snowlover2 Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Tornado warning SW of St. Louis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceresistance Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 Just now, snowlover2 said: Tornado warning SW of St. Louis. Another one possibly into St. Louis, that thing is MEAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceresistance Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 POWERFLASH IN WESTERN ST. LOUIS PER MODOT CAMERA!MoDOT Traveler Information Map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceresistance Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 Nasty Supercell coming into St. Louis, hook is wrapping up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceresistance Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 6 minutes ago, Iceresistance said: Nasty Supercell coming into St. Louis, hook is wrapping up. Now tornado warned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 10 minutes ago, Iceresistance said: Nasty Supercell coming into St. Louis, hook is wrapping up. Confirmed now . Quote Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service St Louis MO 631 PM CDT Sat Apr 15 2023 ILC163-MOC189-510-160000- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-230416T0000Z/ St. Clair IL-St. Louis City MO-St. Louis MO- 631 PM CDT Sat Apr 15 2023 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL ST. CLAIR AND CENTRAL ST. LOUIS COUNTIES AND SOUTHWESTERN ST. LOUIS CITY... At 630 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Sunset Hills, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado. One circulation is evident near Kirkwood, Missouri and another is evident near Sunset Hills, Missouri. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. This tornado will be near... St. Louis, Webster Groves, Crestwood, Sunset Hills, Shrewsbury, Glendale, Lakeshire, Oakland, Affton, and Mehlville around 635 PM CDT. East Carondelet around 640 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include Cahokia, Dupo and Columbia. This includes Interstate 44 in Missouri between exits 276 and 277. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceresistance Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 Just now, snowlover2 said: Confirmed now . Are you watching the MODOT Cameras? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceresistance Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 Has anyone noticed the Supercell near Ringgold, LA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 12 minutes ago, Iceresistance said: Has anyone noticed the Supercell near Ringgold, LA? Confirmed tornado on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 (edited) Heavy storms in St. Louis produced wind gusts over 60mph, various small hail and large hail. One confirmed tornado warning was at New Athens IL recently, and several non-confirmed tornado warnings are happening right now. One confirmed tornado warning at Kirkwood MO (was the New Athens IL warning a continuation of this confirmed tornado warning?) Kirkwood or east Valley Park MO (not sure if damage is indicated here) Valley Park, MO Hecker IL Edited April 16, 2023 by Chinook 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortySixAnd32 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 My God this exploded!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Confirmed tornado north of Nashville IL. Quote Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service St Louis MO 741 PM CDT Sat Apr 15 2023 ILC027-189-160100- /O.COR.KLSX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-230416T0100Z/ Clinton IL-Washington IL- 741 PM CDT Sat Apr 15 2023 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CLINTON AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... At 741 PM CDT, tornado producing storms were located along a line extending from near Jamestown to near Nashville, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Emergency management confirmed tornado north of Nashville, IL. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. These tornadic storms will remain over mainly rural areas of Clinton and eastern Washington Counties, including the following locations: Bartelso...Radom...Huey...Huegely...Hoffman...Posen...New Minden... Hoyleton...Covington and Richview. This also includes Carlyle Lake Recreational Area. This includes Interstate 64 in Illinois between exits 50 and 61. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Storms in eastern Missouri really did a lot considering they were outrunning the higher shear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I've always found it fascinating that you can track the gust with the radar clutter (fine line, where the radar picks up bugs and birds, I believe). Here is the gust approaching Memphis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Central Illinois Posted April 16, 2023 Moderators Share Posted April 16, 2023 quite the lightning show here last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Here is a real picture from the end of a storm chase... handing over $10000 to fix hail damage. