downeastnc Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Wow went through a city of a million people luckily they faired as well as they did death wise with only 2 fatalities. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/8489144/Tornado-hits-New-Zealands-biggest-city.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sickman Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 That's some pretty impressive footage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtRosen Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Wow went through a city of a million people luckily they faired as well as they did death wise with only 2 fatalities. http://www.telegraph...ggest-city.html Whoa.. it's spinning the wrong way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 That's some pretty impressive footage. Yeah, that first segment is pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 Whoa.. it's spinning the wrong way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derecho! Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Legit EF-2 it seems like. So did the LCL look really low in that video? What was the setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALhurricane Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Legit EF-2 it seems like. So did the LCL look really low in that video? What was the setup? A somewhat interesting read from their Metservice... http://blog.metservice.com/2011/05/albany-tornado-tuesday-3-may-2011/ Although they seem to have more questions than answers. They also don't go into detail on the synoptic and mesoscale environment. The radar images they posted are very coarse as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Great job Ian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I'm guessing a fairly high CAPE day, with localized helicity (not well captured on the balloon sounding) along the trough, which may have been a warm front, with a shift from Northeast winds to Northwest winds. Amateur guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analog96 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I'm guessing a fairly high CAPE day, with localized helicity (not well captured on the balloon sounding) along the trough, which may have been a warm front, with a shift from Northeast winds to Northwest winds. Amateur guess. Warm fronts can provide surprise tornadoes. And, like you said, a warm front down there would produce a Northerly wind, unlike our part of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=61d_1304621717 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted May 6, 2011 Author Share Posted May 6, 2011 http://www.liveleak....=61d_1304621717 Sweet thats some pretty good footage right there, looks like it moved that truck a good distance I think winds were upper end EF2 on our scale with this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isohume Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Sweet thats some pretty good footage right there, looks like it moved that truck a good distance I think winds were upper end EF2 on our scale with this thing. I'd say it was EF4...not sure why it hasn't been upgraded yet. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted May 6, 2011 Author Share Posted May 6, 2011 I'd say it was EF4...not sure why it hasn't been upgraded yet. lol LOL the New Zealand met office said top speeds 125, thats what I based the EF2 on. There are a few photos that show cars pretty smashed up and now they are warning there may be more http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110505/wl_asia_afp/nzealandweathertornado_20110505065729 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isohume Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 LOL the New Zealand met office said top speeds 125, thats what I based the EF2 on. There are a few photos that show cars pretty smashed up and now they are warning there may be more http://news.yahoo.co..._20110505065729 Idk...I still think we have a better take on it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtRosen Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 http://www.liveleak....=61d_1304621717 Damn - we could use one of those on the LIE during rush hour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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