Severe Weather 2024

[tornado examiner]

NWS Lubbock surveyors coming in clutch with yet another lazy bulls&*t mental gymnastic stunt in tornado record keeping.

Instead this time, not only in tornado ratings, but just straight up sweeping entire tornadoes under the rug so they can just “combine” them into one single track.

Wait what happened?

Oh I see

 

[tornado examiner]

So yeah…now we have 30 ef3’s entering June...when last year had a total of 29 for the entire year…with none in may 2023…

 

[Kds86z]

So yeah…now we have 30 ef3’s entering June...when last year had a total of 29 for the entire year…with none in may 2023…

Yup

 

[CommanderinGrief]

We had a fatality in ETX from the storms this week after a tree fall. Haven't had any particularly crazy storms here but its been daily torrential rainfall for over a week and the ground is completely saturated. Also tens of thousands without power and some pretty bad flooding in some areas. Looking like we have another round tomorrow morning before finally getting a (much needed) break.

 

[TheSuckZone]

Does the Slight or higher streak end today?

 

[Kds86z]

I think we have crossed the April/may 2019 tornado count?

 

[warneagle]

Well I reckon we’re gonna get in on the fun up here now.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

I think we have crossed the April/may 2019 tornado count?

April/May 2019...791 tornadoes
April/May 2024...794 tornadoes(preliminary)

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

I think we have crossed the April/may 2019 tornado count?

The April/May 2024 tornado season is in second place af 794(preliminary tornadoes) just behind April/May 2011 which had ~1,100 tornadoes.

 

[TornadoFan]

Meanwhile, in Maryland.

 

[TH2002]

Speaking of anomalous tornadoes, I'm surprised the landspout near Rusty Point, Alaska in April didn't get a mention sooner:

Classic 2024-ing. This quote from NWS Anchorage caught my attention: "These events, while not rare, go mostly unnoticed due to our topographically diverse area." Not to mention Alaska's swiss cheese radar coverage somehow makes Mississippi's look amazing.

 

[Kds86z]

Meanwhile, in Maryland.

60 minutes south of me..saw that!

 

[TH2002]

Yikes. PDS wording too.

 

[TornadoFan]

New CC spike over Germantown.

 

[jiharris0220]

Extremely populated area it’s heading into, hopefully this ends up being a weak tornado.

 

[TH2002]

Reflectivity debris ball?

 

[warneagle]

That’s not good, that’s moving into densely populated suburbs northwest of DC.

 

[jiharris0220]

That is most certainly a debris ball, though again velocities remain weak especially considering this is relatively close to the radar so I’m hoping for the best.

 

[UncleJuJu98]

That's a debris ball

 

[TH2002]

CC drop looks nasty, too.