WeathermanLeprechaun
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This speaks to me like we're watching that sort of tornado. This could be a extraordinarily bad situation in town. So many caught off guard...
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Severe Weather 2026
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akt1985
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During lunch hour no less.
warneagle
Member
also looks like it might have gone very close to if not straight over the appleton airport
slenker
Member
This year when it comes to non-hatched days has been a real doozy. Hoping for the best case scenario out of this.
Absolutely nobody could've prepared for this. There was a very low chance for any tornado, let alone a strong one, and it struck a VERY heavily populated area at noon with only a couple of minutes of lead time. This is going to be a disaster.
warneagle
Member
and based on the tower cam video they showed on WBAY, it was probably totally rain-wrapped. you basically couldn't see anything except water from their camera.
slenker
Member
Became a lot messier on CC in most recent scan - hopefully it's weakening.
EDIT: One news site I found is already reporting at least one collapsed building and a structure on fire. https://kfiz.com/breaking-news-tornado-reported-in-appleton-area/
EDIT: One news site I found is already reporting at least one collapsed building and a structure on fire. https://kfiz.com/breaking-news-tornado-reported-in-appleton-area/
WeathermanLeprechaun
Member
I'm really hoping this isn't as bad as it looks. That was one of the most upper echelon TDSes I've ever seen.
I mean we'll see what the impact is when this clears out. It could be one of those situations where it looks much worse on radar than in reality, but given how close it was to the radar site I'm not very confident of that. Hopefully everyone involved is OK
Seems like the tornado is done for now - take my opinion with a grain of salt, but feels like it happened off a very weird interaction between two storms which is unlikely to restart. Probably why the NWS is going with 125mph peak probable intensity for the next couple hours
Seems like the tornado is done for now - take my opinion with a grain of salt, but feels like it happened off a very weird interaction between two storms which is unlikely to restart. Probably why the NWS is going with 125mph peak probable intensity for the next couple hours
TornadoFan
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Already reports of multiple building collapses and a major chemical leak in Appleton. This sounds really really bad.
akt1985
Member
Decided to go ahead to make a dedicated thread for today’s severe/excessive heat risk.
TornadoFan
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Also hearing that a tornado may be on the ground in the Chicago area.
Kds86z
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WeathermanLeprechaun
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Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. That was a slam dunk EF4+
jiharris0220
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Agreed that nobody living within the area could’ve prepared for this.
But there definitely wasn’t a low chance of a tornado, the kinematics these cells are in is actually pretty volatile. STP are as high as 6.
7000+ cape and SRH values of 200-300 are present. Vertical wind profile also is very supportive for tornadoes, other than the very weak LLJ.
The supercell in question had a convergence signature for the past hour before it produced, I was watching and wondering as to why the SPC hadn’t issued a tornado warning until after it was already down, but yea, the situation does not sound good so far.
WeathermanLeprechaun
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If that's true, it's borderline intense to violent but regardless, that's a nasty situation on itself.
Kds86z
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TornadoFan
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TOG near Orland Park, Illinois.
