SluggerWx Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 It's an odd wind field within a supercell, especially since this outflow boundary it's riding looks crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Radar presentation is really taking on a classic look (reflectivity-wise) - but it's displaying such an odd S/SW track - Isn't that what Jarrell did? Yes, Jarrell did, and also built along an existing outflow boundary as this one seems to be doing. It is somewhat unusual, but plenty of non-tornadic and weakly tornadic supercells have done it too. ama_cell.png Classic looking broad mesocyclone. Clearly needs to tighten up before seeing a tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 This meso is like 150 miles wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 There have been 3 reports of brief tornadoes. It doesn't look like anything is going right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrasher Fan Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 This storm is a weather photographer's dream right now. Barely any clouds within 100 miles of this rogue beast. http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/sc/vis.jpg **(Not sure if this link is allowed on this site. I'll delete it if so.)** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I guess this is what that looks like from Lubbock... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 It's about to do a NE/SW split - odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Markus Pfister live video feed is crashing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 It's about to do a NE/SW split - odd. with such strong easterly winds at the surface and only about 25 or 30 knots westerlies aloft, you get some weird stuff. Storms tend to move slow and recycle the mesocyclone to the west of the original location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 wind gust of 80 mph at the RFD (storm chaser?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 3km EHI is up to 11 in the Texas panhandle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 The eastern cell now has a nice inflow notch and is starting to hook out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Rotation significantly tightened in last scan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Torn warned storm blasting through a mini wind farm on McMillan's cam - that's cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 ...THICK BLINDING DUST ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozart Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Is Ian on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I'd say there might be 3 different tornadoes on the ground across these two cells currently. The couplet has strengthened a bit on the cell east of Dickens. Also showing somewhat of a hook echo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 About 20 chasers are about to book it 10 miles to the east... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 The couplet really tightened up in the last frame. About 95 kts gate to gate shear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Right cell has got to be producing now - pronounced reflectivity hook + validated on velocity scans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Rotation still pretty broad despite decent hook appearance: EDIT: just got warned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Warned now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 These storms are still too high based for much of a tornado threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Now it's the 200 mile wide meso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Now it's the 200 mile wide meso You might want to say 200-mile wide connected anvil cloud. The anvil clouds take up a lot of space in quite a number of situations. Well I think I can say that part of the wall cloud (or an area near it) is moving at 62 knots at the moment! with the other part of it going at 42 kt in the opposite direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozart Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Now it's the 200 mile wide meso Looks more like a 200 mile wide anvil canopy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Be cool if meso can move over the Jayton profiler... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 LLDV definitely tightened with the latest scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 We already left lol My buddy is on the meso but can't see anything and is getting 90mph gusts Got some good pics. Beastly storm. Maybe a tor.. Gotta look back at vid. So much dust hard to tell much of anything about anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Storms also firing in the vicinity of Amarillo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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