Radar Images Show Intense Storms
Here are some interesting radar shots from AccuWeather.com RadarPlus depicting the severe and tornadic weather in the High Risk area.
From this morning, a reflectivity (precipitation intensity) shot from Missouri at 8:13 AM CST, showing a single supercell thunderstorm with two tornadic signatures (indicated by the storms marked "D0" and "N2", with red triangles to their southwest).
You can see the classic "hook echo" formation in the storm (backwards from the illustration below).
Next, radar velocity shots from the same time. In the first image, wind away from the radar is indicated by blue to green, while wind in a direction towards the radar is yellow to red. The second is "Storm-Relative Velocity" which shows winds with respect to the storm, not the radar. Anytime you see blue next to red, this indicates rotation. In this case it shows up better on the "Storm-Relative Velocity" image.
Base Velocity Movie | Storm-Relative Velocity Movie
And more recently, a radar and lightning strike image showing tornadic supercell thunderstorms moving through Kansas City, Kansas and points northeastward at 2:35 PM CST. Three tornadic signatures are detected on the radar at the same time. I also saved off a velocity shot and movie from the same time.
Other radar movies from today:
showing movement of supercells between 6 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Central
from Topeka, Kansas showing supercells and lightning strikes between 12:38 and 1:21 PM CST.
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