andyhb Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 The second video I posted is a great look at the incredible structure of the parent supercell of the Rainsville tornado (and also 3 other violent tornadoes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 The second video I posted is a great look at the incredible structure of the parent supercell of the Rainsville tornado (and also 3 other violent tornadoes). One of my favorites of all time... Who says that tornadoes can't cross large hills? The structure is simply incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye05 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 While we are posting videos, let me share some crazy but little known Tuscaloosa videos. Crazy close.. Almost direct hit here, and contains some of the best tornado roar audio iv'e heard And this is the Hackleburg/ Phil Campbell tornado as it hit Harvest. This may be the scariest sky I have ever seen in a tornado video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 While we are posting videos, let me share some crazy but little known Tuscaloosa videos. Crazy close.. Almost direct hit here, and contains some of the best tornado roar audio iv'e heard And this is the Hackleburg/ Phil Campbell tornado as it hit Harvest. This may be the scariest sky I have ever seen in a tornado video. Great videos but the thing is all 3 of these videos should have never been shot, because all three should have been in their basements/safe places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 And this is the Hackleburg/ Phil Campbell tornado as it hit Harvest. This may be the scariest sky I have ever seen in a tornado video. That facility was actually hit by a tornado on March 2nd of this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Honestly, I don't think they knew any better. Some of the folks in the videos barely knew they were looking at a tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Of note, the three fatalities added to the 4/27 event now make 2011 the second deadliest tornadic year on record in the United States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Honestly, I don't think they knew any better. Some of the folks in the videos barely knew they were looking at a tornado. No they said Tornado plenty of times in all those videos. They wouldn't have filmed it if they thought it was a normal Tstorm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 While we are posting videos, let me share some crazy but little known Tuscaloosa videos. Crazy close.. Almost direct hit here, and contains some of the best tornado roar audio iv'e heard And this is the Hackleburg/ Phil Campbell tornado as it hit Harvest. This may be the scariest sky I have ever seen in a tornado video. The last video in this post is the kind of "end of the world type stuff" I am talking about. Looks similar to Joplin Mo....just sick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderon Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 New video has been posted of the the monsterous north Alabama EF-5 as it passed near Hackleburg and Phil Campbell. This home was on the very edge of the path and winds I'd say are easily in the 80-100mph range. The sound is incredible and the motion of the funnel for a tornado nearly a mile wide is absolutely astounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Terrific video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye05 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 New video has been posted of the the monsterous north Alabama EF-5 as it passed near Hackleburg and Phil Campbell. This home was on the very edge of the path and winds I'd say are easily in the 80-100mph range. The sound is incredible and the motion of the funnel for a tornado nearly a mile wide is absolutely astounding. Oh man the sound is terrifying. That earth shaking roar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 New video has been posted of the the monsterous north Alabama EF-5 as it passed near Hackleburg and Phil Campbell. This home was on the very edge of the path and winds I'd say are easily in the 80-100mph range. The sound is incredible and the motion of the funnel for a tornado nearly a mile wide is absolutely astounding. I think you've nailed my search for what the Joplin tornado sounded like from where I was. The roar sounded a lot like that. Dull, then getting louder, than dull again. Just stick in some high-pitched squeal from air being sucked in through the garage door and you have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 I think you've nailed my search for what the Joplin tornado sounded like from where I was. The roar sounded a lot like that. Dull, then getting louder, than dull again. Just stick in some high-pitched squeal from air being sucked in through the garage door and you have it. Sounds kind of like Rice Crispies only 10,000X louder. I was wondering if you could hear people screaming or does the wind mangle that too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 New video has been posted of the the monsterous north Alabama EF-5 as it passed near Hackleburg and Phil Campbell. This home was on the very edge of the path and winds I'd say are easily in the 80-100mph range. The sound is incredible and the motion of the funnel for a tornado nearly a mile wide is absolutely astounding. Wow what a video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Sounds kind of like Rice Crispies only 10,000X louder. I was wondering if you could hear people screaming or does the wind mangle that too? I was on the edge of it, like this video was. Never thought the rumble would stop, it sounded just like it did on that vid....Was just waiting to hear windows break and the house to start ripping apart but knew that once the sound started getting quieter it was passing over (had no idea 3 blocks away was completely destroyed). The sound is still very fresh in my head. And no, too far away to hear any of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcc Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 New video has been posted of the the monsterous north Alabama EF-5 as it passed near Hackleburg and Phil Campbell. This home was on the very edge of the path and winds I'd say are easily in the 80-100mph range. The sound is incredible and the motion of the funnel for a tornado nearly a mile wide is absolutely astounding. Absolutely incredible motion. Wow.