Brick Tamland Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 without question, you guys have to see this footage from the Tuscaloosa tornado. Unreal. Especially about the 3:30 mark. That is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Well, new tornado watch. I guess we're not in the clear yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Lots of wind atm, with OVC skies, was stunned to wake up to the FAT numbers coming out of AL, TN, MS, and GA. Went to bed last night listening to the Catoosa county Fire-EMS-Sheriff on the iPhone, and last I heard was 5 deaths there. I fear this is going to go higher as reports that are made public and confirmed are likely hours old by the time they are released, and many areas still have not been cleared per ABC 33/40 in AL. Total fatalities now stand around 180. Edit: I see that you were just discussing the deaths in Catoosa county. Please disregard. I was not trying to imply there were that many deaths in the one county. I was updating the overall number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Big bust here. No thunder or lightning. Hardly any rain. Just some gusty winds and that was it last night and early morning hours. Nothing here as well. The only rain I'm seeing in the guage is what fell yesterday around noon. Completely missed it all, savea couple light showers. Heartfelt prayers and thoughts with all the families that have to put their lives together from a great tragedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 128 dead in Alabama alone. Unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeronicaCorningstone Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 AP now upping the number of fatalities to 194. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SEVERE_WEATHER?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Sadly, I'm certain that number is going to rise even more. This is just surreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 CNN reporting it is now over 200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeronicaCorningstone Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 CNN reporting it is now over 200. Good Lord. It seems like it goes up in 10s every hour that passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 CNN reporting it is now over 200. BREAKING NEWS Eight people killed by storms in Virginia, bringing death toll in Southern storms to 202 people in six states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Nothing here as well. The only rain I'm seeing in the guage is what fell yesterday around noon. Completely missed it all, savea couple light showers. Heartfelt prayers and thoughts with all the families that have to put their lives together from a great tragedy. Same here in West Georgia. Got a few sprinkles and that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 That gives me chills reading that. For all those on this board that were complaining about the storms dieing out we all should have prayed for the whole system to just dissipate. It was an extremely volatile situation where you shouldn't want any storm of any strength near you at all with the tornadic potential that the atmosphere contained yesterday. The only person I know and saw that was complaining was the poster that made the post above this one. No sane person would complain that's for sure. Otherwise, it's been an incredible thread and job by everyone. The lack of weenism, complaints, or other problems was quite extraordinary given how many people were viewing this thread for so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 The only person I know that was complaining was the poster that the post above this one that I ever saw. No sane person would complain that's for sure. Otherwise, it's been an incredible thread and job by everyone. I was just complaining about not getting any rain. I never complained about not getting hit by a destructive tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mencken_Fan Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 without question, you guys have to see this footage from the Tuscaloosa tornado. Unreal. Especially about the 3:30 mark. I don't normally comment on weather outside coastal NC but the battle between terror and adrenaline that young man was experiencing....well, it gave me goose bumps. How can anyone watch that without imagining being in a similar situation? And who could possibly maintain such composure while the "fight or flee" instinct is surely raging? I know I couldn't.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Sisk Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Is there anyone here who experienced the baseball size hail reported in several places? I just can not imagine how scary that would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgertime Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I woke up around 3:40 in the AM this morning to thunder, wind, rain and then saw lots of lightning. It wasn't too bad though, I made sure we weren't under a Tornado warning then went back to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkman Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I'm pretty surprised the cell over Manning, SC isn't tor warned right now. Looks nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 The winds were very strong outside of thunderstorms in Southern Pines this morning (gusting over 50 mph). I tried to get some on video but I am not sure how it will come out. Interestingly I then drove to FAY and the winds were hardly blowing in comparison. I guess it was a localized LLJ max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkman Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 0 tornado warnings for the first time in a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Not sure if this is the calm before the storm in NC or if we are going to get lucky and not see anything today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 0 tornado warnings for the first time in a very long time. We've had some up here in MD and PA all morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 The winds were very strong outside of thunderstorms in Southern Pines this morning (gusting over 50 mph). I tried to get some on video but I am not sure how it will come out. Interestingly I then drove to FAY and the winds were hardly blowing in comparison. I guess it was a localized LLJ max. Winds hitting mid 40's here and we are actually getting some decent sun, in fact its very Apr 16thish out there lots of filtered sun and strong SW wind. Of course there isnt nearly the instability or upper support so I will settle for just a few run of the mill severe storms and even that looks like a stretch at this point. SPC does have us at 10% for tornados so I guess if some decent updrafts get going they might spin up a few weaker funnels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguy3107 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Since this thread is getting a little lengthy, I started a new post storm analysis thread for the April 27 outbreak. http://www.americanw...pr-27-outbreak/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavarreDon Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Wow! I feel like I have a weather hangover. Nothing severe imby last night. My thoughts are with those who are suffering today. I know it was brought up way back in the thread yest. but I think it is worth mentioning again. As much as we rag on TWC for being full of fluff. I thought they did an awesome job of covering things yest. & last night. Most of you pobably know about this but, for any who don't. Here is link to where you can listen to select police, fire, ems, & amt. radio. Some pretty amazing stuff on there ths morning. http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 WRAL saying the storms are coming still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poimen Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 WRAL saying the storms are coming still. Looks like a fairly healthy cell is about to race up US 1 through Lee and Wake counties. Sound familiar? Good news is it is relatively weak at the moment, although it did produce a severe thunderstorm warning earlier. Another cell behind that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Looks like a fairly healthy cell is about to race up US 1 through Lee and Wake counties. Sound familiar? Good news is it is relatively weak at the moment, although it did produce a severe thunderstorm warning earlier. Another cell behind that one. It seems that severe storms love US1. Same for snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 It seems the winds I experienced were due to a wake low. Chalk up another first experience in 2011! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherNC Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0661 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1022 AM CDT THU APR 28 2011 AREAS AFFECTED...ERN CAROLINAS CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 250...252... VALID 281522Z - 281615Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 250...252...CONTINUES. TORNADO WATCH 250 MAY NEED TO BE LOCALLY EXTENDED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ONGOING SEVERE THREAT. YET TO BE OVERTURNED INSTABILITY EXTENDS ACROSS MOST OF THE ERN CAROLINAS LATE THIS MORNING WHERE MLCAPE VALUES ARE ON THE ORDER OF 1500 J/KG. THIS PRE-FRONTAL AIRMASS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND SEVERE LINE SEGMENTS UNTIL LOW LEVEL FLOW VEERS AND CONVERGENCE WEAKENS. THIS PROCESS MAY TAKE SEVERAL HOURS THUS THE CONTINUED THREAT FOR TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS. ..DARROW.. 04/28/2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose4 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 It seems that severe storms love US1. Same for snow. I thought snow hated US 1. Oh, no, wait, that's US 15-501 over toward Chapel Hill that snow hates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Yeah, I saw that and deleted the post. My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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