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Severe Weather 2025

Kds86z said:
Not sure my picks from 2025 are. Lot of crazy..
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Not in order of importance..

1. March 14: Following with everyone with my head on spinner here, nuts that evening and intense with all the Pds and multiple warnings things At once.

2. May 15-16 outbreak with 2 EF4 and 3 EF3 in an area that hasn’t seen something like this in while. Especially things quieting down for bit thinking it’s over and then the late night London eF4 and tracking that.

3. May 18 Greensburg–Plevna, Kansas tornado family of 5 EF3s just insane

4. June 16-20 that week the tornado of year in NE and Enderlin/ND tornado outbreak.

5. Typhoon Ragasa
 
My dad stumbled upon this weather instrument that my grandpa had. I remember my grandpa showing it to me years ago, but had completely forgotten about it. Does anyone know who developed/made this? And the reason why this is so historic?
This was probably brought at some point by my grandfather's dad and passed down to my grandfather.
 

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Okay. So the weather instrument above was developed by Meteorologist Irving P. Krick. For you history buffs, you should know who this is. Irving P. Krick was the one who made the forecast for the D-Day Invasion during WW2. Grandpa had it in the original box with the little guide on how to use it and at the bottom on the front of the guide, it reads patent pending.
 
Never seen the forum this quiet but there should be a brief tornado threat with either a linear cluster or perhaps a lucky, transient supercell entering the coast of W FL this evening. To the east, the slopvection is dealing on low instability plus they're likely elevated. Behind in the Gulf, that linear cluster seems to be on a decent thermodynamic environment (of course!) with some alright low level shear. This cluster could weaken as it approaches the coast, but we'll see. All across the board, poor lapse rates are the limiting factor for today's marginal tornado threat.
 

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Ozonelayer said:
Man, what a year this has been.

Considering there doesn't seem to be much of a severe threat today and plausibly for a good while, I thought I'd ask what event this year was the most memorable for you guys? Whether it be a hurricane or a tornado outbreak. Just figured I'd ask as the lull has made things quiet around here.
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Late response, but
1: 6/20 - Do I have to explain? Historical night and i can't believe i watched a EF5 happen..

2: 3/14 + 3/15 - Just as impressive as it gets, a nocturnal string of pearls dealing in 600+ SRH, the environment on 3/14 was truly upper echelon and really, the only limiting factor to more was the time of year. Had that same setup took place in April, with more instability likely built up, i just couldn't imagine. It practically tested the limits of what was possible in March. Had the southern mode got organized, the night would've been even more chaotic additionally. 3/15 verified, and the fact we still managed many significant tornadoes in Alabama proves how much worse it could've been.

3: 5/16 - This is the 2nd outbreak that i came home from school on, took a nap after glancing over the models, and woke up and then proceeded to witness a major outbreak. This happened also on 4/26/24, which i remember extremely well, and i find it a strange coincidence in some sort of way. I woke up after the St Louis EF3 took place, and initially, there was a bit of a lull. Some inversion limited the supercells. We did have the SE MO EF3 during then, but then it took a good hour for things to ramp up. I was convinced a dangerous evening was still ahead and storms were just getting ready. Suddenly, a large tornado touches down on the warm front near Linton, IN. The rest is chaos. A TORE rapidly develops near Marion, IL, a intense tornado develops near Morganfield. A TBSS spike in the Bloomington area, and then suddenly, it reverted to calm. I pretty much tried to find as much as i could of the aftermath of those tornadoes hours after, and during then, it was probably.... 3am in Ireland. I continue watching radar but nothings happened since.. A suspicious signal with a tight couplet develops near Nancy, KY. From there, many of us proceeded to watch the deadliest tornado of the year take place as it swept thru Somerset + London, KY maintaining EF2+ intensity all thru its path, peaking at EF4 in London. The feeling for me was a loud and eerie silence, just watching that large debris ball approach town. Absurd outbreak.

4: 5/18 - A volatile setup that turned out to be the most classic significant outbreak the Plains have had in years. For chasers, most of it occurred after dark, but the Arnett, OK + Grinnell, KS tornadoes were the daytime spotlights. Both were likely violent but stood at EF3. I was a bit shocked seeing how bad it was in Grinnell. A few members here seen Arnett happen too - that would be @CheeselandSkies and @andyhb. I did not think i would end up witnessing a 5/4/07 repeat in terms of the area take place soon that night..

