Chicago Storm Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 We unintentionally drove through the last tor as it was roping out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 We unintentionally drove through the 2nd tor as it was roping out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Here is the 3rd tornado That thing was awesome. It disappeared then came back from the ground up it seemed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soonertrey Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Congrats to all who have been on these cells. It's been a long time coming for 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstrunk Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Well it looks like the show is about over IMO, it's all congealing into a linear MCS. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0683.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 850 WFUS53 KICT 190115 TORICT KSC009-190200- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0005.130519T0115Z-130519T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 815 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 811 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LARNED...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PAWNEE ROCK...ALBERT AND GREAT BEND AIRPORT. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 I'm becoming concerned about that storm nw of Lawton and ne of Altus OK. Looks like some big hail and possible rotation developing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 I'm becoming concerned about that storm nw of Lawton and ne of Altus OK. Looks like some big hail and possible rotation developing. Storms there have shot out an outflow boundary to the South and East, I think the tornado potential with them will be limited to nil. The same can be said with the complex along the OK/KS border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsnowx53 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Congrats everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye05 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Sounds like one of the tornadoes did some pretty major damage unfortunately. 0048 2 W ROZEL PAWNEE KS 3820 9944 TORNADO DAMAGE. ONE HOUSE NEARLY DESTROYED, ROOF AND WALLS GONE. THE 2 RESIDENTS WERE O.K. THE LOCATION IS 2 MILES WEST OF ROZEL ON HIGHWAY 156. (DDC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Storms there have shot out an outflow boundary to the South and East, I think the tornado potential with them will be limited to nil. The same can be said with the complex along the OK/KS border. Thanks, Stebo. I need to remind myself to look at base reflectivity loops and not just the composite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSWx Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Sounds like one of the tornadoes did some pretty major damage unfortunately. 0048 2 W ROZEL PAWNEE KS 3820 9944 TORNADO DAMAGE. ONE HOUSE NEARLY DESTROYED, ROOF AND WALLS GONE. THE 2 RESIDENTS WERE O.K. THE LOCATION IS 2 MILES WEST OF ROZEL ON HIGHWAY 156. (DDC) It can be replaced, thankfully no one died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted May 19, 2013 Author Share Posted May 19, 2013 ZackH posted some shots of the tornado on FB as well. Seems like everyone was on that storm today, impressive. My twitter and Facebook are lighting up with the same tornado shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Srain Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Great shots guys as well as congrats and welcome to the Plains. Kudos to all the Red Tags that have contributed leading up to this event as well. Tomorrow is another day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSWx Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Very cool. Nothing like a tornado backed with a prairie sunset, beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderbird12 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 A lot of heatbursting going on north of the complex in Oklahoma. Lahoma, OK mesonet site is currently at 90/41, gusting to 67 mph out of the south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted May 19, 2013 Author Share Posted May 19, 2013 Impressive display across the plains this afternoon. It has been a while since we have seen explosive convection stretching from the southern to the northern plains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soonertrey Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Will be curious to hear what this board thinks about tomorrow. I think it looks promising for a short window, but I'm afraid of HP sups and then quickly turning into a big MCS mess. I hope I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSWx Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Will be curious to hear what this board thinks about tomorrow. I think it looks promising for a short window, but I'm afraid of HP sups and then quickly turning into a big MCS mess. I hope I'm wrong. I'm looking forward to it as well, the mets on the board were in some disagreement earlier today/last night. The local weathermen seem to think the NE KS main threat is hail and the tornado threat is relatively small for our area, they believe SE KS has a significant chance however. This is in contrast to TWC who claims Eastern Kansas as a whole has a large tornado threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Will be curious to hear what this board thinks about tomorrow. I think it looks promising for a short window, but I'm afraid of HP sups and then quickly turning into a big MCS mess. I hope I'm wrong. The 00z NAM did slow the dryline up. So I'm a little happier about that, and I assume the chasers will be as well. It may put some of the bigger cities like Wichita and OKC in a bad situation though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Now I'm jealous seeing some of the close ups. We played back from the main chaser horde most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted May 19, 2013 Author Share Posted May 19, 2013 Will be curious to hear what this board thinks about tomorrow. I think it looks promising for a short window, but I'm afraid of HP sups and then quickly turning into a big MCS mess. I hope I'm wrong. 00z NAM rolling in continues to look marginal tomorrow with veered low level flow from N OK into Kansas. It has a much stronger lee low this run, but the leading surface low farther N (and its parent upper anomaly) are too close to the area of potential convection with dry air likely impeding storm formation across OK (where the better kinematics would be). Light years different than the GFS and to a degree the ECMWF, both of which would suggest the potential for a significant severe weather outbreak. I still find it very hard to believe the GFS given the positioning of the upper anomaly moving into NE. That puts the entire warm sector in a very unfavorable location for strong low level backing like the GFS suggests. My guess is something down the middle will verify, with still quite a bit of potential, especially if storms manage to form farther S into Oklahoma. I think there are a lot of things working against a large outbreak, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Baro, should we make a part 2 being this one is over 1,000 posts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesota Meso Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Will be curious to hear what this board thinks about tomorrow. I think it looks promising for a short window, but I'm afraid of HP sups and then quickly turning into a big MCS mess. I hope I'm wrong. My area in far Eastern MN is not technically in this sub forum, but I'm liking SE MN more and more for Sunday 05/19. The Nam doesn't show it much, but the RGEM the GGEM and the GFS all show it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwburbschaser Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Here's a few from today even though it seems like everyone saw these same tornadoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted May 19, 2013 Author Share Posted May 19, 2013 Baro, should we make a part 2 being this one is over 1,000 posts? Sure, if you want to start one that is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwburbschaser Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Who all from here ended up in this cell? The little rope tornado at the end caught me off guard when it drifted back over the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Marusak Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 My area in far Eastern MN is not technically in this sub forum, but I'm liking SE MN more and more for Sunday 05/19. The Nam doesn't show it much, but the RGEM the GGEM and the GFS all show it. i'll wait to see what the new 00z canadian regional run and GFS will do. but from the NAM, first thing i notice is the double-low structure of the system as it moves through. up here in STP it'll be a decent chance as long as we don't get too contaminates by any mcs's late overnight tonight. but there is some help way up with the divergence allowing for some nice ventilation. my main concern will will the double low help, or hurt MN. IA will be a decent bet, as well as eastern KS, eastern NE, most of MO, and even eastern/southeastern OK. but north of i-90 towards i-94, it's going to be a bit marginal, depending on how the setup comes along . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSWx Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Tornado warning in north central ks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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