Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Overview of the March 28th event

Corydon is cleaning up after a EF3 tornado did damage to 60 homes. They are fixing any siren issues, and all picking up the pieces.

From the fierce storms was a challenging forecast. The triple point where a warm air mass, occluded front, and cold front formed was focal point for severe storms in this event in West KY. With an MCS in S GA and FL blocking moisture it was a tough forecast had that MCS not been there conditions may of been much worse. Sunlight and destabilization allowed a narrow band of 750 to 1000 CAPE to form to the triple point, and with great shear and dynamics the storms exploded and started to rotate.

Both tornadoes the EF-1 in Union and the EF-3 in East Union into Henderson county both had tornado warnings in effect for them.

Also several large hail reports and some isolated wind damage reports were also recieved.

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