2013 Tornado Season

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Terrible terrible news. Gutted. RIP.

Simon Gruber Says

The spotter network's tribute to Tim, Paul and Carl http://www.spotternetwork.org/google.php

expectationlost

just heard about this, his storyline drama from storm chasers was the overly careful guy, that's why im so surprised to hear him and his team got hit

he wasn't some glory hunter he was serious about it

here's a good piece on his attempt to capture lightning on an old military camera http://abcnews.go.com/US/storm-chasers-tim-samaras-paul-samaras-carl-young/story?id=19308572#.UaudA9hCmH8

Penname

Iancar29 wrote: »

He really was , him and Carl both , they were very welcoming people when we met them one evening after a meal .

Lovely for you to have that pic with them. Such a huge loss and by all accounts, one of the most careful and considered chasers, as well as experienced. Rip, Tim, Paul and Carl.

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https://twitter.com/StormCoker/status/341296499222802433/photo/1

Super-Rush

Jesus.

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https://twitter.com/stormchaser4850/status/341317231730364416/photo/1

http://i.imgur.com/W40fTEx.jpg


Tragic. They never had a chance.

expectationlost

so this wasn't their truck they were in but a Chevy Cobalt

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Tim was found in the vehicle, the other two were ripped from it. One of them was found half a mile away.

sunbabe08

as a avid follower of the discovery channel tornado documentaries, i was shocked to hear about Tim Samaras and Carl Young, because between the 3 chasers, they usually the safest of the bunch. R.I.P:(

hotwhiskey

El Reno tornado was upgraded to EF-5.

https://twitter.com/reedtimmerTVN/status/341966856191606786/photo/1

was just watching a video about the update, 2.6 miles wide !!! :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=01KlBpMMtdM

Iancar29

At least we can say that it took the strongest and widest tornado to take 3 veteran chasers.

Watch in 1080p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPYVzhSEgAI

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It went from one mile wide to 2.6 miles wide in 30 seconds, making it the widest tornado in history. That's 281.6 feet per second!

No wonder they were caught out, especially considering the traffic jams.

IvySlayer

Amazing photo of a storm

weisses

Would it be safe to say the El Reno Tornado was "the Devils fist" instead of "the finger of God" ?

What a beast !!

weisses

141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »

Neither. People tend to get carried away.

They sure where with 475 km/h winds

hotwhiskey

weisses wrote: »

They sure where with 475 km/h winds

That comment is not appropriate with en-light of resent events over they last number of days.

stooge

The original comment from 141_Oscar_Mike was a bit bitchey and troll-like to be fair, so I can understand Weisses reply.

I think there was good reason to think of this as a 'beast' due to the sheer width of it and the rapid increase in size as well as a sudden change of direction. Add to all that, the fact that a well known chasing team was wiped out and its safe to say no-one is overstating the impact.

weisses

141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »

Was'nt trolling. Just hate hearing a natural disaster being called an act of god. Maybe i took it up wrong but i was'nt bitching or trolling just to clarify.

Finger of god was used in the movie Twister ... I assumed people would get my point specially in the Tornado season thread

weisses

141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »

Either way, I was'nt trying to troll.

That makes that post even more ridiculous imo

stooge

141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »

I fail to see how my comment was in any way bitchy or troll like.



My post was not the problem. Lets end it there.

Wow :rolleyes:

Didnt mean to start an argument!

I get your point now and I'll admit I took it up wrong the first time. Apologies. Nevertheless I still feel it was a tad uncalled for.

back on topic.... decent programme on tonight on Channel 4 looking at the Moore tornado. Some good video footage.

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Getting back on topic, their memorial service is online. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/memorial-service-thursday-for-stormchasers-tim-samaras-paul-samaras-killed-in-el-reno-tornado

video captures tornado hitting restaurant in Tampa, during TS Andrea


http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22531640/2013/06/07/surveillance-video-shows-gulfport-tornado-hitting-restaurant

Pa ElGrande

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii7pumqR1kY

Also in HD http://vimeo.com/67995158#

A supercell near Booker, Texas

Simon Gruber Says

High Risk issued for today



Valid 121630z - 131200z


..there is a high risk of severe thunderstorms from extreme eastern Iowa
across northern Illinois/Indiana and extreme southwest lower
Michigan and Northwest Ohio...


..there is a MDT risk of severe thunderstorms surrounding the high risk area
from eastern Iowa to western Ohio...


..there is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms surrounding the MDT risk area
from the Central Plains/Midwest to East Coast and parts of the southern
Appalachians...


..there is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms over much of Montana and a part of
northestern Wyoming...


...
A significant severe weather outbreak appears increasingly likely
across portions of the upper Midwest/lower Great Lakes from this
afternoon through this evening. Intense storm development in a very
unstable airmass...coincident with a compact and intensifying
surface low should result in numerous damaging wind events as well
as scattered...possibly strong tornadoes.

M.T. Cranium

Watch this radar explode into action about 10:30 pm IST (six hour time difference, 4:30 pm CDT). At this point, as low pressure moves east from Iowa, the warm sector reaches the arc of convective cloud south and west of Chicago. Lake Michigan lake breezes will tend to hold this warm front in place then a fast-moving cold front will undercut the warm sector which currently has sunshine and high humidity (32/24 temp/dp typical) despite the current radar appearance which is ground clutter. Tornadic risk will be at its highest around Davenport IA, Peoria IL, Champaign-Urbana IL, Lafayette IN and through north central IN to western Ohio. Heavy rainfalls of 100-200 mm are possible north of the wave crest in southern WI, northern half of Chicago metro area, northern IN and southern MI. Discussions also mention 4" hail. My guess is that tornado intensity will max out around F2-3 but can't rule out F4.

http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=ilx&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no

This system will unfortunately be heading to eastern PA tomorrow and could result in a washout of the first round play at the U.S. Open golf event (possibly with some rounds partly complete).

maquiladora

PDS issued.

Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch 298

SantryRed

Chilling in Chicago now waiting for it to hit!! Few cans, be grand.... We hope :pac:

SantryRed

Seriously though lads, we're up north of the city, are we ok on the third floor and the Weather Channel are just bigging this event up?