Severe Weather Threat May 17-19, 2025

[TornadoFan]

 

[jiharris0220]

 

[Bevo]

Thank you @Jbop and @rushdude , I don’t have cable so I’ve been trying to get live coverage between your sources and David R at TX Storm Chasers.

 

[Tanner]

Grinnell Kansas was indeed hit, and the damage is EF3+ based on contextuals.


NWKS Radio

 

[ColdFront]

Til tomorrow lol..

Haha I meant to write West I35. However, the risk area for tomorrow will be in eastern Oklahoma

 

[eep]

A lot of the Kansas storms seem to be rapidly ramping up.

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

Also, I hate to be clogging up the thread with past photos and videos, but this is 100% worth sharing:

 

[SmokeEater]

Freddy McKinney getting smoked by RFD and says he's got a tornado wrapped in rain in NE.

 

[Kds86z]

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[AJS]

Cell is continuing to look pretty intense.

 

[jiharris0220]

Grinnell definitely took a devastating hit, spoke to soon about the dissipation.

What likely happened was that the tornado weakened in the upper portions but remained strong in the levels undetected by radar since it was in a bit of a radar hole

 

[AJS]

Grinnell definitely took a devastating hit, spoke to soon about the dissipation.

What likely happened was that the tornado weakened in the upper portions but remained strong in the levels undetected by radar since it was in a bit of a radar hole

Man, that’s awful. Prayers go out to Grinnell.

 

[UpperLevelLOL]

Also, I hate to be clogging up the thread with past photos and videos, but this is 100% worth sharing:

It is, but it was posted like 3 posts above yours

 

[Kds86z]

 

[ColdFront]

The two Oklahoma cells may be merging, although I don’t think it’s going to help them. The nocturnal inversion is building in and they aren’t close to fully mature to brush that aside.

 

[Kds86z]

Grinnell definitely took a devastating hit, spoke to soon about the dissipation.

What likely happened was that the tornado weakened in the upper portions but remained strong in the levels undetected by radar since it was in a bit of a radar hole

Honesty I was wondering about the radar hole fact. Not shocked.

 

[Atlantic]

Now I am fully caught up!

 

[Bevo]

I apologize, I’m on mobile so I’m not sure how large this will be, but this is the AFD discussion from Ft Worth as of about 6:40 PM. As of the moment, the tornado watch hasn’t been extended east. The mets may just be waiting to see what happens.

 

[TornadoFan]

Yeesh. This TX storm is an absolute beast.

 

[jiharris0220]

Well that’s suboptimal.