Thank GOD it didn't hit anything other than trees. Absolutely absurd tornado.
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Severe Weather Threat 5.22-5.24.24
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Thank GOD it didn't hit anything other than trees. Absolutely absurd tornado.
Tanner
Member
Unless the storm appendages in front of it's own inflicted outflow boundary, it looks to be primarily a damaging wind and hail producer.
Clancy
Member
Yeah it's sort of turned into its own little squall line.
OHWX97
Member
Except it did cause structural damage.
Severe Weather Threat 5.22-5.24.24
Yes, he was the one specifically I was thinking of. A guy I literally grew up idolizing, and now I get to go on a forum and tell him to chill out and wait and see what the season has in store. The Internet is an amazing thing. When the apprentice becomes the master.
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Dangit... Hope it wasn't damaged too badly.Except it did cause structural damage.
Severe Weather Threat 5.22-5.24.24
Yes, he was the one specifically I was thinking of. A guy I literally grew up idolizing, and now I get to go on a forum and tell him to chill out and wait and see what the season has in store. The Internet is an amazing thing. When the apprentice becomes the master.
jiharris0220
Member
The DOW measurements of these tornadoes this year almost all have recorded winds in excess of 200mph.
Really is doing nothing but driving home the fact that tornadoes in general are underestimated to kingdom come.
Of course this isn’t bashing the ef scale despite its flaws, just merely pointing out that the original scale had a much more accurate grasp on tornadic wind speeds.
Really is doing nothing but driving home the fact that tornadoes in general are underestimated to kingdom come.
Of course this isn’t bashing the ef scale despite its flaws, just merely pointing out that the original scale had a much more accurate grasp on tornadic wind speeds.
To be fair, the tornadoes that were scanned by DOW this year were MUCH stronger than your average tornado, and definitely had a distinct presentation on radar.
jiharris0220
Member
Not really, most of the tornadoes were rated ef3 or lower, not exactly uncommon.
This year has been exceptional in terms of luck and placement of DOW, so it looks like every tornado was extremely strong.
Though it’s becoming apparent that in reality, 200+mph winds occur in tornadoes far more often than thought.
OHWX97
Member
Majority of tornadoes will never be observed by DOW, so who's to say?
Tanner
Member
No. Every tornado sampled had winds capable of EF3 or greater. It doesn't take a human to determine that.
jiharris0220
Member
That’s why I said rated, my point is that tornadoes in general regardless of being rated Ef1 or higher all likely contained wind speeds greater than 200mph at one point.
If we had DOW present with every tornado that touch down I bet my bottom dollar this is true.
TornadoFan
Member
Storms look to be merging.
Pictures?
jiharris0220
Member
Good enough proof for me. He's reliable.
INB4 EF5 rating based on ground scouring
(Obviously this is a joke, but that would be funny)
OHWX97
Member
Here's a loop of the RAXPOL data. I've been refraining from bringing up the comparison, but the similarities to El Reno 2013 are getting hard to ignore.
Man, THIS is the tornado of the year. Maybe not in terms of impacts, but from a storm chasing perspective? Absolutely.
EDIT: Wait, both DOW6 and RAXPOL were on it? Good lord, the data we're gonna get out of this...
jiharris0220
Member
Meant to post this earlier but the house being shredded here was when the tornado was at beginning phase and moving extremely slowly.