5: Melissa - The potential was there, and I'm pretty sure many knew it but even Melissa exceeded expectations becoming one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in history. The damage is truly high end, and it's safe to say we're not gonna see a storm like Melissa for quite some bit.

2025 is a truly insane year by all means, and there's a reason i say "is". Who knows if there's one last event waiting for us this December? Hopefully not. I think we've had more than enough destruction this year, and hope all affected by tornadoes/hurricanes are having a great recovery. Rest in peace to all those deceased in tornadoes/hurricanes this year, too. Hopefully, 2026 has none of this..
 
WeathermanLeprechaun said:
Late response, but
1: 6/20 - Do I have to explain? Historical night and i can't believe i watched a EF5 happen..

2: 3/14 + 3/15 - Just as impressive as it gets, a nocturnal string of pearls dealing in 600+ SRH, the environment on 3/14 was truly upper echelon and really, the only limiting factor to more was the time of year. Had that same setup took place in April, with more instability likely built up, i just couldn't imagine. It practically tested the limits of what was possible in March. Had the southern mode got organized, the night would've been even more chaotic additionally. 3/15 verified, and the fact we still managed many significant tornadoes in Alabama proves how much worse it could've been.

3: 5/16 - This is the 2nd outbreak that i came home from school on, took a nap after glancing over the models, and woke up and then proceeded to witness a major outbreak. This happened also on 4/26/24, which i remember extremely well, and i find it a strange coincidence in some sort of way. I woke up after the St Louis EF3 took place, and initially, there was a bit of a lull. Some inversion limited the supercells. We did have the SE MO EF3 during then, but then it took a good hour for things to ramp up. I was convinced a dangerous evening was still ahead and storms were just getting ready. Suddenly, a large tornado touches down on the warm front near Linton, IN. The rest is chaos. A TORE rapidly develops near Marion, IL, a intense tornado develops near Morganfield. A TBSS spike in the Bloomington area, and then suddenly, it reverted to calm. I pretty much tried to find as much as i could of the aftermath of those tornadoes hours after, and during then, it was probably.... 3am in Ireland. I continue watching radar but nothings happened since.. A suspicious signal with a tight couplet develops near Nancy, KY. From there, many of us proceeded to watch the deadliest tornado of the year take place as it swept thru Somerset + London, KY maintaining EF2+ intensity all thru its path, peaking at EF4 in London. The feeling for me was a loud and eerie silence, just watching that large debris ball approach town. Absurd outbreak.

4: 5/18 - A volatile setup that turned out to be the most classic significant outbreak the Plains have had in years. For chasers, most of it occurred after dark, but the Arnett, OK + Grinnell, KS tornadoes were the daytime spotlights. Both were likely violent but stood at EF3. I was a bit shocked seeing how bad it was in Grinnell. A few members here seen Arnett happen too - that would be @CheeselandSkies and @andyhb. I did not think i would end up witnessing a 5/4/07 repeat in terms of the area take place soon that night..

5: Melissa - The potential was there, and I'm pretty sure many knew it but even Melissa exceeded expectations becoming one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in history. The damage is truly high end, and it's safe to say we're not gonna see a storm like Melissa for quite some bit.

2025 is a truly insane year by all means, and there's a reason i say "is". Who knows if there's one last event waiting for us this December? Hopefully not. I think we've had more than enough destruction this year, and hope all affected by tornadoes/hurricanes are having a great recovery. Rest in peace to all those deceased in tornadoes/hurricanes this year, too. Hopefully, 2026 has none of this..
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Thanks for your detailed top 5 picks @WeathermanLeprechaun
 
Late to the party, my 5 top weather events, in no order
-Hurricane Milissa
-6/20
-What seemed like back to back to back severe events from 3/14-4/6. Think the 4/2-5 events is being overlooked, especially the Selmer and Slayden tornadoes
-Texas Floods
-And who can't forget the Gulf Coast snowstorm.
 
Too lazy to write a whole bunch of events lol, but the one event to me that stood out the most was actually watching the Somerset/London KY tornado tear through the two towns. Will never forget how devastating the scenes were and how gut wrenching Ryan Hall’s stream was to watch.
 
I don't have any particular list of weather events of 2025 in particular, but here's a few that standout personally for me.

