By Westerberg
Photographer states: Menacing Mammatus form over Rosanky, TX, about 40 miles SE of Austin. This was right after sunset on 04/25/16. The weather was humid but otherwise, fine.
"Tornado Tally from recent storms grow to nine." (click here)
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May 1, 2016
By Paighten Harkins
...Though nearly a week has passed since the thunderstorms, (click here) meteorologist Pete
Snyder said surveyors haven't finished assessing possible
tornado-damaged areas. He said it's likely about dozen tornadoes touched
down during the storms.
Tuesday's
a squall line developed in northwest Texas and southwest Oklahoma,
where it traveled into central Oklahoma and northeast Kansas before it
moved into eastern Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Because
of the breadth of these storms, as well as their strong straight line
winds, meteorologists are having difficulties quantifying its damage and
whether or not it came from tornadoes, Snyder said.
“I’ve been here for about 17 years almost," Snyder said. "I’ve never seen this many of them with a system like this.”
Surveyors
sent to locations to evaluate damage look at patterns — how debris is
scattered or which directions trees fell — to determine if its
tornado-damaged or not. From there, they look at the strength of damaged
structures or trees to estimate wind speed and rate the tornado on the
EF scale, Snyder said.
Snyder
was unsure when the National Weather Service would have a complete list
of the storm system's tornadoes, adding he was still receiving calls
about new potential tornado-damaged areas Sunday.
