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Re: Tornado outbreak again today?

#881 Postby wbug1 » Sun May 25, 2008 5:27 pm

2139 UNK SILVER DOLLAR CITY STONE MO 3667 9334 *** 4 INJ *** TREES DOWNED AT SILVER DOLLAR CITY AMUSEMENT PARK. MULTIPLE INJURIES. (SGF)

2200 PARKERSBURG BUTLER IA 4257 9278 SPOTTER REPORTS SIGNIFICANT HOUSE...TREE...AND POWER LINE DAMAGE ON THE SOUTH END OF PARKERSBURG. ROADS IMPASSABLE. (DMX)
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#882 Postby btangy » Sun May 25, 2008 5:28 pm

Storm just south of Hays, KS also looks very nasty. Rotational couplet looks like it's getting sharper and more pronounced. I believe tornadoes have already been reported in this general area. The vorticity along the warm front is probably aiding in producing these tornadoes in this area.
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#883 Postby Bunkertor » Sun May 25, 2008 5:30 pm

As to the red colour on NOAA overview map, this is the strongest of the past few days...

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#884 Postby wbug1 » Sun May 25, 2008 5:30 pm

Tornado warning for area roughly 20 km north of Borger, TX. Very heavy cells also approaching Borger, TX from the west.
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#885 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 5:30 pm

That amusement park was probably straight line winds, but that shows a huge danger of storms hitting vulnerable targets :(
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#886 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 5:33 pm

Coverage from Cedar Rapids, IA - http://www.kcrg.com/
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#887 Postby btangy » Sun May 25, 2008 5:33 pm

The storm just to the N of Waterloo is by far the most serious right now and the tornadic portion of the storm appears to be crossing just to the N of the airport. Dunkerton, Fairbank, and Oelwein (pop: 6000) need to be on the lookout.
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#888 Postby Bunkertor » Sun May 25, 2008 5:34 pm

Achtung !

TORNADO WARNING
ILC157-252300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0028.080525T2227Z-080525T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
527 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
STEELEVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF SPARTA...MOVING EAST AT 28
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PERCY...
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Re: Tornado outbreak again today?

#889 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 5:34 pm

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1030
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0529 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS TX/OK PANHANDLES AND SWRN KS.

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 357...

VALID 252229Z - 252330Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 357 CONTINUES.

WW IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE AT 23Z. HOWEVER SVR POTENTIAL IS FCST TO
CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS EXISTING WW AREA FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS
THEREAFTER. THEREFORE...REPLACEMENT WW IS LIKELY.

CLUSTER OF SVR TSTMS HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS NRN TX PANHANDLE...MOST
INTENSE PORTION OF WHICH CONTAINS SUPERCELL OVER NWRN HUTCHINSON
COUNTY AS OF 22Z. UNMODIFIED/AMBIENT INFLOW ENVIRONMENT IS
CHARACTERIZED BY RELATIVELY HIGH DEW POINT DEPRESSIONS -- 20-27 DEG
F...THOUGH STORM-SCALE PROCESSES PROBABLY ARE LOWERING THAT VALUE
LOCALLY. MODIFIED RUC SOUNDINGS YIELD MLCAPES AROUND 1500-2000
J/KG...ATOP DEEP/WELL-MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER WITH LCL AROUND 2000
M...SUPPORTING POTENTIAL FOR COLD POOL GENERATION. REFLECTIVITY
ANIMATIONS INDICATE PRONOUNCED GUST FRONT FROM SUPERCELL ARCS SWWD
ACROSS SERN MOORE...NRN POTTER AND CENTRAL OLDHAM COUNTIES...N OF
WHICH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.
MEANWHILE...SUPERCELL MAY CONTINUE TO MERGE WITH ACTIVITY TO ITS N
AND SW...EVOLVING UPSCALE INTO BOW ECHO CONTAINING MCS WITH DAMAGING
WIND MAIN THREAT
...THOUGH DAMAGING HAIL STILL IS POSSIBLE. TORNADO
RISK CONTINUES FROM ANY EMBEDDED MESOCIRCULATIONS. VIS IMAGERY
SHOWS ADDITIONAL CB FORMING IN BETWEEN NRN PORTION OF ANVIL SHIELD
FROM PANHANDLE MCS...AND LARGER TSTM COMPLEX OVER ERN KS THAT MOSTLY
IS MOVING INTO WW 361. AT LEAST BRIEFLY DISCRETE DEVELOPMENT IS
POSSIBLE INVOF DRYLINE SWWD TOWARD CVS AS WELL. ANY SUCH
DEVELOPMENT MAY MOVE NEWD AND INTERACT WITH AFOREMENTIONED GUST
FRONT WITH TORNADO POTENTIAL LOCALLY MAXIMIZED UPON CROSSING THAT
BOUNDARY. 25-40 KT EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR INDICATES DISCRETE
SUPERCELLULAR MODES SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE SHORT
LIVED...HOWEVER...WITH MESSY/HP STRUCTURED MODE PREDOMINANT.

