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SRRadarLoops

@LoopsSr

2 years

Overview of the Dec 10th 2021 EF4 tornado including an extensive damage is finally done! Here:

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SRRadarLoops

@LoopsSr

2 years

Promise this is the last screenshot from Reed’s video. It’s good to know this matches closely with model simulations.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

Disruption of cyclostropic balance will lead to deviations in the vortex orientation within lower-swirl ratio type flows especially when interacting with the axial downdraft.

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@LoopsSr

2 months

Incredible video from Jenny Craighead from Madison IN today. Tornado crossing the Ohio River! Original video in comments #kywx #inwx

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@LoopsSr

1 year

Define Tornado Alley

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@LoopsSr

1 year

May 3rd 1999 Bridge Creek Oklahoma F5 tornado. The strongest winds ever recorded on earth of 318 mph +/- 20 mph.

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@LoopsSr

4 months

Large tornado that was on a Beach Cam near PCB

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@LoopsSr

1 year

Fridley MN 1986. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if winds were exceeding the speed of sound in brief intervals especially just prior to the vortex breaking down. Note one of these “end wall jets” was intense enough to scour the ground. I dont own this video. Credit: KARE11

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@LoopsSr

1 year

Extreme tornado damage from the Purdy TN tornado. Homes destroyed, and asphalt ripped from the roads. Photos: Ethan English

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@LoopsSr

2 years

Short animation of the 2013 El Reno tornado from RaxPol. Note the "double ring" structure of the eye, and even a debris ejection as the RFD surged and caused the tornado to quickly deviate to the north.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

Scour marks from Mayfield closely resembles the Orf simulation. Amazing. Photo from @brianemfinger

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@LoopsSr

11 months

#SRRadarLoop of an intense MCS that went thru the Tulsa metro area. Likely widespread 80-100 mph straight line winds, and a few embedded QLCS spin ups as well!

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@LoopsSr

1 year

Full radar loop of the prolific April 27th 2011 Tornado Outbreak.

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@LoopsSr

1 year

#SRRadarLoop Of an ongoing snow MCV? over Lake Michigan.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

This appears to be a large storage container. @StephenMWX is from this area and says there’s several of these in the neighborhood the Andover tornado struck earlier. Tremendous upward velocities inside this tornado. Screenshot from Reed Timmer’s video.

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@LoopsSr

1 year

We can’t forget this crazy video of lockers falling out of the sky after the tornado hit Highland East Jr High. Video: MuzikLightzMore

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@LoopsSr

5 months

The El Reno EF5 tornado May 24th 2011. An oil rig weighing >800 tons was pulled from the ground, vehicles were shredded, and multiple homes were slabbed along it’s path. RaxPol recorded winds well over 295 mph near this point. Note the multiple debris ejections!

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@LoopsSr

1 year

#SRRadarLoop of the 2013 Moore tornado 10 years ago today. This violent tornado tracked for nearly 20 miles, and was rated EF5. Note the many occlusion failures and RFD surges. This is data from OU's MPAR radar.

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@LoopsSr

17 days

WOW! @WeatherKannon

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@LoopsSr

1 year

#SRRadarLoop of the Joplin EF5 tornado on this day May 22 2011.

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@LoopsSr

11 months

Aerial images out of Matador from Dustin Johnson. Virtually every single structure that was in the direct core of the tornado was leveled or slabbed.

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@LoopsSr

1 year

Full #SRRadarLoop of yesterday's highly cyclical and tornadic supercell yesterday in the OKC metro.

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@LoopsSr

10 months

#SRRadarLoop of the longer tracked tornado in NC earlier. With a VROT of about 55 kts and a TDS height of 15-20,000 ft ARL this tornado could be in the EF2 to perhaps EF3 range (120-150 mph) pending the storm survey.

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@LoopsSr

5 months

The 1995 Pampa Tx F4 tornado: Low level winds were so violent that a 30 ton lane was ripped from its bolts and thrown. Vehicles were lofted and thrown hundreds of yards and industrial buildings were obliterated.

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@LoopsSr

1 year

#SRRadarLoop of a tornado near Amory MS earlier. Note the several occlusion attempts and internal momentum surges.

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@LoopsSr

1 year

#SRRadarLoop of a strong to violent tornado near Cole OK earlier. With a Vrot of 103 kts and a TDS of 20,000 ft ARL this has a potential of EF3-EF4+ with winds in the 160-180 mph range depending on NWS survey.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

It's back. May 3rd 1999 Bridge Creek/Moore F5 tornado. Winds here were well over 210 mph, also note the satellite tornado to the north. Data from DOW.

