Severe Weather Threat 5/19-5/22/2024

[Shakespeare 2016]

I guess SPC went high a couple weeks ago when things weren't quite as active as they could have been. I'm pretty sure we had at least 1 EF4 today & several EF3+s.

2 EF3+ and 1 EF4+ would be my guess.

 

[Clancy]

Isn’t shear to weak that far south through? No tornsdo reports yet out of Ar

200 m2/s2 eff. SRH, definitely enough.

 

[notsoencrypted]

Moving to more current matters, is there anything on the ground with this tangle of warnings in Wisconsin?

No idea if anything was on the ground, but our power is out and there is part of a tree in our yard and we saw another tree down nearby

 

[eosaurora13]

Multiple fatalities reported via Associated Press (per Ryan Hall stream) in Greenfield, IA.

 

[Muwx]

Arkansas River valley doing Arkansas river valley things right now

 

[vanni9283]

I see a ton of exposed basements in this drone video.

 

[atrainguy]

 

[Kds86z]

Greenfield tornado: Authorities confirm multiple fatalities in southwest Iowa

The scene in Greenfield is devastating.

www.kcci.com

Says number will be released tomorrow

 

[Maxis_s]

I just though of something.
What did the tornado hit before Greenfield that caused such a deep and giant debris ball?

 

[atrainguy]

I just though of something.
What did the tornado hit before Greenfield that caused such a deep and giant debris ball?

There is a nature area southwest of town that has some forests. Maybe it was trees?

 

[Maxis_s]

There is a nature area southwest of town that has some forests. Maybe it was trees?

I'm interested in seeing the tree damage that came from there. Hopefully some pictures come out of there, and hopefully it is just trees.

 

[TH2002]

I'm interested in seeing the tree damage that came from there. Hopefully some pictures come out of there, and hopefully it is just trees.

There are plenty of farmsteads that likely got hit in the rural areas before the tornado reached Greenfield. I'm sure we'll see yet more nasty shots as the NWS surveys the damage path.

 

[TornadoFan]

 

[jiharris0220]

For that home specifically I don’t see a rating higher than 170mph.

The shrubs are completely intact and the large garage is a glaring failure mode.

 

[vanni9283]

For that home specifically I don’t see a rating higher than 170mph.

The shrubs are completely intact and the large garage is a glaring failure mode.

Agreed. Plus it appears to be a very small 1-story home.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

For that home specifically I don’t see a rating higher than 170mph.

The shrubs are completely intact and the large garage is a glaring failure mode.

That house garage is facing south just like the house in Parkersburg that was taken by the bank camera as it was swept away.

 

[TH2002]

I could see a high-end EF4 rating being appropriate for the one house that was reduced to its basement on SW 3rd Street, assuming it was anchored well.

(too lazy to screenshot it but it's visible from about 2:41-2:46, and again from about 2:56-3:00 in the Live Storms Media drone footage)

 

[buckeye05]

Haven’t had much time to analyze photos, but I can say with certainty, this is the most violent damage I’ve seen so far this year.

 

[Kds86z]

How fast was greenfield moving? How many other tornadoes were there from that supercell?

 

[notsoencrypted]

And we now have two more tornado warnings here in WI.