Severe Threat May 15-16, 2025

[Kds86z]

Oh my god, is the claim of 24 deaths from the Somerset tornado verifiable? That’s insane.

If it is- 32 fatalities total… worse outbreak since idk when

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

If it is- 32 fatalities total… worse outbreak since idk when

2021, probably. At least 80 people died on that night.

 

[Kds86z]

Imma be honest, I looked at wikipedia and saw the confirmed 24 fatalities and that was pretty foolish of me to believe that so quickly. I’m taking a back pedal to try and see if I can get a confirmed report.

You’re good man. Not foolish.. lot of times it is correct.

 

[AJS]

If it is- 32 fatalities total… worse outbreak since idk when

Dec 10, 2021.

 

[Kds86z]

Dec 10, 2021.

Wow Kentucky both times smh..

 

[AJS]

Thank you

Well, that does make it now the deadliest tornado since Mayfield.

 

[WhirlingWx]

another video of the Linton, IN tornado:

 

[Kds86z]

Well, that does make it now the deadliest tornado since Mayfield.

Crazy it’s been that long since a tornado killed over 20 people.

 

[slenker]

It was at night, but 24 deaths to a single tornado pretty much requires violent intensity most of the time. You can just kinda tell based on the way a debris cloud looks if the tornado is violent or not, and a lot of the tornadoes from yesterday fit that bill for sure. If I were to describe it in words, it's the impressive vertical motion and the debris sort of "fanning out" near the top of its trajectory that always makes me worried when I see it. It happened with at least two videos I have seen so far of the tornadoes from yesterday.

 

[Kds86z]

another video of the Linton, IN tornado:

Good grief.. is this Kansas? Lol

 

[AJS]

63 fatalities so far this year.

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

Ef3 confirmed for St. Louis..,

Where?

 

[Kds86z]

63 fatalities so far this year.

65*

 

[Kds86z]

Ef3 confirmed for St. Louis..,

My bad.. isn’t confirmed by nws..

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Kds86z]

It was at night, but 24 deaths to a single tornado pretty much requires violent intensity most of the time. You can just kinda tell based on the way a debris cloud looks if the tornado is violent or not, and a lot of the tornadoes from yesterday fit that bill for sure. If I were to describe it in words, it's the impressive vertical motion and the debris sort of "fanning out" near the top of its trajectory that always makes me worried when I see it. It happened with at least two videos I have seen so far of the tornadoes from yesterday.

True. I kept thinking to myself the last couple years where we haven’t seen a violent tornado take a lot of lives like that. Long track nature made it much worse too.

 

[AJS]

The Nashville one almost without a doubt had violent potential. That TBSS was insane.

 

[ColdFront]

easily the best video I’ve seen of it in London. Has that Cullman-like funnel tilt and vortex condensation break down. That roar too.

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

True. I kept thinking to myself the last couple years where we haven’t seen a violent tornado take a lot of lives like that. Long track nature made it much worse too.

I did notice that. I feel like after Mayfield, 2022, 2023 and 2024 had relatively low fatality counts from single tornadoes, barring Rolling Fork. I don't think we had a tornado with a death toll in the double digits all of last year.

 

[Kds86z]

I did notice that. I feel like after Mayfield, 2022, 2023 and 2024 had relatively low fatality counts from single tornadoes, barring Rolling Fork. I don't think we had a tornado with a death toll in the double digits all of last year.

Yep 100%. Deadliest tornado was tx last year killing 7.