- #Joplin weather radar update#
- #Joplin weather radar series#
More Extreme Heat On Tap for Oklahoma Today. Severe Weather Outlook for Today - Monday, July 11. Severe Wind Storm Blasts the Windy City This Morni. #Joplin weather radar update#
Severe Weather Update - This Afternoon and Evening. 'Flying Saucer' Near Saskatoon, Canada Yesterday E. Severe Weather Outlook for Today - Thursday, July. Tropics Remain Inactive - Not Unusual for July. Typhoon Ma-on Forecast to Threaten Japan. Area of Disturbed Weather off of Florida / Georgia. Radar Imagery Associated with the Joplin Tornado o. Severe Weather Threat Northern Plains Today. Tropical Disturbance Slowly Organizing Off of Flor. "Tropical Depression Two" Forms Just East of Florida. TD-Two Now "Tropical Storm Bret" - East of Florida. Severe Weather Outlook for Today - Tuesday, July 1. Tropical Storm Cindy Forms Way Out in Atlantic - N. Tropical Update: 3 Systems, No Land Masses Threat. Severe Weather Update for This Afternoon and Evening. Tropical Wave Organizing, Moving Westward. A Tornado Warning in a Very "Unlikely" Place. More Heavy Rain to Aggravate Flooding in Northern. 
Concentrated Area of Severe Weather In the Dakotas. Strong Tropical Wave Continues to Churn Out in the. Tropical Wave About to Become a Depression.or Tr. Tropical Storm Don Entering the Gulf of Mexico - W. Tropical Storm Don Promises Much Needed Rain for T. Tropical Storm Don Continues to Advance Toward Tex. Tropical Storm Don 10am Update - Warnings Issued f. "New NASA Satellite Data Blow Gaping Hole in 'Glob. Tropical Storm Don Takes a Jog to the Southwest. Don Appears to Be Strengthening After Turn. Tropical Storm Don Stronger - Tracking South of Or. Outer Rain Bands of Don Nearing the Coast. Tropical Storm Don Nearing the Coast of Texas. Center of Don Approaching Texas Coast - Winds Tame. Center of Tropical Storm Don Making Landfall on So. Don - The "Tropical Storm" that Wasn't. Future "Emily" Developing in Atlantic. Amazing Videos of a Strong Tornado in Russia. Joplin is located just to the right of the center of each image (click to enlarge): The interval between each is about 5 minutes. #Joplin weather radar series#
The first series are Base Reflectivity images, starting at 5:34 PM CDT and ending at 5:58 PM CDT. Now that we have the basics out of the way.lets take a look at the images from that fateful day back in May. In this case, the radar site is located off of the images, toward the East/Northeast (or upper right).
When examining the storm relative velocity (SRV) images, keep in mind that the red colors depict wind motion away from the radar site, while the green colors depict wind motion toward the radar site. Storm Relative Velocity images show the wind speed and direction within the thunderstorm, as estimated by the radar. Base Reflectivity images show the radar's depiction of rain, hail (and as you'll see in some images, debris), being reflected back to the radar. I'll be showing two types of radar images: Base Reflectivity and Storm Relative Velocity. The vantage point is from the NWS radar near Springfield, MO (about 55 miles to the East/Northeast).įirst, a little radar refresher course for our newest readers. This article will present a series of radar images depicting the supercell thunderstorm that produced the devastating EF-5 tornado in Joplin, MO on May 22, 2011.
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