Severe Threat July 6-11

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[Grand Poo Bah]

This is the storm to watch. Also im looking at some huge cells erupting in Eastern iowa right now. The light is hitting them just right to really give a sense of scale. Mesmerizing!

 

[TornadoFan]

Iowa

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Kds86z]

And now it’s dead

 

[Grand Poo Bah]

Here’s what that tornado warned storm looks like from about 60 miles to the West.




And some more chonkers just North of it

 

[Kds86z]

 

[KakashiHatake2000]

oh nice grand poo bah hope you catch something good

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Atlantic]

Trio of Tornado Warnings in Iowa right now

 

[Atlantic]

This looks like a possible tornado trying to get on the ground.


Can someone with more experience tell me what the velocity photo above is, like what the colors mean?

 

[Atlantic]

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WWUS53 KDVN 102324
SVSDVN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
624 PM CDT Thu Jul 10 2025

IAC061-102334-
/O.EXP.KDVN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250710T2330Z/
Dubuque IA-
624 PM CDT Thu Jul 10 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL DUBUQUE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
630 PM CDT...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 4249 9088 4236 9109 4247 9113 4254 9099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 293DEG 19KT 4246 9096

 

[slenker]

Can someone with more experience tell me what the velocity photo above is, like what the colors mean?

The colors represent wind moving radially towards (green) or away (red) from the radar. That's why intense tornado vortex signatures are characterized by intense greens/reds paired very closely together. The bolded term, "radially" is somewhat important in the definition.

If you don't know what it means, just think of the radar site as the center of a circle, and wherever I'm looking at a storm as a point within the circle, but not at the center. The radial direction is simply the direction straight from the center of the circle (the radar site) to the region of interest (in this case, the storm I'm analyzing on velocity).

 

[Atlantic]

The colors represent wind moving radially towards (green) or away (red) from the radar. That's why intense tornado vortex signatures are characterized by intense greens/reds paired very closely together. The bolded term, "radially" is somewhat important in the definition.

If you don't know what it means, just think of the radar site as the center of a circle, and wherever I'm looking at a storm as a point within the circle, but not at the center. The radial direction is simply the direction straight from the center of the circle (the radar site) straight to the region of interest (in this case, the storm I'm analyzing on velocity).

So what I posted above indicates rotation with the greens and the reds close together then? Is that correct?

 

[Kds86z]

 

[KakashiHatake2000]

So what I posted above indicates rotation with the greens and the reds close together then? Is that correct?

yes