2/19/26- 2/20/26 - severe threat discussion

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

Tornado threat was meant to decrease but only seems like it's been increasing this past hour. If these supercells can mature as well in this low instability regime, I don't wanna be too bullish but you could still see sigtors if what happened 10 mins ago isn't any indication

BTW that is clearing out its inflow notch AGAIN east of Bloomington. Not a good night.

 

[Kds86z]

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[Kds86z]

Storm chaser says big tornado gonna happen.. Illinois storm.

 

[Eoline]

A better question is what was the max VROT on that?

I got 88 knots (58 mph+88 mph/2=102 mph; 88 kts) but that's also my first time ever trying to calculate it so it's probably wrong. Per the Alex J. Lamers graphic that's in the >85 knot, or "violent" range.

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

Storm chaser says big tornado gonna happen.. Illinois storm.

Apparently, large funnel reported on that storm and velos are TIGHT.

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

I got 88 knots (58 mph+88 mph/2=102 mph; 88 kts) but that's also my first time ever trying to calculate it so it's probably wrong.

I think the VROT was something between 70-80 kts. Indicative of a intense tornado but I'm not gonna say any higher because not much evidence to support that

 

[Kds86z]

 

[akt1985]

One of the TV stations in Indianapolis showed some live damage of unsecured items near the Bloomington Airport.

 

[VultureDirge89]

Thanks to Ryan Hall for pointing out that New Palestine is going to be getting slammed with hail right now and should at the very least be under a severe thunderstorm warning. Not enough people take non-tornadic severe thunderstorms seriously.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Jason Mills]

Pretty remarkable how dominant that supercell became. I would not be surprised if there was enough of a boundary laid down by the showers/storms ahead of the main supercell to locally enhance helicity.

 

[Kds86z]

Didn’t know timmer was in Indiana

 

[Kds86z]

Bloomington tornado I think

 

[Anti-Freeze]

Bloomington tornado I think

Appears to be from a troll account. And a reply claims it is from a year ago. Looks like they reeled in a CNN producer.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Kds86z]

Oh my

 

[Eoline]

Appears to be from a troll account. And a reply claims it is from a year ago. Looks like they reeled in a CNN producer.

This looks a lot (suspiciously similar) like the March 14, 2025 Chesterfield-St. Louis area EF2. Wouldn’t be surprised if it was.

 

[TornadoFan]

Not the first time he's caught flak from the weather community.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Kds86z]