Severe Weather Threat - January 8th-9th, 2024

[TornadoFan]

That storm I was talking about looks to be really getting it's act together. Might end up being trouble when it gets on land.

Just went tornado warned.

 

[TH2002]

Just went tornado warned.

Is it just me or are all of these storms hell-bent on taking direct aim at radar sites?

 

[warneagle]

Is it just me or are all of these storms hell-bent on taking direct aim at radar sites?

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was.

 

[WhirlingWx]

The portion of the QLCS near Tampa appears to be particularly spinny. A tornado warning north of Clearwater with the portion of the line coming onshore already

 

[WhirlingWx]

South Carolina

 

[Tennie]

There's no less than three rotating cells south of the Wilmington radar:

 

[Tanner]

There's no less than three rotating cells south of the Wilmington radar:

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I'd be shocked if they fell apart before hitting land.

 

[CannedHeat]

At least 3 tornado warnings in the CLT area today.

 

[warneagle]

Imagining Reed Timmer out there chasing those in a Dominator boat that looks like the USS Monitor or something

 

[Tennie]

Imagining Reed Timmer out there chasing those in a Dominator boat that looks like the USS Monitor or something

He even said on social media that he'd need a boat to chase the supercells out over the Atlantic!

 

[warneagle]

I'd be shocked if they fell apart before hitting land.

I think the best case scenario is that the main line pushes offshore and eats them before they get to land but I'm not sure if that'll happen. They're moving away from the best instability but they've still got 1000-1500 J/kg to work with in a really strongly-sheared environment (400+ m2/s2 ESRH) so yeah no reason they can't keep going for a while.

 

[UncleJuJu98]

A bad tornado is down southwest of Jacksonville beach

*That was quick, it lifted it seems. Or the rotation lessed a bunch I mean*

 

[Tennie]

Saint Petersburg, Florida, is in potential trouble:

 

[Tennie]

Got some potential circulations that are about to get uncomfortably close to the Tampa Bay TDWR:

 

[TH2002]

Yikes. Nasty hooks and couplets off the NC coast. Going to cause problems for the Morehead City area if they hold together.

 

[Clancy]

 

[Tennie]

Yikes. Nasty hooks and couplets off the NC coast. Going to cause problems for the Morehead City area if they hold together.

The one due southeast of Southport is wrapped up tight. I'm getting NROT readings of 2.67 from it:

 

[Tanner]

The one due southeast of Southport is wrapped up tight. I'm getting NROT readings of 2.67 from it:

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Mere miles out from this being one of the more destructive outbreaks we've seen in a long time. Fascinating stuff.

 

[TH2002]

Surf City, NC about to take a hit from a possible tornado

 

[Tennie]

The cell east of Carolina Beach, NC, reminds me in a way of Joplin 2011: