Severe Weather Threat - May 6, 2024

[TornadoFan]

Looks like new storms forming south of Clinton.

 

[Muwx]

Biggest threat right now appears to be flash flooding. The high risk verification might come down to the tail end Charlie headed for okc.

 

[Tanner]

Yikes, that Custer City cell is going nuts. Likely going to be a big problem here shortly.

 

[wx_guy]

Biggest threat right now appears to be flash flooding. The high risk verification might come down to the tail end Charlie headed for okc.

Just...don't...the high risk timeline was always after dark. It has yet to get in its prime.

 

[JPWX]

Storm near Marshall, Oklahoma has BTI of 9.1!

 

[TornadoFan]

Custer City storm is moving more to the east.

 

[Kds86z]

Just...don't...the high risk timeline was always after dark. It has yet to get in its prime.

Yup. Was thinking same. April 27 was quiet before hell let loose

 

[Clancy]

Yikes, that Custer City cell is going nuts. Likely going to be a big problem here shortly.

Any better viewing option for that cell than KTLX and KVNX? It's just a pinch too far away from both to get a good look.

 

[Tomcats Forever!]

Storm near Marshall, Oklahoma has BTI of 9.1!

What's BTI?

 

[Brice W]

Yup. Was thinking same. April 27 was quiet before hell let loose

We’re not even into the main show yet either.

 

[SmokeEater]

Tail end Charlie is TW'd now.

 

[SilentShadow87]

Garfield County tornado is still going strong, Douglas needs to take shelter right now...

 

[JPWX]

What's BTI?

Baron Tornado Index

 

[hurricaneguy]

Glad to see storms still having difficulty firing in far SW and Southern OK. Let's hope this continues for Central OK later.

 

[wx_guy]

What's BTI?

I think it's Baron Tornado Index, or something like that. It's a proprietary index by Baron technologies to forecast likelihood of tornado.

 

[Austin Dawg]

Brandon Clement has a monster storm on his feed

 

[Tomcats Forever!]

I think it's Baron Tornado Index, or something like that. It's a proprietary index by Baron technologies to forecast likelihood of tornado.

Thank you.

 

[Fred Gossage]

What's BTI?

Baron Tornado Index. It is Baron's tornado ranking algorithm that takes environmental data and combines it with radar data (but weighs heavier on the environmental data for the calculation) and does a ranking of 0-10 of the likelihood of the storm to produce a tornado. Higher values naturally have a higher chance, but storms that have a BTI that quickly trends upward with time over a few radar scans and/or have a higher BTI than the other storms surrounding them are storms to pay close attention to. The 9.1 there is more driven by the parameter space than it is radar suggesting there's a violent tornado down. On the same token, in the cool season when instability is lower, you can frequently get EF2-EF4 tornadoes with a BTI as low as a 4-5.

 

[Keldeo]

KFOR has a wedge

 

[Maxis_s]

The Douglas storm is an absolute mess. I can't tell if it's gonna produce or not anymore.
...I spoke too soon.