Severe weather/outbreak? - April 23-25

[Bunkertor]

...SCNTRL TX...
JARRELLESQUE...REFERRING TO THE JARRELL TORNADO OF 5/27/97...SET-UP
ACROSS CNTRL TX CONSISTING OF MLCAPES TO 3500 J/KG...VERY STEEP
LAPSE RATES AND A STRONGLY DEVIANT STORM MOTIONS WILL PEAK EARLY
THIS EVENING. ONSET OF DIURNAL COOLING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A SLOW
DECREASE OF THE STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING. UNTIL THEN...LARGE
HAIL...ISOLD GIANT HAIL...AND DMGG WIND GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE
STORMS PROPAGATE SWD TOWARD SCNTRL TX. ONE OR TWO TORNADOES COULD
ALSO OCCUR. ACTIVITY MAY PERSIST LONG ENOUGH TO REACH HONDO-SAN
ANTONIO-COLLEGE STATION AREAS BEFORE DIMINISHING.

They must have smoked something.

This sounding is awesome, but Jarrellesque...

[Bunkertor]

[RL3AO]

You can't say this doesn't look semi-interesting.

[Bunkertor]

Thank god, this happens so late today...

[Texas Snowman]

Any word on the damage in Wisconsin?

Also, spotters were reporting power flashes near Belton, Tx earlier - any damage with that tornado?

Tx Snowman

[PurdueWx80]

just one tornado - an EF1 in columbia county that was only on the ground for a couple of minutes.

the strong circulation noted on radar through the whole period was likely just a very tight mesocyclone that occasionally had a funnel cloud with it. i think it's pretty shocking, given yesterday's radar signatures, that it never touched down again.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
525 PM CST SAT APR 26 2008

HERE ARE THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE NWS SURVEY TEAM IN
COLUMBIA COUNTY. THEY SURVEYED DAMAGE INFLICTED BY A TORNADO THAT
OCCURRED ON FRIDAY APRIL 25 2008 IN COLUMBIA COUNTY NEAR WYOCENA.

THERE WAS 1 TORNADO /PRECEDED BY TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS/
EF1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE
100 MPH WINDS
4.5 MILES LONG (2.2 SW WYOCENA TO 2.2 E WYOCENA
521 PM TO 526 PM /ESTIMATED/
50-75 YARDS DAMAGE WIDTH

3 BARNS DESTROYED
4 HOMES DAMAGED
COUPLE SHEDS DAMAGED
CAMPER DESTROYED AND OVERTURNED ON TO EDGE OF A GARAGE
TWO VEHICLES DAMAGED
NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED OR DAMAGED
TWO HORSES INJURED

THIS TORNADO WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AND VIDEO TAPED BY SPOTTERS AND
CITIZENS.

LOFTED DEBRIS WAS FOUND THROUGH NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY...
SOUTHEAST GREEN LAKE COUNTY...AND SOUTHWEST FOND DU LAC COUNTY.

THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM THAT GENERATED THE TORNADO NEAR WYOCENA
MAINTAINED AN INTERNAL ROTATION...KNOWN AS A MESOCYCLONE...AS IT
MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST GREEN LAKE COUNTY JUST SOUTHEAST OF
MARKESAN...AND THEN OVER TO FAIRWATER IN FOND DU LAC COUNTY AND THEN
TO THE AREA BETWEEN RIPON AND ROSENDALE.

NO TORNADO DAMAGE WAS FOUND IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY OR FOND DU LAC
COUNTY. HOWEVER....SPOTTERS NOTED THAT THERE WAS DISTINCT
CLOUD-BASE ROTATION AND MAYBE A FUNNEL CLOUD AS THE THUNDERSTORM
MOVED THROUGH WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY. IN OTHER
WORDS...CONDITIONS WERE VERY CLOSE TO HAVING ANOTHER TORNADO IN
SOUTHEAST GREEN LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY.

$$

[Texas Snowman]

Got a tornado warning in Texas for Menard, McCulloch, and Concho counties.

Supercell appears to be a right mover as storms to north move E.

[RL3AO]

While not overly impressive, there is some rotation with the cell.