Severe Weather Threat May 17-19, 2025

[Pbrussell]

went to sleep and woke up to whatever the hell … we call this thing.

 

[US_Highway15]

No comment to add to this really.

I cannot imagine being a MET for the local TV station or even the NWS METs in Wichita and you just see that image. Has to be the most helpless feeling you can ever have, knowing that some people probably won't listen or hear your warning.

 

[Kds86z]

As mentioned in the earlier discussion about the tornado occluding into Grinnell, KS and the discussions on 5/4/07 Greensburg occluding, this thing occluding into Plevna might actually be worse than hitting it straight on as the conservation of angular momentum could make it even stronger.

Exactly! We literally just went through this haha.

 

[Grand Poo Bah]

It might be occluding right towards Hutchinson and they didn't include the town in the new warning.... Why are they being so damn conservative with the strongest tornado they've seen in 20 years? Just get the warnings out to that town! What's the worst that could come from it?

 

[Western_KS_Wx]

Dont really know what really say to this, other than good god.

 

[snostorm21]

New couplet forming now.

 

[vemir]

 

[Kds86z]

No words….

 

[US_Highway15]

Tornado finally looks to be dissipating, hopefully for the last and final time tonight.

 

[jiharris0220]

 

[vemir]

reports of people trapped in Plevna. it was a direct hit

 

[Maxis_s]

Direct hit on Plevna via scanner. Occlusion was not enough unfortunately.

 

[tornado examiner]

Omg…daylight will reveal the biggest tragedy Kansas has seen in decades won’t it?

 

[Equus]

Old one is dissipating but really think new meso might do something else before we begin to fade for the night

 

[jiharris0220]

Definitely looks like that place got side swiped, considering the tree bend direction.

 

[Brice W]

Medora isn’t in any warning, but the way this storm has been. I would keep my eyes PEELED.

 

[US_Highway15]

Omg…daylight will reveal the biggest tragedy Kansas has seen in decades won’t it?

Probably since Greensburg if I had to guess.

 

[zath]

Not sure if it was fully continuous, but if it was, a rough estimate shows a path around 70 miles long.

edit: the storm was 70 miles. This last tornado itself was over 30 miles. The rest of the length was from the first tornado.

 

[Western_KS_Wx]

I never thought I’d see a supercell potentially rival that of May 4th 2007, but this has a real shot. Nearly every photo I’ve seen of a tornado from this prolific supercell shows they’re absolutely gigantic, and unfortunately violent. Plevna looks to have bore the brunt of what was likely the most intense tornado of the day.

 

[Brice W]

Probably since Greensburg if I had to guess.

2019 Kansas saw their last EF4 in Lawrence. This is and was obviously much stronger. And maybe a rating more stronger.