Originally posted on ZoomRadar
Here is something truly interesting, snow and tornadoes. In a recent blog post by Taylor, his review article of last week’s tornado outbreaks showed an image of a tornado that occurred in Nebraska (shown below). As he stated, this was the first tornado ever recorded in Nebraska history in February.
If you notice at the bottom of the image, there appears to be snow and ice on the ground in the ditches. Below is an image depicting the snow cover on the morning of that tornado. It does show an area with a couple inches of snow just to the west of where this tornado touched down in the Gandy area. Also if you look really closely you can pick out a few areas around this that have lesser amounts of snow. So is it possible that this was actually snow?
Going back to a couple days before this, the areas showing snow depth around Gandy were larger in area and thus it is very probable that this was some snow or ice that had yet to melt. A comment received on that post by Cliff, who states that he lives about 5 miles from where this tornado touched down, stated that the white stuff in that picture is actually snow, confirming the satellite data and my thoughts. This is a pretty rare scenario indeed.
Not quite as rare as this, but still fairly rare is the snow that fell across and is currently falling across parts of Illinois, Indiana, and into Kentucky. Now snow itself this time of year across those states is not that rare at all. However, it is rare that some of these areas that are receiving this snowfall are the same areas that were struck by tornadoes just a few days ago. Below is an image that shows the snow depth as of this morning.
If you notice at the bottom of the image, there appears to be snow and ice on the ground in the ditches. Below is an image depicting the snow cover on the morning of that tornado. It does show an area with a couple inches of snow just to the west of where this tornado touched down in the Gandy area. Also if you look really closely you can pick out a few areas around this that have lesser amounts of snow. So is it possible that this was actually snow?
Going back to a couple days before this, the areas showing snow depth around Gandy were larger in area and thus it is very probable that this was some snow or ice that had yet to melt. A comment received on that post by Cliff, who states that he lives about 5 miles from where this tornado touched down, stated that the white stuff in that picture is actually snow, confirming the satellite data and my thoughts. This is a pretty rare scenario indeed.
Not quite as rare as this, but still fairly rare is the snow that fell across and is currently falling across parts of Illinois, Indiana, and into Kentucky. Now snow itself this time of year across those states is not that rare at all. However, it is rare that some of these areas that are receiving this snowfall are the same areas that were struck by tornadoes just a few days ago. Below is an image that shows the snow depth as of this morning.
And here is the current radar image from the ZoomRadar Map showing snow beginning to end now over parts of Ohio, West Virginia, and eastern Kentucky where some areas reported over 6 inches of fresh snow.
This is creating for some rare and shocking sites today. The images below display the graphic scenes of tornado damage covered in this fresh snowfall.
Henryville, Indiana where an EF4 tornado occurred Friday. (Reuters / JOHN SOMMERS II)
Henryville, Indiana where an EF4 tornado occurred Friday. (Reuters / JOHN SOMMERS II)
Marysville, Indiana where an EF4 tornado occurred Friday. (AP / Nam Y. Huh)
While rare, snow does fall on tornado damage, and even rarer yet is the fact that tornadoes can occur in areas with snow on the ground. Spring is always a time for wild weather swings across the nation and this year is certainly no exception. March has surely come in like a lion, but will it go out like a lamb? Only time will tell.
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