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

[Jacob Aden]

It’s ironic because I was always touting that this would be significant outbreak for the past week just to go back on my own forecast two hours before all hell broke loose.
Life just be like that.

You have been severe weather’d

 

[Muwx]

Seems like it’s winding down on velocity?

 

[speedbump305]

Definitely looks like it’s becoming weaker and a bit less organized as a whole.

 

[buckeye05]

Velocity signature weaker on latest scan. It's entering its occluding phase.

Also later if we want to have a virtual stockade/rotten tomato pelting and booing session for myself and others that's fine but lets wait for this to wrap up.

 

[Kolle]

GREarth mapping would indicate that this tornado did still hit some residences and clusters of buildings/mixed with the forest.

I went to Google Maps and looked at the streetview images of the area. There are lots and lots and lots of trees, mixed in among with a handful of barns and country houses.

 

[Jbop]

i know this is a rural area, but this should have gotten a tornado emergency. This might be an high-end EF-4 or greater tornado. The Vrot isn’t off the charts, but the debris ball goes up 4 tilts and there’s a massive debris fallout happening with this which you typically only see with high-end, violent tornadoes.

Ryan Hall mentioned that he wouldn't be surprised if this tornado has done Ef4 damage. He also mentioned that they wouldn't know for sure until after the survey

 

[Xyls]

All I can say is thank goodness this was out in the forest and not in a more populated area. Although I still fear this may have harmed people...

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

Nah, I'm with you. 2026 did give us a red herring after all. Good thing. A good bust! No lives affected except the unfortunate sigtor in Iowa but we dodged a major bullet with this MCS coming thru. Otherwise that high end environment could've came to fruition.

You're really funny, you know that

 

[speedbump305]

This reminds me of London, KY from last year. Extremely intense tornado in a heavily forested area.

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

Velocity signature weaker on latest scan. It's entering its occluding phase.

Also later if we want to have a virtual stockade/rotten tomato pelting and booing session for myself and others that's fine but lets wait for this to wrap up.

I'll happily join you and drown in my sorrows and they can beat us like piñatas after this

 

[buckeye05]

I think its occluded and we're now looking at debris fallout.

 

[DanLarsen34]

All I can say is thank goodness this was out in the forest and not in a more populated area. Although I still fear this may have harmed people...

you’re not wrong. This wasn’t this far north from Bloomington, and as I write this the cell on the north side of Bloomington is starting to do the same thing…

Also, we better hope anyone on those camp grounds took shelter because we’ve had a lot of deadly tornadoes affect camp grounds before.

 

[speedbump305]

The radar presentation of this beast reminded me a lot of the 2023 Amory, MS tornado. Explosive development across all spectrums.

 

[Jacob Aden]

I think its occluded and we're now looking at debris fallout.

Hopefully that cell doesn’t cycle and put down another monster.

 

[Xyls]

Andy Hill is stating that a new rotation may be happening near Bloomington, Indiana similar to the last tornado and if it comes together will move through the north side of the city...

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Grand Poo Bah]

Just including some information for historic records because this was an extremely anomalous, powerful tornado.

 

[cincywx]

Not a huge fan of the path this thing is taking.

New tornado watch is now out for SW OH, N KY, SE IN ahead of these cells.

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

 

[Maxis_s]

I went to shower after seeing the start of that tornado. Aight man