4/28 and 4/29 Severe Weather

[nwohweather]

1 hour ago, mnchaserguy said:

Radar loop of the Nebraska supercells last night for anyone interested. One of the crazier velocity loops you’ll ever see. Wouldn’t be surprised if that tornado was on the ground for 2-3 hours.

https://x.com/peterc428/status/1916728473755828285?s=42


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Were those other storms firing up off outflows from the main cell and then combining back into it? It was very odd

[Chicago Storm]

looks like a non-event around here.

a marginal is questionable enough as it is, let alone an enhanced into portions of the CWA.

[mnchaserguy]

Were those other storms firing up off outflows from the main cell and then combining back into it? It was very odd

Not sure. I’d have to go back and look at the surface obs. I know they fired close to a warm front. If I had to guess they fired off the cold front or dryline (can’t remember which, probably a DL) and then moved north and anchored on the warm front where there was better low level shear. An open warm sector to their south with plenty of unimpeded instability and the shear and helicity of the warm front was a perfect set up for what played out last night.

Glad it was over mostly open grassland but that also meant road network was terrible and prevented some better footage of what could end up being a 2 mile wide tornado.


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[Sydney Claridge]

Rotation seems to be tightening near/over Kimball, MN.

[A-L-E-K]

1 hour ago, Chicago Storm said:

looks like a non-event around here.

a marginal is questionable enough as it is, let alone an enhanced into portions of the CWA.

Duh

[TheNiño]

Lots of spotters reporting gustnadoes as tornadoes on the ground rn 

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Fail for the metro unless stuff fires real soon.
 

Got a decent downpour in north Minneapolis this morning but the airport only reported 0.01”

[cyclone77]

Looking like a giant bust across the board.

[mnchaserguy]

The we got very lucky yet again here in MSP where we split the storms this afternoon. It has been a very long time since we have had a significant storm come through. Only a matter of time before that averages out.


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[OrdIowPitMsp]

1 hour ago, mnchaserguy said:

The we got very lucky yet again here in MSP where we split the storms this afternoon. It has been a very long time since we have had a significant storm come through. Only a matter of time before that averages out.


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My roof is 14 years old and I’ve never filed an insurance claim. Let’s get ours. 

[mnchaserguy]

My roof is 14 years old and I’ve never filed an insurance claim. Let’s get ours. 

The last two times we had a significant tornado come through the metro were the EF1 that went through Minneapolis in 2011 and the Hugo EF3 in 2008. We are well overdue. Crazy thing is both of those tornadoes were overshadowed by EF5s elsewhere the same day (Joplin and Parkersburg).


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[TheNiño]

Storms were impressive looking but not a single report of a confirmed tornado yikes 

Edit: I spoke too soon there is one now

[Chicago Storm]

Classic solid EML/deep summer setup tonight.

A heat burst is occurring in S IA currently, with anvil showers across N MO/S IA.

Oskaloosa, IA went from 76/64 to 81/43, with winds gusting to 69MPH.

[Jackstraw]

Training sleepy rumblers this morning as the main action, if any, moves off to the ESE. I hope this boundary sets up south of I70 so I'm on the cool side and can stay out of a couple of days of rain trains. We've had so much rain the grass is trying out for the NBA 

[SchaumburgStormer]

90mpg gust down in Springfield, MO. Storm packing some heat