Severe Threat May 15-16, 2025

[OH-IOan]

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.

 

[andyhb]

The damage in London is absolutely awful, reminds me of the Cookeville or Greenfield tornadoes. This turned into a catastrophic event.

 

[AJS]

The damage in London is absolutely awful, reminds me of the Cookeville or Greenfield tornadoes. This turned into a catastrophic event.

Yep, it’s awful. 23 fatalities confirmed with the tornado too. Making it the deadliest tornado since Mayfield, 2021.

 

[Kds86z]

Where?

@OH-IOan

 

[OH-IOan]

What's crazy to me too is that you rarely see tornadoes that visually look like that kill so many people. Most of those mega-deadly tornadoes (Vilonia, Mayfield, Beareguard) were all wedges. This one was just a violent drillbit.

 

[ColdFront]

Good grief.. is this Kansas? Lol

Another way yesterday was a “plains type event” was how visible and photogenic the tornados were.

 

[Jbop]

 

[southmdwatcher]

Not sure if this video has been posted yet, but it is from the London KY tornado. Looks like it captures the approach to I-75 and the audible roar is present for the last half of the video. Edit, this is the extended version of the video posted by Coldfront.

 

[jiharris0220]

Visible scar of the somerset-london tornado.

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[StormStalker]

STOP with the political posts. Just stop. I know some of you are passionate about the weather and politics but trying to interject political views during a major severe weather event is not appropriate. Take it to off topic, take it to private messages, start a blog, I don’t care but STOP. I’m not deleting the reports from last night at this time as I want a couple of the other moderators to see them
as well, but did I mention to STOP? Stop derailing threads or you might just find yourself on the outside looking in.

 

[AJS]

Visible scar of the somerset-london tornado.

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Crazy how tight and defined it is.

 

[Clancy]

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.

The sound of croaking frogs amidst the distant roar of a monstrous tornado is just something else. Other-worldly, despite being so inherently Terrestrial. Nothing captures that terrible power violent twisters have like that violent roar.

 

[AJS]

The sound of croaking frogs amidst the distant roar of a monstrous tornado is just something else. Other-worldly, despite being so inherently Terrestrial. Nothing captures that terrible power violent twisters have like that violent roar.

The view of a violent tornado at night is honestly surreal at times.

 

[ColdFront]

Not sure if this video has been posted yet, but it is from the London KY tornado. Looks like it captures the approach to I-75 and the audible roar is present for the last half of the video. Edit, this is the extended version of the video posted by Coldfront.

I hadn’t seen this version, thanks for sharing it!

I am curious why WLKY titled the video that it was “forming”. The CC drop was really consistent from a little west of Somerset to almost Manchester, KY. I believe it was on the ground the entire time, and the video just captures the condensation funnel condensing and breaking down again but I think the wind field was consistent.

 

[AJS]

@Kds86z Do you know what tornado in Missouri caused that really intense damage you posted about earlier?

 

[Clancy]

I hadn’t seen this version, thanks for sharing it!

I am curious why WLKY titled the video that it was “forming”. The CC drop was really consistent from a little west of Somerset to almost Manchester, KY. I believe it was on the ground the entire time, and the video just captures the condensation funnel condensing and breaking down again but I think the wind field was consistent.

I think it's just classic reporter misunderstanding. From the unfamiliar eye it'd be easy to assume that the tornado wasn't down until the clear, conical funnel was visible.

 

[Kds86z]

@Kds86z Do you know what tornado in Missouri caused that really intense damage you posted about earlier?

This one that killed 2?

 

[OH-IOan]

Does anyone have an update on that Morganfield tornado? I feel like that one was the talk of the town before the Somerset demon.

 

[AJS]

This one that killed 2?

Yeah, do you know where that tornado happened to hit?