May 4th-5th, 2020 Severe Weather Threat

[Taylor Campbell]

10% significant tornado threat for extreme southeast KS, northeast OK, southwest MO (includes Joplin and Springfield). Also watch the intense bowing MCS that will cause a lot of wind damage into the TN/lower Ohio Valley. This has already started off as a very active day and will continue with a heightened tornado risk later.

 

[akt1985]

Many power outages from yesterday’s MCS in the Nashville area.

 

[Bevo]

Chaser talk has been identifying Joplin, Mo as the best target. Large hail appears to be a bigger threat.

From Severe weather thread.
Joplin, of all places...

2:42 PM CST EDIT: Tornado Watch is now up.

 

[bwalk]

A possible fly in the ointment developing for today's setup.

 

[bwalk]

Decently strong hail cell in NE OK per VIL.

 

[bwalk]

Looks like the CAP has broken. SVR warned storms (8?) lined up from OKC to the extreme SE corner of Kansas. No TOR activity as of yet. I am seeing tweets of a few rotating cells but no funnels associated with them.

 

[bwalk]

Possible damaging hell in the rotating cell near Corbett and Wanette. Radar-only indicated rotation.

 

[akt1985]

Clusters of storms over northwest Tennessee are starting to turn southeast towards north Alabama.

 

[bwalk]

Beautiful mothership structure on one of the OK storms! [Photo credit: Tomer Burg]

 

[akt1985]

 

[Weatherphreak]

Might have a spin up west of Fayetteville, TN according to Brad Travis

 

[Mike S]

yep, he just went live.

 

[Brice]

Beautiful mothership structure on one of the OK storms! [Photo credit: Tomer Burg]

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I wonder what it looked like on radar, very fascinating and textbook.