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Wednesday June 24th Baton Rouge tornado damage survey
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:08 pm
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:08 pm
I went out and did my own damage survey today because the NWS didn't feel like doing one yet. To be fair to them the weather was pretty bad all day today. They haven't confirmed a tornado yet but it's pretty clear there was one.
A lot of the cleanup had already taken place so it was hard to tell how the trees fell but the damage was way too localized to be straight line wind damage. I put it at low end EF-1. The mesocyclone signature is pretty evident right over Westminster. There's a lot of localized tree damage and gutters/siding all over the place.
The tornado touched down near I-10/Essen, reached its max over Westminster, weakened as it got to I-12 at Airline, and hung together enough to bring branches down and damage the Walgreens at Sherwood/North Harrell's Ferry.
You can see the mesocyclone signature less defined as it reached I-12/Airline.
A lot of the cleanup had already taken place so it was hard to tell how the trees fell but the damage was way too localized to be straight line wind damage. I put it at low end EF-1. The mesocyclone signature is pretty evident right over Westminster. There's a lot of localized tree damage and gutters/siding all over the place.
The tornado touched down near I-10/Essen, reached its max over Westminster, weakened as it got to I-12 at Airline, and hung together enough to bring branches down and damage the Walgreens at Sherwood/North Harrell's Ferry.
You can see the mesocyclone signature less defined as it reached I-12/Airline.
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Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:09 pm to The Boat
Tigerdroppings dot com field reporter The Boat 
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:10 pm to The Boat
TYFYS
DR. Boat > Dr. STEVE & DR. JOSH
This post was edited on 6/24/20 at 9:20 pm
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:11 pm to The Boat
How bad will the weather get tonight in southwest Mississippi?
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:12 pm to The Boat
Nice work. Should’ve released Dorothy in there to get some real data.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:14 pm to The Boat
There was definitely debris on I-10 and I-12 at 7AM at those spots along the path. There was also a large exit sign that was bent in half on I-12
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:14 pm to The Boat
This is some good info! Thanks
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:15 pm to The Boat
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They haven't confirmed a tornado yet but it's pretty clear there was one.
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the damage was way too localized to be straight line wind damage
WAFB was acting up for me on YouTube tv at noon so my wife and I watched the WBRZ stream. Dr. (
) Josh Eachus was reporting from the field and said that it was likely straight line winds but couldn’t confirm that. I laughed and told my wife “well there you have it, it was 100% a tornado”. 
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:16 pm to The Boat
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:16 pm to LSU Tigershark
There’s a bunch of metal roof/siding from the buildings on One Calais Ave in the ditch across I-10 at the I-10 West Essen off ramp.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:17 pm to LSUJML
Read that too quick and thought the quoted portion read “fricked up”
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:19 pm to TDsngumbo
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WAFB was acting up for me on YouTube tv at noon so my wife and I watched the WBRZ stream. Dr. (
It’s way too localized to be straight line winds. That’s not how our storms work around here. The damage in Westminster was along a narrow corridor. You turn on one street and it looked like nothing happened today. Then in a narrow strip by the school it looks like BR right after Gustav.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:20 pm to The Boat
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You can see the mesocyclone signature less defined as it reached I-12/Airline.
What exactly are you looking at in those radar pictures that shows this? Interesting stuff, but I’m completely ignorant.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:21 pm to The Boat
The neighborhood just north of 10 off Essen got hit hard and took more damage than it did in Andrew, Katrina, Gustav, or any other named storm.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:24 pm to LSU Delirium
In the first picture look at the bright color right against the dark color. That’s radial velocity which is showing you wind speed and direction away or towards the radar. When the wind changes direction close together like that it means there’s strong rotation in the thunderstorm. It doesn’t mean there’s a tornado but if one forms it’ll be somewhere in there. They issue tornado warnings in advance partly by using that which is why you hear so many tornado warnings as radar indicated.
ETA: Right above Inniswold
ETA: Right above Inniswold
This post was edited on 6/24/20 at 9:25 pm
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:24 pm to The Boat
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You turn on one street and it looked like nothing happened today.
No shite! A few years ago a tornado hit my parent’s subdivision. They literally lost two shingles and part of one tree. The house directly across the street was destroyed.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:24 pm to The Boat
How did the damage compare to Peej’s forecast?
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:25 pm to jimbeam
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How did the damage compare to Peej’s forecast?
Similar to the 2016 presidential polls.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:43 pm to The Boat
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In the first picture look at the bright color right against the dark color. That’s radial velocity which is showing you wind speed and direction away or towards the radar. When the wind changes direction close together like that it means there’s strong rotation in the thunderstorm. It doesn’t mean there’s a tornado but if one forms it’ll be somewhere in there. They issue tornado warnings in advance partly by using that which is why you hear so many tornado warnings as radar indicated.
ETA: Right above Inniswold
let me make it even simpler
dark red immediately butted up against light blue or green
1 of those colors is wind heading toward the radar... other color is wind blowing away from the radar
where they're right next to each other means a tight spin and very possible tornado
Posted on 6/24/20 at 9:47 pm to TDsngumbo
Look at all the damage pictures on Twitter. Dr Josh is such a contrarian punkola.
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