k*** Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 oh man that's a sick wedge, calderon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Unreal footage from University Mall in Tuscaloosa. 3:00 min in is where the action starts really cranking. Way too close there. That guy should have never been that close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Yes, but I don't think you understand how some of this stuff is out of each individual's control. Imagine houses that don't have basements and are swept off their foundations. You're telling me if the people in those houses don't survive it's their fault b/c they didn't heed the warnings? If they were warned and know they were warned, you can't really place 'blame' on anyone but them. You can't say they weren't warned and it wasn't a failure in the warning system. There are unfortunate circumstances where people like the elderly can't get to a shelter. I live in a house on a slab, meaning I don't have a basement, my neighbor does have a basement though and I can go over there assuming it isn't underwater at the time. You also have to deal with 'warning fatigue'. When an area experiences a lot of tornado warnings and 'nothing happens' at their particular location, they may not take action when that one time something does happen at their location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 dewpoints are now in the upper 60's to low 70's over NC and VA many TOR warned dsicrete storms moving into these areas see ya in the SE forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocoAko Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Unreal footage from University Mall in Tuscaloosa. 3:00 min in is where the action starts really cranking. Holy moly! Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Holy moly! Wow. I don;'t know whether those winds were inflow or RFD, but the 5 min mark is intense for being outside of the vortex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Touchdown on HWY 140 (Bartow Co) just now. Heading into Northwestern Cherokee, then to pickens/dawson. Confirmed per Scanner Radio. Then I heard the tragic...coroner is in route. This is all breaking right now in Bartow as that cell just passed through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderon Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Way too close there. That guy should have never been that close. No kidding, he is lucky the periphery winds didn't flip his vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I don;'t know whether those winds were inflow or RFD, but the 5 min mark is intense for being outside of the vortex At first it was inflow from 4 to 6, around 7 mins its RFD when he moves the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocoAko Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 From Bamawx: That video was fantastic - the views of the mesovortices was unreal.. I'm sure they will be studied for further research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 No kidding, he is lucky the periphery winds didn't flip his vehicle. Yeah its tough to say how fast those winds were but I'd probably take a stab at 80-100+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I'm amazed by the sheer complexity of the vortices in these videos...horizontal shooters, multiple satellites, giant parent mesos, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I'm amazed by the sheer complexity of the vortices in these videos...horizontal shooters, multiple satellites, giant parent mesos, etc Yeah, really puts into perspective not only the vertical shear that was in the atmosphere but the horizontal shear today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I could watch that second video all day...so many crazy appendages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEHOCEY77 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 From Bamawx: Was that the Alabama fight song? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 From Bamawx: if you listen closely, i swear i could have heard tornado sirens going off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I played 2 years of baseball at Young Harris (between Hiawassee and Blairsville below), but I still hold this part of northern GA close to my heart... Missed YHC, but this thing might be nailing 'Brasstown Bald.' I imagine the observatory at brasstown bald is going to be no more.. This thing is tracking right at Western Carolina University within about an hour- 1 1/2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 i just realized the second video came from just off the mcfarland exit...so these guys caught the tornado doing that incredible damage documented in the earlier video at 15th and mcfarland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Here's a webcam from the Brasstown Bald observatory...Brasstown is the highest point in Georgia. http://www.fs.usda.g...0Forest-%20Home This is pretty epic watching this webcam because I know there are very sparsely populated beautiful mountains here. This is where tornadoes should hit if they must hit somewhere. Can anyone screen cap anything they can make out on the cam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderon Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Was that the Alabama fight song? I believe so, pretty ironic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Unbelievable monster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 AP: death toll now 64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Unbelievable monster another crazy video...tornado of the decade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 this guy should not be fiming through the windows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M_mcOL99qA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 another crazy video...tornado of the decade Probably some of the best tornado footage ever will come from this tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack123 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 AP: death toll now 64 This makes my stomach sick. This is just beyond horrendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Wow... That footage that TWC just showed of the Philadelphia tornado was incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderon Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 the Tuscaloosa probable EF5 is this decade's Andover in terms of visibility and videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 This thing is tracking right at Western Carolina University within about an hour- 1 1/2 hours. Last few frames show quite a bit of weakening finally. Looks like the mountains might be disrupting it circulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEHOCEY77 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 The Tusc/Birmingham/Rome cell looks like it has another debris ball on the GA/NC border Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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