OceanStWx Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 LMK posted, they are bringing in a national team for their Indiana paths. Have to imagine they'll be making a stop in the JKL CWA as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Henryville, IN tornado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 http://indianadoes.blogspot.com/2012/03/significant-tornado-outbreak-strikes.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Needless to say, the Mid/Upper OH Valley is no longer overdue for a major tornado outbreak... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KokomoWX Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 A very heartbreaking day - (Damage Photos) http://chrisbergin.p...8.22aQyk/?start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpsycho Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 My passion may be t-storms but I am thankful not to have been part of today's storms. God speed to all those affected today by those tornados! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Had a decent chase, with several ups and downs. I'll post a summary and damage pictures from Milton, KY tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatherPimp Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 A very heartbreaking day - (Damage Photos) http://chrisbergin.p...8.22aQyk/?start Here's the rest of our pictures from Henryville. Needless to say Chris, our photographer with SWAT, takes amazing pics: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.395383997141760.108291.217605108252984&type=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 There are more than a few photos there that remind me of Tuscaloosa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlord81 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Phew what a day. Had 2 hail storms roll though my area today. Thank god the instablity didnt have time to make it up here. A low track just 50-100 miles further north and we could of been in some serious stuff. Prayers to all the people affected down south. It hits very close to home this time around. Looks like a rough spring may be in store for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Pekin Indiana Tornado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Incredible video there, the rapid motion within the tornado is very evident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Also, what an introduction to Spring...jesus. This has a shot to be the biggest 24 hour March outbreak on record in terms of numbers (definitely one of the largest in terms of sheer coverage of storms), and I wouldn't be surprised if we see a few violent tornadoes confirmed, looking at some of the damage pictures...tomorrow morning is going to be ugly. Still not much information on West Liberty, KY, which is very concerning. At least 1 fatality confirmed, and I've seen a few pictures of parts of the downtown area (It honestly looks somewhat like downtown Wakita after the tornado in Twister) and at least one structure with EF3 or possibly higher damage. The video that I saw of the tornadic supercell as it was coming into town had some of the most ridiculous motion in a wall cloud that I have ever seen. And that town is not the smallest either, >3000 population. Also, those videos of the New Pekin/Henryville tornado looks scarily like Tuscaloosa/Cullman/Rainsville/Philadelphia/*Insert violent 4/27 tornado here* or the Van Wert, OH tornado on 11/10/02.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettman320 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 The dead winter backdrop gives these tornado videos a really eerie feel. Kind of reminds me of some of the old pictures I've seen from 4/3/74 and the palm Sunday outbreak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 The dead winter backdrop gives these tornado videos a really eerie feel. Kind of reminds me of some of the old pictures I've seen from 4/3/74 and the palm Sunday outbreak. Yeah or the Super Tuesday outbreak back in 2008. Really weird to not see any leaves on the trees and a massive tornado just mowing right along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierwx Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Surveys planned for March 3 Several survey teams will be on the road in southern Indiana and central Kentucky on Saturday. Teams will be following tornado tracks across southern Indiana, Trimble and Henry counties in Kentucky, Hart County, Madison County, and southern Kentucky from Metcalfe County to Russell County. National survey teams will be assisting with the devastating tornadoes in southern Indiana. Hook went about ten miles to my south. I'm pretty sure there was a funnel with this all the way across Dubois, Crawford, and Orange Counties but I'm not aware of any touchdowns untill it got into Washington County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 As bad as this is, imagine what it could've been like had better instability made it farther north into areas closest to the surface low (stronger low level shear). Exactly. It was only March 2. Two significant outbreaks this past week. On Jan.17 Louisville CWA had their largest outbreak of Jan. tors ever. I've seen posts indicating that the Gulf of Mexico is comparatively warmer at this time than it was last year. Still fairly dry in parts of plains so dry line can sweep east and be a factor like it was in the March 2 outbreak. And our met friend Justin from Davenport is worried that this could be a dangerous spring season for us farther north up in the Midwest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Was just reviewing radar data on the Holton, IN storm. Absolutely incredible. Went from barely a blip on the radar to 100 kt G2G shear in a single radar scan. Less than 5 minutes. Barely had any time to get warnings out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afterimage Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 There was a radar loop somewhere yesterday, can't seem to find it now, that showed the cells as they went from East of Evansville and traveled across the lower part of Indiana. In that loop, it appears to show 2 distinct tornados the entire way, wondering if that is what folks in Henryville are reporting as to having been "hit twice." Also, having 2 tornados long track seems to be rare, in piggy back style. Dunno, just thinking out loud/observing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Thought I'd replay the events of the Holton tornado and see how it played out. 339pm IND issues a SVR for Decatur and Jennings county. Radar 344pm IND issues a TOR for Jennings county. 