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2020 Mid-Atlantic Severe Weather - General Thread


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6 minutes ago, Kmlwx said:

NAM parameters are much less impressive in Central Maryland this go around. The best stuff stays just south of DC. This is on the 12km

The 3km looks better

IMO, the biggest way we bust tomorrow is if the carolinas light up and steal everything.  It's happened before and it might happen again this time, but we won't know until late tomorrow morning.

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9 minutes ago, Kmlwx said:

NAM parameters are much less impressive in Central Maryland this go around. The best stuff stays just south of DC. This is on the 12km

The 3km looks better

3km is just hour after hour of storms rolling through. Pretty wild from around 2-3 am through early afternoon.

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2 minutes ago, osfan24 said:

3km is just hour after hour of storms rolling through. Pretty wild from around 2-3 am through early afternoon.

Just saw that. Looks like a good severe wx beat down for most of the DMV.  Might have to set my alarm for the early morning hours so I can go fly a kite. :o

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2 minutes ago, losetoa6 said:

3knam verbatim looks more progressive with the system as a whole. I wonder if that will possibly keep the "round 2" further south and east as far as the worst of the severe weather. 

 

It looked pretty freaking intense to me. I don't remember the last time I saw a simulated radar look like that for 10+ hours.

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Just now, losetoa6 said:

After midnight through mid morning is robust for sure.  I'm talking afternoon wave of severe weather. 

Yeah, that big line doesn't really form. Parts of it do but it's hit or miss. There is a big, nasty line to the south that almost seems to race due north that looks real ugly.

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:o

 

Mesoscale Discussion 0360
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0426 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020

   Areas affected...south-central and southeast Mississippi

   Concerning...Tornado Watch 106...107...

   Valid 122126Z - 122200Z

   The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 106, 107 continues.

   SUMMARY...Based on recent radar and environmental data, a violent
   tornado with potential peak winds of 170 to 205 mph (EF4-EF5) is
   likely ongoing. THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE EVENT.

   DISCUSSION...An intense supercell will continue to move through a
   favorable environment over south-central Mississippi, characterized
   by 0-1 km SRH around 400 m2/s2 and MLCAPE near 2000 J/kg per latest
   mesoanalysis data. Recent radar signatures from KLIX as of 2112Z
   reveal an intense supercell characterized by a 0.4 degree rotational
   velocity of at least 70 kt. A tornadic debris signature has also
   been noted on recent radar scans. These signatures are occurring in
   an environment characterized by STP greater than 7. Previous
   signatures within similar environments produced
   tornado-damage-estimated wind speeds from 170 to 205 mph and
   confidence is high for a likely violent tornado. A long-track
   tornado is expected to continue based on the rotational velocity
   duration and the storm moving within a favorable downstream
   environment.
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7 minutes ago, southmdwatcher said:

Damn southern Mississippi, wow. SPC is actually calling F5 on their meso discussion and debris lofted heights are well over 20k ft.

Bassfield, MS just got hit by a likely EF4+ tornado with another one right on its heals. Unreal.

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23 minutes ago, George BM said:

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Mesoscale Discussion 0360
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0426 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020

   Areas affected...south-central and southeast Mississippi

   Concerning...Tornado Watch 106...107...

   Valid 122126Z - 122200Z

   The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 106, 107 continues.

   SUMMARY...Based on recent radar and environmental data, a violent
   tornado with potential peak winds of 170 to 205 mph (EF4-EF5) is
   likely ongoing. THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE EVENT.

   DISCUSSION...An intense supercell will continue to move through a
   favorable environment over south-central Mississippi, characterized
   by 0-1 km SRH around 400 m2/s2 and MLCAPE near 2000 J/kg per latest
   mesoanalysis data. Recent radar signatures from KLIX as of 2112Z
   reveal an intense supercell characterized by a 0.4 degree rotational
   velocity of at least 70 kt. A tornadic debris signature has also
   been noted on recent radar scans. These signatures are occurring in
   an environment characterized by STP greater than 7. Previous
   signatures within similar environments produced
   tornado-damage-estimated wind speeds from 170 to 205 mph and
   confidence is high for a likely violent tornado. A long-track
   tornado is expected to continue based on the rotational velocity
   duration and the storm moving within a favorable downstream
   environment.

Wow, just wow. :o 

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7 minutes ago, southmdwatcher said:

I have a transparent BR file and some other SRV/BV files.

 

Biggest issue I have with the velocity color tables I'm using now is they aren't bright enough. I think they are actually the defaults. If they work with level 2 data would you mind sharing? DM me? Thanks!

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2 minutes ago, Kmlwx said:

Biggest issue I have with the velocity color tables I'm using now is they aren't bright enough. I think they are actually the defaults. If they work with level 2 data would you mind sharing? DM me? Thanks!

Let me remote into my work PC and I'll send you the SRM that I use.

EDIT: Our VPN is down for maintenance right now so I'll just share the SRM file tomorrow morning in this thread when I get in work.

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2 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Let me remote into my work PC and I'll send you the SRM that I use.

EDIT: Our VPN is down for maintenance right now so I'll just share the SRM file tomorrow morning in this thread when I get in work.

You rock. No rush. It's ultimately not that urgent. I see all kinds of pretty ones on Twitter during events and I've never gotten around to loading something other than the default. 

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7 minutes ago, Kmlwx said:

The 21z RAP is coming in with upwards of 2300 (corrected) 180mb MLCAPE

Pockets of 2600 SBCAPE...

RAP is usually very stingy IIRC.  I still think the major tornado risk is along and south of I-66 to DC to US 50 to SBY, but man it's not going to take that much for this to be a very memorable event in these parts even by my standards.

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1 minute ago, Eskimo Joe said:

RAP is usually very stingy IIRC.  I still think the major tornado risk is along and south of I-66 to DC to US 50 to SBY, but man it's not going to take that much for this to be a very memorable event in these parts even by my standards.

A lot of the CAMs (like the ARW, ARW2, NMM) want to throw all the eggs into the morning stuff and don't really have all that much for the 2nd round. I honestly would not be surprised if only one round really comes to fruition. Which one that is will probably determine our threat. It looks like a corridor to watch is going to be a slightly steeper angle than I-95 and running from like DC southward to the RIC area. 

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