Dave Gallaher
EF5
A little after 4pm CDT today (6/1), a large cell that I'd been monitoring off and on from here in Huntsville arrived from south Tennessee. Though not severe warned at the time, the classic protocol played out in front of my porch: steady rain, then pea-sized hail gave way to pennies, which increased in intensity until nickels were bouncing off the street and vehicles.
As soon as the hail core (which was not showing on GRL3 at that time) passed, a very firm wind out of the southeast--60+mph estimated and directly opposed to outflow--thrashed and bent trees for about fifteen seconds. It then shifted back to general outflow direction (from the NW), but with nearly equal vigor for about 30 seconds before returning to the normal level.
When I came back indoors to check the GRL3, there it was--a nice TVS sitting close to my home, backed by SRV 2.4 degree tilt showing some notable shear. Interestingly, the .5 degree slice didn't show much near the surface, but it was here, perhaps lost in the 4-minute interval between updates. The TVS itself was listed as being at about 12Kft, but the circulation was visibly continuous to the ground. About two or three scans later, a nice yellow meso icon was in the same notch on the cell.
No gas, no miles, and no dramatic photos like those wonders I've been enjoying in the ST reports all month, but it was a nice delivery item.
As soon as the hail core (which was not showing on GRL3 at that time) passed, a very firm wind out of the southeast--60+mph estimated and directly opposed to outflow--thrashed and bent trees for about fifteen seconds. It then shifted back to general outflow direction (from the NW), but with nearly equal vigor for about 30 seconds before returning to the normal level.
When I came back indoors to check the GRL3, there it was--a nice TVS sitting close to my home, backed by SRV 2.4 degree tilt showing some notable shear. Interestingly, the .5 degree slice didn't show much near the surface, but it was here, perhaps lost in the 4-minute interval between updates. The TVS itself was listed as being at about 12Kft, but the circulation was visibly continuous to the ground. About two or three scans later, a nice yellow meso icon was in the same notch on the cell.
No gas, no miles, and no dramatic photos like those wonders I've been enjoying in the ST reports all month, but it was a nice delivery item.
