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5/5-5-6 2026 severe threat
- Thread starter Justin Hindman
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Definitely does look like tornado is going to occur soon
Kds86z
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DanLarsen34
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87 knots of bulkshear? I can’t recall the last time I saw that. That’s absolutely upper echelon for any tornadic environment
The supercell is starting to become a bit more inflow dominant
That bulk shear metric is probably inaccurate, everything above 4km is bugged. Still very impressive.
Would not be shocked for a tornado/ strong tornado within the next 5-10 minutes possibly.
Me neither. At first I believed it was sidelobing, but that tightest area of circulation is certainly not sidelobing.
Kds86z
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Grand Poo Bah
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Looks like there's a TDS
That's a rather substantial tornado watch
DanLarsen34
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I was going to say, 87 knots of bulk shear is basically Palm Sunday 1965 levels. I’m not even sure the peak on April 27, 2011 was 87 knots. lol
Kds86z
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Guess your off today? Glad you got to track storms today.
No, I'm just up late. I'm about to go to sleep haha. I just haven't been able to fall asleep
Kds86z
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Oh no. Sorry to hear, hope that resolves soon.
Kds86z
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WeathermanLeprechaun
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Was in immense pain with my leg for several hours last night, so wasn't able to chat. Dealing with that and watching two intense tornadoes was a experience. Stronger 700 mb inversion than expected didn't tamper with convection but allowed it to be more discrete. It only takes one good, unfortunately memorable day in a place like Dixie.
Combine this with the fact that the LLJ was severely underplayed by most models. Taking a look at observations beforehand for that 1st TORE, it became clear there was a more discrete nature than expected and that was my gut telling me this is gonna go down.
Combine this with the fact that the LLJ was severely underplayed by most models. Taking a look at observations beforehand for that 1st TORE, it became clear there was a more discrete nature than expected and that was my gut telling me this is gonna go down.
Kds86z
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Oh no feel better.
Beachwalker
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Now that the website seems usable for me again, I was going to say that I’m hopeful we haven’t lost any lives but fearful of what we may find. That storm was a beast. Perhaps 50 miles of destruction in total?
WeathermanLeprechaun
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It's got better for sure but not full strength. Wasn't a nice experience, but i persevered