Severe Weather Threat 4/25-4/26, 2024 - (Thursday, Friday)

[Tempestas Tonitrua]

I don’t want this post to come across as melodramatic. And I know debris ball doesn’t always correlate with tornado intensity, but outside of 4/27/11 and as many years as I’ve been following weather, I can’t really recall a time this many individual storms have kicked up nasty debris balls like this.

 

[TornadoFan]

We're now up to 90 preliminary tornado reports.

 

[SmokeEater]

 

[buckeye05]

Absolutely incredible footage

 

[Thanksgivingbrown]

This is one of a kind footage. I remember reports of a train derailment with that storm and here is pov proof. I would have excrement my pants lol

 

[Tempestas Tonitrua]

This is one of a kind footage. I remember reports of a train derailment with that storm and here is pov proof. I would have excrement my pants lol

Love that their tone is just matter of fact over the whole situation. “Uhmmm..hmm. Should we get away from the windows?”

 

[TornadoFan]

Well. I certainly didn't expect today to go absolutely bonkers with tornadoes.

 

[TheSuckZone]

Love that their tone is just matter of fact over the whole situation. “Uhmmm..hmm. Should we get away from the windows?”

Those are some guys that have seen some crap in their careers

 

[buckeye05]

Damage photos coming in from Pleasant Hill. Lots of trees down but doesn’t look as awful as some of the other damage scenes we’ve seen today

 

[Cood101]

Those are some guys that have seen some crap in their careers

Railroading is spending hours of your day almost every day in that cab for 30+ years.

You will see a lot of crap even in a short time.

 

[JPWX]

Today's preliminary tornado count of 94 is the highest for the month of April since the 183 on April 12th, 2020.

 

[TH2002]

It's been eerily quiet in the western parts of Bennington and Blair, NE. Those areas got hit hard, if the radar returns were any indication. Could mean they were not as hard hit as the radar returns let on, or the damage is really that bad...

edit: Oops, wrong thread. Mods please move as necessary.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

Today's preliminary tornado count of 94 is the highest for the month of April since the 183 on April 12th, 2020.

The preliminary number of 94 tornado reports today will go up probably over the next week.

 

[Brice W]

TH2002 made a mention about how western parts of Blaire and Bennington have been eerily quiet. Mentioned that the damage isn’t that bad, or it could be really bad that they can’t even get pics in right now. I say a little bit of both, no cell service to get any pictures taken and put them on social media. Also hinting that some of the damage isn’t really worthy of posting. Now the bad side of all this(even tho not any of this is good but this is the worst for what I’m about say.) That tornado had winds at 202 knots, that is 230 mph winds at or around 300. Well inside this EF5 range. That being said, this tornado definitely had EF5 winds, in my opinion and I know we’re on a drought of “the EF5.” We tend to say “oh well this tornado will do it” and then it doesn’t end up being an EF5. However I’m thinking there’s plenty of hot takes, of what could be, not saying it will, but this tornado, at its highest peak, hit a exceptionally well-constructed home, may just give us an EF5? We’ll have to find out for sure in the coming days.

 

[Tempestas Tonitrua]

TH2002 made a mention about how western parts of Blaire and Bennington have been eerily quiet. Mentioned that the damage isn’t that bad, or it could be really bad that they can’t even get pics in right now. I say a little bit of both, no cell service to get any pictures taken and put them on social media. Also hinting that some of the damage isn’t really worthy of posting. Now the bad side of all this(even tho not any of this is good but this is the worst for what I’m about say.) That tornado had winds at 202 knots, that is 230 mph winds at or around 300. Well inside this EF5 range. That being said, this tornado definitely had EF5 winds, in my opinion and I know we’re on a drought of “the EF5.” We tend to say “oh well this tornado will do it” and then it doesn’t end up being an EF5. However I’m thinking there’s plenty of hot takes, of what could be, not saying it will, but this tornado, at its highest peak, hit a exceptionally well-constructed home, may just give us an EF5? We’ll have to find out for sure in the coming days.

I think there were so many places hit today, it’s going to take some time for all the damage pictures to trickle in to give us a full picture of each tornado’s intensity.

 

[Brice W]

I think there were so many places hit today, it’s going to take some time for all the damage pictures to trickle in to give us a full picture of each tornado’s intensity.

Remind me of how last year’s high risk went as well.

 

[Tempestas Tonitrua]

Remind me of how last year’s high risk went as well.

I will say, compared to 3/31 last year, I saw way more violent radar presentations today than last year. This outbreak was also visually documented extremely well. Almost every tornado had multiple chasers on it to give us a visual look.

 

[buckeye05]

TH2002 made a mention about how western parts of Blaire and Bennington have been eerily quiet. Mentioned that the damage isn’t that bad, or it could be really bad that they can’t even get pics in right now. I say a little bit of both, no cell service to get any pictures taken and put them on social media. Also hinting that some of the damage isn’t really worthy of posting. Now the bad side of all this(even tho not any of this is good but this is the worst for what I’m about say.) That tornado had winds at 202 knots, that is 230 mph winds at or around 300. Well inside this EF5 range. That being said, this tornado definitely had EF5 winds, in my opinion and I know we’re on a drought of “the EF5.” We tend to say “oh well this tornado will do it” and then it doesn’t end up being an EF5. However I’m thinking there’s plenty of hot takes, of what could be, not saying it will, but this tornado, at its highest peak, hit a exceptionally well-constructed home, may just give us an EF5? We’ll have to find out for sure in the coming days.

I can’t make heads or tails of the point you’re trying to make, but I will say as monstrous as it looked, I’ve seen nothing to indicate EF5 damage so far, contextually, structurally or otherwise.

 

[JBishopwx]

TH2002 made a mention about how western parts of Blaire and Bennington have been eerily quiet. Mentioned that the damage isn’t that bad, or it could be really bad that they can’t even get pics in right now. I say a little bit of both, no cell service to get any pictures taken and put them on social media. Also hinting that some of the damage isn’t really worthy of posting. Now the bad side of all this(even tho not any of this is good but this is the worst for what I’m about say.) That tornado had winds at 202 knots, that is 230 mph winds at or around 300. Well inside this EF5 range. That being said, this tornado definitely had EF5 winds, in my opinion and I know we’re on a drought of “the EF5.” We tend to say “oh well this tornado will do it” and then it doesn’t end up being an EF5. However I’m thinking there’s plenty of hot takes, of what could be, not saying it will, but this tornado, at its highest peak, hit a exceptionally well-constructed home, may just give us an EF5? We’ll have to find out for sure in the coming days.

Not sure where exactly this is, but a Facebook follower sent this in the Lake Bennington area.

 

[JBishopwx]