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

[OHWX97]

I am not sure on how true this but according to TWC the Hackleburg/Phil Campbell, AL EF5 tornado carried debris for 220 miles. https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2024-04-29-oklahoma-tornadoes-nebraska-photos-found

There was a photograph from Phil Campbell that was found in Lenoir City TN, 219 miles. The paper mentioning this says that's the longest confirmed debris trajectory from any tornado.

Tornado Debris Characteristics And Trajectories During The 27 April 2011 Super Outbreak As Determined Using Social Media Data

Using publicly available information gleaned from over 1700 found-and-returned objects on the “Pictures and Documents found after the 27 April 2011 Tornadoes” Facebook page, the authors have created a database of 934 objects lofted by at least 15 different tornadoes during the 27 April 2011...

journals.ametsoc.org

Thanks for the info. I could've sworn one of the 2011 tornadoes set that record, but didn't have the source to back it up. I should also mention that the article I sourced is pretty old; written back in 1995.

 

[Sawmaster]

Greenfield tornado: Authorities confirm number of people killed in Tuesday's storm

Four people have died due to the tornado that ripped through Greenfield, according to authorities.

www.kcci.com

Plus the storm chaser so 5 I guess

The Des Moines Register mentioned it was a chaser "according to neighbors" but I can't find that particular article now. Pretty good coverage by this newspaper.

 

[A Guy]

Might be worth including the reply from Alex Schueth:



Also worth a look at this recently published paper, for those who are interested:

Supercell Tornadogenesis: Recent Progress in our State of Understanding

Abstract Over the last decade, supercell simulations and observations with ever increasing resolution have provided new insights into the vortex-scale processes of tornado formation. This article incorporates these and other recent findings into the existing three-step model by adding an...

journals.ametsoc.org

 

[Kds86z]

The Des Moines Register mentioned it was a chaser "according to neighbors" but I can't find that particular article now. Pretty good coverage by this newspaper.

Oh so 4 fatalities?

 

[Sawmaster]

Oh so 4 fatalities?

4 plus the woman in the car (chaser) but the 4 is still unofficial

 

[Kds86z]

4 plus the woman in the car (chaser) but the 4 is still unofficial

Ohh ok. Some reporting 5, some 6

 

[Sawmaster]

Digging deeper it looks like the chaser was in the tornado very near to where Timmer filmed the wind turbines collapsing near Corning IA. So that would make 4 for Greenfield one for Corning

 

[Kds86z]

Digging deeper it looks like the chaser was in the tornado very near to where Timmer filmed the wind turbines collapsing near Corning IA. So that would make 4 for Greenfield one for Corning

Yeah that’s what I thought. They said 4 killed in greenfield. She wasn’t in greenfield

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

I would almost swear violent tornadoes love hitting towns ending in burg or field. Ex...Greensburg, Parkersburg, Hackleburg, Mayfield, and Greenfield.

 

[CheeselandSkies]

I would almost swear violent tornadoes love hitting towns ending in burg or field. Ex...Greensburg, Parkersburg, Hackleburg, Mayfield, and Greenfield.

That, or the U.S. has an awful lot of towns and cities with those sort of names.

 

[UncleJuJu98]

Impressive circulation near Killeen Texas now

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

That, or the U.S. has an awful lot of towns and cities with those sort of names.

Here in the US of course.

 

[Maxis_s]

That, or the U.S. has an awful lot of towns and cities with those sort of names.

The US is filled with towns of those names.

 

[Maxis_s]

Killeen storm has an 80dbz hail core viewed from KSJT.
EDIT: Wrong thread, oops.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

The US is filled with towns of those names.

Yeah, I know but just saying how a number of violent tornadoes have hit towns ending in burg or field.

 

[brianc33710]

A 4 is just as devastating as a 5 when you live there. Heck, a 1 can be if it kills your loved one or destroys your home. I’m not sure why people get so wrapped up in the ratings. It was an extremely violent tornado that left a community mourning.

A non-severe thunderstorm can turn deadly if lightning strikes a person or even a group of people.

 

[pohnpei]

That probably means the winds at ground level alone were easily over 200 mph!

Just a reminder than winds below that level not always, but at most time would be only stronger. And recent findings more and more suggest that the wind height defined in EF scale(10m) is more likely to be the level most tornado's winds peaks.

 

[SGFmoTwister]

I would almost swear violent tornadoes love hitting towns ending in burg or field. Ex...Greensburg, Parkersburg, Hackleburg, Mayfield, and Greenfield.

Smithfield (1977)

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

Smithfield (1977)

BTW, the vid of the Greenfield tornado did remind me of the Andover 1991 tornado.

 

[vanni9283]

Yep it’s crazy. Thought of all that too

I just realized a really interesting coincidence.
The Greensburg EF5 ended what was at the time the longest F5/EF5 drought, the day after the anniversary of the previous F5/EF5, which was in Moore.
The Greenfield tornado occurred on the day after the anniversary of the previous F5/EF5, which was also in Moore.
Both of these towns have "Green" at the start of the name.

BTW, the vid of the Greenfield tornado did remind me of the Andover 1991 tornado.

The "Regan" video.