Significant Tornado Events

[Central Ohio Wx]

I was looking for Parkersburg tornado live coverage and all I found was this video, has anyone seen anything else?


As an aside, in my opinion, this was really bad casting. A PDS warning over a town, and they're trying to figure out where an intersection is??

If you think that’s bad, check out WLBT’s coverage of the 2023 Rolling Fork tornado (it’s available on YouTube). They focus on hail for most of the time prior to the tornado hitting town; it’s easily the single worst tornado broadcast I’ve ever seen.

 

[N0mz]

I never realized the 2011 springfield ef3 produced such violent tree damage

 

[Clancy]

If you think that’s bad, check out WLBT’s coverage of the 2023 Rolling Fork tornado (it’s available on YouTube). They focus on hail for most of the time prior to the tornado hitting town; it’s easily the single worst tornado broadcast I’ve ever seen.

Here's a link for that coverage. I typically refrain from criticizing broadcast coverage, but this was particularly poor execution. He glosses over the storm in general for several minutes and talks haphazardly, and then does a poor job of conveying the significance of the TORP when issued. His assisting met, Peyton Garrison, was clocked-in by comparison, and she pointed out the strong couplet and BWER repeatedly.

I could forgive all those things, of course, broadcasting and communicating is difficult on-the-fly. But, as the tornado was on the ground, punching a clear hole through reflectivity and rapidly approaching Rolling Fork, he spent 5 minutes talking about quarter-sized hail, making sure to bring up VIL immediately after being told the tornado was spotter-confirmed. CC wasn't even used until 8:09 PM, at which point there was a very large TDS visible. Again, I get communicating to the public is tricky, but this was just not great and likely impacted some people's reactions.

 

[Aaron Rider]

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I never realized the 2011 springfield ef3 produced such violent tree damage

Yes, that tornado should have been EF4. First violent New England tornado since 1979, I believe

 

[N0mz]

Yes, that tornado should have been EF4. First violent New England tornado since 1979, I believe

Windsah Locks in ‘79 right? Another pretty monstrous tornado. We seem to get one once in a generation or so.