, if you count foundation damage as a DI)

 

[AJS]

Without a doubt EF-5 contextuals (or damage, if you count foundation damage as a DI)

That is remarkable damage. Certainly a lot more intense than some of the damage seen in Greenfield last year. Probably the most violent damage i’ve seen since the 2023 tornadoes or Mayfield.

 

[andyhb]

That photo of the cracked/gouged-out foundation is legitimately nuts.

 

[jiharris0220]

I have absolutely no problems with the rating Diaz was assigned.

But it definitely took a little more than 190mph winds to shatter and lift up the foundation like that to say the least.

 

[AJS]

That photo of the cracked/gouged-out foundation is legitimately nuts.

First time i’ve seen damage to a foundation like that from a tornado in quite a while.

The last time I can recall it happening was Mayfield.

 

[slenker]

Ground/grass looks pretty messed up too - can't tell where the border of the high end damage swath begins from those images though, would love to see an aerial of it. I certainly believe this tornado reached EF5 intensity now, the question is if it will actually receive it.

EDIT: Would certainly be interesting to be the first EF5 to not have caused any fatalities.

 

[tornado examiner]

The Diaz track is removed from the dat. Likely the DI’s are being uploaded soon.