WxKnurd Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Saw that coming live, while warning people in it's path. That was crazy. Same here, I was updating via facebook as I know a lot of my friends have smartphones they are constantly on. Watching that WRAL feed was crazy, I had memories of watching this particular waterspout/tornado take out a pier in Myrtle Beach a few years back. My first taste of one and really brought increased my love of storms and extreme weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I was following that cell earlier when it was making a run for Farmville. Definitely the strongest of the bunch at that time. I caught this storm north of Greenville after it left the farmville area. When I first saw it you could see the back of the storm was all the way down to tree top level and it looked like a big ole salad bowl. When I got to it and started videoing it was very loose with several areas that I saw vertical motion but my video camera doesn't have zoom. Then it tightened back up and a nice wall cloud crossed right in front of me. Heres the vid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowacane Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 10 More than that unconfirmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Jason and I captured a funnel cloud, 3" hail and EF3 tornado damage today. Funnel cloud was in NE Raleigh, hail and damage just NW of Snow Hill. Pics and video coming later. Still in NC 5 hours from home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold214 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Tornado probably about to hit Duck, NC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 One of my met classmates took this from the 9th floor of the library on NC State's campus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxKnurd Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 One of my met classmates took this from the 9th floor of the library on NC State's campus. /quote] Man, that view brings back memories, except for that whole rain-wrapped tornado part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 One of my met classmates took this from the 9th floor of the library on NC State's campus. DH Hill makes an excellent tornado viewing observatory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSU Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 so does the 6th floor of wood hall lol.... a buddy's house in wilson got completely destroyed, everyone was ok though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeronicaCorningstone Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 No damage to my home, but just 3 blocks away begins tree damage - several large trees down across the streets and some minor home damage. Several yards with debris closer by, insulation and the like. We did leave to look for any open restaurants, but didn't want to get into the mess that had been reported in the downtown, which is a little over a half-mile from the house. Right before the storm, it grew totally calm, rain stopped, and then the power went out. Calm before the storm, I guess. We got in the closet, winds whipped up for about 15-30 seconds, and then calm again. Sirens have been blaring most of the afternoon and evening from emergency personnel. Just got power back about 30 minutes ago or so here. Another storm came through about an hour after the tornadic storm which dropped brief VERY heavy rain and marble-sized hail, which I'm sure hindered the cleanup process quite a bit. Hopefully can get some pictures tomorrow; it was getting too dark to take any tonight and we couldn't get to the hardest hit areas. WeatherNC, thanks for the Farmville pics. My in-laws live there and FIL works for the town, he hasn't been home since all this started. They had some minor damage to their house but it can be easily fixed. I'm just thankful all of our family in the Snow Hill, Falkland and North Raleigh/Wake Forest areas are accounted for and safe with little damage to property. It's been a really exhausting day all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 so does the 6th floor of wood hall lol.... a buddy's house in wilson got completely destroyed, everyone was ok though wow, glad they're ok. I haven't been in Wilson since they built the 264 bypass. I hope all of those big old trees that line Raleigh Rd past Ward Blvd toward town are ok as well. I always liked that drive through there. The storms were pretty mild back over here. The tornado warnings started after it all passed us. Blue skies broke out very fast. Cold front was right on its heels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeronicaCorningstone Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 wow, glad they're ok. I haven't been in Wilson since they built the 264 bypass. I hope all of those big old trees that line Raleigh Rd past Ward Blvd toward town are ok as well. I always liked that drive through there. The storms were pretty mild back over here. The tornado warnings started after it all passed us. Blue skies broke out very fast. Cold front was right on its heels. Wow, all the trees are fine We live in the neighborhood behind that near the Rec Park and Nash St. There are some trees down, though, at the little kiddie train at the Rec Park right on Raleigh Rd. I think there may have been some damage to the rec building and the bubble over the pool, it was hard to tell when we drove through there as it was getting dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upsloper Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 The "destructive" and "extremely dangerous" tornado had barreled into North Carolina early Saturday evening, prompting emergency warnings for much of the central part of the state. Oh, boy. What does this CNN writer think a tornado is? http://www.cnn.com/2...dex.html?hpt=T1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Like Beau said before, national media really blew this one. Was watching TV with my wife and while flipping through the channels I saw little to nothing covering this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 WAVY reporting homes damaged along Hwy-158 from Point Harbor to Powells Point, and the fire house in Duck damaged as well. If there's anyone near there I'd greatly appreciate your reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 What a crazy day. This will go down as one of the largest tornado outbreaks ever in NC. That tornado in downtown Raleigh looked like a monster. I had the wife and kids in the bathtub and was watching in on WRAL, saying it was headed for Wake Forest, and the the power goes out. I have never felt as scared as I did at that moment, We got lucky and it went a little east of us to Rolesville instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 My freind from Blue Oak sent me some amazing damage photos. WOnder how that house made it Edit: Blue Oak is actually apartment complex in Raleigh. Thought I had made up the perfect fake NC town name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 WAVY reporting 158 and Hwy-12 impassable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 This will likely be THE largest outbreak recorded in NC's history. [spatial] progression very similar to the Enigma outbreak of 1884. