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Severe Threat May 15-16, 2025

ColdFront said:
(This isn’t a political post) my only real criticism with Jackson was not necessarily non-issuance of the TOR-E, but just how long it took them to put it in the observed category. There was plenty of evidence that it was on the ground heading to Somerset and lofting debris up with an accompanying CC drop. I just really chalk it up to NWS Jackson being extremely inexperienced with these events.
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Given the Jackson CWA's relative lack of violent tornadoes over its recorded history, I'd imagine that perhaps the only realistic way that the staff at that office could've gotten experience dealing with such events would've been to have worked at other offices whose CWAs were more prone to violent tornadoes for some time before being transferred to the Jackson office.
 
UK_EF4 said:
The Marion, IL tornado has been rated EF4/190mph as per DAT.

Wow.

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And on a side note... Thank you NWS Paducah for incorporating context into the rating decision!
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Wow! I'd love to see more images around this property to see the surrounding context better. What a shockingly violent tornado.
 
UK_EF4 said:
The Marion, IL tornado has been rated EF4/190mph as per DAT.

Wow.

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(And on a side note... Good to see NWS Paducah incorporating context into the rating decision.)
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Another high-end EF4 that caused no fatalities just like the Diaz, AR high-end EF4 tornado on March 14th. Also both tornadoes had relatively shorter paths than most EF4 tornadoes. The Diaz, AR tornado was on the ground for 18.62 miles and the Marion, IL tornado was on the ground for 16.57 miles.
 
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