andyhb Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 Van tornado rated EF3 per FWD Twitter, no big surprise there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhamps10 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Van tornado rated EF3 per FWD Twitter, no big surprise there. nope, everything I saw appeared to be EF3 to me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolltide_130 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Van tornado rated EF3 per FWD Twitter, no big surprise there. Any talk of the Cisco tornado? I know it's already been rated but I have a feeling it could get upgraded in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 Any talk of the Cisco tornado? I know it's already been rated but I have a feeling it could get upgraded in the future. Haven't seen much else other than the original EF3 rating. FWD has been busy as hell over the past few days so that's understandable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhamps10 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Any talk of the Cisco tornado? I know it's already been rated but I have a feeling it could get upgraded in the future. from the damage videos I've saw of Cisco given it was in a more rural area I doubt it honestly.. if it had gone through town I could easily see it get upgraded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 May 6th-10th Outbreak Summary: May 6th: (Slight Risk, upgraded to Enhanced day of) May 7th: (Slight Risk) May 8th: (Slight Risk) May 9th: (Mod. Risk) May 10th: (Mod. Risk) Totals for Outbreak: Tornadoes: 149 Wind: 219 Hail: 315 Please correct me if I was wrong on any of the SPC risk during each specific day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye05 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 from the damage videos I've saw of Cisco given it was in a more rural area I doubt it honestly.. if it had gone through town I could easily see it get upgradhttp://mediaassets.reporternews.com/photo/2015/05/10/CiscoTornado1_18073809_ver1.0_640_480.jpged That and the DOD10 house near Cisco looks to have been built on a block foundation. Might have been "attached" just via gravity alone. On the other hand, I do think there is potentially room for an upgrade near Munden, KS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Please correct me if I was wrong on any of the SPC risk during each specific day. May 7 was Day 1 Enhanced (upgraded at 1630z) May 8 was Day 1 Moderate The SPC really did a pretty good job, considering the uncertainties. VALID 081300Z - 091200Z ...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS PORTIONS CENTRAL/SW OK AND NW TX... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack123 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 That and the DOD10 house near Cisco looks to have been built on a block foundation. Might have been "attached" just via gravity alone. On the other hand, I do think there is potentially room for an upgrade near Munden, KS. Was that the tornado that swept away a bolted down home and left significant tree debarking on the property? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Documented a cone/bowl that I'm not sure touched down. Picture is Saturday May 9 at 8:27 pm near Bucklin, KS looking west-southwest toward Clark State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area. While we probably should have picked OFB North Texas or deeper Upslope flow, it was a great experience overall. We visited the Big Well and Meteorite museum in Greensburg after lunch. Got a copy of Molly and the Tornado book for my daughter. It was funny how hot and windy it was there before Rozel, and how cool and clammy it was this time. However I always love soaking up the Plains wind. Even after 22Z I was starting to fear my worst blue sky bust in 20 years. Did we get burned compromising instead of going for one or the two main targets? OK Panhandle started up by 00Z and hope springs eternal. We went to Meade, KS waiting for it to come to us - and get into more backed 850/925 flow. Cells entered Kansas and gave us a good 90 minute show of wall clouds and overall structure. Picture is a capture from video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Documented a cone/bowl that I'm not sure touched down. Picture is Saturday May 9 at 8:27 pm near Bucklin, KS looking west-southwest toward Clark State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area. While we probably should have picked OFB North Texas or deeper Upslope flow, it was a great experience overall. We visited the Big Well and Meteorite museum in Greensburg after lunch. Got a copy of Molly and the Tornado book for my daughter. It was funny how hot and windy it was there before Rozel, and how cool and clammy it was this time. However I always love soaking up the Plains wind. Even after 22Z I was starting to fear my worst blue sky bust in 20 years. Did we get burned compromising instead of going for one or the two main targets? OK Panhandle started up by 00Z and hope springs eternal. We went to Meade, KS waiting for it to come to us - and get into more backed 850/925 flow. Cells entered Kansas and gave us a good 90 minute show of wall clouds and overall structure. Picture is a capture from video.It sounds like you got to that storm well before I did. I snapped off this first picture 6 miles WSW of Bucklin at 8:28 p.m. Can't say that I saw anything conclusive myself, but the storm took on a striated structure as it passed over Bucklin, which is the second picture below: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocoAko Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 It sounds like you got to that storm well before I did. I snapped off this first picture 6 miles WSW of Bucklin at 8:28 p.m. Can't say that I saw anything conclusive myself, but the storm took on a striated structure as it passed over Bucklin, which is the second picture below: image.jpg image.jpg Beautiful striations in that second pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack123 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 That and the DOD10 house near Cisco looks to have been built on a block foundation. Might have been "attached" just via gravity alone. On the other hand, I do think there is potentially room for an upgrade near Munden, KS. Contacted NWS in Topeka and they said they did not rate the tornado EF4 because the cars in the garage were not moved and had very little damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfgmfg Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Please correct me if I was wrong on any of the SPC risk during each specific day. You can retrieve the outlooks by inputting the date ranges at the bottom of this page: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/ http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/2015/day1otlk_20150506_1630.