Severe Threat May 15-16, 2025

[Maxis_s]

PDS tornado warning

Odd decision in my opinion, but alright, not complaining.

 

[US_Highway15]

Odd decision in my opinion, but alright, not complaining.

I agree since the tornado has just lifted. But could very very well be recycling.

 

[UncleJuJu98]

Odd decision in my opinion, but alright, not complaining.

I think they went with it because of the downstream potential.

 

[TornadoFan]

NGL, but that tornado was just downright sexy as it was roping out.

 

[AJS]

Keeping a very close eye on that storm.

 

[Brice W]

If that Missouri storm continues its trajectory the hook will go straight into Princeton.

 

[TornadoFan]

The supercell west of Jonesboro, IL is getting that look to it.

 

[JPWX]

Storm will be arriving at Paducah around approximately 5:05pm. Storm has a BTI (Baron Tornado Index) of 9.9! The highest I've ever seen on it since I started using it couple years ago.

 

[Tennie]

Apparently, the storm chasing livestream site Severe Studios (https://www.severestudios.com/) has suffered a connection failure. It appears based on running a traceroute in my Command Prompt that something has gone wrong partway through the connection. Is anyone else here also having troubles connecting to that site?

 

[Aaron Rider]

Here in Pennsylvania, a severe tstorm knocked down a tree......no big deal....except for taking power lines with it. But a school bus then drove over all that and wrapped the line all around the axle etc etc. Definitely a hazardous day nationwide!

 

[AJS]

Looks like it may be starting to hook again.

 

[TornadoFan]

Illinois.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Tennie]

The RFD from the Cairo, IL, storm is now blasting the Mississippi River, per multiple storm chasing streams.

 

[zath]

Theme so far today has been just brief tornadoes and nothing has been able to be sustained for very long. Storms have plenty of mid-level rotation, but low-level rotation with these storms has been weaker - sans brief periods of intensity. Later this evening if the LLJ kicks in things may be better organized in the low levels, but the winds still look fairly unidirectional. It's hard for me to see an outcome where there are a lot of strong/long-lived tornadoes, probably just more brief tornadoes especially as things transition more towards a linear mode.

 

[US_Highway15]

Looks like high end EF2, one could argue low end EF3 damage.

 

[Kds86z]

Theme so far today has been just brief tornadoes and nothing has been able to be sustained for very long. Storms have plenty of mid-level rotation, but low-level rotation with these storms has been weaker - sans brief periods of intensity. Later this evening if the LLJ kicks in things may be better organized in the low levels, but the winds still look fairly unidirectional. It's hard for me to see an outcome where there are a lot of strong/long-lived tornadoes, probably just more brief tornadoes especially as things transition more towards a linear mode.

Though still discrete and a bit impressive at times. Shall see evening…

 

[Grand Poo Bah]

The cell the HRRR was showing as a very long lasting isolated cell is now a blip.

 

[US_Highway15]

Theme so far today has been just brief tornadoes and nothing has been able to be sustained for very long. Storms have plenty of mid-level rotation, but low-level rotation with these storms has been weaker - sans brief periods of intensity. Later this evening if the LLJ kicks in things may be better organized in the low levels, but the winds still look fairly unidirectional. It's hard for me to see an outcome where there are a lot of strong/long-lived tornadoes, probably just more brief tornadoes especially as things transition more towards a linear mode.

Hard to disagree. Star of the show has definitely been the St. Louis tornado. Still a long way to go, but thankful that the ceiling that this synoptic setup consisted of has definitely not reached it as of yet (probably won't).