Tornado experts say the winter’s record warmth provided the key ingredient for a Midwest outbreak of deadly tornadoes and damaging gorilla hail that hit parts of the Midwest Wednesday and Thursday. Tornadoes need wind shear, which is usually around in winter and spring, and warm unstable air, which is usually missing this early in the year.
This winter’s record warmth provided the key ingredient for a Midwest outbreak of deadly tornadoes and damaging gorilla hail that hit parts of the Midwest Wednesday and Thursday, tornado experts said.. It’s a bit early, but not unprecedented, for such a tornado outbreak usually associated with May or April, but that’s also because of the hottest winter in both
Wind shear, which is when winds whip around at differing directions and speeds as they rise in altitude, is usually around all winter and much of spring because it’s a function of the normal temperature difference we see across the country, Gensini said.Storm carrying massive ‘gorilla hail’ hits parts of Kansas and Missouri
That’s because normally in the winter and into early spring, Arctic air plunges south, pushing the warm moist air south into the Gulf of Mexico, leaving dry stable cool air in its place, said Matt Elliott, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. And that cool stable air keeps tornadoes and large hail from forming.
Hunter Vance, right, and Gabrielle Taylor, second from right, eat lunch with others outside a damaged home following a severe storm Friday, March 15, 2024, in Lakeview, Ohio. Hunter Vance, 27, of Lakeview, Ohio, was talking with a friend on the phone when sirens began to blare. So he sought shelter inside his bathtub for 20 minutes. Then he came out to see the devastation.“And it’s never been worse than this,” he added.
NOAA’s Elliott said it may be a tad early, but this is about the time of year that severe storms start to ramp up in the Midwest, but they do not usually peak until May.only killed two people But given how off the charts temperatures and other climate variables have been, Gensini said, “if there ever was a fingerprint of climate change on severe weather it would be this year.”
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