I think @DeadeyeChrista'sdad is from Winchester. Haven't seen him post today. Hope he's okay.I heard a report yesterday during Ryan Hall Y’all that the Taco Bell in Winchester was “leveled to the foundation” and that the adjacent Walmart also suffered damage. Anyone from around there? It also looks like the speedway would have been right in the path. Anyone have any more info from the Winchester area? I’ve checked correlation coefficient data and local storm reports, but the radar sites anren’t ideally located so the data is hard to interpret.
I think @DeadeyeChrista'sdad is from Winchester. Haven't seen him post today. Hope he's okay.
Glad you're okay!Thank you. I'm fine. So far I haven't found any damage at my place, but I leave for work before 5. Down the road about a mile to the west, the sheriff couldn't go to work until someone (presumably) drove in through the field and got him. Snapped power pole in his front yard, and wires in the highway (32) stretching halfway to Farmland. Heaven only knows what Winchester looks like.
The only one I ever saw in person was when I was a little kid, out in Oklahoma. I was 5 or less. I can still see them out, across that prairie—my dad was “storm chasing” before it was a thing.
I spent part of a summer in Kingfisher OK. Never saw a tornado, but I did see an awesome dust devil.The only one I ever saw in person was when I was a little kid, out in Oklahoma. I was 5 or less. I can still see them out, across that prairie—my dad was “storm chasing” before it was a thing.
Looks like they got tired and needed a nap. Like DoggyDaddy at 7pm.An old friend from dang near to W. Virginia posted this today. The first mailbox after the guardrail is mine. I SWEAR I didn't see that Friday morning.
I remember dad talking about Kingfisher but I don’t know if I’ve ever been there.I spent part of a summer in Kingfisher OK. Never saw a tornado, but I did see an awesome dust devil.
Pfft. Nap time is approximately noon, but no later than 2 p.m.. 7 p.m. is almost bedtime.Looks like they got tired and needed a nap. Like DoggyDaddy at 7pm.
As long as you are up for the day nowPfft. Nap time is approximately noon, but no later than 2 p.m.. 7 p.m. is almost bedtime.
Got up at 0310 this morning. Didn't want to, but the dog and cat had other ideas. Got my corned beef in the oven and made a stealth dumpster run to get rid of some yard cleanup debris already. There will be resleep (totally not a nap) after breakfast.As long as you are up for the day now
An old friend from dang near to W. Virginia posted this today. The first mailbox after the guardrail is mine. I SWEAR I didn't see that Friday morning.
I saw one up around Lafayette when I was a kid, I remember thinking that it looked exactly like the one on the Wizard of Oz, sky was the same color and everything.The only one I ever saw in person was when I was a little kid, out in Oklahoma. I was 5 or less. I can still see them out, across that prairie—my dad was “storm chasing” before it was a thing.
There were also some very odd ones....There were text book storms out in OK, NE, IA a few days ago...
I saw that. One account had radar specs showing that spin was something like 15,000 off the ground. Most are no where meat that, I guess.There were also some very odd ones.
Near Loveland, OK there was a HUGE anticyclonic(spins the wrong way) tornado. This type of tornado is usually small, weakish. But this thing was a monster and spun around a weakening cyclonic tornado like a satellite.
It was moving east and then swung around and moved southwest and disappeared.
It was part of this monster storm. Thing looked like a hurricane over land...
Following these storm chaser freaks and weather weenies who dissect radar on Twitter is a hell of a rabbit hole to go down.I saw that. One account had radar specs showing that spin was something like 15,000 off the ground. Most are no where meat that, I guess.
Luckily (it was reported) that thing was over sparsely populated country.