The Pilger, NE, Twin EF-4 Tornadoes of June 16, 2014: A Case Study

In-depth meteorological discussion of the localized tornado outbreak that occurred across central/northeast Nebraska on June 16, 2014, which included the infamous Pilger, NE, twin EF-4s. We'll discuss the extremely favorable environment that fostered these tornadoes, as well as a separate supercell that produced a photogenic tornado near Burwell, NE, and we'll at least attempt to ascertain why the Pilger supercell's two violent tornadoes were able to coexist in such close proximity.

Big thanks to storm chaser Stephen Jones for the awesome thumbnail image; you can find him on Facebook (Storm Chaser Stephen Jones) and here on YouTube (Tornado Intercept).

NWS Omaha's event page: https://www.weather.gov/oax/event_arc...

Lemon and Doswell (1979) paper on tornadogenesis: https://www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff...

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:07 Meteorological discussion
25:07 Radar analysis of the Pilger supercell
35:24 Discussion of the Burwell tornadic supercell
41:27 Why twins?