SmokeEater Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Possible multiple day severe weather outbreak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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yoda Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 New Tornado Watch out -- http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0176.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted May 19, 2013 Author Share Posted May 19, 2013 Couplet ramping up SW of Palmer, KS. See how long she lasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Couplet ramping up SW of Palmer, KS. See how long she lasts. ImageUploadedByTapatalk 21368935367.226643.jpgReports of some damage (they don't know if it's tornado related) per WIBW... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Sounds like Clay County KS got hit hard with wind damage per reports I am seeing coming out Here are two of them I have seen: 1/2 mile north of 25th and Frontier Road, Clay County, KS machine shed destroyed Between 23 rd and 24th road on Frontier Road, Clay County, power poles down and irrigation equipment blocking the roads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUmet Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 The 00z GFS has major tornado outbreak written all over it for SE KS to central-northern OK, with its continued depiction of a secondary low backing the surface winds ahead of the dryline. The sharp difference between the GFS and to some extent the ECMWF vs. the NAM (which has a more veered surface flow without the secondary low) still has me a bit uneasy though, and that secondary low is crucial for backing the surface winds and ramping up the low-level wind fields to enhance the helicity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Reports of some damage (they don't know if it's tornado related) per WIBW... Comma head tornadoes are difficult to distinguish at times from wind damage from the bow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUGrad05 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 The 00z GFS has major tornado outbreak written all over it for SE KS to central-northern OK, with its continued depiction of a secondary low backing the surface winds ahead of the dryline. The sharp difference between the GFS and to some extent the ECMWF vs. the NAM (which has a more veered surface flow without the secondary low) still has me a bit uneasy though, and that secondary low is crucial for backing the surface winds and ramping up the low-level wind fields to enhance the helicity. I have to be honest, I'm beginning to get a bit concerned about tomorrow. Mostly because 24 hours out we have material differences between the models. That bothers me. I don't want to spend 10 hrs for a bust tomorrow but I am not likely to go Monday due to work. Overall though, it seems to me the system is pretty potent. The ingredients are there and finding a system that is textbook in everyway is unlikely...I'll never forget May 3rd 1999, started as a slight risk day...not that I'm making that comparison to this system but I'm saying that this system is pretty impressive and I'm hoping to catch some good photo's/video's tomorrow, not only that the dynamics seem to be in place... I hope I don't wake up tomorrow with it having fallen apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnut Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Local news reports power outage in Junction City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Pretty widespread power outages occurring in Northeast Kansas, per local media... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 here's two pics of the first tornado. too tired to think straight so the rest will have to wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Reports of a house destroyed near Clifton,KS, and structural damage in Washington, KS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSMweather Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Something happened in Enid. From the radar it didn't look like much of a storm. NICKERSON. (ICT) 0208 UNK ENID GARFIELD OK 3640 9788 POLICE OFFICER INJURED BY DEBRIS. MANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.B. LaForce Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Interesting. Well for tomorrow I had initially though a SW IA, St. Joe, MO area, but after looking at the latest 00Z suite, and the 12Z runs earlier, I have changed my mind, and like the southern target better down near SE KS and NE OK. Further north has too much of a meridional component in the mid levels and give you a veer/back/veer pattern in the wind field. On the other hand, further south has slightly higher LCL's. Both NAM and GFS have the dryline to I-35 with the dryline bulge in north central, OK. Should be interesting tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Great shots, Ian. Very photogenic. Hope you continue to have opportunities in the oncoming days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Marusak Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Just took a look at the gfs and the canadian regional out to 42 hrs. and all I can say is tomorrow morning's surface and UA analysis will be crucial. If we have a double-low scenario develop near 12-15z, then the NAM is how you go and areas north of I-90 aren't as favored and south of 90 from NE to IA, MO, IL, WI, and KS go dynamically nuts before it ropes out. if the secondary low doesn't form like the GFS and especially the canadian regional, then the meso-dynamics don't go as nuts and we end up with a squall-line starting from AXN to OMA and OKC that just rips east across most of the mississippi valley south of i-94. The one difference between the GFS/Can-reg camp and the NAM camp is that the NAM still has some of the convection in KS and OK (esp KS), which I am assuming the model is thinking that the left-over boundaries from that convection help with a double-low structure; while the Can-Reg/GFS camp doesn't have much if any of that convection indicated in the t+06 and t+12hr panels, which is allowing for the more traditional boundaries to set up, and hence it's look. I might want the NAM for right now, if for no other reason as it has some semblance of the convection at the initalization and might have a better meso-synoptic starting point to work with. but that's just my 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 i have pictures from today (in the form of video) and video coming up shortly from the Rozel tornado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 i have pictures from today (in the form of video) and video coming up shortly from the Rozel tornado I think you mean video stills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Great shots, Ian. Very photogenic. Hope you continue to have opportunities in the oncoming days.Thanks. Nice way to start the trip. Tho