Re: [californiadisasters] O/T: Oregon Tornadic Supercell Today

Colder air over warmer air along with a jet stream nearby were the primary triggers for this supercell.

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:11 PM, newnethboy <kef413@gmail.com> wrote:

 

They're getting some really cold air in there in the aftermath, too.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Noyes" <kimnoyes@gmail.com>
To: "CaliforniaDisasters" <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 8:33 PM
Subject: [californiadisasters] O/T: Oregon Tornadic Supercell Today

> Today Oregon experienced a rare tornadic superscell (a supercell is a
> thunderstorm wherein the entire storm is rotating) which generated a
> damaging tornado and large hail.
>
> Check this link for the really cool radar loop replete with "hook echo":
> http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/aumsville.php
>
> The relevance of this to California? On occasion we get supercells as
well,
> mostly found in the Central Valley, some of which are tornado-genic.
>
> Kim Patrick Noyes
> Paso Robles, CA

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