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Severe Weather Threat June 5-9

Ebaad Jaffery said:
If the beam height is 0.7 kft, meaning 700 feet, that means that you are seeing low into the storm. If the tornado is heading S SE, it’s heading basically right at or close into the radar site, which means as it got closer, the ‘weaker’ the tornado’s velocity coupler would be. Is this true or am I wrong?
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Sorta, maybe... depends on the tornado intensity and size. If the circulation isn't making contact with the ground, it will definitely look weaker because the beam is going under the circulation. Whereas when the storm is further away, you will see higher into the storm, above the cloud base, and thus more likely to see the meso itself as opposed to the tornado. The "good" thing with the circulation be so close to the radar is you can get a much better idea of how deep the meso/rotation is and whether it is truly on the ground.
 
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