EF5 Tornado levels Greensburg Kansas.

Category 5 · #161 Postby **Category 5** » Sat May 05, 2007 2:30 am

simplykristi wrote:Partial collapse of the hospital in Greensburg.

Not good at all

#162 Postby **simplykristi** » Sat May 05, 2007 2:34 am

One fatality in Greensburg.

CajunMama · #163 Postby **CajunMama** » Sat May 05, 2007 2:34 am

join us in s2k chat...we're talking about this horrific weather event.

Category 5 · #164 Postby **Category 5** » Sat May 05, 2007 2:43 am

CajunMama wrote:join us in s2k chat...we're talking about this horrific weather event.

I'd love to but can't get in

Category 5 · #165 Postby **Category 5** » Sat May 05, 2007 2:43 am

Great News. Rotation has weakened, the cell has weakened, the warnings are expired and changed to Severe Thunderstorm Warnings.... for now.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
242 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

KSC053-159-050752-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070505T0745Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-RICE KS-
242 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RICE AND SOUTHWESTERN
ELLSWORTH COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 241 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3838 9848 3837 9834 3871 9821 3868 9847

$$

KLEINSASSER

Category 5 · #166 Postby **Category 5** » Sat May 05, 2007 2:50 am

If the Greensburg tornado lasted this whole time (Which it might have), it would be around 6 hours on the ground. For prespective, the Tri State Tornado was on the ground for 3 and a half hours.

With that, I'm signing off and heading to bed finally. Praying that the damage isn't as bad as feared.

I made a small album of this storms life. Starting when it was baring down on Greensburg, and ending a few minutes ago when the tornado warnings were dropped.
http://s177.photobucket.com/albums/w237 ... 20tornado/

CajunMama · #167 Postby **CajunMama** » Sat May 05, 2007 3:10 am

Here's a video from what i'm to understand from one of the replies that this is a tornado from the same storm.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNL7ASvl4k4[/youtube]

Cyclenall · #168 Postby **Cyclenall** » Sat May 05, 2007 3:41 am

My jaw was basically down on the floor when I saw that image of the tornado. This is just wild. I too wonder what dawn is going to reveal... :eek:

KatDaddy · #169 Postby **KatDaddy** » Sat May 05, 2007 7:25 am

Just finished reading through the thread. It was a long and dangerous night for Kansas. Amazing supercell that just did not quit.
I expect we will see much damage from the tornadoes. The SPC has 24 tornadoes occurred in Kansas. It looks like most of those came from the same supercell.

Tornado wallops Kansas town; 1 killed
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070505/ap_ ... re_weather

Weatherfreak14 · #170 Postby **Weatherfreak14** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:41 am

I took this pic about 5min before it hit Greensburg and around the time the report of the twister was a mile wide. This was truely unbelible to track almost all night long.

#171 Postby **CrazyC83** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:45 am

I fell asleep around 1 am EDT/midnight CDT. Wow that supercell was like the Energizer bunny - it kept going...and going...and going. That is incredible destruction in Greensburg. It is amazing only one person is dead in that mess.

snoopj · #172 Postby **snoopj** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:52 am

Couple of images I took with GR2A:

NROT value just south of Greensburg (at the time of this it was at +3.61....much higher than that Enterprise, AL storm and the Linn County, KS storm earlier in the year):

This is a 3D slice of the rotation in the storm to give an idea of the column that was rotating (this doesn't mean that this is what the tornado looked like....this just means there was a HUGE field of ritation all the way from 35,000 feet to near the surface):

--snoopj

#173 Postby **simplykristi** » Sat May 05, 2007 9:03 am

OMG The devastation is unreal in Greensburg. OMG

Kristi... who just woke up after a long night of tracking the storm

#174 Postby **CrazyC83** » Sat May 05, 2007 9:05 am

simplykristi wrote:OMG The devastation is unreal in Greensburg. OMG

Kristi... who just woke up after a long night of tracking the storm

I'm hearing the sirens ran for 20 minutes before it hit there. That saved dozens, possibly hundreds, of lives. There is no way you can survive that unprepared...

#175 Postby **simplykristi** » Sat May 05, 2007 9:10 am

Four people have died with 63 people injured, according to CNN.

I can't say enough about advanced warning!

Kristi

tropicana · #176 Postby **tropicana** » Sat May 05, 2007 9:10 am

4 fatalities now being reported according to CNN with last night's storms.

#177 Postby **simplykristi** » Sat May 05, 2007 9:34 am

Seven fatalities now, according to CNN.

#178 Postby **vbhoutex** » Sat May 05, 2007 10:24 am

Not good. One fatality is in Stafford County. I looked at the radars from Category 5 and the tornado that went through Stafford county may have gone right over the farm. That means we may have lost the wheat crop, which of course is no consequence when we are talking people dying. We have no family there anymore, just the leased farm. I would be freaking out if we had family still in the area. My wife has fond memories of going there during the summers to visit the GP's(long gone).

#179 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Sat May 05, 2007 11:17 am

I just woke up a few hours ago and just finished reading the thread. I'm glad I went to bed when I did I would have been up for ever. Was that one tornado or was it multiple? Any official rating yet?

Category 5 · #180 Postby **Category 5** » Sat May 05, 2007 11:18 am

There were several tornadoes. Whether the Greenburg tornado was on the ground the whole time I don't know but wouldn't be suprised. I'd expect this to be at least an EF4

Heres a pic from Greenburg.

EF5 Tornado levels Greensburg Kansas.

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