Severe Threat May 15-16, 2025

[jiharris0220]

 

[Muwx]

It's down supposedly

Not much supposedly about it. Clearly on the ground

 

[OH-IOan]

Oh my god. Downtown St. Louis too.

 

[UncleJuJu98]

Where's the tornado emergency??

(Maybe it doesn't reach criteria idk)

 

[Tennie]

I just alerted several people that I know who live in St. Louis, and told them to spread the word to those that they know.

 

[US_Highway15]

That rotation tightened up FAST. When the original warning was issued, it definitely looked more outflow dominant (more precaution type warning), and then shortly within a couple scans, we got a large tornado on the ground.

 

[ColdFront]

Might be occluding, or just getting even more rain wrapped

 

[Kds86z]

Uh…

 

[OH-IOan]

Where's the tornado emergency??

(Maybe it doesn't reach criteria idk)

Yeah, I'm wondering that too. Damaging tornado in a major metropolitan area = not good.

 

[Maxis_s]

That rotation tightened up FAST. When the original warning was issued, it definitely looked more outflow dominant (more precaution type warning), and then shortly within a couple scans, we got a large tornado on the ground.

It didn't seem quite outflow dominant to me. You don't get much lead time sometimes when you're so close to the radar and focusing only on the lowest tilt. Higher tilts were showing a definite mesocyclone, although I will admit it did intensify very very quickly, even faster than I'd expect.

 

[warneagle]

that had to have passed pretty close to the airport there

 

[UncleJuJu98]

Might be occluding, or just getting even more rain wrapped

Yeah I think it's occluding some, thankfully

 

[zath]

STL terminal doppler shows it weakening just as fast as it strengthened. Maybe a handoff trying to happen over Granite City, but we will see if it intensifies and tries again...

 

[Tennie]

I just alerted several people that I know who live in St. Louis, and told them to spread the word to those that they know.

One of them responded with a pic of a whole lot of hail piling up on her patio:

 

[Kds86z]

Interesting start to this event..

 

[Ozonelayer]

By the way, you could see the debris from the STL tornado from the Paducah radar. Likely very strong.

 

[OH-IOan]

There it is. Huge. This tornado could've easily been EF3+, and given the proximity to downtown I don't doubt there's casualties.

 

[Ozonelayer]

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There it is. Huge.

Short lived strong to violent tornado. Is that what we are in for today? I hope not.

 

[US_Highway15]

It didn't seem quite outflow dominant to me. You don't get much lead time sometimes when you're so close to the radar and focusing only on the lowest tilt. Higher tilts were showing a definite mesocyclone, although I will admit it did intensify very very quickly, even faster than I'd expect.

Well the rotation looked pretty broad WHEN the warning was issued, like I don't think a warning would've been issued if it was a few minutes from a metropolitan area, but either way it was a good warning, because it definitely tightened up and produced a large tornado.

 

[US_Highway15]

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There it is. Huge. This tornado could've easily been EF3+, and given the proximity to downtown I don't doubt there's casualties.

Alright while I understand its a huge area, lets not assume casualities unless its confirmed via dispatch that there's injuries/casualities.