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@LoopsSr

17 days

Decent tornado on the ground via Kannon Kalton’s stream!

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@LoopsSr

1 year

Verification.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

Iowa State Fairgrounds Camera.

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@LoopsSr

1 year

Tornado on the ground in little rock via Brett Adair! @NWSLittleRock

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@LoopsSr

2 years

RaxPol data of the Dodge City tornadoes on May 24 2016. Can see the 1st tornado occluding with the new vortex developing to the west. Radar loop of this tomorrow.

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@LoopsSr

2 months

Undocumented tornado July 21 2009. Probably the most LP supercell ive ever seen video of. Link:

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@LoopsSr

1 year

The LFC is right at the LCL height based on the WoFs sounding. This means both ambient, and baroclinic vorticity gets stretch almost immediately near (or at) ground level. Very high streamwiseness! Photo: @JTmediaOH

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@LoopsSr

11 months

More than likely violent tornado damage from Matador TX earlier. Significant ground scouring + heavy debarking of tornado resistant vegetation is not easy to do in Texas. Very high confidence that in a EF3+ rating per NWS rating. Photos: LSM/Val Castor

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@LoopsSr

1 year

#SRRadarLoop of the cyclical supercell in Tennessee. Note the "loop" the first tornado made before the second tornado that hit Covington TN. Both of these had violent potential

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@LoopsSr

2 years

1. On April 27th 2011 the most violent tornado outbreak in American history since April 3rd 1974 took place across the south, up into the mid atlantic. 216 tornadoes took place on that day, with several rated EF4 to EF5.

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@LoopsSr

17 days

multi vortex tornado now near Salem IA via Brett Adair

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@LoopsSr

21 days

Pretty sure this is one of the strongest couplets ever off the coast of Hawaii earlier this morning.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

Extensive tree and ground scouring, as well as entire homes completely swept away in the Princeston and Dawson Springs area. Even some pavement scouring. High-res satellite data.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

#SRRadarloop of the 2016 Dodge City KS EF2 tornado on RaxPol. This tornado was more than likely violent, with winds at one point exceeding 120 m/s (270 mph). This tornado's forward speed ranged from around 30 mph to nearly stationary at times.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

RaxPol data from the Sulphur OK EF3 tornado in 2016. Such a huge circulation that was over a mile wide, and winds approaching or exceeding 200 mph.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

Tornado on the ground near Huntsville per ARMOR radar. Photo from @DualDoppler

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@LoopsSr

1 year

Today we remember the deadly Greensburg EF5 tornado #Otd 5/4/07. 11 people were killed in Greensburg, and 95% of the town was completely destroyed. Photo: Dan Robinson Please check out the paper by Robin Tanamachi (link below) on the UMASS Xpol dataset of this tornado.

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@LoopsSr

11 months

A few more photos from the HCTR and LSM in Matador Tx: #TxWx • Vehicles thrown some destroyed with no recognition • Near or complete debarking of Mesquite Trees (very tough trees) • Structures such as restaurants & homes leveled or completely swept bare

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@LoopsSr

1 year

The Cole Oklahoma EF3 tornado as seen by the terminal radar (TOKC). Note the LRE (eye) as the tornado became quasi-stationary SW of town. The new LLMC of the Etowah tornado can also be seen just west of Washington.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

Absolutely some of the best coverage of this thing. @WPSDLocal6 @trentokerson @NbergWX (among others) definitely saved lives.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

Likely strong to violent in TX, Vrot of nearly 90 kts

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@LoopsSr

11 months

#SRRadarLoop of the Jarrell TX F5 tornado and associated supercell that happened on this day in 1997. A complicated evolution involving multiple boundaries, extreme buoyancy, and cell mergers made this one of the most extreme tornadic events ever.

