Mitchell Lazarow

M.S. Atmospheric Science @ATMS_Illinois ‘24 | he/him | B.S. tOSU '22 | Storm Chaser

[Mitchell Lazarow @MLazarowWX]

All timer “probably but who knows”-nado in the NW Chicago suburbs yesterday near West Dundee #ilwx , as viewed from the Spring Hill Mall parking lot. The motion on this mini supercell was some of the most impressive I’ve seen throughout its entire life cycle. @NWSChicago

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@skydrama Legit insane motion for what that storm was, we were blocked in most directions by trees but it was an absolute vacuum cleaner of scud and transient areas of concentrated rotation.

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@ellie_coatar @chris_selfridge @NWSChicago @PSirvatka75132 Hi Ellie, yes feel free, but please only for local broadcasts

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[2310z] Likely tornado in progress near West Dundee, #ilwx @NWSChicago @PSirvatka75132

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[2327z] Base remains, no tornado spotted at this time, unable to make out rotation @NWSChicago

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@chris_selfridge @NWSChicago @PSirvatka75132 Yes for live coverage today only please

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@BIGNUT291 @JoeWorsterWX The exercise of finding the strong forcing mechanism(s) tomorrow will be left to the reader.

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@BIGNUT291 @JoeWorsterWX Adding to Joe’s point, you need stable updrafts to survive this shearing. It’s not exclusive to certain environments, but rather higher shear just necessitates greater forcing to have stable (aka stronger + wider) updrafts that can survive. Those effects all work against that.

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@CameronJNixon @Get_EMLd Before the event I was tongue-in-cheek analoging the vertical (not horizontal) environment to 4/27/11 based on HRRR soundings, but post-mortem I think it’s a ~really~ fascinating comparison that you may want to look deeper into

[Joe W @JoeWorsterWX]

Potential funnel looking SW from Stinnett (35.79059° N, 101.43058° W) could not confirm anything on the ground. @NWSAmarillo #TXwx

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Quite the layered supercell on the #sdwx / #newx border near Yankton

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@VORTEXJeff

[Cons @ConsWx]

Time lapse of INSANE tornado north of Saint Libory, NE. Just an hour ago! With @osumetclub on my first plains chase day 🌪 #NEwx

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@VORTEXJeff A personal favorite, before compression this is a true 4K composite ! (6/19/24)

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@NWSLincolnIL Large tree (maybe 8” diameter?) was down across one lane heading south out of Herrick, time was 7:56pm / 0056z

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@wxKobold Lubbock, TX on 5/17/21

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@skydrama @VORTEXJeff Count it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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@VORTEXJeff @skydrama https://t.co/sSJrL5ANXJ

[Ethan Mok @Emokwx]

PDS geese on the tornado warned storm near Wheeler, #ilwx earlier

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@skydrama @NWSSPC Worth noting that this trend is far more pronounced at 500mb vs. lower levels, with these being so shallow I’m (genuinely) not sure how much of a difference it’ll make.

Also curious if the EL ≠ the tropopause plays a role in this?