SluggerWx Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 This is just before it lifted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 I'm doubting that it actually lifted now that I'm looking at the radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormchaser11 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Not a lot of couplet on velocity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ensō Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 I'm doubting that it actually lifted now that I'm looking at the radar. ..Why? Certainly looks like it weakened/broadened to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye05 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Debris can remain aloft and be picked up by radar even after the tornado lifts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Couplet not impressive...maybe we go lucky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Couplet not impressive...maybe we go lucky? It already produced damage and was on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Couplet not impressive...maybe we go lucky? I doubt it, there was big debris in the air, maybe not EF4 type strong, but it was a damaging tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 On to tomorrow... Hi-res models, including the SREF look very potent around the 21-03z time frame. Not jumping on any "outbreak" bandwagons by any means due to the past couple of busts, but we may see the usual lone supercell that puts down a monster tornado Here's a TEXTBOOK fat CAPE sounding for the archives... (Image Courtesy: Michael Dross) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 KTUL reporting "major damage" in Broken Arrow OK after "large tornado" touchdown Live feed: http://www.ktul.com/category/261938/live-video-severe-weather-coverage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Looks like it was a mid-size cone when it was on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... SOUTHWESTERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... SOUTHEASTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... NORTHERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 902 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF WAGONER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED A LARGE TORNADO IN EAST BROKEN ARROW AND MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER TORNADO AT ANY TIME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Hearing lots of damage calls on the scanner feed out of TUL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 The QLCS looks intense moving through Little Rock, especially north of the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Strong signature near Maumelle, over I-40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormchaser11 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 I am using grlevel 2 and radarscope on windows 8 laptop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye05 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Strong signature near Maumelle, over I-40. Yup, might be seeing a bookend vortex developing there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUGrad05 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 So here's a few pics from the office today with the first line of storms that moved through the Tulsa area...pardon the grainy nature of the pics, I was shooting through a dirty tinted window... These next few were from my driveway this evening... This one is the storm that just put down the tor in Broken Arrow This is the storm back to the NE of me or due north of the one that put down the tornado in Broken Arrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUGrad05 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Hearing lots of damage calls on the scanner feed out of TUL Buddy of mine just called me who was on that storm. Said it looked like EF1 type damage. Shingles missing on a few roofs, limbs down, nothing significant that he's seen yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Great news....the couplet luckily never looked intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhope84 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 I live in midtown Tulsa. Watched the circulation develop just south of me. Chased it for a couple miles and saw a dramatic lowering to the southeast (Broken Arrow). As the circulation developed, inflow immediately cut off torrential rain and raised the temp by at least 6-7 degrees in less than a minute. Quite an experience for an amateur weenie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Screen grab of the Broken Arrow tornado from earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Getting some AC rotation on that TUL cell as it collapses Couldn't pick that out on the Legacy L2 radars back in the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Great news....the couplet luckily never looked intense. Don't worry, this couplet was weak, lol. From TwisterChasers's FB page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derecho! Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Screen grab of the Broken Arrow tornado from earlier Damage really seems pretty minor. I sort of wish there had been a chopper/TV chasers on it live so someone would finally have gotten burned by making EF-rating judgements on-air from looking at a tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUGrad05 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Damage really seems pretty minor. I sort of wish there had been a chopper/TV chasers on it live so someone would finally have gotten burned by making EF-rating judgements on-air from looking at a tornado. Velocity couplet heading into West Siloam Springs should be getting more of the attention at this point IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Damage really seems pretty minor. I sort of wish there had been a chopper/TV chasers on it live so someone would finally have gotten burned by making EF-rating judgements on-air from looking at a tornado. There were chasers on it live, and nobody was burned, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye05 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Looks like there may have been a brief touchdown in the Tull, AR area. There a was a pronounced TVS over town just a few scans ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 From a former OKC Met, about tomorrow's setup. Aaron Tuttle Meteorologist (weatherman) Friday Severe Weather Update (more tornadoes expected): They say 3rd time's the charm. It appears all the ingredients will be present once again across C OK for more supercell storms producing tornadoes. This time around things are more in-phase unlike the last two days. Remember day one we had storms pop early out ahead of the main line which stabilized the atmosphere and prevented tornadoes from occurring with the 2nd wave. Day 2, today, storms fired off too early along the dryling due to the very weak CAP and the parameters needed for tornadoes didn't peak until early evening and by then most of the storms were out of the area. Day 3, tomorrow, it appears the only limiting factor will be weak mid level winds although we'll see plenty of directional shear and extreme instability which can overcome the weaker winds. Throw in a surface boundary to work with and it spells trouble. The CAP should prevent any early storm development, so the show... will be a late afternoon/evening event like we normally see around here. That will be when the tornado threat is highest. C OK will also be the entrance region of the upper jet this time around so I expect explosive storm development and a lot of rotating updrafts with supercells moving through the OKC metro area and along the I-35 corridor once again. If I had to pick the highest area to see tornadoes it would be smack dab in the middle of the state, ie, the greater OKC metro area and points south, north, and east a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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