mikepie Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Tornado warning bartow, cherokee county, N of ATL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATL_Militarypolice Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 Can you clarify this? What does "BMX is abandoning ship" mean? They were seeking shelter from tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 They were seeking shelter from tornado. Thanks for all the replies. I figured that meant they were fleeing, but I didn't want to assume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Cousins in Cartersville have taken cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Folks on the central forum are saying 25 dead so far in Pleasant Grove Al just north fo Birmingham, hope thats wrong if not then that number is prolly low if they can confirm that many this quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEGa Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Can you clarify this? What does "BMX is abandoning ship" mean? took shelter and passed off their area to a nearby office Folks on the central forum are saying 25 dead so far in Pleasant Grove Al just north fo Birmingham, hope thats wrong if not then that number is prolly low if they can confirm that many this quickly. after seeing it move through i can understand - it looked like a big black boiling cloud on the ground. it was huge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Cousins in Cartersville have taken cover. [nsert west virginia joke here] seriously though... wishing everyone in AL, tn and GA is safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNCwx Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 The cell headed to Rome is at 58,000 feet If this tornado keeps going, could you add GRlevel3 images from GSP so we can continue to track it as it heads our way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonGA Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Sirens have been going off for 15 minutes. Im pretty certain it is going north of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherNC Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 If you look at the counties, ATL is not a High Risk. Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, Paulding, Douglas, and Carroll are though. Good eye, although the proximity is really trivial. Not sure why the SPC stated the metro was included, but the graphics show it being just outside. btw, good news though is there is finally a weakening but as channel 2 has noted, it's moving east at NINETY MPH...yes 90mph! Wonder if it is cycling again, Forbes said earlier that cells like this tend to cycle very 45 mins or so. Granted, it is heading into a less favorable environment for sig tornados, but a favorable env. nonetheless. Would not be surprised to see it tighten back up, and radar is already starting to indicate such. N GA crew stay safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 yeah, its a play on words, I realize, but still amazing. I haven't calculated the miles, but from east central MS to nw GA is quite a haul for a twister, no matter where it happens, thats a VERY long track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBriedis Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 That number is from EMS in Alabama and is confirmed. They are telling people who find debris across Alabama to hold on to it so they can try to return it to people! Local mets here in CAE on TV are saying we won't get much when it comes through in the AM, hope to hell they are right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeznado Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 We are not sure if this will be one continuous tornado all the way to GA- it did cycle a bit NE of BHM, it may have handed off to a new tornado somewhere along the line. Damage surveys will tell the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Oh look, Ken Cook cut in for like 2 seconds and then left again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 The long lived, cycling tornado still appears to have a hook just southeast of Rome. Amazing to watch it over a 4 hour loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornsnow Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Foothills what are you thoughts on our area later tonight. I see you are in shelby and I'm north of charlotte in cornelius? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Dr. Forbes is doing a bang up job teaching and warning thru this. I'm impressed. I have one headed up this way and between him and Dacular's radar I'm set to rabbit if need be Be safe Cheston! And all you others up there. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 If this tornado keeps going, could you add GRlevel3 images from GSP so we can continue to track it as it heads our way? I will indeed. Right now I've added an up-close Atlanta view that should have enough images to loop in just a little while http://www.daculaweather.com/grlevel3/storm_mode_6.php They will look like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Foothills what are you thoughts on our area later tonight. I see you are in shelby and I'm north of charlotte in cornelius? I'm watching the storm near Rome closely. The overall line is developing and honestly I haven't seen any new data since a few hours ago when all Helk broke loose, just not much time, but usually a long lived tornado makes a nearly straight path. The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak here is what I'm reminded of here so far, but only time will tell if the cell continues its track. We're in for a bumpy ride, regardless. Winds are picking up. If you extrapolate the long lived twister, it would approach Rutherford and Cleveland County by 1 am...I really doubt a storm could survive 5 states though. Would be unprecedented., But the overall setup favors development along the actual line becoming more linear, not cellular , with time. Winds are increasing outside, much like models showed earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 926 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA NORTHWESTERN HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT * AT 920 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 25 MILES WEST OF TALLAPOOSA...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF TALLAPOOSA AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Colonel Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 If the N. ATL cell holds together...upstate SC/I-85 could make it a quadrouple sate Tornado. This is bonkers....and scary. My folks are having to rely on me to give them the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I'm watching the storm near Rome closely. The overall line is developing and honestly I haven't seen any new data since a few hours ago when all Helk broke loose, just not much time, but usually a long lived tornado makes a nearly straight path. The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak here is what I'm reminded of here so far, but only time will tell if the cell continues its track. We're in for a bumpy ride, regardless. Winds are picking up. If you extrapolate the long lived twister, it would approach Rutherford and Cleveland County by 1 am...I really doubt a storm could survive 5 states though. Would be unprecedented., But the overall setup favors development along the actual line becoming more linear, not cellular , with time. Winds are increasing outside, much like models showed earlier. Gonna be a heck of a squall line and any discrete cells out in front will be tornadic, looking at a few things and the Craven really stands out, could be a early indicator where the meat of the squall line is gonna hit..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonGA Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I just got some video of the big storm to the north. The lightning is absolutely terrifying. Ive never seen so much lightning in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witness Protection Program Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 15 collapsed buildings with entrapments in Chattanooga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgertime Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 The footage coming out of Alabama is insane...hopefully this will spare a lot of NC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Wow that Tuscaloosa supercell is still alive and looks to go just north of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 GOOD GOD. http://www.twitvid.com/D1HNK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikepie Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 storm in cherokee strengthening in far NE Bartow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 For once I'm rooting for the cells to weaken as they move from the NW metro to my area as they have the tendency to do. I'd much prefer a severe tstorm to a deadly tornado! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevo Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 We are not sure if this will be one continuous tornado all the way to GA- it did cycle a bit NE of BHM, it may have handed off to a new tornado somewhere along the line. Damage surveys will tell the story. After watching that cell loop over and over, I cannot see how it could have passed off to another tornado. Can that happen within the same supercell? Seriously...I'm really asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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