Categories: Tornado Outbreaks

April 14, 2012 Tornado Outbreak – Debris Ball Radar Loops

Two tornadic cells tearing through Oklahoma and Kansas produced debris ball signatures on Doppler radar… at one point they were occurring at the same time! A debris ball signature is a small area of reflectivity created when the tornado is kicking debris up into the air.

Click the links below for the radar loops (large image file sizes).

Southwest Kansas debris ball

North-central Oklahoma into south-central Kansas debris ball

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