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 Impressive video of the Cisco tornado here by Scott Currens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 It sounds like you got to that storm well before I did. I snapped off this first picture 6 miles WSW of Bucklin at 8:28 p.m. Can't say that I saw anything conclusive myself, but the storm took on a striated structure as it passed over Bucklin, which is the second picture below: image.jpg If anything touched down it was very brief 30 seconds to 2 minutes max - you did not miss anything. Honestly the striated wall cloud was the best feature of the night, regardless of whether a tornado touched down prior. We sat at that exact same spot for the striated wall cloud. Maybe you were the car next to us? I'd backed into a gateway to a ranch and somebody pulled over on the wide shoulder too. Two quick right turns onto KS-34 then US-54 offered a great escape route. With safety locked in, we could enjoy the wall cloud and really soak in the scene. Note to others, that striation picture is not edited in any way. It really looked that great! Like to comment to all chasers once more about Greensburg. We try to support their economy much as we can when driving through. Eat lunch at the Green Bean cafe. Check out the gift store next door. Do the Big Well museum if time permits. Buy souvenirs. I got a cheesy but fun Kansas Storm Chaser tee. Also picked up Molly and the Tornado, a great children's book about severe weather safety, pets in storms, and how hope endures through all. Though we usually base in Wichita, Greensburg has a new motel. Greensburg is trying to bounce back and has rebuilt with a lot of green energy. Please support the town by stopping if it is on your chase route. Go Greensburg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 two tornadoes surveyed in the NWS Shreveport area (east Texas) PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA1000 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2015...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MAY 10TH AND 11TH, 2015 SEVERE WEATHEREVENT....TORNADO #1...RATING: EF-0ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70-85 MPHPATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.51 MILESPATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 491 YARDSFATALITIES: 0INJURIES: 0START DATE: MAY 10 2015START TIME: 1125 PM CDTSTART LOCATION: 5.7 MILES NNE OF JEFFERSON TXEND TIME: 1127 PM CDTEND LOCATION: 5.9 MILES NNE OF JEFFERSON TX.TORNADO #2...RATING: EF-0ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70-85 MPHPATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.66 MILESPATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 345 YARDSFATALITIES: 0INJURIES: 0START DATE: MAY 10 2015START TIME: 1128 PM CDTSTART LOCATION: 8.1 MILES NNE OF JEFFERSON TXEND TIME: 1132 PM CDTEND LOCATION: 10 MILES SE OF LINDEN TX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 If anything touched down it was very brief 30 seconds to 2 minutes max - you did not miss anything. Honestly the striated wall cloud was the best feature of the night, regardless of whether a tornado touched down prior. We sat at that exact same spot for the striated wall cloud. Maybe you were the car next to us? I'd backed into a gateway to a ranch and somebody pulled over on the wide shoulder too. Two quick right turns onto KS-34 then US-54 offered a great escape route. With safety locked in, we could enjoy the wall cloud and really soak in the scene. Note to others, that striation picture is not edited in any way. It really looked that great! I might have been just a bit west of you. I took a turn off one block south of US-54, just before Bucklin. I was parked near a sheriff with his lights flashing. (We actually talked a bit about the storm and its behavior. I enjoy those conversations. I've bumped into police officers already a few times in the Plains and have almost unanimously had great conversations with them) US-54 was a great route. given the storm trajectory. I know storm chaser convergence is a given, but I don't know that I've ever seen it as extreme as it was there that night. At one point, maybe 15 minutes before this storm, traffic on US-54 was going about 25-30 mph and almost every vehicle appeared to be a storm chaser or otherwise weather enthusiast. I won't get into the details, but I unfortunately observed a lot of risky driving and behavior around this storm. The photo above was on a delayed shutter, I believe 5 or 8 seconds. With the loss of daylight, unfortunately I wasn't able to get higher resolution images. It was still quite a sight. Some of the best structure I've seen so far this year was in Kansas. If only I had gone into eastern Colorado this day...which I actually halfheartedly joked to Ian about doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Red Oak Oklahoma tornado track, as per lat/lon coordinates from Norman NWS storm survey. This is the 15-mile long, EF-2 damage. There was another, much shorter tornado track near Red Oak (not plotted). This tornado track goes over some hills (mountains) at 1100ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Impressive video of the Cisco tornado here by Scott Currens. Just now switched over the HD version of this, this tornado has some of the strongest rotation I've ever seen. It morphs from an Andover-like appearance in the beginning to Pampa at the end. No doubt in my mind that this thing was significantly stronger than EF3, just didn't hit anything structure-wise to be rated as such (despite some of the very impressive contextual evidence). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettjrob Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Just now switched over the HD version of this, this tornado has some of the strongest rotation I've ever seen. It morphs from an Andover-like appearance in the beginning to Pampa at the end. No doubt in my mind that this thing was significantly stronger than EF3, just didn't hit anything structure-wise to be rated as such (despite some of the very impressive contextual evidence). Totally agree. One of the most violent tornado videos I've ever seen. First time I watched it last week, before he zoomed out and you could see the leaves in the foreground swaying at normal speed, I was like, "did he forget to put an 8x timelapse stamp on this?" Surprised it hasn't gotten more attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Totally agree. One of the most violent tornado videos I've ever seen. First time I watched it last week, before he zoomed out and you could see the leaves in the foreground swaying at normal speed, I was like, "did he forget to put an 8x timelapse stamp on this?" Surprised it hasn't gotten more attention. Yes I thought the same thing, it's absolutely ridiculous motion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Speaking of high-end vegetation/tree damage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Totally agree. One of the most violent tornado videos I've ever seen. First time I watched it last week, before he zoomed out and you could see the leaves in the foreground swaying at normal speed, I was like, "did he forget to put an 8x timelapse stamp on this?" Surprised it hasn't gotten more attention. Last 2/3 of that video is extremely reminiscent of Pampa 1995. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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