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May 20/2013: Tornado levels homes, a school, in Oklahoma City suburb

DarkSky — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:44:01 GMT

Quote:

Shawnee, Oklahoma (CNN) -- [Breaking news update at 4:58 p.m. Monday]
Areas of metropolitan Oklahoma City appeared to be in shreds Monday afternoon after a massive tornado moved through the region. "The houses are destroyed. ... Completely leveled," a helicopter pilot for CNN affiliate KFOR said. A school was apparently among the structures leveled by the twister.

continue here: http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/20/us/sev...html?hpt=hp_t1

Severe tstorm watch

DarkSky — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:42:25 GMT

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640 

 WWCN11 CWTO 202054

 SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN

 ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

 AT 4:54 PM EDT MONDAY 20 MAY 2013.

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 WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO...



SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR:

 =NEW= WINDSOR - ESSEX - CHATHAM-KENT

 =NEW= SARNIA - LAMBTON

 =NEW= GODERICH - BLUEWATER - SOUTHERN HURON COUNTY

 =NEW= WINGHAM - BLYTH - NORTHERN HURON COUNTY

 =NEW= SAUGEEN SHORES - KINCARDINE - SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY.



      EVENING THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS.



      THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE

       THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS OR HEAVY

       RAINFALL..MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR UPDATED

       BULLETINS.



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 ==DISCUSSION==

 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER LOWER MICHIGAN WILL TRACK EASTWARD TO

 REACH AREAS NEAR LAKE HURON AND THE MICHIGAN BORDER AROUND 8:00  PM.



A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH WIND GUSTS TO

 90 KM/H, LARGE HAIL, AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.  FREQUENT CLOUD TO

 GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.



REFER TO YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC FORECAST FOR FURTHER DETAILS.



END/OSPC

May 18 2013 Western Kansas

obwan — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:47:46 GMT

Lots of activity today but mostly in open land. No injuries or fatalities. Great for chasing.

Powerful, photogenic tornado from extreme close range! Western Kansas, May 18, 2013 - YouTube

July 26/09 Funnel and an interesting merge.

Itchy — Sat, 11 May 2013 15:46:21 GMT

A huge super soaker of a thunderstorm was dying to my south. Was not much for looks but caused some flooding in Elgin County I think.

I started the chase to check out its front side and see how it looked. It was beginning to collapse sadly.

Lines of cumulous began forming and growing/organizing so I blasted North to catch up to hope they formed a storm.

The view as I drove

I finally saw a line beginning to organize in a way you could tell it would be the next storm. This was all just south of St. Mary's

Core now dropping on right side of this image, some nice rotation was present on the right side as well.

A new huge core began dumping to the left of this shot, a clear cut began to hack into the storm and cause a funnel. It was interesting how the clouds were stretching at the small storms midlevel from shear.

Good rotation here

Weak funnel that lasted about a minute

Rotating base looking nice as funnel shrinks and dies

A new core to the left of my photos began to collide with this cell, when it happened a rotating lowering formed and I was treated to a very odd merge I had never seen before. It gave me a brief glimpse of some very nice storm structure and an interesting lesson.

I relocated and by that time this thing begin to suck up moisture and rotate at a decent rate but not tornadic.

Really began to pick up in intensity briefly

Old cell to the right, new one to the left merging and rotation in between.

I began to take marble hail so I backed up, the base I was picturing before is the one in the far distance and low to the ground with a shelf cloud in the foreground running towards me. The base in the background was showing good rotation.

The flank following was rotating as well and almost on top of me.

The shelf was looking nice and the small area of rotation in the back was tightening up but was eventually drowned out by rain and died :(

later that day another cell skimmed London that looked nice.

May 10/13

obwan — Fri, 10 May 2013 21:01:25 GMT

Things look to be firing up after the sun came out this afternoon. Buffalo showing 5 severe storm warnings. Couple nice storms in line along the 401. A big storm near woodstock could be producing small hail another near missasauga.

Tornado and hail in Italy

DarkSky — Fri, 03 May 2013 19:39:05 GMT

http://www.youreporter.it/video_Trom...3_ore_17_00_ca

Greenage

DarkSky — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:40:35 GMT

Won't be long till everything is nice and green again! Probably by the weeks end!

April 25 Storms??

obwan — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:24:49 GMT

Both EC and NWS have issued a chance of storms for this afternoon and evening. The NWS has gone one step further and issued a hazaedous weather watch.

Quote:

NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-
CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
500 AM EDT THU APR 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED TO CROSS WESTERN NEW YORK LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. A FEW OF THESE MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

May 30, 2012 TX earth eater supercell

Laura Duchesne — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 08:01:38 GMT

On May 30, 2012, this supercell caused chaos on the TX panhandle, in the towns of Paducah and Guthrie. It featured excellent structure, baseball sized hail and hairy lightning. It also ingested so much dirt, hence I nicknamed it the "Earth Eater".

May 30, 2012 TX Earth Eater Supercell - YouTube

June 3, 2007 Odessa, TX time-lapse

Laura Duchesne — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:39:38 GMT

This was my first attempt at making a time-lapse video. Taken near Odessa, TX June 3, 2007 after witnessing a wide distant tornado.

June 3, 2007 Supercell Time-lapse near Odessa, Texas - YouTube