Just got the tornado warning notice..

[Mad_Hatter]

Originally Posted by bbhero

Now... That is legit...

90% plus of tornadoes in the US track from a southwest to northeast direction...

That's what this one was doing. There had been storm's all day so I was already looking at the local news stations Doppler radar, it's perched atop a mountain in the local foothills. All the T-clouds were coming in just like you said and tracking east, n. east so even though this funnel cloud was spotted relatively close to me I was pretty confident it wouldn't be an issue because where I was at was generally south and east. But as you mentioned you can't just ignore it because these things can and do change their track occasionally... you just can't take for granted that it's gonna "miss" ya.

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Originally Posted by MolaKule
When you report this and this, Warnings seem to go out quickly:

Pic 1 75 Yards from rotating Wall Cloud

Pic 2 Tornado Touchdown 1.5 miles away


You see...now that's entirely too close. You can bet had I looked outside my window and saw that (rather than getting a general "alert" from the NWS) my reaction/response would have been markedly different!

Fortunately from what I've read most of the tornadoes produced in this area are the lower F1 types (86~120mph winds), still capable of damaging stick built buildings and roofs.. although there have been the occasional F2/F3 but no monster F4/5's like you see in the Midwest.

Lol...as I write this there's thunder off in the distance....

 

[Pew]

Originally Posted by Mad_Hatter
Fortunately from what I've read most of the tornadoes produced in this area are the lower F1 types (86~120mph winds), still capable of damaging stick built buildings and roofs.. although there have been the occasional F2/F3 but no monster F4/5's like you see in the Midwest.


I love reading and watching about about extreme weather like the super tornado outbreak in 2011. Shoot, we had a tornado touch down here in IL last December. That's way out of schedule.

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Originally Posted by Pew
Originally Posted by Mad_Hatter
Fortunately from what I've read most of the tornadoes produced in this area are the lower F1 types (86~120mph winds), still capable of damaging stick built buildings and roofs.. although there have been the occasional F2/F3 but no monster F4/5's like you see in the Midwest.


I love reading and watching about about extreme weather like the super tornado outbreak in 2011. Shoot, we had a tornado touch down here in IL last December. That's way out of schedule.

Ditto..but as long as it's nowhere near me ...

December tornado does sound unusual.. what was the weather like that day?.. crazy I suspect? (cool to rapid warming aloft?)

 

[Pew]

Originally Posted by Mad_Hatter
December tornado does sound unusual.. what was the weather like that day?.. crazy I suspect? (cool to rapid warming aloft?)


Colder than average. Also had a just swing of temperatures from -30 to +30-40 in a 24-hour period. We've had more snow than previous years since 2014 but still not as much as when I was younger (towns and counties were running out of salt in winter of 2013-14 and started to revert to sand.)

 

[MolaKule]

Originally Posted by Mad_Hatter
Originally Posted by MolaKule
When you report this and this, Warnings seem to go out quickly:

Pic 1 75 Yards from rotating Wall Cloud

Pic 2 Tornado Touchdown 1.5 miles away


You see...now that's entirely too close. You can bet had I looked outside my window and saw that (rather than getting a general "alert" from the NWS) my reaction/response would have been markedly different!...


Not if you are a trained spotter!

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Originally Posted by MolaKule
Originally Posted by Mad_Hatter
Originally Posted by MolaKule
When you report this and this, Warnings seem to go out quickly:

Pic 1 75 Yards from rotating Wall Cloud

Pic 2 Tornado Touchdown 1.5 miles away


You see...now that's entirely too close. You can bet had I looked outside my window and saw that (rather than getting a general "alert" from the NWS) my reaction/response would have been markedly different!...


Not if you are a trained spotter!

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I'm not sure that's something I wanna be good at!...‚

 

[talest]

Originally Posted by bbhero
Originally Posted by Mad_Hatter
Friend on FB shared this from today's weather.. there were two warnings, hours apart, issued today in the greater Portland metro area and SW Washington.

Now... That is legit...

90% plus of tornadoes in the US track from a southwest to northeast direction...

However ... There are obviously outliers at times...

Like the El Reno tornado... That tornado caught experienced storm chasers off guard for this reason... It tracked northwest to southeast at first... It also greatly expanded at that same time. . And increased forward speed from 20 mph to near 60 mph forward speed. . Then it turned and went the traditional track and went from southwest to northeast...

Look at a video of a guy barely out running the El Reno tornado... He BARELY got out of the way in time.... Looking outside his right side window you can see the rain sheets and wind of the tornado chasing him. It is genuinely scary to see just how close that guy was overtaken by that big tornado.


Happy Birthday BBhero!