hawkeye_wx Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 The strong line over here has finally developed southward, extending to my sw. There is currently a warning for the county to my west. This is the best chance of an actual thunderstorm I've had in three months. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduewx80 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 7 hours ago, CheeselandSkies said: MKX with this nugget in the HWO... .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday There is a small chance for thunderstorms on Friday, and again Saturday night and Sunday. Thunderstorm chances return next Tuesday and Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening and again next Wednesday. Highly unusual for them to imply possible spotter activation nearly a week out, especially in a nondescript, low-predictability summer ridge pattern like the one we're in. The GFS does show some actual deep-layer shear getting into the region mid-next week for a change. Or, it's possible somebody was just bored. Nice...definitely getting into ring of fire, possible derecho, season with that potent e-w ridge over the CONUS. Just looking at the overall pattern, you're going to have some faster mid-level flow with how strong the ridge is and any energy that runs over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 7 hours ago, fluoronium said: CRAZY tornado in Minnesota yesterday! This is some of the most ridiculous tornado footage I've ever seen. Pretty cool how you see the large limb fall off the tree at 31 sec, and gets sucked into the tor and flings around on the left side around 40 sec mark. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 11 hours ago, fluoronium said: CRAZY tornado in Minnesota yesterday! This is some of the most ridiculous tornado footage I've ever seen. It did a number on that tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 11 hours ago, fluoronium said: CRAZY tornado in Minnesota yesterday! This is some of the most ridiculous tornado footage I've ever seen. This might be the best drill-bit I've seen, and at a close range! Was this TOR warned? Like too many others, the footage inexplicably cuts off when its clearly still in progress, my God... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 Love that video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Had some legit quarter sized hail out by Port Clinton, OH today. Called in to report it and the storm never became severe warned & the report was never added to the report log. Mildly disappointed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 8 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Love that video. I'll make it my new screensaver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Another view of the tornado above from Scott Peake. Make sure to override the settings (that many times defaults to a lower res) and choose 4K quality. The final 20 seconds or so is truly remarkable. What this and other vids like it show is the extreme acceleration of wind at a given point as the vortex propagates through. The extraordinary violence of such acceleration of wind, combined with rapid changes in wind direction is what has to be one of the most damaging aspects of any tornado. It's not just peak wind speed and flying debris. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malacka11 Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 4 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Another view of the tornado above from Scott Peake. Make sure to override the settings (that many times defaults to a lower res) and choose 4K quality. The final 20 seconds or so is truly remarkable. What this and other vids like it show is the extreme acceleration of wind at a given point as the vortex propagates through. The extraordinary violence of such acceleration of wind, combined with rapid changes in wind direction is what has to be one of the most damaging aspects of any tornado. It's not just peak wind speed and flying debris. Love the cracked window visible at 0:25. Scary stuff, but definitely one of the highest quality tornado videos I've ever watched. Something about this one kind of just makes the scale and concept of tornadoes that much more tangible to me. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduewx80 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Could be an enhanced wind threat in western parts of the area later this afternoon and evening. That potent upper low in the Dakotas will drag the EML into IA, MO and IL and likely result in a bowing line or two later on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 The threat around here today looks marginal worthy at best, and even that might be too much.Looks like that MCS currently in NE IA/SW WI is riding the instability axis, and could dive SE through the DVN CWA and into C IL...if it is able to maintain over the next few hours.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Garden variety boomer. Won't have to water the flowers for the second day in a row, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Storms might lay down some good boundaries for later this evening in Chi town area. We'll have plenty of time to recover. These mid day storms moved a bit farther east than I initially expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 6 hours ago, Chicago Storm said: The threat around here today looks marginal worthy at best, and even that might be too much. Looks like that MCS currently in NE IA/SW WI is riding the instability axis, and could dive SE through the DVN CWA and into C IL...if it is able to maintain over the next few hours. . It has maintained to a degree, but nothing significant as of yet. Shall see if it perks up moving into IN this afternoon. Otherwise, looks like a loose complex taking shape in MN will dive SSE, into the DVN CWA by this evening. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 A severe storm with hail and wind passed just northeast of Cedar Rapids this morning. All I got was some nice outflow. The next batch should move southeast through the area later this afternoon and evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Can see the stalled remnant outflow boundary just to my south with some agitated cu bubbling up. Looks as if it could pop into a storm in a short while. Was sort of fun watching that large updraft to the northwest this morning die away and leave a large orphan anvil canopy with mammatus. The left (southwest) side of the updraft looked very impressive for awhile when it was first visible on the northwestern horizon. Would have loved to get a time lapse of that evolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Who knows about timing/details but in general, next week should have decent severe potential in the sub. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Hoosier said: Who knows about timing/details but in general, next week should have decent severe potential in the sub. Tue-Thur looks like the best chances as of now, for multiple MCS's across the region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Great looking thunderhead boiling up in the southeastern sky. Watched the storm split, and now has two large updrafts. Crystal clear overhead so have an awesome look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 A lot of cells are popping over northern Iowa, extending down this morning's outflow boundary, just to my west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 This is the first time I've ever heard of "lime" size hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Yeah, that outflow boundary from noonday storms around Chicago metro might be strong enough to keep the nw/se axis of svr storms this Sat. eve a bit sw of Chicago area proper. Will have to see what happens. But mid week does look like a ring of fire scenario around here as has been stated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 The cell along the outflow boundary, just west of Cedar Rapids, recently dropped golfball size hail. It will pass sw of CR. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 That ten inch hail report depth is from Brookston IN just north of Lafayette from a storm this afternoon. May be measured in some drifting, but crops and leaves were devastated in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Three more small towns just sw of Cedar Rapids just reported golfball size hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Wow, now a report of baseball hail in Walford, just sw of Cedar Rapids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Hawkeye getting rolled good right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 75-90mph bins on velo showing up as it passes CID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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