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@LoopsSr

1 year

#SRRadarLoop of an intense/cyclic supercell that produced a strong to potentially violent tornado in Nebraska. Note the several mergers/RFD occlusions during its life.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

Reed Timmer, PhD

@ReedTimmerUSA

2 years

Going through this 4K drone footage reveals complex vortex structure with multiple vortex breakdowns and quick formation of jet like vortices below reservoir of negative pressure perturbation. Sadly, immense damage was caused by this compact tornado

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@LoopsSr

8 months

24hr loop of Hurricane Lee’s rapid intensification process.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

Post pop exposure with NRI data from NOAA. The “gaps” are areas that didn’t have as much population or were rivers. This increases confidence that it may of been a single long tracked tornado.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

Cannot believe it’s been 9 years. RIP Tim, Paul, Carl and Richard.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

Short animation of the 2013 El Reno tornado from RaxPol. Note the "double ring" structure of the eye, and even a debris ejection as the RFD surged and caused the tornado to quickly deviate to the north.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

The entire 2013 El Reno supercell seen from the RaxPol. Note the huge mesocyclone, the tornado-cyclone and the tornado it’s self. Also several satellite circulations.

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@LoopsSr

1 year

One of the largest/most intense debris fall outs ive seen in a long time.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

3 tornadoes from 1 supercell from the Dodge City tornado outbreak 5/24/16. This is data from RaxPol. The furthest West one was anticyclonic, and the "eye" of both the anticyclonic tornado and main tornado can be seen.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

A look at the May 9th 2016 Sulphur Oklahoma EF3 tornado from RaxPol, and visually. Screenshot from KWTV in OKC.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

Likely one of the strongest Vrots on WSR-88D at the time of the slabbed home. The red dot is where the house was located near Bremen. 132 kt Vrot with a 264 kt D/V (303 mph). NWS will determine if this is EF5 damage in the coming days.

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@LoopsSr

3 years

Rare image of the Apison TN high-end EF4 tornado from April 27 2011

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@LoopsSr

2 years

#SRRadarloop of the 2009 Goshen County Wy tornado from DOW5. Notice the "double ring" structure. Peak winds were 60-70 m/s (140-160 mph) at the lowest elevation tilt.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

#SRRadarLoop of #Hinnamnor although it's officially 135 kts (155 mph) the winds on radar a few thousand feet up are 165+ mph.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

#SRRadarloop of the May 9th 2016 Sulphur Ok EF3 tornado from Raxpol. This is the 2.0° tilt because it's the least messy. However, the 0.0° tilt showed a max velocity of 105 m/s (236 mph) meaning that this tornado was likely stronger than rated. @MikeMorganKFOR

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@LoopsSr

2 years

The 2012 West Liberty Kentucky tornado as it developed in Menifee County. Terrain influences enhanced the tornado’s genesis and intensification.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

2011 Joplin EF5 simulated by WRF.

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@LoopsSr

9 months

Multiple vortex mesocyclone (MVMC) on going with the tornadic supercell in IL!

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@LoopsSr

1 year

The tornado that hit the town of Covington TN had a vrot of 87 kts and a TDS height of around 22,000ft. This suggest it may of been in the EF4 range with winds of around 170 mph. NWS Survey will have the final say.

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@LoopsSr

1 year

Live reaction of @ReedTimmerAccu intercept earlier.

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@LoopsSr

1 year

The long tracked tornado in AL looked similar to the Henryville IN EF4 & the West Liberty Ky EF3 both 3/2/12. I assume relatively high Td’s + high shear produce very sculpted tornadoes.

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@LoopsSr

1 year

VAD Hodographs from 3 extremely violent tornadoes from April 27th 2011. 1.) Philidelphia MS EF5 2.) Hackleburg AL EF5 3.) Tuscaloosa AL EF4

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@LoopsSr

11 months

#SRRadarLoop of a damaging tornado near Bancroft GA earlier. With a TDS height of 18,000ft and Vrot of 70kts supports an EF3+ tornado. NWS will survey and determine the rating.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

Short radar animation of the June 5th 2009 Goshen Co WY tornado. Peak winds here were in the 150-160 mph range. Note the double ring structure!

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@LoopsSr

2 years

First 2 photos are ground scours from the 2011 Philadelphia MS EF5 tornado. Last 2 are from the Mayfield Ky EF4 from Dec 10th 2021. Photos from NWS Jackson MS and @brianemfinger

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@LoopsSr

1 year

Cracked.

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@LoopsSr

1 month

The Rolling Fork supercell about 3 min prior to producing the tornado as seen from the mobile C-Band radar during perils. A lot going on: internal surges, cell mergers, extreme LLMC intensity. It would not surprise me if updraft winds just a few m AGL exceeded 90 m/s!

