Severe WX May 2019 Plains Severe Event

[TornadoFan]

Storms south of OKC are finally firing?

Looks like it, but they look really elongated.

 

[Equus]

Some stuff even firing down in Texas now... the event might not be over in the western watch. The storms that have survived have deeper reflectivity cores now.

 

[xJownage]

That storm South of OKC is actually looking a lot better. Got a large elongated base and good structure right now. Nothing imminent but it's certainly one to keep an eye on.

 

[Equus]

Owasso storm could be about to drop a big one... suspicious signature

 

[xJownage]

Tornado touching down NE of okmulgee.

 

[mike36]

I like Damon Lane's coverage in OKC. He stays calm and gives facts without the hyperbole.

 

[Equus]

Missed touching down over the town by just about 4 miles.

 

[xJownage]

Huge wall cloud with multiple spin-ups on several different streams.

 

[Equus]

Cell blowing up west of Wichita Falls, but we'll see if anything out there survives

 

[Equus]

TOR NW Owasso. On ground, very intense rotation on radar

 

[Kory]

I notice a lot of cells are becoming elongated. Maybe a weakness in the winds at a certain level?

 

[Equus]

So many supercells but really only a couple taking off. I guess they're only now entering decent shear though.

 

[xJownage]

Is it just me or does it look like nothing's gonna happen in most of the 15% area until after nightfall and storms are clustered?

 

[Evan]

It may be premature to say this, and I might be wrong, but outside of the one larger tornado we've seen I'm not sure how either one of these tornado watches should've been PDS. Hindsight is 20/20 as we've all discussed over the past few days, and these forecasts have been quite difficult, but PDS watches are supposed to be reserved for a few times a year...

 

[Equus]

Probably gonna get a messy LLJ influenced game of spot the spinups

 

[Equus]

Yeah the PDS designation seems entirely unwarranted especially for the southern box. Low probability of even initiating at all plus meh low level shear at issuance does not scream PDS

 

[Timhsv]

Witchita Falls, TX cell is moving NNE into an environment of 5500 CAPE, EHI 0-3 at 7, 0-1km at 5

 

[Equus]

Yeah Wichita Falls storm might be about to go big time. Also stuff exploding in MO/KS

 

[warneagle]

Really strong rotation just passed by Columbus, KS. Idk if it's on the ground though.

 

[Equus]

Very intense couplet gonna eventually go just N of Joplin. Another tor warning for Tulsa metro.