Posted on 03/15/2025 5:55:33 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
ST. LOUIS — At least six tornadoes may have touched down across the St. Louis region Friday evening, according to early radar data and damage reports. The National Weather Service (NWS) has not confirmed final tornado counts, which will follow ongoing storm surveys in the coming days.
Areas potentially impacted by tornado activity include Rolla, Union, Villa Ridge, Bridgeton/Florissant, Arnold, and O’Fallon/Lebanon, Illinois. Winds topping 70 mph and large hail contributed to widespread damage, with some reports pointing to both tornadoes and straight-line winds.
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Could be straight-line winds. Just as damaging.
Shades of the F5 that hit Joplin back in May of 2011.
A possible tornado is one where the radar showed data BUT … it will be confirmed when they examine the damage when it is daylight.
When we had the “Good Friday” tornado back in 2011 I watched the weatherman stating how there was a “debris field” on the Doppler radar. He was telling people to take cover. The emphasis wasn’t on TORNADO It was on debris field detection technology.
Tornados are VERY LOUD and have very high winds. How does one not know if they have been in a tornado ? I guess they are going to blame it on President Trump. Apparently they have no one at the NWS with a brain anymore.
Well, they allegedly touched down and allegedly caused alleged damage, according to unnamed sources.
It was even rougher to the south and southwest of St. Louis, in “SEMO”:
More t’storms are rolling back up into Western KY now. There have been a few severe t-storm warnings, with more expected in the region today, but, nothing like last night!
“southwest” as there were plenty of storms in south central MO too, but not as many fatalities, SFAIK.
So far as I can make out from the local news reports, 6 of the 7 fatalities in SEMO were at campgrounds, one was in a mobile home park. 2 people were in a camper that ended up in a river. :-(
Not quite. Straight line only hits from one direction. Well, d’uh. Twisters hit from all directions simultaneously and “twist”. That ruins most supports.
Plus, 70mph? That is no midwest tornado. I lived in all those areas up to my twenties. Twisters in that area start at 120 and go up.
… ,some say.
With the advent of doorbell cameras they should be able to identify the perps and press charges for the damage.
Nothing that strong, thanks heavens, but there sure were a lot of them...
BTTT
i hear that POSSIBLE tornadoes are the worst kind ...
It’s not named a “tornado” until the National Weather Service says it is a tornado.
Damage?
The tornadoes likely caused improvements.
Well I guess that settles that!
Fatalities now @ 11. Same link:
Prayers for all affected...
:-(
The one thing about straight line winds is that they can cover a larger area, and last longer. The 2009 “Super Derecho” that went through Kansas, Missouri, then through Southern IL, and then into Kentucky and Southern Indiana and beyond, laid down a huge swath of damage at up to 106 mph winds. It also featured a “bookend vortex” up to 40 miles diameter on its north end (where the 106 mph reading was taken). That functioned almost like a mini-hurricane: Those hit squarely got pounded by powerful winds from the south for several minutes, then from the north for several minutes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Super_Derecho#cite_note-lsxsummary-2
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/casepages/may82009page.htm#memphis
Tornadoes, of course, often have sub-vortices within the main funnel, so, that’s some real “fun”. Lift, too: The cross-section of one of the storms last night showed debris at 15,000 ft., and SFAIK it was not over a strong F3.
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