Severe WX Severe threat 3/30-3/31

[Kds86z]

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I don’t think TWC has been viable in a while.

Amen brother

 

[treypops]

Memphis cell is looking pretty good on reflectivity but nothing impressive on velocity. It does look like it might be trying to pull the outflow back in, so something to watch.

Memphis cell?

 

[Clancy]

Mississippi will have to watch these storms as they move eastward and potentially grow upscale. They're not currently in the best environment, but will be moving into one.

 

[Muwx]

Memphis cell?

The cell going just north of Memphis TN

 

[Kds86z]

Mississippi will have to watch these storms as they move eastward and potentially grow upscale. They're not currently in the best environment, but will be moving into one.
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Isn’t upscale bad for tornadogenesis?

 

[MMWX]

Memphis cell?

The TOR warned cell passing from Crittenden County AR north of Memphis into Tipton County.

 

[Jacob Aden]

Isn’t upscale bad for tornadogenesis?

No, cells often combine their much smaller updrafts into a singular and much more powerful updraft.

 

[treypops]

The TOR warned cell passing from Crittenden County AR north of Memphis into Tipton County.

Yeah just wanted clarification. That storm is quite a bit north/northwest of Memphis.

 

[TH2002]

Sorry for going slightly off topic, but anyone on this forum who knows me well enough knows I despise TWC - and for good reason.

TWC declined massively through the 2010s - the final nail in the coffin was when Greg Forbes left in 2019.

 

[KevinH]

Relevant to the overnight portion of this event - no weather alerts for the Cullman area

NWS: Cullman NOAA weather radio all hazards station off air

The National Weather Service issued a statement saying that the Cullman NOAA weather radio all-hazards station will be off the air until further notice.

www.waff.com

Why does this seem to be a recurring theme when there is a storm. Do these “outages” happen when there ARENT storms too, and we just notice it more during active severe weather?

It feels deliberate at this point.

 

[AJS]

Sorry for going slightly off topic, but anyone on this forum who knows me well enough knows I despise TWC - and for good reason.

TWC declined massively through the 2010s - the final nail in the coffin was when Greg Forbes left in 2019.

Their coverage of the Mayfield tornado was genuinely disgusting to see. Playing a documentary when you have a violent tornado wrecking havoc across Western Kentucky…

Anyway back on topic.

 

[Kds86z]

No, cells often combine their much smaller updrafts into a singular and much more powerful updraft.

Thanks. Still learning. Legitimately thought it was detrimental.

 

[Jacob Aden]

Thanks. Still learning. Legitimately thought it was detrimental.

It depends, it isn’t inherently a bad thing though

 

[KevinH]

There is a reason why they are known as the advertisement channel.

I bet.

I haven’t watched them in a while. I was done with them when they went to commercial after they said a new tornado warning/emergency was issued. Not ok.

LOCAL tv stations would NEVER.

 

[Tennie]

Thanks. Still learning. Legitimately thought it was detrimental.

It ultimately depends on what scales you're talking about--for tornadogenesis, you'd want a storm to grow upscale into at least a mini-supercell (if not a full-size supercell), but usually not much larger than that.

 

[KevinH]

Sorry for going slightly off topic, but anyone on this forum who knows me well enough knows I despise TWC - and for good reason.

TWC declined massively through the 2010s - the final nail in the coffin was when Greg Forbes left in 2019.

Right! I forgot about him

He should come out of retirement, (create an account here hahahaha), and go work for Fox Weather

 

[treypops]

The state of local meteorology coverage in Memphis is truly sad.

 

[Jacob Aden]

Need this line around Louisville to scoot away from the radar

 

[Tomcats Forever!]

That's me under a warning

 

[treypops]

I think the tornado threat is virtually nonexistent for the Memphis metro and points south tonight.