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 this was actually one of the more interesting vids i came across.. the great smoky mtns EF4 The aerial views starting around 1:06 are reminiscent of Teton '87 and the PA forest tornadoes '85.. although maybe not as wide as those monsters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Don't know if this one was posted yet. Sort of an interesting perspective here shot at the University of Alabama. The video starts about 15min before the tornado moves past when it was still raining. It's interesting watching the updraft base/wall cloud/tornado appear out of the rain of the FFD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 So I just listened to that Hackleburg/Phil Campbell video with volume on full blast...holy **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Screen cap of the Phil Campbell tornado going through the city/around that area, taken from the Country Road 71/Mon Dye road area on the east side of town near Little Bear Creek, looking back WNW towards the wedge tornado, likely with EF5 damage occurring right as this shot was taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 New footage of the Tuscaloosa tornado. At the 35 second mark, you'll notice that it gets dark very quickly. After watching the video a few times, it appears that the tornado passed just feet from their house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 That was frightening and quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 New footage of the Tuscaloosa tornado. At the 35 second mark, you'll notice that it gets dark very quickly. After watching the video a few times, it appears that the tornado passed just feet from their house. Holy hell, it's amazing how many people that day who were shooting video, were oblivious to how close they almost came to getting swept off the face of this earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kperk014 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Holy hell, it's amazing how many people that day who were shooting video, were oblivious to how close they almost came to getting swept off the face of this earth. This is a fairly unseen video (about 1,800 views) that reminds no matter how awe-inspiring a tornado can be, there's something terrible going on under it. Check out the exchange at about 3 minutes when the tornado sprouts it's multiple vortices. There is cheering until someone reminds them that people are dying with a little profanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Now officially 2 years since this event, kind of hard to believe to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 New footage of the Tuscaloosa tornado. At the 35 second mark, you'll notice that it gets dark very quickly. After watching the video a few times, it appears that the tornado passed just feet from their house. Wow crazy videos. This day has been brought up a lot living in the mountains and having tornadoes tear through small towns across the boarder from me in TN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I was focused heavily on the HSV-area storms yesterday, since I have family there, and I agree to an extent. It appeared to me that the outflow boundary from the MCS may have been draped across the northern row of counties in AL for several hours during the height of the outbreak. One storm in particular, which initially produced the catastrophic Hackleburg/Phil Campbell tornado, seemed to weaken a bit as it moved northeast from that area. Then, it suddenly went crazy upon reaching the Tennessee River, producing the Limestone Co. wedge near Tanner/Athens with visibly much-lower LCL's than the southern storms. For the rest of the afternoon, supercells trained over this general corridor and would each develop strong low-level rotation as they entered the Dectaur/Huntsville metro area. On the other hand, it still seems that the most prolific, violent tornado-producers were over the open warm sector, south of any clearly-defined boundaries from early convection. So, while I don't believe the MCS is what "made" this outbreak by any means, it may have at minimum not reduced its overall severity. Was rereading this thread and just came across this...A buddy of mine here at UAH is studying this boundary for his M.S. thesis. The Hackleburg tornado was along or just N of that boundary for most of it's life. It was high-end EF3 to EF5 intensity all the way from just SW of Hackleburg to near dissipation in nrn Madison County, an incredible distance of about 85 miles. The Cullman tornado crossed the boundary near the Cullman/Morgan County line, where it grew to 1 mi wide, high-end EF4, and there was a substantial loss of visibility. Both storms dropped tors within an hour of first echo, 50 min in the case of Hackleburg. He had an oral presentation at SLS last year on it that should be available on the conference site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettjrob Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Was rereading this thread and just came across this... A buddy of mine here at UAH is studying this boundary for his M.S. thesis. The Hackleburg tornado was along or just N of that boundary for most of it's life. It was high-end EF3 to EF5 intensity all the way from just SW of Hackleburg to near dissipation in nrn Madison County, an incredible distance of about 85 miles. The Cullman tornado crossed the boundary near the Cullman/Morgan County line, where it grew to 1 mi wide, high-end EF4, and there was a substantial loss of visibility. Both storms dropped tors within an hour of first echo, 50 min in the case of Hackleburg. He had an oral presentation at SLS last year on it that should be available on the conference site. Interesting -- I'll check that out, and be on the lookout for any publications from his work. I've driven through the Hackleburg-Harvest damage path where it crossed US-72A near Trinity a few times already. Impressive. (Actually, when I visit my parents in HSV next, my trip will be bookended by that and the Moore/Shawnee paths on I-35/40 -- three incredibly impressive swaths across major highways). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Interesting -- I'll check that out, and be on the lookout for any publications from his work. I've driven through the Hackleburg-Harvest damage path where it crossed US-72A near Trinity a few times already. Impressive. (Actually, when I visit my parents in HSV next, my trip will be bookended by that and the Moore/Shawnee paths on I-35/40 -- three incredibly impressive swaths across major highways). I've seen the track thru Anderson Hills, Old Railroad Bed Rd, US 72, Tanner, Hillsboro, Mt. Hope, Oak Grove, Phil Campbell, and Hackleburg. It's incomprehensible that it was all one tornado. Just unfathomable. It goes on and on and on and on forever seemingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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