Severe WX Severe Weather 4/24-4/26

[Kds86z]

Possibly… or Apparently severe damage in Syracuse Kansas with missing people. All call county wide assistance..

Via scanner relay.

 

[eep]

I'd agree but I remember Plevna doing similar before it went insane. Started with a bunch of lethargic tornadoes before it ramped up, I could be wrong though.

It's waning, definitely a good thing for Bartlesville considering the environment in play.

EDIT: Someone talking to Copic mentioned that it's getting obliterated by the cap. Tornadic storms could be firing near west OK however.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[TheSuckZone]

Possibly… or Apparently severe damage in Syracuse Kansas with missing people. All call county wide assistance..

Via scanner relay.

Syracuse? That's on the KS/CO border

 

[Muwx]

For the first time today, I think that cell in Mo is finally producing. It’s been wanted for hours, and it’s finally wrapping up.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Kds86z]

Syracuse? That's on the KS/CO border

Thanks! *Sycamore

 

[TornadoFan]

That SE Kansas storm could become a problem for Joplin. There is a confirmed tornado on it now.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Kds86z]

 

[SmokeEater]

Man, this is gonna be a long night, new tornado watch for W OK and S KS.

 

[Kds86z]

Man, this is gonna be a long night, new tornado watch for W OK and S KS.

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN KANSAS
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 940 PM
UNTIL 400 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

SUMMARY...ISOLATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT NEAR
A WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS. THESE STORMS
WILL POSE A RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES (SOME MAY BE STRONG), LARGE TO
VERY LARGE HAIL, AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A MORE CONDITIONAL RISK
EXISTS ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA ALONG A RETREATING DRYLINE. IF A
STORM DEVELOPS ACROSS THIS AREA, A VERY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL
SUPPORT A RISK FOR TORNADOES, VERY LARGE HAIL, AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.

 

[TornadoFan]

Yikes

 

[SmokeEater]

Also Joplin may be in big trouble here within the next hour.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Kds86z]

Not often you got a tornado watch until 4am, for supercells and strong tornadoes for this area.

 

[CheeselandSkies]

Yeah. I don't know why some NEXRAD sites consistently fail to go into rapid scanning (SAILS) mode during severe weather events. KDGX (Jackson) is another repeat offender. Is it the pertinent NWS office just not thinking to do it, or a technical issue with the radar?

Also notable that my GR Level 3 shows KSGF is supposedly in SAILS mode in the bottom left corner, but a new scan only every ~6 minutes says otherwise.

 

[buckeye05]

Buffalo was hit by a fatal EF2 during the 2012 Leap Day Outbreak

 

[Maxis_s]

Yeah. I don't know why some NEXRAD sites consistently fail to go into rapid scanning mode during severe weather events. KDGX (Jackson) is another repeat offender. Is it the pertinent NWS office just not thinking to do it, or a technical issue with the radar?

IIRC, SAILS mode allows for faster scanning of the lowest tilt at the cost of higher tilts scanning slower. It's likely not turned on always because they have to focus on higher tilts as well.

 

[SmokeEater]

PDS warning for Columbus, cell heading for Joplin.