might be hard to top. Got a lot of nice shots.. Should keep me busy processing for a while when I get the chance. Had some beautiful post storm light at sunset with a rainbow and lightning .. Was so calm and peaceful. Type of day that makes the weather obsession worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Congrats to everyone who caught great stuff today...wish I was out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 I think you mean video stills? funny here is a short video of pictures taken today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 funny here is a short video of pictures taken today Nice picture set you have there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 I'm glad I don't have to work an SPC shift for this one. For me, it's hard to judge which scenario is going to be right: GFS/Euro vs. NAM. A very subtle difference I notice between the 00z GFS and the 00z NAM is that the GFS has what appears to be a subtle shortwave feature/jetlet over the warm sector by 00z tomorrow that would place SE KS/ern OK that would place that area in the right-entrance region, supportive of backed flow and secondary sfc cyclogenesis. Looking at the 00z UA charts, it does appear that there is a minor enhancement in the flow magnitude at 250 hPa and 500 hPa over the 4-corners region, which could be a signal of this dual disturbance. These obs, in turn with the agreement between the GFS and Euro, make me slightly lean toward that solution. Keep in mind that the NAM verbatim is still a pretty significant severe wx threat, so trying to draw these major battle lines in the models, though a fun exercise, may have limited practical benefit. If the GFS verifies nearly verbatim, then we're probably talking about a major tornado outbreak, but either way, especially with the NAM's issues with sfc flow and estimating SRH, I foresee a serious threat tomorrow. Also, as I was typing this, the SPC WRF completed its run. Suffice to say if you look at it, it's got all its eggs in the GFS basket and is just a bad, bad scenario from US 183 eastward in srn/ern KS and nrn/cntl OK. http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/mpyle/spcprod/00/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KSWx Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 I'm glad I don't have to work an SPC shift for this one. For me, it's hard to judge which scenario is going to be right: GFS/Euro vs. NAM. A very subtle difference I notice between the 00z GFS and the 00z NAM is that the GFS has what appears to be a subtle shortwave feature/jetlet over the warm sector by 00z tomorrow that would place SE KS/ern OK that would place that area in the right-entrance region, supportive of backed flow and secondary sfc cyclogenesis. Looking at the 00z UA charts, it does appear that there is a minor enhancement in the flow magnitude at 250 hPa and 500 hPa over the 4-corners region, which could be a signal of this dual disturbance. These obs, in turn with the agreement between the GFS and Euro, make me slightly lean toward that solution. Keep in mind that the NAM verbatim is still a pretty significant severe wx threat, so trying to draw these major battle lines in the models, though a fun exercise, may have limited practical benefit. If the GFS verifies nearly verbatim, then we're probably talking about a major tornado outbreak, but either way, especially with the NAM's issues with sfc flow and estimating SRH, I foresee a serious threat tomorrow. Also, as I was typing this, the SPC WRF completed its run. Suffice to say if you look at it, it's got all its eggs in the GFS basket and is just a bad, bad scenario from US 183 eastward in srn/ern KS and nrn/cntl OK. http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/mpyle/spcprod/00/ What about NE KS? Local guys seem to be saying it's primarily a hail threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUmet Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 I'm glad I don't have to work an SPC shift for this one. For me, it's hard to judge which scenario is going to be right: GFS/Euro vs. NAM. A very subtle difference I notice between the 00z GFS and the 00z NAM is that the GFS has what appears to be a subtle shortwave feature/jetlet over the warm sector by 00z tomorrow that would place SE KS/ern OK that would place that area in the right-entrance region, supportive of backed flow and secondary sfc cyclogenesis. Looking at the 00z UA charts, it does appear that there is a minor enhancement in the flow magnitude at 250 hPa and 500 hPa over the 4-corners region, which could be a signal of this dual disturbance. These obs, in turn with the agreement between the GFS and Euro, make me slightly lean toward that solution. Keep in mind that the NAM verbatim is still a pretty significant severe wx threat, so trying to draw these major battle lines in the models, though a fun exercise, may have limited practical benefit. If the GFS verifies nearly verbatim, then we're probably talking about a major tornado outbreak, but either way, especially with the NAM's issues with sfc flow and estimating SRH, I foresee a serious threat tomorrow. Also, as I was typing this, the SPC WRF completed its run. Suffice to say if you look at it, it's got all its eggs in the GFS basket and is just a bad, bad scenario from US 183 eastward in srn/ern KS and nrn/cntl OK. http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/mpyle/spcprod/00/ Yep, look at how much surface wind backing occurs between 19-00z in particular, very similar to the GFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Yep, look at how much surface wind backing occurs between 19-00z in particular, very similar to the GFS. I've seen runs of this magnitude before in terms of having many cells w/very high updraft helicity, but even this one is a lot of them and in a pretty concentrated area. Given that last night's 00z run did pretty well with today, and that it's in concert with the consistent GFS, this is concerning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Any thoughts on Monday? Looks like as another wave rounds the base of the trough a surface low sets up in SW OK keeping surface winds nicely backed along and east of I-35. Some nice forecast soundings over central OK, and even up into southern KS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 I've seen runs of this magnitude before in terms of having many cells w/very high updraft helicity, but even this one is a lot of them and in a pretty concentrated area. Given that last night's 00z run did pretty well with today, and that it's in concert with the consistent GFS, this is concerning. One thing that really jumps out at me there is that long-tracked supercell that moves just north of the OKC area that initiates around 22z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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