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well that flash flood watch certainly did not amount to much but maybe a round of convection this evening with the ULL

dadeville had a pop. of 3200 back in 2000 it'll be close as to whether or not it slides just south of it

elmore co. cell rotation

this could be very premature, but we'll be fortunate if that sup misses the downtowns of rome, cedartown, and cartersville

115 tornado reports logged with the SPC so far north central AL is completely shaded in red on the reports map

nws mobile taking over for birmingham... wow

scary reports from the caller in pleasant grove... bodies being carried out on doors, reports of very few homes left standing

sounds like at least some injuries, number unknown that cherokee co. cell is going to have to split the uprights between rome and cedartown to avoid a big population center, and there are plenty of other healthy-sized cities behind those

tornado on the ground w/TORE in bibb co. near eoline

perfect textbook supercell unconfirmed reports of fatalities (per 33/40) in pleasant grove, al, west of birmingham

absolutely incredible. i didn't see this posted, but 3 nuclear reactors in AL were shut down when power was cut to them http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/27/us-utilities-tva-storms-idUSTRE73Q98920110427?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&dlvrit=60573

i had always wanted to go into meteorology, but when i started weighing my options a year or two ago, i decided i just couldn't/didn't want to risk not getting a job after college. i'm pre-med now largely because i know that all if i can handle the rest of the difficulties of getting a B.S., M.D., etc, job availability and decent pay shouldn't be an issue.