That's a good question since the tornado passed right over the main AZO runway (although I believe that ASOS is on the north side of the airport about a mile north of where the tornado crossed) and I don't recall seeing mention of it. Here's a wunderground station (KMIPORTA60) just east of the airport showing a similar pressure drop as at my house although obviously about 5-10 minutes later. It showed elevated wind from the nearby tornado, and also from the following storm (apparent funnel aloft) a little over an hour later. With these integrated amateur weather stations it's hard to get an accurate wind measurement just four feet above the ground. Readings that NWS shows for the airport only show hourly readings and the daily almanac for KAZO doesn't include highest wind. https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KMIPORTA60/graph/2024-05-7/2024-05-7/daily
Nice report. Do you know if the automated weather station at the Kalamazoo Airport picked up anything interesting?
That's a good question since the tornado passed right over the main AZO runway (although I believe that ASOS is on the north side of the airport about a mile north of where the tornado crossed) and I don't recall seeing mention of it. Here's a wunderground station (KMIPORTA60) just east of the airport showing a similar pressure drop as at my house although obviously about 5-10 minutes later. It showed elevated wind from the nearby tornado, and also from the following storm (apparent funnel aloft) a little over an hour later. With these integrated amateur weather stations it's hard to get an accurate wind measurement just four feet above the ground. Readings that NWS shows for the airport only show hourly readings and the daily almanac for KAZO doesn't include highest wind. https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KMIPORTA60/graph/2024-05-7/2024-05-7/daily