jcwxguy Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Jcxwguy , It's just CNN . Com homepage cover story. Posting from my iPhone, so it might be my fault probably your phone. BEEN A CRAZY 24HRS. NO doubt anyone will forget today/yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan11295 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 CNN now reports 32 fatalities in MS, 11 GA..173 in total Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonbo Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 So many of these tornadoes went through fairly populated cities and towns that I can't be too surprised if the death toll continues to climb. Stil sobering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojitodd Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Good God..the death toll just more than doubled? I hope there was some kind of mistake. If there are 150-200 dead then I guess this really does rival just about any other outbreak. Just horrified and shocked with this new death toll! And thank God Ohio and the northern end of this did not pan out! 171 deaths being reported on TWC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 CNN now reports 32 fatalities in MS, 11 GA..173 in total wow... im speachless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 178 is the latest toll. http://goo.gl/cZUcy Just horrific. I hate tossing numbers around when it is human lives we are talking. Tragic--and it makes me want to work all that much harder to be the best met I can. Horrible news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojitodd Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Mayor of Tuscaloosa just reported 32 deaths in that city alone. Terrible to think that as I was watching that live yesterday that at least 32 people were being killed. Over 600 injured there, and the toll of deaths and injuries there is expected to rise. (on TWC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kab2791 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Accidental death by any kind, especially because of the weather probably one of the most tragic things that can happen to families; just an unfair reality, and It devastating that many metro areas/towns were affected. Many thoughts and prayers go out there. These last couple weeks first with Raleigh, then St. Louis, then Tuscaloosa/Birmingham is eye-opening to the fact that no area is less susceptible to tornado damage, no matter how populated or localized. Great job everyone posting updates/radar/velocities/videos; this forum definitely provides outstanding analysis and warning. 178 is the latest toll. http://goo.gl/cZUcy Just horrific. I hate tossing numbers around when it is human lives we are talking. Tragic--and it makes me want to work all that much harder to be the best met I can. Horrible news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Accidental death by any kind, especially because of the weather probably one of the most tragic things that can happen to families; just an unfair reality, and It devastating that many metro areas/towns were affected. Many thoughts and prayers go out there. These last couple weeks first with Raleigh, then St. Louis, then Tuscaloosa/Birmingham is eye-opening to the fact that no area is less susceptible to tornado damage, no matter how populated or localized. Great job everyone posting updates/radar/velocities/videos; this forum definitely provides outstanding analysis and warning. I give special kudos to Fred Gossage, TornadoTony, and CUmet who never really wavered from what they believed was a historic event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack123 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 The new death toll I heard was 183 and probably rising. That is just beyond unimaginable for todays technologies and advanced warning. Like others said if it was an EF3+ tornadoes striking major populated areas and winds high as 160mph+ cause structural failure to almost any type of of building. In addition I am highly suspecting a number of these tornadoes will be rated as violent EF4 or EF5 tornadoes. NWS offices, TWC, and other news coverage areas did do a great job yesterday and did save a lot of lives although there was a very large death from tornadoes. It is a very sad and sobering day to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 any links to live air shots over AL? here is one from spalding county GA http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream3&hpt=T1 death toll now 194 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 any links to live air shots over AL? here is one from spalding county GA http://www.cnn.com/v...=stream3&hpt=T1 death toll now 194 I just got into work and all I can say is that I am speechless, and I fear that this number is still going to go up. Especially as they have just now seen the light of day down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 There is a part in me that feels terrible for getting excited for this outbreak yesterday.. I woke up this Morning to see the news of an incredible loss of life. What has God done ? My prayers will include the dead and homeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VAwxman Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I give special kudos to Fred Gossage, TornadoTony, and CUmet who never really wavered from what they believed was a historic event. One positive aspect was that this was pretty obvious from over a week out, from the perspective of great potential being there, no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Also preliminary tornado reports for the day are at 161, which is probably also going to go up. This also puts us well over 1000 tornado reports for the year, and it is only April 28th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 live air shots Catoosa county GA http://www.cnn.com/v...=stream3&hpt=T1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I give special kudos to Fred Gossage, TornadoTony, and CUmet who never really wavered from what they believed was a historic event. Indeed, these 3 really did a great job in predicting this events magnitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 It’s not very often in the world of weather that we have a chance to witness such extreme meteorological events. It has been amazing to see the parameters and data we saw day after day come to fruition. Hopefully more lives were saved with the advanced warnings of the day. Regardless of the standing, (i.e. Super Outbreak/74) this will rank as one of the more destructive and deadly multi day events of modern US history. My thoughts are with all that have suffered from this event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan11295 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Just shows that while advanced warning and better radar technology can and undoubtedly has reduced the loss of life in these events in the last 10-20 years especially, when you are dealing with high end events, in some cases it is just not much people can do. Hard to get out of the way of a 1/2 mile-mile wide EF4+ going through a populated area at high speed. Note that if one tries to compare the Tuscaloosa storm to events such as is Moore 5/3/99 F5, that storm while very intense also, was a very slower mover. Allowed more time to people to shelter, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 One positive aspect was that this was pretty obvious from over a week out, from the perspective of great potential being there, no doubt. True. There was always the feeling of something extreme, but some (including me) felt some of the other days (by day 3 before the outbreak) may exceed yesterday. Others felt the previous convection would (and resultant cold pool) disrupt yesterdays potential. Others, including me, felt the lack of significant "bombing" would cut down on the hodograph turning, etc. I knew a high risk yesterday was likely by a day and a half ago--but not to the extreme it eventually developed into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 The pictures coming out of Cullman, Alabama are stomach-churning. More of a population there in that small city than I thought, just under 14,000 people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 most of us were watching Spann on ABC but here is CBS stations live report of the Tornado http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/Tuscaloosa-tornado-caught-on-tape-wreaking-havoc/hsK7dFmlUku5YlvteTFy6A.cspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 193+ dead now according to fox news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 most of us were watching Spann on ABC but here is CBS stations live report of the Tornado http://www.cbs42.com...YlvteTFy6A.cspx calls it and EF 4 OR EF 5 just on how it looks (probably right, but him saying that.. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I fear that there are some areas that they have not even gotten to yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 calls it and EF 4 OR EF 5 just on how it looks (probably right, but him saying that.. ) but in this case it was cleary an F4+ by looking at particle motion and large debris all over being thrown out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 194 now -fox news (homepage) www.foxnews.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan11295 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 This CNN Report had 149 fatalties in AL and 32 in MS. This AP Story with 194 does not include the 21 additional ones from AL. . Sad to think these numbers may still rise. as they do much search and rescue in the daylight today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Good morning all... I compiled the below list last night for everyone's reference... Tuscaloosa: http://vimeo.com/22970879 Tuscaloosa http://www.twitvid.com/93O7M http://www.twitvid.com/4W6PU Birmingham: Cullman County http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U1asLiDYB0&feature=player_embedded MS [/url]MS: Arkansas: Chatt, TN: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 BREAKING NEWS Eight people killed by storms in Virginia, bringing death toll in Southern storms to 202 people in six states. http://www.cnn.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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