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@LoopsSr

1 year

#SRRadarLoop of this monster HP supercell in central Texas. Note the vortex hole!

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@LoopsSr

1 year

The December 10 2021 WKY EF4 Tornado:

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@LoopsSr

1 year

The tornado that just hit Hosford FL had a TDS of around 14,000ft ARL and a Vrot of 62kts. This puts it within the EF2 to perhaps low EF3 range per NWS survey.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

There was a long tracked (likely strong) tornado right in the middle of the 15% tornado risk today. Im not sure how this is a “bust”.

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@LoopsSr

2 months

#SRRadarLoop of an intense tornado earlier near Volland KS. This was likely a multi-vortex mesocyclone, given how wide the couplet was on radar. Terrain may of played a role as well.

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@LoopsSr

1 year

Rochelle - Fairdale IL tornado April 9th 2015. This extreme violent tornado was rated high end EF4 with winds of ~200 mph, and was likely one of the strongest tornadoes within the last decade.

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@LoopsSr

1 year

Full #SRRadarLoop of last nights long tracked supercell and tornadoes. Prime examples here of Non-occluding mesocyclone genesis, and upscale growth into an intense MCV. Perhaps 3 separate long tracked strong-violent tornadoes from this.

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@LoopsSr

1 year

Tiled imagery from the Rolling Fork EF4 from WaldoAirPublisher. 1.) Highly convergent flow as seen from the treefall vectors. 2.) A lot of older homes destroyed next to ones still standing 3.) Horrific damage to mobile homes

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@LoopsSr

2 years

The NAM has probably the most classic southern plains hodograph I’ve ever seen for Friday. Like literally textbook.

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@LoopsSr

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#SRRadarloop of the QLCS tornado earlier in MI. With a nearly 70 kt Vrot and TDS height of over 20,000ft this puts it in the EF3+ range per survey.

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@LoopsSr

2 months

#SRRadarLoop of the Rolling Fork MS EF4 tornado as seen from the COW radar during PerILs 2023. Note the cell merger & RFD surge. This likely lead to the rapid intensification of the LLMC and rapid tornadogenesis.

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@LoopsSr

1 year

Vortex hole associated with the storm near Mayersville MS as seen by COW1. Tornado likely developing now

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@LoopsSr

1 year

The tornado that struck Selma may be at least high-end EF3 based on a vrot of ~75 kts and a TDS height of around 20,000 ft. Nws will have the final say. I certainly expect extensive damage unfortunately.

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@LoopsSr

1 year

The tornado that just went through southern Magoffin County Ky had a TDS height of about 10,000 ft and a vrot of around 43 kts. This puts it potentially in the EF1 to low EF2 range based on analogs. NWS Jackson will have the final say during the survey.

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@LoopsSr

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#SRRadarLoop of yesterday's Matador TX tornadic supercell. Large amounts of sfc vorticity + extreme buoyancy (4000+ j/kg MLCAPE) in addition to a highly streamwise profile lead to even the pre-tornadic cell mergers to acquire strong LLMCs before merging into a giga-supercell

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@LoopsSr

2 months

Extreme damage photos of the 1974 Xenia tornado.

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2 years

Amazing video from the May 20th 2013 Moore EF5 tornado as it was hitting Highland East. Watch until the end. Video credits: MuzikLightzMore

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1 year

Wow

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2 years

DOW 7 data of the Goshen CO WY tornado from 2009. Will post a loop very shortly.

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1 year

Some of the more extreme damage feats from the Rolling Fork EF4 tornado. Extensive granulation of debris, in addition to severe tree debarking. Perhaps most incredibly a power pole snapped about 6ft above ground a caked with loose top soil. All photos from NWS Jackson MS

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@LoopsSr

1 year

Tuesday has “high end” potential. The synoptics really remind me of 5/4/03.

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@LoopsSr

2 years

SR Hodographs/CAPE from the April 3 1974 outbreak. Note how the various hodo shapes resulted in different natures of the supercells (cyclical vs steady state).

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1 year

18z obs sounding from Dallas... wow

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RaxPol data of the large EF3 tornado on May 9th 2016 near Sulphur Oklahoma. Note the double eye structure of the tornado and the mesocyclone surrounding it. A radar loop of this will be posted soon. Incredible data set.

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Classic example of “wind channeling” from the tornado earlier today on the KY/IN border. Terrain absolutely can increase the tornado’s intensity. #Kywx #Inwx Photo: WLKY

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