Severe Weather Threat June 15-23

[Brice W]

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I know Freddy has helped a family before, he has it on his YouTube channel. This is the dark side of storm chasing unfortunately. While he does want to forget that night, it’s high likely he won’t forget about it. That tornado above in the video is definitely the scariest tornado I've ever tracked and seen. Hands down. May the ones who passed rest in peace.

 

[Kds86z]

I know Freddy has helped a family before, he has it on his YouTube channel. This is the dark side of storm chasing unfortunately. While he does want to forget that night, it’s high likely he won’t forget about it. That tornado above in the video is definitely the scariest tornado I've ever tracked and seen. Hands down. May the ones who passed rest in peace.

It’s your scariest @Brice W really?

 

[KakashiHatake2000]

Wow it definitely was scary for sure with the cloud that low you can almost touch it literally but according to James Pettus apparently that was a wall cloud in the video who I think originally discovered the footage

 

[Brice W]

Wow it definitely was scary for sure with the cloud that low you can almost touch it literally but according to James Pettus apparently that was a wall cloud in the video who I think originally discovered the footage

It was in fact the meso but usually when you see a meso like that you have a big tornado down. This was similar how the Louisville MS 2014 tornado looked when it came to structure.
I want to also mention I was talking about the video before the TikTok when you can clearly see the ongoing wedge.

 

[Kds86z]

Isn’t that the meso?

 

[KakashiHatake2000]

Yes it was a wall cloud, but usually when you see wall cloud you don’t have a clear updraft like that unless you have a tornado down. This was similar how the Louisville MS 2014 tornado looked when it came to structure.
I want to also mention I was talking about the video before the TikTok when you can clearly see the ongoing wedge.

Oh gotcha sorry I didn’t see that part

 

[Brice W]

Oh gotcha sorry I didn’t see that part

All good, I just can’t imagine what was going through Freddy’s head when he knew the worst was a reality.

 

[KakashiHatake2000]

Yeah I know same here I’m glad those people are at peace now

 

[Kds86z]

@Brice W @KakashiHatake2000

 

[N0mz]

Just absurd structure on that supercell. Considering the parameter space and the nudge effect from the line, I think this is a top 5 tornado of the decade by pure intensity. Super short tracked though.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

Just absurd structure on that supercell. Considering the parameter space and the nudge effect from the line, I think this is a top 5 tornado of the decade by pure intensity. Super short tracked though.

How long track was it?

 

[N0mz]

I have no idea how fast it was going but that particular rotation lasted maybe 5+ radar scans?

How long track was it?

 

[N0mz]

Just absurd structure on that supercell. Considering the parameter space and the nudge effect from the line, I think this is a top 5 tornado of the decade by pure intensity. Super short tracked though.

According to Andy Hill, this was a top 25 all-time radar couplet, although it should be mentioned that most older storms (super outbreak, El Reno Piedmont) are lower definition radar, which typically (though not always) return lower vorticity than the super-res we have today.

Brandon's Severe WX Site - Couplet List

This page lists the strongest tornadoes in terms of radar-measured Vrot from any tornado that I could find. A few notes: This list is/can never be truly accurate, thanks to errors in recorded Vrot because of range folding, distance from the radar site, elevation impacting scans, etc. These

www.brandoweather.com

 

[KakashiHatake2000]

I’m curious to know what the Dow and cow radar images looked like with that supercell

 

[N0mz]

According to Andy Hill, this was a top 25 all-time radar couplet, although it should be mentioned that most older storms (super outbreak, El Reno Piedmont) are lower definition radar, which typically (though not always) return lower vorticity than the super-res we have today.

Brandon's Severe WX Site - Couplet List

This page lists the strongest tornadoes in terms of radar-measured Vrot from any tornado that I could find. A few notes: This list is/can never be truly accurate, thanks to errors in recorded Vrot because of range folding, distance from the radar site, elevation impacting scans, etc. These

www.brandoweather.com

On second glance, maybe closer to top 10; Comparable tornadoes since 2015 are as follows:
Mayfield 2021 (134) EF4
Hollister 2024 (108-125) EF1 <-!!!!!
Bassfield 2020 (105-120) EF4
Amory 2023 (107-115) EF3
Elkhorn 2024 (102-112) EF4
Plevna 2025 (77-112) EF3
Creta 2024 (107) EF2
Cole 2023 (106) EF3

Mayfield is likely quite a bit oversampled
Any tor with a range was manually dealiased, see website for details. I have heard rumors of our storm from last night needing a little bit of dealiasing, but I'm not sure.

 

[N0mz]

I’m curious to know what the Dow and cow radar images looked like with that supercell

DOWs and COWs were in western Dakotas

 

[KakashiHatake2000]

DOWs and COWs were in western Dakotas

Oh gotcha

 

[Beachwalker]

I’m curious to know what the Dow and cow radar images looked like with that supercell

I am waiting to see that as well. Hopefully someone can find it and make it public. That will be extremely fascinating to see. I don’t know how often they chase. Never heard or seen them mentioned since Bridge Creek.