superjames1992 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 My apologies if this has already been posted... http://www.wral.com/weather/video/9454747/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 yeah, here is some radar imagery as the storm was just departing Askewville...debris ball and all. Man... That is quite a radar scan there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 some trivia: there was at least one tornado watch in effect somewhere in the U.S. between 19Z 4/14 and ~03Z 4/17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 some trivia: there was at least one tornado watch in effect somewhere in the U.S. between 19Z 4/14 and ~03Z 4/17. So I guess that kills any doubts in this not being a continuous and legitimate tornado outbreak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Looks like the same Wilson tornado Jeremy filmed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckethead Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 That would make this one continuous event from the southern plains to the seaboard then, correct? Edit: didn't see superstorm's post, sorry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 So I guess that kills any doubts in this not being a continuous and legitimate tornado outbreak. Not necessarily. During the time that Tornado Watch 149 was in effect, I believe only 1 tornado touched down (and that was at the beginning of the watch's tenure). There was a decent lull this morning - which of course is why today was at bad as it was since it allowed the atmosphere to destabilize after yesterday's turnover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Thank you! I was just about to post this! A truly surreal day! More details on the chase to come tomorrow. Great job Jeremy I'm looking forward to your recap as always Catching up, as I've been out most of the day, and it appears that most of the NC/SC crew has checked in safe, but there are still some that I haven't heard from yet. What an amazing system here in the southeast.......just unreal the size and duration of these storms today. EDIT: I'll take the sprinkles I had earlier today and be happy with it.....one F5 in a lifetime is enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Not necessarily. During the time that Tornado Watch 149 was in effect, I believe only 1 tornado touched down (and that was at the beginning of the watch's tenure). There was a decent lull this morning - which of course is why today was at bad as it was since it allowed the atmosphere to destabilize after yesterday's turnover. Thanks. I'm sure we'll see many case studies and papers on this over the next couple of weeks-months, so we'll have our answer eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 That would make this one continuous event from the southern plains to the seaboard then, correct? Edit: didn't see superstorm's post, sorry... Well it did skip a large area ( GA in particular), so I don't know if i would call it continuous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Well it did skip a large area ( eastern GA and Central SC in particular), so I don't know if i would call it continuous. Fixed that for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Fixed that for you Or maybe it should be Eastern AL to Central SC. I think there was only 1 tornado in that region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 2300 ASKEWVILLE BERTIE NC 3611 7694 *** 14 FATAL *** NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. NUMEROUS HOMES DAMAGED. NWS STORM SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED SUNDAY MORNING. (AKQ) That makes me feel sick. Hope everyone on here is safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose4 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Thank you! I was just about to post this! A truly surreal day! More details on the chase to come tomorrow. That was you on the Skywarn net! I heard that report as you called it in. Amazing video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 in the storm reports 24 fatalities but we don't have numbers yet from these locations 0705 PM TORNADO 1 SW CLAM 37.34N 76.55W 04/16/2011 GLOUCESTER VA EMERGENCY MNGR 3 HOUSES DAMAGED ON HUMMINGBIRD LN. UNCONFIRMED FATALITIES. STORM SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED SUNDAY MORNING. 0725 PM TORNADO POWELLSVILLE 36.22N 76.93W 04/16/2011 BERTIE NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE TORNADO SIGHTED BY FIRE DEPT NEAR ASKEWVILLE RD. POSSIBLE FATALITIES. however local media is reporting 3 fatalties in VA in the CLAM storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 That was you on the Skywarn net! I heard that report as you called it in. Amazing video. Actually my friend Kevin was the one who radioed in. He was in the passenger seat with his ham radio setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Here's the link to all the storm reports from yesterday. The fatalities (numerous) are highlighted in red. It was a pretty unprecedented rough day for NC. Tons of structural damage reported as well as lots of the traditional trees down, etc. Edit: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/110416_rpts.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Well it did skip a large area ( GA in particular), so I don't know if i would call it continuous. I don't think you can say it skipped GA, there were reports of pretty large hail in parts of the ATL metro and elsewhere in the state. Just because there weren't tornadoes doesn't mean it was "business as usual" here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozart Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I got a look at the Wilson, NC and Farmville, NC tornadoes yesterday. Missed a real money-shot chance in Wilson, but at least I didn't get skunked. I've seen tornadoes before out on the Great Plains, but never before in my home state. These were both within a few minutes of my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 WAVY-TV is streaming live coverage of storm aftermath... http://www.wavy.com/generic/weather/Severe-Weather-Live-Stream-2011-4-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 All the local TV stations stayed on the air for the entire event yesterday with some not doing commercial breaks or anything for 6 or 7 hours. On top of that the NWS offices were putting out the tornado warnings up to an hour in advance. When they issued my county and highlighted my location the couplet was still 50 miles to my SW. Fantastic job they did yesterday locally and it likely saved lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckethead Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Very true about the national media coverage...I think the lightning striking the Empire State Building got more coverage than this entire outbreak, which supports my belief that if something doesn't happen in the northeast or California the national media could care less. I've got to say how impressed I was with all of the NWS offices in regard to coordination and watches/warnings for the most part. There were a few instances where cells looked like they should be warned sooner, but all in all considering the volume and severity of storms, a really outstanding job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan11295 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Also if it doesnt happen between 7 am and 7 pm on a weekday the national media tend to ignore things as well. They are loathe to leave shows the evening shows like O'Reilly and Spitzer to do severe weather coverage, and on the weekends they would rather run their financial shows. If it happens on the Friday and not saturday it would have gotten more coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 a litte bit of good news death toll lowered by 4 here, 10 not 14 0700 PM TORNADO ASKEWVILLE 36.11N 76.94W 04/16/2011 BERTIE NC EMERGENCY MNGR *** 10 FATAL, 50 INJ *** NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. NUMEROUS HOMES DAMAGED. NWS STORM SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED SUNDAY MORNING. CORRECTED NUMBER OF FATALITIES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocoAko Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 a litte bit of good news death toll lowered by 4 here, 10 not 14 0700 PM TORNADO ASKEWVILLE 36.11N 76.94W 04/16/2011 BERTIE NC EMERGENCY MNGR *** 10 FATAL, 50 INJ *** NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. NUMEROUS HOMES DAMAGED. NWS STORM SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED SUNDAY MORNING. CORRECTED NUMBER OF FATALITIES The total population of Askewville is only 180. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottL Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Well it did skip a large area ( GA in particular), so I don't know if i would call it continuous. There were two EF-1s in Georgia (Fort Benning and Macon). Edit: Here's the storm survey from NWS Peachtree City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Coverage in national media today has this the top story, fwiw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 NE Raleigh... I'm pretty sure we were on I-540 at the time. Jason can use the location tracker to pinpoint our place/time. The view was to the north: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 FWIW the HRRR did a pretty good job showing the evolution of the line of storms from linear to discrete looking supercells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckethead Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 This guy was lucky he didn't get hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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