Severe Threat May 15-16, 2025

[DanLarsen34]

Here's your reason why the tornado/supercell has lasted so long. It's riding along a boundary. You can tell there's one situated across Southern Kentucky down into Northern Tennessee.

I was going to ask about this since I haven’t looked at the SPC data. This makes a ton of sense

 

[treypops]

I've heard something about them needing authorization from a higher-up, which doesn't exist given the massive staffing cuts. Could be wrong, though.

Yes, you're wrong. No offense.

 

[AJS]

Can we not???

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

Yes, you're wrong. No offense.

What would the reason be, then? Or is it just not known at this time?

 

[AJS]

Might be a CC drop on the storm behind the main one.

 

[treypops]

What would the reason be, then? Or is it just not known at this time?

Why they didn't issue a TORE? No idea. I just know what had absolutely nothing to do with it.

 

[UpperLevelLOL]

Very surprised this storm has not been tor-e’d at any point in its lifespan

 

[Kolle]

It's not a good sign when a broadcast met says "We have pictures" from Somerset, but then says, "we're going to hold off" until his control room sorts out what they can and cannot show on air.

 

[TornadoFan]

Seeing a new CC drop as the main storm approaches Manchester.

 

[Brice W]

Anyone know what Manchester is like? This looks to be going a bit more center into town.

 

[AJS]

If I were in Manchester, KY i’d be getting to my safe place ASAP.

 

[DanLarsen34]

I wonder if Reed and his team are kicking themselves for leaving this storm earlier? They were with this until Bowling Green, then they bolted west for the better looking storms at the time.

 

[Clancy]

As @JPWX said, these storms could become problematic as they move east. They should eventually grow upscale into a QLCS. There's still a lot of instability out ahead of this cluster. In the meantime, watching that eastern KY storm in horror like everyone else.

 

[NorthGaWeather]

I’ll be honest, and there likely have been injuries with this tornado, but “declaring a mass casualty event” is overused because we don’t know what it means for them. Weather twitter just runs with it thinking the worst. A mass casualty, or even mass fatality, event will be drastically different for every county. There are counties in Georgia where a car accident with 5 patients requiring transport would be a mass casualty event.

 

[Clancy]

I’ll be honest, and there likely have been injuries with this tornado, but “declaring a mass casualty event” is overused because we don’t know what it means for them. Weather twitter just runs with it thinking the worst. A mass casualty, or even mass fatality, event will be drastically different for every county. There are counties in Georgia where a car accident with 5 patients requiring transport would be a mass casualty event.

MCIs can also be declared as a precaution, in expectation of a large influx of patients with critical injuries, even if there's no confirmed knowledge of how many or how severe the injuries may be. This can be an especially important decision in smaller hospitals.

 

[NorthGaWeather]

Yes, you're wrong. No offense.

Can confirm Trey’s comment.

 

[WhirlingWx]

 

[Maxis_s]

I’ll be honest, and there likely have been injuries with this tornado, but “declaring a mass casualty event” is overused because we don’t know what it means for them. Weather twitter just runs with it thinking the worst. A mass casualty, or even mass fatality, event will be drastically different for every county. There are counties in Georgia where a car accident with 5 patients requiring transport would be a mass casualty event.

Little Rock 2023 was declared a mass casualty event and no fatalities occurred. IIRC mass casualty event just means many injuries and/or fatalities may have occurred. It also means there's a chance that very few have actually occurred.

 

[DanLarsen34]

I’ll be honest, and there likely have been injuries with this tornado, but “declaring a mass casualty event” is overused because we don’t know what it means for them. Weather twitter just runs with it thinking the worst. A mass casualty, or even mass fatality, event will be drastically different for every county. There are counties in Georgia where a car accident with 5 patients requiring transport would be a mass casualty event.

We’ve seen that language used often for situations where many are injured. Let’s just hope that’s all that’s happened versus a potential mass fatality event.

 

[TornadoFan]

Ummm....