I hope this thing just absolutely fucks Oklahoma City and Tulsa up with hail. Lets not have any fatalities today guys.
Pretty crazy little tidbit from watching the storms tonight: Tonight are the Oklahoma High School State Championship games and one of them is just northeast of Tulsa. Watching the radar I was surprised they were still playing. Met on the news updates and says they're now issuing a tornado warning for that area then the tv cuts over and shows the game is still going on and he was at a loss for words. He finally just said "wow, apparently they're still on the field" and then they finally suspended it.
Dan Skoff thinking this has EF4 potential, but that's solely on radar Dumb to speculate on that but gives you an idea of local dudes thoughts on this that was one of the Joplin guys
There were a couple local chasers on that and sounds like it could've been pretty nasty. Was also moving pretty slow, they kept saying in the 30-40 mph range earlier but that seems to have picked up slightly
I'm not at work and don't have the fancy radar at home yet, but you can kinda infer damage based upon height at which the debris is lofted plus the rotational velocity of the circulation
Dan can be a bit dramatic, but I've never heard him go out on a limb like that to speculate intensity. It'll weaken once it hits the Ark line like it always does though (that's reverse psychology folks) 70 mph gusts at front of storm. Circulation not weakening.
Debris looks to be at least up to 13k feet based upon limited vertical slices available in radarscope
Right now, rotational velocity is ~60 knots + debris to at least 13k feet would estimate ef2-3. Again, lots of caveats
Still a really nice radar signature on that thing too. Been on the ground for a while now, ~45 minutes since that first screenshot
Debris signature is waning a bit, as is the rotation aloft. Still very strong at the low-levels and is very dangerous. If the mid-level rotation continues to peter out, it won't be long before it's over. At least, unless it cycles
Part of me says that’s a monster, the other part thinks it was likely a much thinner tornado and that’s just a lowering seen from far away.