Historic outbreak Sunday: The aftermath

[WindRunner]

Never mind, they already finished their assesments apparently and they were all f2's. Guess there werent any f4's reported with this outbreak.

Where did you hear this?

On their website:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/eax/?n=events-mar122006

[WindRunner]

3 F3s found by the Springfield NWS:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_ ... 9&source=0

[tornadotony]

That's interesting.

[WindRunner]

Tulsa report lists one F3.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tsa/mar_12_2006 ... 06_tor.htm

[tornadotony]

Tulsa report lists one F3.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tsa/mar_12_2006 ... 06_tor.htm

It lists two.

[WindRunner]

Tulsa report lists one F3.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tsa/mar_12_2006 ... 06_tor.htm

It lists two.

Where? They only talk about one tornado on the entire page.

[simplykristi]

People do complain about the coverage. It does save lives tho. When severe weather is in the area, I switch between TV stations KCTV5 and KMBC TV9. I like the chief meteorologist better on KCTV5 but KMBC TV9 has a great helicopter guy who knows how to chase storms.

Kristi

Growing up in KC, I can verify KCTV has a TON of coverage. I'm all for the coverage, but my only negative comments toward KCTV's coverage is the things that come out of Katie's (chief met) mouth. She's gets a little overboard and tends to overscare and/or overhype storms. Sometimes, I think she needs to relax. As for the helicopter coverage... that irritates me. As a meteorologist who deals heavily with the aviation field, someone who flies a helo near storms--especially tornadic storms--should have their license pulled. It's just plain stupid. ...and to broadcast that stupidity on TV......

She may go overboard. But, I know she has helped save a lot of lives.

The helicopters stay out of harm's way. I watched two tornadoes wreak havoc right before my eyes on TV, thanks to helicopters.

Kristi

[tornadotony]

Tulsa report lists one F3.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tsa/mar_12_2006 ... 06_tor.htm

It lists two.

Where? They only talk about one tornado on the entire page.

At approximately 909 pm, a tornado touched down in Northern Cherokee County in Eastern Oklahoma and moved off to the northeast across Southern Delaware County. The tornado was rated F0-1 on the Fujita Scale From 2 miles Northeast of Peggs, Oklahoma to near Twin Oaks, Oklahoma. F3 damage was reported 3 miles Northeast of Kansas, Oklahoma with F0-1 damage again being reported near Colcord, Oklahoma. The Path was 27 miles long.

This same supercell then produced another tornado across Benton and Carroll Counties in Northwest Arkansas. Significant damage was reported in the Centerton and Bentonville areas with the tornado producing F3 damage.

[tornadotony]

Also, the huge tornado that passed NW of Sedalia was rated F3.

[wx247]

Katie goes no more overboard than Gary Lezak. She is by far the best on air met in the KC area.

[CrazyC83]

Also, the huge tornado that passed NW of Sedalia was rated F3.

Yep; the killer tornado in Sedalia was an F2.

I've managed to confirm 37 tornadoes so far; there are likely a lot more still to go. They include 14 F0's, 7 F1's, 10 F2's and 6 F3's.

[tornadotony]

Based on KMOV's pics and video of the tornado that struck Silex, it was a definite F4 IMO, with a few buildings swept away, impressive tree destruction, and high-quality ground swirls indicative of multiple vortices.

[CrazyC83]

Fortunately, that Silex twister hit a fairly sparsely population area, AFAIK only a few injuries were reported.

[tornadotony]

Fortunately, that Silex twister hit a fairly sparsely population area, AFAIK only a few injuries were reported.

For being in the middle of nowhere, it did extremely impressive damage.

[CrazyC83]

Fortunately, that Silex twister hit a fairly sparsely population area, AFAIK only a few injuries were reported.

For being in the middle of nowhere, it did extremely impressive damage.

Yes, since the Fujita scale is based on the maximum damage. It could only damage one building and still be declared an F5 if it flattened it and swept the foundation clean...

[tornadotony]

To be rated an F5, the building would have to be well-attached to its foundation. From what I can tell, the buildings swept away weren't, so and F4 rating is most likely.

[snoopj]

She may go overboard. But, I know she has helped save a lot of lives.

The helicopters stay out of harm's way. I watched two tornadoes wreak havoc right before my eyes on TV, thanks to helicopters.

Kristi

I can tell you that from the 5-4-03 storms, that if I didn't see that helicopter capturing a tornado on the ground in KCK, I probably wouldn't have seeked shelter so early. It might have been way too late by the time I realized it was super serious (insulation and other debris was landing in the apartment complex parking lot).

--snoopj

[wx247]

Incidentally, the helicopter pics of the 1999 tornado in OKC was also responsible for saving countless lives.

[CrazyC83]

I have now found 42 confirmed tornadoes, broken down as follows:

F0 - 15
F1 - 9
F2 - 11
F3 - 7
F4 - 0
F5 - 0

[conestogo_flood]

F4!

DEBRIS FROM BOTH HOMES WAS DOCUMENTED OVER 1/2
MILE TO THE NORTHEAST. THE DAMAGE INTENSITY WAS RATED THE LOWER END OF F4 AT THIS LOCATION WHILE THE DAMAGE AREA WAS 1/4 MILE WIDE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST OVER RURAL AREAS NORTHEAST OF PARIS AND APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 1.25 MILES NORTHWEST OF U.S. 24.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/print_local ... h15_06.txt