1. The January 10th snow event across North MS
2. The first ever Blizzard Warning for Southeast Texas/Southwest Louisiana on January 21st
3. The February 10th tornado warned storm that passed 9.8 miles North of my house in Itawamba County
4. The light dusting of snow across North MS on February 19th
5. And the best for last.... this epic lightning shot from GoPro 11 during early morning hours of May 17th
 

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Has anybody paid much attention too To the euro weeklies last couple days ? As we roll into January looks like the pna will go fairly narrative, with positive both nao and A0. Newyear could bring a big pattern change with it .
 
Im late to my own party lol, but I guess I should say my top picks.

#1: March 14/15th, 2025 Historic Tornado Outbreak Sequence.

Might have been THE defining event of this year. Simply insane by every metric and then some. The 14th over performed all expectations and the 15th verified decently well, causing arguably one of the top 3 worst tornado outbreaks of the decade. Notable events from this outbreak include:

The Northern Arkansas EF-4, which traveled 110+ miles and produced multiple points of EF-4 damage.
The Diaz, AR high end EF-4 and arguable EF-5
Bakersfield "Should-Have-Been-EF4" EF-3
St. Louis getting bathed in tornado warnings.
The Mississippi surprise wedge.
Trouble in Tylertown, MS
Tylertown 2: Electric Boogaloo
Surprise intense tornadoes in West/South Central Alabama

#2: May 16th, 2025 Major Tornado Outbreak

While not as intense as the 14/15th of March, it certainly performed beyond what I was thinking was plausible. Multiple intense to violent tornadoes occured and one was fairly long tracked too. Notable events from this outbreak include:

The Somerset-London, KY EF-4, which traveled nearly 60 miles and was unfortunately the deadliest single tornado of this year in the United States.
Surprise violent tornado in Marion, IL which caused high end EF-4 Damage.
The St. Louis intense tornado which came out of literally nowhere.
The southern MO EF-3
Surprise violent tornadoes in Indiana and near the Bloomington and Linton areas.
A random TBSS in Indana

#3: Hurricane Melissa

Pretty much everyone already knows this one was going to be on here. A sub 900 mb monster with winds in excess of 250 MPH only a couple hundred feet off the ground. This in and of itself was the single worst Atlantic hurricane in quite come time, as it literally trounced most of Western Jamaica. In doing this it caused arguably the worst hurricane damage ever with Debarking, Destruction of well built homes, and more.

#4: June 20th, 2025 Suprise Tornado Outbreak and Derecho.

On my Birthday believe it or not, an outbreak occured that would stop the EF-5 Drought. This hopefully set a precedent for more tornadoes gaining this rating in the future. Notable Events from this outbreak include:

The Enderlin Surprise EF-5
The Spiritwood EF-3

#5: April 2, 2025 Surprise Major Tornado Outbreak

This one came out of literally nowhere. Inspite of many being against the HIGH risk, it verified. The result was beyond most people's expectations, with multiple intense to violent tornadoes. Notable Events from this outbreak include:

The Bay-Lake City, AR "EF-3"
The morning-time strong tornado in MO
The Selmer EF-3
Random Mississippi Wedge near Holly Springs
 
David in SW Blount said:
Do you have any top picks for Ireland or Europe?
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Brilliant question!

The only notable event was Eowyn. The same system that caused a historic blizzard in the Gulf caused a windstorm that made the whole country go into a status Red warning. That is the HIGHEST we can get. And the whole country being in it was the first time ever. I genuinely felt nervous, and was afraid of severe structural damage with likely 75+ mph gusts slamming our vicinity but we didn't get those intense gusts, the system shifted a bit last minute and thankfully we avoided the worst case scenario. There was a storm just a month before Eowyn that had some very loud gusts, and was a more intense experience than Eowyn. Might make a thread about windstorms actually.....
 
Cyclonic Paracosm said:
I was hoping for a thread of Dec 10th, 2021 leading up to and during the outbreak its self like the 4/27/11 thread but don't see anything like it for Dec 10th
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There was one.

Richardjacks

Severe WX Thread 'December 10 & 11, 2021 Severe Threat'

I guess I will be the one...
Will be interesting to see what the 0z euro does tonight. Looks like there will be a large, established warm sector with some questions as to storm mode and timing.
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