Tornado outbreak Saturday - Central states

[Bunkertor]

Is there any broadcast. KELO opens again monday morning

[JonathanBelles]

where exactly is this?

[CrazyC83]

Is there any broadcast. KELO opens again monday morning

It's working for me. That is the main broadcast in the area affected.

New powerful cell in Kingsbury County (on the cold front).

[CrazyC83]

KELO: Farmstead destroyed in one tornado.

[WindRunner]

Hook is looking better than ever, and we now have 90kt storm-relative shear and support with a 50dBz tube lowering in the hook - if that reaches the ground, well, rarely is that seen in anything sub-F2.

EDIT: picture, see the red tube coming down in the hook? That's a decent indication of a tornado, though this particular one is not well formed.

[CrazyC83]

Hook is looking better than ever, and we now have 90kt storm-relative shear and support with a 50dBz tube lowering in the hook - if that reaches the ground, well, rarely is that seen in anything sub-F2.

At least. That is one really to watch.

Minnesota and Iowa better be prepared - they are next! The other question is whether activity will develop farther south...

[WindRunner]

Of course, new volume and the tube is gone at 50dBz+, though still present in the 47dBz range . . . velocity isn't good any more either . . . of course, this is just one scan, it could be back and better looking than ever in the next.

[CrazyC83]

Of course, new volume and the tube is gone at 50dBz+, though still present in the 47dBz range . . . velocity isn't good any more either . . . of course, this is just one scan, it could be back and better looking than ever in the next.

Tornadoes routinely jump up and down in intensity when they are long-trackers. They'll be F1 for a mile, then F3 briefly, then back to F1, and so on...

[WindRunner]

Well now it doesn't even have a hook . . . looks like they're letting the warning expire as well, without even a severe for the next county over.

[TexasStooge]

At this point, Tornado Watches 774-778 are issued. #776 is a PDS issued for Southern Minneapollis and Northwestern Iowa.

Go to this link for more details.

[WindRunner]

Looks like a decent amount of cumulus in KS, OK, and north TX to get things going, though I don't think we'll see any further extension of the watches in terms of northward or southward.

[CrazyC83]

The SPC site seems to be picking up so few reports for the amount of cells that have taken place...

[CrazyC83]

Out of Kansas:

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
KSC145-185-170030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0251.060917T0004Z-060917T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
704 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 702 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RADIUM...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF ZOOK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY...
DILLWYN...
RADIUM...
SEWARD...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3806 9912 3795 9890 3824 9852 3825 9897

$$

[CrazyC83]

It seems the southern end - Kansas especially - is firing up now...

[CrazyC83]

The Minnesota cells seem to be reviving themselves now...solid hook near Pipestone, surprised not TOR-warned yet...

[Nate-Gillson]

Cells really starting to form along the IA/NE border. This could be the start of a historic nighttime tornado outbreak

[CrazyC83]

Cells really starting to form along the IA/NE border. This could be the start of a historic nighttime tornado outbreak

That is what I am concerned about. Lots of cells forming to the south and north too. We hit a lull period but it seems to be all coming back together. Until it forms a squall line - a long way from that - it is all supercells.

[WindRunner]

Pipestone hook produced two funnel cloud LSRs.

And the tornaod LSRs from SD are really pouring in now . . . up to 9 or 10 now. Also a couple of 1" reports in on the central KS cells . . . they look most promising for severe in general, but the tornadoes should be more likely to come out of these pops around Omaha.

[CrazyC83]

Yep, FSD is really catching up with all the missed tornado reports. Up from 4 to 8 total, and more likely to come in.

Thankfully, no word on any injuries or fatalities yet.

[CrazyC83]

First Tornado Warning in Nebraska:

WFUS53 KGID 170042
TORGID
NEC059-185-170100-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0005.060917T0041Z-060917T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
741 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NORTHERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GRAFTON...
OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MCCOOL JUNCTION BY 750 PM CDT
EXETER BY 755 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL
IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. OTHERWISE...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT
AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4059 9781 4067 9781 4071 9773 4090 9743
4090 9742 4085 9737 4069 9737 4050 9772

$$
LEWIS