warneagle
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Ugh
I'm not a storm surveyor by any means, but I noticed that too. High velocities on radar, houses completely gone but (relatively) tame vehicle damage. I wonder what the structural integrity of these houses were. I guess we'll find out soon.Not to come off any type of way, but I thought the vehicle damage might be more extensive after watching the velocity scans last night. Of course it’s early, and the first images are just coming out
What's that mean?Drone video is showing a lot of sliders and CMU foundations in Barnsdall. Construction quality looks poor.
Cheap, unsturdy foundations made of cinder blocks (aka concrete masonry units). "Slider" is a damage surveying term that refers to poorly-anchored or unanchored houses that simply slide off their foundations at relatively low wind speeds. Both CMU foundations and sliders go hand in hand.What's that mean?
For those who were arguing about the TORE declaration last night
Here’s one explanation.
To me a “bust” is basically nothing tornadic going up at all. Like a blue sky bust due to a very stout capping inversion.If I had a dollar for every time someone yelled bust, I would be very rich
Wouldn’t dry air prevent the storms from sustaining? They seemed to sustain just fine yesterday, and grew to upwards of 50kft.Classic. Reminds me of May 20, 2019
To me Kansas’ performance is the most anomalous. More than Ample forcing, no cap, very high VTPs, but storm coverage was lethargic until the line came through. My guess was shear related as the storms that did go still couldn’t produce tornados very wellWouldn’t dry air prevent the storms from sustaining? They seemed to sustain just fine yesterday, and grew to upwards of 50kft.
Someone more knowledgeable can chime in, but I think it was just wonky, unhealthy supercell dynamics.Do you guys think the somewhat poor (under 7 C/km) 0-3km lapse rates played an effect in limiting the severe potential?