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

[jiharris0220]

Let's pump the brakes on the EF5 speculation. Like buckeye said, it's not even noon over there yet. NWS Des Moines utilizes one of the best storm survey teams in the country, so if there's EF5 damage, they'll find it.

It’s not going to be rated that anyways, even the contextuals other than completely debarked trees which aren’t rated that high I don’t see it happening.

But I feel like its highly likely it gets at least 180mph.

 

[locomusic01]

Normally I’d be skeptical of this claim, but I actually just heard the same thing from a NWS friend of mine. I wonder why this one in particular has them so impressed?

For the record I think this will be rated EF4, but we shall see.

Clearly the wx nerds have finally succeeded in bullying them into submission.

 

[Maxis_s]

I wonder why this one in particular has them so impressed?

Probably the amount of slabbed homes in such a concentrated path with a very fast forward speed, and that one house with the bent anchor bolts and ripped out washers. Contextuals are certainly weird, however. That one house with the ripped out washers had nearby trees completely intact, however other homes with only minor damage had nearby trees completely debarked.

 

[UK_EF4]

Unbelievable.

 

[Maxis_s]

WHAT THE HELL?!

 

[jiharris0220]

Clearly the wx nerds have finally succeeded in bullying them into submission.

They were probably being held hostage and forced to type those words.

 

[tornado examiner]

Welcome to the world of multivortex drillbits. I really do not think that contextual discrepancies matter too much in this case. The damage has sharp gradients all throughout.

 

[andyhb]

So... finding winds >250 mph within 50 meters of ground level. I swear to god...

 

[joshoctober16]

So... finding winds >250 mph within 50 meters of ground level. I swear to god...

on the IF scale that might be IF5 apparently as they allow anything under 60 meters (as for wind speed it depends on the per second, but the most strict is 262 mph i think)

 

[andyhb]

Probably the amount of slabbed homes in such a concentrated path with a very fast forward speed, and that one house with the bent anchor bolts and ripped out washers. Contextuals are certainly weird, however. That one house with the ripped out washers had nearby trees completely intact, however other homes with only minor damage had nearby trees completely debarked.

It was quite a narrow tornado. I think we need to look at context a bit differently in this case.

 

[Maxis_s]

I don't wanna be a weenie but.
This is a serious candidate for EF5.

 

[jiharris0220]

This year has been an absolute gold mine from a radar analysis standpoint.

So many tornadoes that have been thoroughly scanned by DOW, it feels like the 90s and early 2010s in the plains again.

 

[locomusic01]

Probably the amount of slabbed homes in such a concentrated path with a very fast forward speed, and that one house with the bent anchor bolts and ripped out washers. Contextuals are certainly weird, however. That one house with the ripped out washers had nearby trees completely intact, however other homes with only minor damage had nearby trees completely debarked.

Things get kinda weird like that sometimes with really narrow + intense tornadoes and/or subvortices. I remember the same kinda stuff in a few spots w/the Niles-Wheatland F5 (among others), where the contextual damage didn't necessarily look that extreme despite relatively well-built houses being totally obliterated.

 

[TornadoFan]

Wonder what the windspeed was at ground level.

 

[atrainguy]

Are there any pics/videos of the tornado as it was hitting Greenfield? I've seen quite a few out in the countryside.

 

[OHWX97]

Are there any pics/videos of the tornado as it was hitting Greenfield? I've seen quite a few out in the countryside.

Was wondering the same thing. Only one I've found so far.

 

[Maxis_s]

Was wondering the same thing. Only one I've found so far.

My god, even with it slowed down that thing was spinning FAST. Listen to the roar!

 

[jiharris0220]

Oh goodness, as if we needed any more bad news. I fear the total death toll from this storm when it’s revealed.

 

[joshoctober16]

WHAT THE HELL?!

if the 290 mph thing is true then IF5 apparently
if its using 3 or 2 or 1 second gust its apparently IF5 , if its just 250 mph but using 0 seconds then its IF4 acording to the IF scale.

here is the IF scale wind measurement DOD in MPH

 

[Brice W]

Oh goodness, as if we needed any more bad news. I fear the total death toll from this storm when it’s revealed.

Ugh, it was only a matter of time till we had a violent tornado do this to a chaser. Hopefully the people who chase these can look at this as a lesson, and be careful, this tornado was rain wrapped at times.