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted April 17, 2023 Meteorologist Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) Nickel and diming into the severe season here. Right on the edge of a marginal today. Another day of virga/strong gusts with thundershowers. At least we're starting to see moisture on the upward trend, even if it's mid-level, compared to the past several months. Pretty unimportant in this case, it's nice to live in a place that actually has good wind shear even on the most unimpressive upper-level patterns. We did have a sub-severe supercell on Easter where we had only 25-30 kts effective shear. Ohio could never. Edited April 17, 2023 by ClicheVortex2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted April 17, 2023 Meteorologist Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) Pretty cool thing today. Amarillo needed backup from Tulsa today, and it turned out that one of their forecasters on shift is from this area, so she got to forecast for her home. I'm sure seeing this forecast gave her some fond memories of winds and very low RH. National Weather Service Amarillo TX Issued by National Weather Service Tulsa OK 259 PM CDT Mon Apr 17 2023 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Tuesday night) Issued at 220 PM CDT Mon Apr 17 2023 A warm, breezy and dry afternoon is in progress across the panhandles, leading to Elevated fire weather conditions in most locations. A slight increase in low level moisture has occurred today, largely across the southeastern half of the Texas Panhandle, which should continue into the overnight as a low level jet increases. This may fuel a few high based thunderstorms late afternoon into the evening, although it will not be enough to lead to much in the way of rainfall. Lightning from any thunderstorms could result in fire starts, which would be less than favorable considering the low relative humidities and breezy conditions. The strongest storms could be briefly severe with damaging winds being the primary concern given the forecast soundings and dry surface conditions. Fire weather will be another concern tomorrow, focused across the western two-thirds of the forecast area on the backside of the dryline. The existing Fire Weather Watch has been upgraded to a Red Flag Warning from noon through 9 pm. Ahead of the dryline, isolated thunderstorms will again be possible during the afternoon, extending into the evening, some of which may again be strong to severe. && .LONG TERM... (Wednesday through next Sunday) Issued at 220 PM CDT Mon Apr 17 2023 Fire weather concerns will extend into Wednesday, and a Fire Weather Watch will be issued from noon to 9 pm for the western two-thirds of the panhandles. The watch may need to be expanded eastward on later shifts given the forecast dryline position on Wednesday morning in the eastern panhandles and its expected eastward progress during the afternoon. Minimum humidities should fall into the single digits areawide with strong southwesterly winds. Much colder conditions will arrive for the end of the week, as a strong cold front will push southward Wednesday night into Thursday in association with a large upper level trough moving into the Plains. This could set the stage for a rain/snow mix across western portions of the Oklahoma Panhandle and the northwestern portions of the Texas Panhandle early Friday as a disturbance and associated cold front crosses through the region. Despite favorable forecast soundings and NBM precipitation type probabilities during that time, have gone conservatively with the rain/snow mention rather than just snow by itself considering the time range and the time of year. The colder weather will linger into the early part of the weekend, with southerly winds and an associated warmup slated for Sunday into early next week as surface high pressure slides to the east. On a personal note, it has been a pleasure for this 1998 Perryton High School graduate to finally get to check "forecasting for home" off her career bucket list. Edited April 17, 2023 by ClicheVortex2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted April 17, 2023 Meteorologist Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) These dry thunderstorms are something else. You can only shake your head and laugh. Radar: 45 mph gust observed at KAMA Edited April 18, 2023 by ClicheVortex2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Sentinel Posted April 18, 2023 Admin Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 hour ago, ClicheVortex2014 said: These dry thunderstorms are something else. You can only shake your head and laugh. Radar: 45 mph gust observed at KAMA Explain how dry thunderstorms work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteorologist ClicheVortex2014 Posted April 18, 2023 Meteorologist Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Uscg Ast said: Explain how dry thunderstorms work? It's just when you have a thunderstorm but the air below it is so dry that it entirely evaporates the rain associated with the storm. These storms can produce strong winds (dry microburst), but the other hazard is fire starts. Definitely not something anyone east of the Plains experiences. I'm getting a quick crash course with it myself. Last Thursday we had 3 >58 mph wind reports come from dry thunderstorms. I don't think any of them came from reflectivity greater than 35 dbz. Tonights 00z sounding here gives you an idea of what you need for a dry thunderstorm. Sampled 500 sbcape with dry enough low-levels. Very little to no rain would get to the surface in this environment, but an updraft would produce lightning. Given the intensity of the rain to the southeast, I wouldn't be surprised if they received a few hundredths of an inch with their lightning. Edited April 18, 2023 by ClicheVortex2014 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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