Severe WX Severe Weather Thread - 6/15/26 - 6/18/26

[andyhb]

That is a mean tornado SSW of Indianapolis. Also the damage near Effingham is apparently very nasty per the chasers in the area.

 

[Grand Poo Bah]

Definitely says a lot about the kinematic environment when the Spencer storm is doing what it's currently doing through 250-350 j/kg SBCIN and only about 800 CAPE

 

[TornadoFan]

66 DBZ....

 

[buckeye05]

In all seriousness, this same area got hit by a likely violent tornado back in 2023. If my memory serves me right, I think it’s mostly rugged forest so I think (hope) we’re seeing airborne trees.

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

That is a intense to violent tornado no question about it. Oh my word.

 

[speedbump305]

In all seriousness, this same area got hit by a likely violent tornado back in 2023. If my memory serves me right, I think it’s mostly rugged forest so I think (hope) we’re seeing airborne trees.

Yeah I remember. It was shortly after the Robinson/Sullivan tornado had lifted and spawned another tornado that impacted the Spencer, IN area.

 

[DanLarsen34]

That storm tried for about the past 90 minutes to do this. It looked like things were going upscale right after I pointed out how it had the look to it 45 minutes ago and now it’s producing an intense-violent tornado.

This is the first storm to really tap into the insane helicity we have in place across this part of Indiana. Never right off embedded supercells with off the charts low-level shear.

 

[TornadoFan]

Oh yeah, that is definitely intense.

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

0-1km SRH over 500 will do this to a storm, most certainly.

 

[Jacob Aden]

I TRIED TO TELL Y’ALL

 

[notsoencrypted]

In all seriousness, this same area got hit by a likely violent tornado back in 2023. If my memory serves me right, I think it’s mostly rugged forest so I think (hope) we’re seeing airborne trees.

Yeah, I was just looking at the satellite view and it looks like there's a lot of trees, so I'm hoping that's what most of the debris is.

 

[jiharris0220]

Nope, you’re right, this event is most certainly a bust.
Peak activity is supposed to be occurring right now, this isn’t a late night event.

 

[TheSuckZone]

That's just wild

 

[speedbump305]

Yeah, I was just looking at the satellite view and it looks like there's a lot of trees, so I'm hoping that's what most of the debris is.

It’s definitely mostly trees. There are quite a few sporadic residences though. Let’s pray it’s avoided a lot of them!

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

Lesson: don't ever call bust again and this is what I am if you do

 

[DanLarsen34]

I actually can’t remember the last time I saw a debris ball explode in intensity that fast on reflectivity.

Honestly, that was Vilonia-esque. It went from looking messy to having a massive debris ball in a matter of less than 5 minutes.

I’d call this a tornado emergency. Vrot just crossed over 70 knots.

 

[hurricaneguy]

Thank goodness this is in a sparsely populated area. Praying for anyone in this path. Wow

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

70 DBZ debris ball. Trees are probably getting shredded. Hope there isn't any residences. Very nasty tornado in progress.

 

[buckeye05]

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Honestly, that was Vilonia-esque. It went from looking messy to having a massive debris ball in a matter of less than 5 minutes.

I’d call this a tornado emergency. Vrot just crossed over 70 knots.

I didn't want to say it but yeah, Vilonia-like presentation on radar.

 

[TornadoFan]