345pm IND radar scan at 345pm shows 105kt G2G shear. Radar 347pm ILN issues a TOR for Ripley county. Radar 353pm Likely tornado enters the town of Holton, population 480. Radar shows 103kt g2g shear. Radar 356pm IND radar scan shows 118kt g2g shear as likely tornado exits town of Holton. Radar Additional radar scans 400pm 404pm Incredible how quickly this storm popped up. Folks in Holton never had a chance to get much warning lead time. 6 minutes from when the warning was issued to when the tornado hit the town. Folks probably had even less time than that to prepare given it usually takes a few minutes to get the warnings out, sound sirens, etc. Current causality count is 2 fatalities, 7 injuries and 25 homes damaged. It will be interesting to see what the storm surveys show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 There was a radar loop somewhere yesterday, can't seem to find it now, that showed the cells as they went from East of Evansville and traveled across the lower part of Indiana. In that loop, it appears to show 2 distinct tornados the entire way, wondering if that is what folks in Henryville are reporting as to having been "hit twice." Also, having 2 tornados long track seems to be rare, in piggy back style. Dunno, just thinking out loud/observing. I think it was mentioned in the general thread, but with the southeast surface winds feeding the storms in combination with storm motion, the feed to the trailing cell was not being impeded by the first. It was unusual, however, to have two cells so close together following the same path. EDIT: I don't have the loop, but I did grab a velocity scan: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 There was a radar loop somewhere yesterday, can't seem to find it now, that showed the cells as they went from East of Evansville and traveled across the lower part of Indiana. In that loop, it appears to show 2 distinct tornados the entire way, wondering if that is what folks in Henryville are reporting as to having been "hit twice." Also, having 2 tornados long track seems to be rare, in piggy back style. Dunno, just thinking out loud/observing. Yeah, I was just reviewing some radar data and it does look like Henryville got hit by both cells. Some radar grabs: 1937z 2000z 2019z 2037z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I'm surprised no one has taken note of the time of day for these storms, since usually our tornados in Indiana happen to be nighttime specials. Also, the photogenic quality is something you just dont see around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I'm surprised no one has taken note of the time of day for these storms, since usually our tornados in Indiana happen to be nighttime specials. Also, the photogenic quality is something you just dont see around here. Yeah, a lot of stuff is rain wrapped or just not very high quality appearance. Not the case yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afterimage Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I think it was mentioned in the general thread, but with the southeast surface winds feeding the storms in combination with storm motion, the feed to the trailing cell was not being impeded by the first. It was unusual, however, to have two cells so close together following the same path. EDIT: I don't have the loop, but I did grab a velocity scan: Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afterimage Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Yeah, I was just reviewing some radar data and it does look like Henryville got hit by both cells. Some radar grabs: 1937z 2000z 2019z 2037z Truly incredible images right there, so distinct, and close. It appears the photos/videos have been from the first tornado, I haven't seen anything from the trailing tornado, although maybe I have missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Exactly. It was only March 2. Two significant outbreaks this past week. On Jan.17 Louisville CWA had their largest outbreak of Jan. tors ever. I've seen posts indicating that the Gulf of Mexico is comparatively warmer at this time than it was last year. Still fairly dry in parts of plains so dry line can sweep east and be a factor like it was in the March 2 outbreak. And our met friend Justin from Davenport is worried that this could be a dangerous spring season for us farther north up in the Midwest. I think some of that concern comes from the trend most of winter of having very progessive, fast flow in the northern stream. This could mean more jet support for the northern tier states. Generally speaking the instability will arrive at some point during the spring/summer, but it's whether or not we have the requisite shear in place for a region wide outbreak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I think it was mentioned in the general thread, but with the southeast surface winds feeding the storms in combination with storm motion, the feed to the trailing cell was not being impeded by the first. It was unusual, however, to have two cells so close together following the same path. EDIT: I don't have the loop, but I did grab a velocity scan: I have to think there was some interaction between the lead cell's RFD and the trailing cell. I also think these earlier cells played a role in the late JKL tornadoes in Saylersville and West Liberty. Whether it was a sagging cold pool boundary that enhanced horizontal vorticity, or even anvil shadowing that created a subtle difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 West Liberty is roughly due south of Detroit and even with the southern border of Indiana. You can see the dueling supercells, as well as the storms to the west, have anvil blow off that is roughly shading the areas to the north of that line. West Liberty was right about on that boundary. And of course it appears the West Liberty storm provided the outflow that the Saylersville supercell ingested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeatherPimp Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I can be pretty critical at times, but I have to say, the US National Weather Service Wilmington OH did an absolutely amazing job yesterday during what had to have been a very trying, hectic and stressful few hours. Their warnings hit the extreme danger of the situation home and the tornado emergencies they issued were not only appropriate but very necessary. And for that matter, all of the NWS Offices and Storm Prediction Center did an incredible job from what I saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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