Quixotic1 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 This was taken at the Frisco Rough Riders game tonight That pic has made the rounds the last 24 hours. I wonder about it. That viewpoint would put that right over 121/NDT and very close to stonebriar mall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 What caused April 3 to be a busted tornado outlook? Almost no tornadoes occurred in the middle of the moderate risk outlook. The 15% tornado contour, on the 13z outlook, was in northeast Arkansas, and the southern half of Missouri. Overall, there were only 13 tornadoes for the day (as of now.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 What caused April 3 to be a busted tornado outlook? Almost no tornadoes occurred in the middle of the moderate risk outlook. The 15% tornado contour, on the 13z outlook, was in northeast Arkansas, and the southern half of Missouri. Overall, there were only 13 tornadoes for the day (as of now.) day1otlk_v_20140403_1300.gif I think it was due to too much cloudiness and messy storms going up all at once during the morning. I had a feeling that the moderate risk wouldn't pan out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 The cloudiness I think was a symptom rather than a cause. The subtle impulse I mentioned several pages back? It came at the wrong time, brought storms in the morning, and left behind subsidence in its wake in the free warm sector in the afternoon, when conditions were prime. The low-level flow veered terribly along the front and moisture mixed out. TX was farther away from the subsidence and the veered winds so storms did break out there, but the low-level shear profiles there were crap compared to those in the MDT risk area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 It also didn't help that the upper level trough was delayed a bit so stronger mid level winds didn't overspread the warm sector until later, this would've helped move the morning convection/clouds out faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 looking back at the LZK sounding for 00z April 4, it shows a layer above the boundary layer of lapse rates near moist adiabatic, that is, no CAPE, but not much CINH either. It can be hard to get a storm going in those conditions, without CAPE just above the boundary layer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1900hurricane Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 The mixing of surface moisture was also a problem down in Texas. Saw a good number of bases far higher than I wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Chase log links and a few pics from the 1-3rd... 1st: http://www.turbulentstorm.com/1/post/2014/04/april-1st-2014-s-oklahoma-chase.html 2nd: http://www.turbulentstorm.com/1/post/2014/04/april-2nd-2014-n-c-oklahomas-c-kansas-chase.html 3rd: http://www.turbulentstorm.com/1/post/2014/04/april-3rd-2014-w-c-missouri-chase.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Interesting notes from the event, only 3 tornadoes were confirmed in TX. The Farmersville tornado report was rescinded, and no tornadoes touched down around Denton. The Merit-Greenville tornado was wide, but did not quite reach EF-2 on the damage scale. The Cooper-Tira tornado was also only EF-1. No tornadoes were confirmed in the Little Rock CWA, despite being in the 15% hatched tornado area. Paducah confirmed 5 tornadoes, and Springfield-St. Louis confirmed zero between both, with the reported tornadoes near Rich Fountain and Washington rescinded. 2 tornadoes were confirmed in the morning of the 3rd as well, in Carmi and University City. In all, just 10 tornadoes occurred on the 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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