Severe WX Historic April 27-May 1 2024 Midwest Storms

[Clancy]

*sounds of me shaking the cage in which I live*

 

[Tanner]

Ground truth is just as, if not more important than radar returns if we're talking about determining tornado intensity.
Definitely some insane couplets though. Haven't seen ones this intense since... eh... a few days ago. Very reminiscent of Elkhorn if you ask me.

I really am surprised Elkhorn wasn't more violent with a signature like that.

 

[tornado examiner]

Just wait for aerial imagery of a massive brown scar to be revealed tomorrow

 

[tornado examiner]

Upside down tree spotted

 

[Brice W]

141kts of VROT is not something to ignore. Again, only El Reno 2013 beats that. There's no way this isn't at the very least an EF4, at least in terms of intensity.
That's ~324mph of GTG shear at only about 500-600 feet above ground. That is absurd.

It was acting like El Reno too with the erratic movement of the tornado

 

[WesL]

I've created a dedicated thread for the April 27 - May 1, 2024 storms. Continue here please

 

[andyhb]

Pictures 3 and 4 here show a very large wedge tornado.

 

[Brice W]

Look at the meso in picture 4, very beautiful, reminds me of what 1999 Moore looked like with the lighting showing more in that part of the meso.

 

[UncleJuJu98]

Putting this here. Can't believe I missed this craziness.

 

[Maxis_s]

I wonder what the damage photos are gonna be like?
We're either gonna be incredibly disappointed or incredibly amazed.
I hope that nobody was in those homes though.

 

[joshoctober16]

i think this is going to be one of them 2-4 feet deep scouring events....

 

[Maxis_s]

i think this is going to be one of them 2-4 feet deep scouring events....

If it does do that, we may finally have a tornado rated EF5, if they do what they did to the Philadelphia, MS tornado.
Unless it didn't get rated EF5 based on contextual damage and I'm just stupid.

 

[tornado examiner]

Reports are that no structures were hit but I doubt that...

 

[Maxis_s]

Reports are that no structures were hit but I doubt that...

It's not impossible but IIRC it stalled over two homes for several minutes. Either it did hit them, and we don't know yet, or it barely missed it.

 

[Clancy]

Severe damage from yesterday's tornado in KS.

 

[joshoctober16]

im waiting for the aerial shot, that's when we will know how bad it is

 

[Tempestas Tonitrua]

I think we are getting ahead of ourselves here a bit. We saw plenty of “violent” returns from Nebraska and Iowa Friday and all yielded EF3s so far.

If it does do that, we may finally have a tornado rated EF5, if they do what they did to the Philadelphia, MS tornado.
Unless it didn't get rated EF5 based on contextual damage and I'm just stupid.

The scouring plus lofting and throwing an entire mobile home a pretty good distance without it ever touching the ground. It also swept a house, but not sure on its construction. @buckeye05 would probably know the answer on why it got an EF5 better than I would.

 

[Maxis_s]

I think we are getting ahead of ourselves here a bit. We saw plenty of “violent” returns from Nebraska and Iowa Friday and all yielded EF3s so far.



The scouring plus lofting and throwing an entire mobile home a pretty good distance without it ever touching the ground. It also swept a house, but not sure on its construction. @buckeye05 would probably know the answer on why it got an EF5 better than I would.

I mean... there was a vortex hole on every tilt on the radar. I don't think a tornado has ever had that, and very, very few if any, combined with a VROT of 141kts and stalling over a home for several minutes. That is a recipe for extreme damage.

 

[Clancy]

I mean... there was a vortex hole on every tilt on the radar. I don't think a tornado has ever had that, and very, very few if any, combined with a VROT of 141kts and stalling over a home for several minutes. That is a recipe for extreme damage.

A (rather fortunate) issue will be the sparseness of structures where the tornadoes affected, though trees and ground scouring may at least provide clues to strength. Either way, I'm more than happy with having a lowballed rating if it means it didn't hit anything.

 

[Maxis_s]

A (rather fortunate) issue will be the sparseness of structures where the tornadoes affected, though trees and ground scouring may at least provide clues to strength. Either way, I'm more than happy with having a lowballed rating if it means it didn't hit anything.

I definitely agree. I'm just really hoping nobody was in those homes, or they had some sort of underground shelter.