F-5 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Denning reporting at least one fatality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 That's more then likely the hail core. There's hardly any rotation there now. Gotcha, that seems right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macintosh Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Denning reporting at least one fatality. I saw the debris signature on radar. Those fatality numbers should be increasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I'd actually argue it's what happens when a huge tornado hits the heavily forested Ozarks... Hail core looks more north... could be wrong. It's the core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-5 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Rotation on the increase again with the storm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-5 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 How big is Marshall? Looks like a rain-wrapped tornado is almost certainly back on the ground with this storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Bad damage in Russellville...much bigger city. Searcy County Police chatter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowahawkeyedave Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Bad damage in Russellville...much bigger city. Searcy County Police chatter. I'm confused, Russellville is in Pope county, and the storm missed the city to the NW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Kudos to TWC for doing live, continued coverage into the early hours of the morning. This time after 4/27 (into the AM of 4/28), coverage was much more focused on the stuff that happened about 8 - 10 hours earlier. Impressed with their coverage of Denning over the last hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I'm confused, Russellville is in Pope county, and the storm missed the city to the NW? I was, too, after looking at a map. I'm only repeating what the officers were discussing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-5 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Looks like the 2nd cell to the south is trying to become dominant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-5 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 That was impressively fast. The cells split and both the northern and southern areas of rotation immediately ramped up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowahawkeyedave Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I was, too, after looking at a map. I'm only repeating what the officers were discussing. Ahh ok no problem. Yeah the officers do that here too on scanner, talk about other counties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUmet Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Multiple fatalities confirmed in Denning per Channel 5 news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack123 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Multiple deaths have been confirmed in Denning according to news 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettjrob Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Multiple large, chaseable tornadoes west of I-35 in OK... I must've been dreaming today. Mad props to CUmet for calling from almost 24 hrs. out that the threat would be centered along I-40, as that statement from last night couldn't have hit the nail on the head any harder. Here are a few quick shots from my expedition: El Reno-Piedmont-Guthrie tornado immediately after tornadogenesis 1 N Lookeba: (We were within a mile of this, probably more like 1/4-1/2 mi. to be honest, at the moment of tornadogenesis. The transition from a multivortex carousel with small vortices skipping around to full-blown wedge was astonishingly fast. Because of this, we spent the best/largest period of the wedge -- prob over 1 mi. wide for a short time -- fleeing to the east and I got no shots. The terrain right around here was remarkably poor for W OK, too.) Chickasha-Newcastle tornado from near Tabler: Criner-Goldsby-Noble tornado from near Dibble, in the damage path (view looking N): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Multiple large, chaseable tornadoes west of I-35 in OK... I must've been dreaming today. Mad props to CUmet for calling from almost 24 hrs. out that the threat would be centered along I-40, as that statement from last night couldn't have hit the nail on the head any harder. Here are a few quick shots from my expedition: El Reno-Piedmont-Guthrie tornado immediately after tornadogenesis 1 N Lookeba: (We were within a mile of this, probably more like 1/4-1/2 mi. to be honest, at the moment of tornadogenesis. The transition from a multivortex carousel with small vortices skipping around to full-blown wedge was astonishingly fast. Because of this, we spent the best/largest period of the wedge -- prob over 1 mi. wide for a short time -- fleeing to the east and I got no shots. The terrain right around here was remarkably poor for W OK, too.) Chickasha-Newcastle tornado from near Tabler: Criner-Goldsby-Noble tornado from near Dibble, in the damage path (view looking N): Excellent pictures here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Multiple large, chaseable tornadoes west of I-35 in OK... I must've been dreaming today. Mad props to CUmet for calling from almost 24 hrs. out that the threat would be centered along I-40, as that statement from last night couldn't have hit the nail on the head any harder. Cool pics, Brett. Congrats on a good day of chasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 pretty big day. im sure i wont have fans for saying it but seemed more or less in line (at least tornado numberwise) with other larger plains outbreaks even with the unheard of percentages from spc etc. yeah it is still being counted. perhaps given some extra 2011 love in the leadup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 DENNING, Ark. (AP) — Deputy sheriff confirms third fatality in storm outbreak in western Ark.; 3-state total now 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan11295 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 You know its been a bad year when you think "we got lucky, only 13 deaths so far"..