The Pilger, NE, Twin EF-4 Tornadoes of June 16, 2014: A Case Study
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Published 2022-11-23
Big thanks to storm chaser Stephen Jones for the awesome thumbnail image; you can find him on Facebook (Storm Chaser Stephen Jones) and here on YouTube (Tornado Intercept).
NWS Omaha's event page: www.weather.gov/oax/event_archive_20140616
Lemon and Doswell (1979) paper on tornadogenesis: www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff/rfovell/NWP/lemon-do…
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:07 Meteorological discussion
25:07 Radar analysis of the Pilger supercell
35:24 Discussion of the Burwell tornadic supercell
41:27 Why twins?
All Comments (21)
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"During the tornado alley storm season, its very common for me to witness multiple large tornados on the ground at the same time. What made this day so extraordinary is that I didnt wake up right afterwards" Pecos Hank on Pilger
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Fantastic job here mate. This is by far THE best deep dive into this event I've ever seen. The footage from this day was incredible aswell. Cheers!
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29:39 That was the moment where the Wakefield Tornado took the rope stage of the Pilger Tornado and sent it flying to the other end of the mesocyclone to decay. The Pilger Tornado at that point moved at 108 MPH It also went all the way around the Wakefield once at that speed
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I greatly appreciated you calling one of the hodographs an "absolute unit"
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Oh I was waiting for this one. Such an historic day. I remember seeing the coverage on the Weather Channel (back when it actually covered the weather) and being in disbelief. Fantastic job yet again.
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I am really enjoying the analysis going on here. I don't yet understand all of it but it's deeply fascinating. Commenting for the algorithm because this is looking criminally underrated
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This channel is the perfect day to day meteorological companion/tornado interest combo. Great work, wonderfully dense, yet easy to follow, thank you CC!
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I love your case studies. This may be an unpopular opinion and feel free to ignore, but I would love to see some case studies (maybe brief) on events that didn't produce. Explanation on the setup and what was expected and then a breakdown of what about the setup ended up inhibiting severe weather. Or just keep doing what you are doing, its awesome!
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Thanks for studying these tornadoes in my neck of the woods. I live in central Nebraska, while these happened in northeast Nebraska. I remember the storm system with these tornadoes. It passed through our area before it became that. The weather was really unstable back then.
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Love your channel, I have learned so much in a very short time. You definitely have the best format for learning I have come across. Your skew-t and hodograph series was really well done. Any time the tornado gods plan an event, I will come to you to see how they make it happen.
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As always an absolutely brilliant analysis Trey; such a fascinating case study. Definitely one of those events that anyone with an interest in meterology / storm chasing wishes they could've been there to witness, myself included!
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Would love to see you do one of these on the April 26, 1991 outbreak. I am a survivor of the EF4-5 Oologah, OK tornado that hit that day. Will never forget that day. Also had the Red Rock, OK Tornado and the Wichita/Andover, KS tornado that killed so many in the Golden Spur mobile home park. I know doing older events is harder to do because the lack of data ,but still would love to hear your thoughts.
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One of my first solo chases. Was a weird day to be stuck between these as my dog locked me out of my truck. Was worth chasing for sure!
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No idea what is going on but smart enough to follow along. Fascinating stuff
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You might be my favorite YouTuber. This was awesome!
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i was waiting for this video! thanks cc.
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Thanks for the upload. Happy holidays!
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Nice case study. This is a very rare thing to happen with two monster tornadoes happening at the same time.
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This is probably the most incredible tornado related events I have ever seen. Just amazing!
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These vids always deliver. Thanks again.
