Severe Weather Threat June 15-23

[Kds86z]

 

[akt1985]

Good job by the survey team at NWS Grand Forks, especially during a time of budget cuts and government shutdowns.

 

[lurker]

Never thought I'd see the day. I always thought the drought would be broken by a tornado with a lot of coverage (like Mayfield, Greenfield, etc), and not one like Enderlin which mostly flew under the radar (figuratively, of course). Also didn't expect it to happen in North Dakota. But it did! Amazing to see the science at play here.

 

[N0mz]

I just realized what my pfp is lol

 

[CheeselandSkies]

Never thought I'd see the day. I always thought the drought would be broken by a tornado with a lot of coverage (like Mayfield, Greenfield, etc), and not one like Enderlin which mostly flew under the radar (figuratively, of course). Also didn't expect it to happen in North Dakota. But it did! Amazing to see the science at play here.

Yeah, really thought it would have to be a high-profile (one or more towns/cities devastated, numerous fatalities [not to dismiss the injuries and fatalities the Enderlin tornado did cause], many instances of violent damage over a long track) tornado that did it. But we've seen multiple instances of such (including the two you mentioned) and they were still rated EF4.

 

[KakashiHatake2000]

wow check out those stp values 30 and twenties holy moly this was from a discord that i am in not sure what weather model it is or was since it was cropped

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

The tornado around the time it was inflicting EF5 damage.

 

[Brice W]

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The tornado around the time it was inflicting EF5 damage.

That 1999 Moore-esque Clear slot is such a good indicator that a violent tornado is ongoing.

 

[Kds86z]

That 1999 Moore-esque Clear slot is such a good indicator that a violent tornado is ongoing.

Yep @Brice W

 

[slenker]

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The tornado around the time it was inflicting EF5 damage.

The forward lean on that thing is absolutely diabolical.

 

[Brice W]

The forward lean on that thing is absolutely diabolical.

As bad as it was on the human side of things, I’m thankful a heavily populated city didn’t get hit by this thing. However losing one life is too much.

 

[CheeselandSkies]

That 1999 Moore-esque Clear slot is such a good indicator that a violent tornado is ongoing.

The May 18 KS beast had it too on probably all of the "EF3" wedges. What with keeping my distance I didn't get a definitive view of the Cullison-Iuka tornado, but you can see the clear slot and associated structure toward bottom center of this frame grab from my driver's side-view GoPro looking north from US 54/400 a bit west of Pratt.

 

[Brice W]

The May 18 KS beast had it too on probably all of the "EF3" wedges. What with keeping my distance I didn't get a definitive view of the Cullison-Iuka tornado, but you can see the clear slot and associated structure toward bottom center of this frame grab from my driver's side-view GoPro looking north from US 54/400 a bit west of Pratt.

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have to wonder if one of those gets upgraded. Most likely would be Plevna in relation to the tree damage it ensued. Awesome catch even being so far away. Definitely a lot stronger than EF3.

 

[Kds86z]

I remember when I first saw this the day after Enderlin and thought, uh…

 

[CheeselandSkies]

have to wonder if one of those gets upgraded. Most likely would be Plevna in relation to the tree damage it ensued. Awesome catch even being so far away. Definitely a lot stronger than EF3.

I know one of the Brehnam/Haviland area tornadoes derailed a train, but as far as I know it didn't hurl the cars in a similar manner to Enderlin or some of the other cases we have been discussing.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Kds86z]

 

[akt1985]

Amazing also that Enderlin was not a long-tracker. It’s path was less than 15 miles and down only about 20 minutes.