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Severe WX April 1-2 (overnight) Severe Weather Event

172556 said:
The slabbed apartment office was built within the last couple years. I'm looking forward to seeing that survey. Of course, there are trees standing somewhat nearby, so, you know..
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That's just one indicator, several others slabs with nothing left around them, not even debris (we'll have to wait to see, but geolocation suggests they were well built homes).


Just north of the slabbed building from the first Selma pics, there was a trailer park. Not only is it completely gone, there's no debris even left in the area. Just scoured mud.

Here's a screencap from the drone initial damage video
 

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lake.effect said:
That's just one indicator, several others slabs with nothing left around them, not even debris (we'll have to wait to see, but geolocation suggests they were well built homes).


Just north of the slabbed building from the first Selma pics, there was a trailer park. Not only is it completely gone, there's no debris even left in the area. Just scoured mud.

Here's a screencap from the drone initial damage video
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I usually don't partake in damage assessment because it is not something I'm too knowledgable about, but in the context around the empty slab and the trailer park that is wiped away, there is an apartment complex to the right in this pic that has relatively minor damage. Based off of my non-expert opinion, wouldn't that limit the ceiling of this rating?
 
MMWX (FKA TornadoFan17) said:
I usually don't partake in damage assessment because it is not something I'm too knowledgable about, but in the context around the empty slab and the trailer park that is wiped away, there is an apartment complex to the right in this pic that has relatively minor damage. Based off of my non-expert opinion, wouldn't that limit the ceiling of this rating?
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Violent tornados will usually have tighter damage gradients (Guin for example), some homes in Moore had roof damage IIRC while a home next door was completely gone, just due to the nature of multiple vortices. However, that can play a role in limiting the ceiling of a rating depending on the situation. Especially post-2013 scale. In this case, it probably will.

I’ve gotten to where I just don’t even care about ratings anymore. This was a historical outbreak full stop, ratings be damned, and if it occurred in the early to mid 20th century, one we would still be talking about today.
 
Between the initial significantly tornadic cells in AR to the embedded significant tornadoes we saw in Kentucky and elsewhere, finishing up with the incredibly violent-looking tornadoes early this morning in Mississippi and Tennessee, I’m going to hazard a guess that yesterday will rival in both total tornadoes and intensity the March 14th event.
 
I also want to point out how Super Tuesday-esque this tornado outbreak was. You had initial action in Arkansas with some cells in Tennessee and tornados up into KY. Then very late after dark, you had additional OWS development with a few more possible violent tornados.
 
Wow... thought for sure the event was winding down when I went to bed shortly after 10 PM CDT, especially after that cell that had a monster hook for ages as it approached and passed near West Memphis seemingly did not produce anything high-end. Certainly did not expect at least two more tornadoes on par with Lake City-Monette that late at night.
 


I just can't get over how downright violent this tornado was... Even though it was well anticipated, last night was just crazy - We've had 2 high tier events in the same rough region in the space of just 3 weeks. Amazing job to the SPC for their forecast, as usual.
 
CheeselandSkies said:
Wow... thought for sure the event was winding down when I went to bed shortly after 10 PM CDT, especially after that cell that had a monster hook for ages as it approached and passed near West Memphis seemingly did not produce anything high-end. Certainly did not expect at least two more tornadoes on par with Lake City-Monette that late at night.
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I had the same thought. I took a break from monitoring everything after things got linear last night only to come back to two new monster cells after midnight that looked like they were going to produce violent/long-tracked tornadoes.
 
I want to ask a question and maybe it's a dumb one.

This is the velocity (directly) over my home last night just east of Nashville. This is the same cell that hit Selmer and worked all the way up into Kentucky. Very lucky this never made it to the ground. HIGHLY populated suburban area.

I have three back to back scans and as you can see, the velocities are VERY different. What am I seeing here and are some of these radar anomalies? Are these numbers REAL?

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