Severe Weather 3/9 - 3/12

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[WeathermanLeprechaun]

The Kankakee-Aroma Park tornado was the result of a DRC (Descending Reflectivity Core) after analysis by Chris Broyles and Grace Cohen.

Radar Analysis (Desktop)

2D Radar Analysis (Desktop) Tornadogenesis was analyzed by Chris Broyles for the following cases using planar and cross-section radar data to show the cell merger-DRC process. Each case took approx…

tornadogenesis.org

Mergers do not always have to be at the low levels.

 

[Tennie]

The 3/10 storm that went through Illinois and Indiana has been confirmed to set the new record for the largest hailstone on record in Illinois, with a diameter of 138.05 millimeters (6.62 inches):

 

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[WeathermanLeprechaun]

This video introduced a incredibly strange concept. A storm can be elevated and surface based at the same time, likely meaning it was ingesting both elevated and surface based parcels arrived the SAME time.

I also noted a merger in high elevation radar scans in its inflow likely casing more a cooled environment in the vicinity and allowing a major ramp up of the hook. I contacted Grace Cohen regarding this and Grace was confident it was a DRC-merger process.

 

[Kds86z]

Watching this storm on a chasers feed live was a wild ride. I swear it was dead when he was ready to mark it off and he was so conflicted back and forth, thankfully he stuck with it at last second.