Severe Weather Threat May 17-19, 2025

[US_Highway15]

Last thing I'm posting for the night. This was the sounding from the Plevna tornado tonight.

 

[Equus]

Moving ever closer to the edge of the instability axis. Probably going to be done before too long; in an increasingly stable environment, even the insane helicity values won't be enough to keep it going once it begins to lose inflow. Wouldn't count it out for now, but losing the best environment, the meso is messy right now

 

[Lindsiria]

The cell looks like it is struggling to re-cycle. Hutchinson will likely be spared, thank the heavens.

 

[tornado examiner]

Btw, we’re not even close to done yet. Still got tomorrow and the next day.

 

[zath]

Here is the wind profile from Wichita, KS radar... Large, looping hodograph with impressive low level curvature. Crazy shear numbers: 350+ m2/s2 in the lowest 500m, 500+ below 1km, 640+ below 3km. Luckily (if you can say that) only one storm took advantage of this environment.

 

[Maxis_s]

Yeah screw this I'm going to bed. Don't wanna think about this too much and it's already super late. Praying nobody was killed, which seems increasingly likely.

 

[Brice W]

I think it’s time I call it a night. What a wild sequence these past 2 days and we’re only half way. Yall stay safe and have a goodnight.

 

[jiharris0220]

Yea, thankfully based on some footage and what I’m hearing, the tornado indeed missed the town, at least the core did.

Most houses actually turned out ok, unless the radar pulled the biggest prank ever with how high and intense the debris ball was, the brunt of the tornado definitely missed. Thank goodness.

 

[Equus]

Insanely backed surface flow tonight, definitely lines up with those wild helicity values and hodos

 

[Jimruns]

 

[Western_KS_Wx]

Supercell is definitely running out of gas, and the significant tornado threat is likely coming to an end tonight. Hoping tomorrow doesn’t unveil horrible devastation, especially to the numerous farms impacted tonight. Unfortunately severe weather wise much of the same is expected tomorrow evening.

 

[Kds86z]

Now I await day 1 and 2 outlooks..

 

[TornadoFan]

Tornado warning finally dropped. Now I'm finally going to bed.

 

[Keldeo]

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

I am very confident this was a violent tornado.

 

[Kds86z]

I am very confident this was a violent tornado.

No doubt we’ll get eF4 somewhere out of Kansas

 

[N0mz]

I'm usually one to meme during naders but I was one somber mf while that hit Plevna

 

[Anti-Freeze]

So far I've seen 3 different 'Before' houses for the same pile of rubble.

 

[Grand Poo Bah]

Plotted a straight line from Luka, KS to where the storm is now, and here are some potential structures that were in the path.

Basically just some oil wells and farmsteads.




A power substation or maybe just irrigation sprinklers? I hope this feed yard got missed because it has about a million cows




I've reach the image limit but the only thing left was another few farmsteads and a cell tower. I honestly can't believe how lucky we got with the two tornadoes this cell produced not hitting anything. Definitely reminds me of May 24, 2011 with the strength of those beasts.

 

[N0mz]

So far I've seen 3 different 'Before' houses for the same pile of rubble.

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