..EDWARDS.. 05/25/2008


ATTN...WFO...OUN...DDC...GLD...LUB...AMA...PUB...ABQ...

34630121 34720303 37330195 38630077 38519931 37299914
35879923 34790073
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#890 Postby RL3AO » Sun May 25, 2008 5:34 pm

I'm waiting to see if anything is going to pop in SC and SE MN.
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#891 Postby RL3AO » Sun May 25, 2008 5:35 pm

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
532 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0435 PM TORNADO ESE COON RAPIDS 45.17N 93.30W
05/25/2008 ANOKA MN TRAINED SPOTTER

FOLLOW UP. 14 AND 12 INCH DIAMETER TREES UPROOTED.
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#892 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 5:37 pm

RL3AO wrote:I'm waiting to see if anything is going to pop in SC and SE MN.


You mean SD? South Carolina is all clear right now...
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Re: Tornado outbreak again today?

#893 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 5:38 pm

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
531 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

IAC013-017-252245-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080525T2245Z/
BREMER IA-BLACK HAWK IA-
531 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR BLACK
HAWK AND SOUTHERN BREMER COUNTIES...

AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR FALLS...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WATERLOO...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EVANSDALE BY 540 PM CDT...
ELK RUN HEIGHTS...RAYMOND...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUNKERTON AND 8
MILES NORTH OF GILBERTVILLE BY 545 PM CDT...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!


AT 528 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED A LARGE TORNADO AT THE INTERSECTION OF
557 AND HIGHWAY 218 IN BLACKHAWK COUNTY. THE TORNADO IS NOW IN THE
NORTHEAST SIDE OF CEDAR FALLS AND HEADED TO NORTH SIDE OF WATERLOO.


A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR IOWA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4244 9254 4276 9256 4279 9255 4282 9208
4236 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 282DEG 29KT 4255 9241

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#894 Postby RL3AO » Sun May 25, 2008 5:38 pm

CrazyC83 wrote:
RL3AO wrote:I'm waiting to see if anything is going to pop in SC and SE MN.


You mean SD? South Carolina is all clear right now...


SC= South Central Minnesota.
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Short overview

#895 Postby Bunkertor » Sun May 25, 2008 5:39 pm

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Re: Tornado outbreak again today?

#896 Postby wbug1 » Sun May 25, 2008 5:39 pm

Cells popping WSW and S of Jackson, MS.
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Re: Tornado outbreak again today?

#897 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 5:41 pm

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
531 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

IAC013-017-252245-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080525T2245Z/
BREMER IA-BLACK HAWK IA-
531 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR BLACK
HAWK AND SOUTHERN BREMER COUNTIES...

AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR FALLS...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WATERLOO...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EVANSDALE BY 540 PM CDT...
ELK RUN HEIGHTS...RAYMOND...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUNKERTON AND 8
MILES NORTH OF GILBERTVILLE BY 545 PM CDT...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!


AT 528 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED A LARGE TORNADO AT THE INTERSECTION OF
557 AND HIGHWAY 218 IN BLACKHAWK COUNTY.
THE TORNADO IS NOW IN THE
NORTHEAST SIDE OF CEDAR FALLS AND HEADED TO NORTH SIDE OF WATERLOO.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR IOWA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4244 9254 4276 9256 4279 9255 4282 9208
4236 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 282DEG 29KT 4255 9241

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#898 Postby Bunkertor » Sun May 25, 2008 5:41 pm

Latest Topeca sounding showing a supercell index of -61 !!! Does anyone know what that means ?
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#899 Postby CrazyC83 » Sun May 25, 2008 5:45 pm

Waterloo Airport - 93 MPH WIND GUST per KCRG
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#900 Postby wbug1 » Sun May 25, 2008 5:47 pm

2215 425 4 NNW NEW HARTFORD BUTLER IA 4263 9264 VIEWER REPORTED SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL IN FINCHFORD. (DMX)

2213 3 NE STOUT GRUNDY IA 4255 9267 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY SPOTTER REPORTED SECOND LARGE TORNADO ROUGHLY 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW HARTFORD. (DMX)
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