Tornado Forensics
@ForensicsJack
Analysing tornadoes and searching for new tornado media. Undergraduate student studying Meteorology at the University of Reading.
On June 16th I arrived in the US for my first ever chasecation, and with me I brought a VHS camcorder to document my time in a memorable way. My expectations were low but my hopes were high; I never thought I'd experience anything as crazy as this: youtu.be/Q9-NEIIqHu8
A chronological timeline showing all media (as far as I am aware) of the 2011 Smithville EF5 and New Wren EF3 storm from Houston, Mississippi to Hodges, Alabama. The first image was taken at 3:04pm and the last image was taken at around 4:19pm.
Unbelievable sprites occurring over the powerful MCS in Oklahoma last night. I’m still at a loss for words after this one. #okwx
Unedited and edited photos showing the 2011 EF5 just west and also within the the town of Hackleburg, with and without trees/foliage. Photos are stills from this video by Keith Banks: (youtube.com/watch?v=eyu3pp…)
Twelve years ago tomorrow, a devastating tornado outbreak occurred focused in the Deep South. Join the podcast guys as they interview the MIC at NWS Columbia who will recount his experience surveying the EF5 Smithville, #MSWx tornado when he was the @NWSMemphis WCM. (1/2)
This is the environment that spawned the Hackleburg and Smithville EF5s: High streamwise vorticity from 1-3km, 0-3km lapse rates near 7C/km, 0-3km SRH breaching 900ms2s-2 and 2000+ J/kg of CAPE, all aided by a low-level thermally direct circulation created by a thermal boundary.
