Are people delaying reporting, or not reporting tornadoes to the NWS and simply posting on Twitter instead? I've noticed that despite photographic evidence of a big chunky tornado at Madisonville there are so far no reports from Texas, even though it was not that late in the day.
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Severe Weather Threat 4/27-4/28, 2024 - (Saturday, Sunday)
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I noticed in some of the ongoing tweets of Madisonville earlier that WFOs down there were being tagged in the pics/videos being posted while those tornadoes were ongoing, and I never saw where they even upgraded the warnings for those beyond radar indicated. I'm not sure what was going on there.
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Might be the third ef3
Fred can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe spotter network reports no longer posts in NWS Chat, ever since they move over to Slack. I know for sure it has been suggested to be put back in numerous times.
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Coverage/news from Carter County (Ardmore/Dickson) in general has been very sparse.
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First of the year
Wow, a bit of a shock purely because I haven't seen many photos and didn't really have an idea how bad damage was - but clearly was quite severe. First violent in Oklahoma since 2016 then. Hope the town and other affected areas can recover as quickly as possible
EF-4 rating was base on damage at the Dollar Tree Warehouse and the Homeland store in Marietta.
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I'd be surprised if the Sulphur tornado doesn't get upgraded as well.
Found this from Carter County. Definitely some pretty significant damage.
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Oklahoma?Found this from Carter County. Definitely some pretty significant damage.
Yes, from near Ardmore
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Tim Marshall was assisting with the Marietta survey, so I imagine he will assist with Sulphur
Fascinating analysis
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The devil incarnate.
(This is sarcasm because everyone acts as if Tim Marshall is a ratings mafioso going around to NWS offices forcing people to low ball ratings).
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Video of Marietta tornado as it destroys the Dollar Tree distribution center.
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THAT video shows the driver's insanity and other things as well.
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What I wanna know is…what is nws Norman looking at for a potential upgrade to sulphur?