Severe Weather Threat May 17-19, 2025

[tornado examiner]

And now I’ve accidentally deleted a comment, what’s happening???

Anyways…Grinnel and plevna likely were capable of extremely violent damage.

 

[tornado examiner]

I didn’t expect Grinnel could have caused that level of scouring. It didn’t look that impressive on radar at its peak.

 

[AJS]

Holy hell at that ground scouring caused by the Grinnell Tornado.

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

Watch for Grinnell’s path to be added to DAT, NWS Goodland started uploading damage paths 10 minutes ago.

 

[tornado examiner]

Someone on this site was confused about short track EF3’s. lol. An EF3 with winds of 143mph was confirmed near springbrook Kansas with a track length of 1.6 miles.

Hilarious timing.

 

[Tennie]

Someone on this site was confused about short track EF3’s. lol. An EF3 with winds of 143mph was confirmed near springbrook Kansas with a track length of 1.6 miles.

Hilarious timing.

Well, it is said that a good part of comedy is timing, after all!

 

[Kds86z]

So will grinnell be our #6 eF4?

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

So will grinnell be our #6 eF4?

There’s a decent chance, although I have zero idea how liberal NWS Goodland is.

 

[tornado examiner]

Tbh of all the di’s from Grinnel aside from scouring I don’t see a single DI that is easy to verify as EF4 and it has to be structural. The farmhome from that farmstead was missed by the core. Meaning it stayed standing.

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

Why does contextual damage have to be paired with structural damage? I find that stupid.

 

[Lake Martin EF4]

Why does contextual damage have to be paired with structural damage? I find that stupid.

I think this is either because of how the scale was laid out or a lingering remnant of Vilonia Syndrome. Leaning more towards the former.

 

[tornado examiner]

Why does contextual damage have to be paired with structural damage? I find that stupid.

And it only applies to EF4 or higher tornadoes.
Plenty of EF3’s and lower are confirmed from just tree damage.

 

[Kds86z]

Tbh of all the di’s from Grinnel aside from scouring I don’t see a single DI that is easy to verify as EF4 and it has to be structural. The farmhome from that farmstead was missed by the core. Meaning it stayed standing.

Grinnell had lots of structural damage. I remember a building with bricks leveled .

 

[Kds86z]

Cookeville 2020 was the last tornado this many people btw. So London Ky is a tie With 19.. Been 5 years..

 

[tornado examiner]

An EF3 was confirmed south of Scott city according to the wiki but I can’t find an official source for that.
Weird because it also has a track length.
I know, wiki shouldn’t be trusted an everything but still…

 

[Kds86z]

An EF3 was confirmed south of Scott city according to the wiki but I can’t find an official source for that.
Weird because it also has a track length.
I know, wiki shouldn’t be trusted an everything but still…

I saw! I’m sure it’ll be added

 

[tornado examiner]

Oh and…first news updates for Grinnel…
140mph EF3 for that one…according to a news site.
Uuuuhhhmmmm…
I’m gonna wait on that. But, the…prelim EF2 rating is starting to make more sense.
So…nws goodland may be hyper conservative as well…especially since they said they’re finishing surveys today.

 

[CheeselandSkies]

All right guys, main chase video is up (Side window GoPro timelapse still to come)!

 

[Kds86z]

Oh and…first news updates for Grinnel…
140mph EF3 for that one…according to a news site.
Uuuuhhhmmmm…
I’m gonna wait on that. But, the…prelim EF2 rating is starting to make more sense.
So…nws goodland may be hyper conservative as well…especially since they said they’re finishing surveys today.

So 2 EF3s in KS so far Sunday

 

[tornado examiner]

Yup…it’s official, dat track says 140mph.

UUUUGGGHHHH. They better upload di’s soon.