EF ratings are the scientific embodiment of the “if a tree falls in the woods and no one was there to hear it - did it make a sound?”

Found some softball size hail east of Healy, KS! #wxtwitter

Andrew Pritchard I always wonder why photogrammetry isn't used more. If camera position is known, it should be reliable.

Hollister rated EF1. 5 mile, 1200 yard wide path. OtG 33 mins. #okwx

Source: Jared Trupp

NWS Goodland Funnel cloud NW of Utica, KS at 18:56 CDT

🌪️‼️ Tornado Warning including Gove County, KS until 7:30 PM CDT #KSwx

📸 Brandon Copic | cyclonePORT

Not a bad way to start my first chase of 2024. West of Clarendon, TX #txwx

NWS Amarillo possible funnel, can't discern rotation looking west from FM-1260 1.2mi north of US-287 northeast of Clarendon

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Incredible view of last night's persistent severe thunderstorms over Southwest Oklahoma provided by GOES-East 30-second Visible Imagery. This animation is 2 hours long (240 frames) #okwx

Imagine if this happened over Dallas, Oklahoma City or Kansas City? It will happen one day and we have to stop wasting time screaming at each other and move the science forward, even if you’re just a storm spotter. We can make a difference.

Tipton- Elmer 2015 🤝 Hollister-Frederick 2024

Sources: @eMDe_Photo, Jared Trupp, NWS

Still cannot believe what happened in southern Oklahoma last night.

We likely experienced one of the most powerful tornadoes ever.

It wasn’t really expected, which makes it even more intriguing.

This storm showcased tornadic characteristics nearly 18,000 feet into the upper…

What if we tried not to hit a town when we have a tornado?

WEDGE TORNADO NEAR HOLLISTER, OK #okwx

222mph gate to gate on velocity. Pinhole eye on reflectivity. Massive debris ball on CC. +insane deviant motion… Right when I thought Nebraska would take the best radar loop. This will be in textbooks. Hopefully nothing got hit in the countryside. #okwx #wxtwitter

One thing I'll never ignore again is the dual-meso supercell

With sufficient mid-level shear and airmass recovery behind the RFD, occluded mesos can mature into full supercells, which can ultimately merge with the initial supercell. Both of these produced significant tornadoes.

The Loveland, OK storm in full beast-mode having its way in southern Oklahoma last night.

View is from the south looking north from across the Red River.

#okwx #txwx

An incredible Radar Loop of the evolution of a tornadic supercell that displayed some of the wildest but coolest behaviors I've ever seen. From two RFD surges that resulted in a likely violent tornado, to a long-lived, intense anticyclonic tornado, both near Loveland, OK.

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Incredible:
-Initial RFD surge occurs, tornado develops
-Second RFD surge occurs, tornado rapidly intensifies
-Occlusion occurs, stalls then moves NW-W
-Two anticyclonic circulations develop, Fujiwara's into a single anticyclonic tornado
-Intense anticyclonic tornado occurs

Pictures of the giant wedge tornado earlier tonight by Hollister, Oklahoma, Absolutely incredible chase.

#okwx NWS Norman