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 You know its been a bad year when you think "we got lucky, only 13 deaths so far"..... part of it is i think there is a new hysteria in weather these days. everything is worse than ever before etc. tornadoes happen, so do big tornadoes. this has been a really bad year. but you do often get the sense that people are going a little overboard in their commentary over it all. april 27 was a huge anomaly year-to-year... yesterday not as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 pretty big day. im sure i wont have fans for saying it but seemed more or less in line (at least tornado numberwise) with other larger plains outbreaks even with the unheard of percentages from spc etc. yeah it is still being counted. perhaps given some extra 2011 love in the leadup... I'd say the day was nothing over the top, but enlight of what we've seen so far this year, the High Risk was warranted. I see Dallas is still standing the AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I'd say the day was nothing over the top, but enlight of what we've seen so far this year, the High Risk was warranted. I see Dallas is still standing the AM. i think the high risk was warranted regardless.. looks like no one wins my OT poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Just a mesmerizing, yet sober reading of this thread overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VAwxman Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 part of it is i think there is a new hysteria in weather these days. everything is worse than ever before etc. tornadoes happen, so do big tornadoes. this has been a really bad year. but you do often get the sense that people are going a little overboard in their commentary over it all. april 27 was a huge anomaly year-to-year... yesterday not as much. Yeah people always let whatever has happened recently taint perception. Just like after the 2005 cane season, everyone was ready to predict the end of the world again in 2006. Zero doubt that 4/27 and Joplin helped with the hype. I do agree the high risk was warranted, but this was not an overperformer based on expectations as all, unlike some of the others this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Is it hype, though? By any yardstick, this has been an exceedingly harsh year, tornado-wise: number of tornadoes, number of EF4/EF5 tornadoes, number of EF5s, number of deaths, amount of dollar damage, etc. The fact that yesterday's activity doesn't even seem that newsworthy is sort of telling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VAwxman Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Yeah people always let whatever has happened recently taint perception. Just like after the 2005 cane season, everyone was ready to predict the end of the world again in 2006. Zero doubt that 4/27 and Joplin helped with the hype. I do agree the high risk was warranted, but this was not an overperformer based on expectations as all, unlike some of the others this season. I should add that last night was close though. Those storms in Dallas, with lower LCL heights, could have been epically bad. Was almost the ultimate disaster setup there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VAwxman Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Is it hype, though? By any yardstick, this has been an exceedingly harsh year, tornado-wise: number of tornadoes, number of EF4/EF5 tornadoes, number of EF5s, number of deaths, amount of dollar damage, etc. The fact that yesterday's activity doesn't even seem that newsworthy is sort of telling. By "hype", to me, I think that a lot of folks were convinced another major city would be leveled (well, not leveled, but Tuscaloosa-esque), and yes there WAS potential for that, but it seemed to me that people were almost elevating it too high. Could just be my personal perception though. I'm okay with hyping it up to some degree though, since many people still don't heed all warnings like they should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Is it hype, though? By any yardstick, this has been an exceedingly harsh year, tornado-wise: number of tornadoes, number of EF4/EF5 tornadoes, number of EF5s, number of deaths, amount of dollar damage, etc. The fact that yesterday's activity doesn't even seem that newsworthy is sort of telling. I did not say it was hype per se. As it's all random and a slight difference in a storm or two could have had major consequences just like a few miles of storm track difference might have meant considerably lower deaths earlier in the year. Still, some were talking like this was a setup you see once a decade or less in the Plains and just a cursory look back says that's not true. Damaging weather is a big time spectator sport these days... you gotta wonder how much that affects things in both perception and dissemination of info. I'm of the belief it's better to overwarn than underwarn but I don't know if that's actually the best way of doing things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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