Severe WX Severe Weather Threat June 6-14

[Kds86z]

We ain’t done yet.

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

This is silly. While I know reminiscing about FFC every other severe thread is a favorite past time, it gets old with these statements.

Have there been egregious misses from FFC in the past? Yes. Have there been egregious misses from other offices, even those up on lofty pedestals? Yep. Any miss is a failure IMO, so I’m not excusing it. Unfortunately, as long as humans are running radar ops, every office will have misses or occasionally delayed warnings with QLCS events despite one’s best effort.

I won’t lie, FFC had its fair share of issues 10-12 years ago. Leadership changes in the last decade have improved ops significantly. The retired on active duty peeps left in that same timeframe. A lot of additional staff turnover occurred before and through COVID. The current crop, while not perfect, are pretty sharp and forward thinking. The office is far from horrific. And maybe we’ll be able to fill some of the radar holes across N GA in the next year or two. That will significantly help those on radar ops.

I won’t clutter the thread anymore, but my DM’s are open if you want to continue the discussion.

I mentioned that they improved in recent times. This wasn't all criticism. It's not like I still don't question NWS Omaha for unusual TOREs (you should've seen me when that happened LMAO) or NWS North Platte for missing a entirely unwarned EF3 tornado. Both of those instances are singlehandedly worse than anything FFC had done. I was tired and didn't consider the type of blunt language I used.

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

For the record, that chaser that all of us called out for not helping a man trapped in debris in Streator, IL got identified. His name is Scott Lasker.

Man rescued from collapsed home after Streator, Illinois tornado with help of storm chaser-video journalist

Storm chaser Scott Lasker was in Streator, Illinois for a tornado outbreak when he found himself suddenly helping to rescue a trapped homeowner.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[CheeselandSkies]

Will be interesting to see how this QLCS trucking through Indiana holds together overnight. I'm staying in a western suburb of Cleveland.

Well, the answer is "not at all." It had completely fallen apart by the time I woke up and checked Radarscope at 3:30 AM EDT.

 

[Grand Poo Bah]

Jordan Hall is the biggest clown in the weather community. Really wish big streamers would quit giving him a platform.

 

[TheSuckZone]

News typically isn't the first one at the scene that could possibly be the difference between life and death for someone. Yeah, he's a complete asshat.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

Jordan Hall is the biggest clown in the weather community. Really wish big streamers would quit giving him a platform.

Is he okay in the head? Absolute doofus. It is disgusting to film people losing their homes.



He did however get photos from the Hebron/Kout, IN tornado, and yeah, this was probably violent..

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

This was the most memorable outbreak in June that we have since 2014 undoubtedly. Just insane what happened last night.

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

Maybe read the thread to make sure this same thing hasn't been posted already, i know it's a retweet but not sure we need duplicates.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[speedbump305]

Maybe read the thread to make sure this same thing hasn't been posted already, i know it's a retweet but not sure we need duplicates.

Yeah, that’s violent level damage right there. I’m confident we’re gonna see even more nasty damage photos come to light today.

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

Would not be surprised if we squeak a violent rating out of this outbreak. Looks like Hebron was more intense than our initial TORE near Woodburn. That signature wasn't messing around at all.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Ozonelayer]

I would like to see more footage from the first tornado. From the appearence of the nado itself compared to the current footage, I'd say that the scouring documented was at the end of its life (much smaller than the tornado itself at peak intensity)

Of course, I could be wrong.

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

People need to realize this structure is extremely common in tornadoes. Vortices are inside of tornadoes all the time. However, when the tornado takes on a translucent appearance like this, it is insane to see the dynamics in real time. The chaser in this video was Gabe Cox, absolutely extraordinary footage he got of nearly every strong tornado yesterday.

 

[Kds86z]

People need to realize this structure is extremely common in tornadoes. Vortices are inside of tornadoes all the time. However, when the tornado takes on a translucent appearance like this, it is insane to see the dynamics in real time. The chaser in this video was Gabe Cox, absolutely extraordinary footage he got of nearly every strong tornado yesterday.

I will say this footage, this closeup particularly of this tornado is one of my top 5 of year.

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

I will say this footage, this closeup particularly of this tornado is one of my top 5 of year.

It's crazy the amount of times he got up close and got footage. Was risky but he knew his routes was well.

I would like to see more footage from the first tornado. From the appearence of the nado itself compared to the current footage, I'd say that the scouring documented was at the end of its life (much smaller than the tornado itself at peak intensity)

Of course, I could be wrong.

I'm wondering if angular momentum played a part in Washburn being violent towards the end of its life. It's interesting we haven't seen anything from its supposed peak intensity when it had 80-85 kt VROT.

 

[Ozonelayer]

It's crazy the amount of times he got up close and got footage. Was risky but he knew his routes was well.

I'm wondering if angular momentum played a part in Washburn being violent towards the end of its life. It's interesting we haven't seen anything from its supposed peak intensity when it had 80-85 kt VROT.

It was over some homes, hence the debris ball on radar, but we havent seen any images. Weird honestly. But if its anything like Hebron, then that'll be interesting to say the least.

 

[DanLarsen34]

Is he okay in the head? Absolute doofus. It is disgusting to film people losing their homes.



He did however get photos from the Hebron/Kout, IN tornado, and yeah, this was probably violent..

That’s some really intense ground scouring, and it looks like it completely debarked some large trees in that tree line as well. We’re definitely talking about a violent tornado candidate here.