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 My freind from Blue Oak sent me some amazing damage photos. WOnder how that house made it Edit: Blue Oak is actually a street name Raleigh. Thought I had made up the perfect fake NC town name. Are those actual cards on that house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEHOCEY77 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Incredible Day. Chased from Florence, SC up to Lumberton, NC. Ended up on the cell that went by Dillon,SC . Structure was something I had never seen in person, and that included a few chases on the plains. Inflow was amazing. Visibility was zero is some places where dirt and dust were driving into the storm. Had a small tree fall on our car as we were driving, didn't do any damage. Will have to review the photos to see if I did indeed see a tornado, but the whole wall cloud was barely off the ground, could have easily had some vorticies on the ground. But utterly amazing. Problem was, it was nearly impossible to stay with cells. The only chance you really had was to hit the interstates, but it was almost an impossible task. Eventually headed southeast and intercepted the cell that put down a tornado near Boardman/Clarkson. But, despite seeing the wall cloud (was almost impossible to find a clearing to look over the 50ft trees on Hwy 74), boneheadedly decided to continue on to the cell that was warned near Kingstree...it's rotation decreased as we eventually caught up with it near Conway, SC. Just got back home, completely and totally exhausted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Are those actual cards on that house? Are 6 cards as tall as a house? Edit: for the record, here's a real one http://curiousphotos...t-house-of.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-500347/Dont-sneeze-Man-builds-record-breaking-25ft-house-cards.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Are those actual cards on that house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 0705 PM TORNADO 1 SW CLOPTON 37.34N 76.55W 04/16/2011 GLOUCESTER VA EMERGENCY MNGR 3 HOUSES DAMAGED ON HUMMINGBIRD LN. POSSIBLE FATALIES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottL Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 This was initially reported as thunderstorm damage, but it turned out to be a tornado, so add one to the tornado count... 0602 AM TORNADO 5 NW MACON 32.88N 83.72W 04/16/2011 F1 BIBB GA NWS STORM SURVEY A NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT A EF1 TORNADO WITH WINDS AROUND 110 MILES AN HOUR TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES NW OF MACON. THE TORNADO LIFTED 2.6 MILES LATER AROUND 5 MILES NNW OF MACON. THE PATH WIDTH WAS AROUND 500 YARDS WIDE. 20 TO 25 HOUSES SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND TWO BUSINESSES ALSO HAD ROOF DAMAGE. AROUND 200 TREES WERE DOWNED BY THE TORNADO. Fort Benning also had an EF1... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 0705 PM TORNADO 1 SW CLOPTON 37.34N 76.55W 04/16/2011 GLOUCESTER VA EMERGENCY MNGR 3 HOUSES DAMAGED ON HUMMINGBIRD LN. POSSIBLE FATALIES. WAVY TV says news conference confirmed 3 fatalities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Well so much for the discussion in this thread earlier today that the SPC only went to a high risk in NC because of what happened yesterday in AL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack123 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Well so much for the discussion in this thread earlier today that the SPC only went to a high risk in NC because of what happened yesterday in AL. Yep, I am guilty of that. I never would have expected today to be as bad not only tornado wise but also casualties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherNC Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 No damage to my home, but just 3 blocks away begins tree damage - several large trees down across the streets and some minor home damage. Several yards with debris closer by, insulation and the like. We did leave to look for any open restaurants, but didn't want to get into the mess that had been reported in the downtown, which is a little over a half-mile from the house. Right before the storm, it grew totally calm, rain stopped, and then the power went out. Calm before the storm, I guess. We got in the closet, winds whipped up for about 15-30 seconds, and then calm again. Sirens have been blaring most of the afternoon and evening from emergency personnel. Just got power back about 30 minutes ago or so here. Another storm came through about an hour after the tornadic storm which dropped brief VERY heavy rain and marble-sized hail, which I'm sure hindered the cleanup process quite a bit. Hopefully can get some pictures tomorrow; it was getting too dark to take any tonight and we couldn't get to the hardest hit areas. WeatherNC, thanks for the Farmville pics. My in-laws live there and FIL works for the town, he hasn't been home since all this started. They had some minor damage to their house but it can be easily fixed. I'm just thankful all of our family in the Snow Hill, Falkland and North Raleigh/Wake Forest areas are accounted for and safe with little damage to property. It's been a really exhausting day all around. Glad to hear, minimal damage here, a few large limbs down out back, although there is some roof damage up the road a mile or so, and worse as you get into Farmville. Hearing reports of people being cut out of mobile homes in Onslow county atm, and even more disheartening is the situation in Bertie county. Information has been very slow to come out of there, but WCTI has a reporter there with a VFD team, and the unconfirmed death toll is at 6. The community of Colerain is reported to be ground zero, again, info very slow coming out, but houses completely wiped per the reporters account. Glad today is over, very stressful, exhausted, and going to bed. Thankfully we made it through unscathed, some were less fortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowforme Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 We have a ton of debris in our yard in North Raleigh. Our daughter actually found a small, metal toy car in our front yard. It's kind of eerie knowing that it could have come from a house that was destroyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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