POWERSTROKE Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 wind is really blowing now with a heavy downpour, sounds like a summer storm without the lightning and thunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I guess it was not above the ground the whole time. From review, the strongest of the g2g circulation was between 607 to 613 PM EST, almost right as it crossed I-40 somewhere between Icard and Hildebran...or about 5 to 7 miles west of the city center of Hickory. I know you cannot guess a tornado EF rating by radar, but based upon the damage reports and rotation strength, this may have been bigger than just a small spin-up. I hope everyone comes out of this ok. The report of the mobile home and house damage is said to have begun at 607 PM, and is located right where the radar showed the most obvious signature as well as exactly the right time. A TOR was in effect and then re-issued before the tornado arrived, which may have saved some lives here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burkecountync Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 One of my cousins wrote on Facebook that the unconfirmed "tornado" went approximately by her home, about 100 feet from her home. Take that number with a grain of salt, because I am not quiet sure about the details. She says that there was an extremely loud roar as the family climbed into an interior closet. She claims it was the loudest thing she has ever heard. While there house was untouched, homes down the street were less fortunate. All she states is that neighbors down the street are home's are "really messed up." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I have a question about the events of the last hour or so. What changed to have severe south and west of me instead of the forecasted chances for severe south and east of me? If this is not in the correct thread, please move this. Meteorological set-up is not my forte, but I believe since these events were created by a single storm cell, that it likely ran into boundaries which combined with each other. A warm front may have been close by, because even in an environment not meant for active severe weather, a storm could begin to rotate and continue to rotate for a little while if it rides along the location of the warm front. Again, I am not entirely sure, but this is one possibility as to why this storm did what it did. Also, if the warm front had already passed the area south and east, this may have lessened the threat down there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landof2rivers Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Thanks for your response. I will continue reading and learning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongwxnc Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Pic of the Tornado in Ellenboro via Heels98. This would be looking se. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG FROSTY Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Game on, Just had heavy thunderstorm roll thru, It's true thunder in winter snow within 10 days. Heck it didn't take 10 minutes Accuweather showing my current obs as 45 and snow!!! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG FROSTY Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Pic of the Tornado in Ellenboro via Heels98. This would be looking se. Awesome pic Mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion_NC_WX Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Not exactly one to be proud of but accorinding to Brad Panovich (twitter account) and Dr. Greg Forbes who's with Jim Cantore and other Meteorologists at a weather convention in Colorado...history was made tonight in the North Carolina Foothills... Just showed pictures to @drgregforbes he says this is the only tornado every reported in Rutherford or Burke Co. in Jan ever! In fact he looked at the NCDC data base & couldn't find a tornado in those counties in Nov, Dec, Jan or Feb ever. #ncwx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burkecountync Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Latest details: http://hildebrannews.blogspot.com/2012/01/supercell-thunderstorm-possibly.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SN_Lover Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Just saw the local news. the images are incredible. This is just my observation, but I think it's probably around EF2 damage. The news reporter was standing on a wooden stairway leading to the entrance of a house. The house was not at the end of the stairs, it was completely gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Great reports from those of you in or near the storm track this evening Thanks for taking the time to check in. As always, hate to hear of it, but glad everyone appears to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burkecountync Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 New details this morning. National Weather Service to be in the county to determine if tornado caused the damage. Based on everything I see and hear, its hard to believe that it was not a tornado. http://hildebrannews.blogspot.com/2012/01/update-nws-to-be-in-burke-county-today.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongwxnc Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Agree. For damage in Rutherford county you can go to wlso 13 online. They are reporting 4-5 homes totally destoried with 10 in th hospital .... New details this morning. National Weather Service to be in the county to determine if tornado caused the damage. Based on everything I see and hear, its hard to believe that it was not a tornado. http://hildebrannews.blogspot.com/2012/01/update-nws-to-be-in-burke-county-today.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 0.37" yesterday. same ole story, split to the left, split to the wide right only to have stuff reform upstream. 0.52" for the month/year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Grabbed .40" yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavarreDon Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Ended with 1.36" yesterday, total for the year so far is 2.20" in Weaverville. Really strange to see a very healthy thunderstorm with a 3° temp variance all day until after the storm moved thru. Upper 40s thru the whole thing....crazy weather for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oconeexman Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Ended up with 1.65" yesterday, feel blessed after seeing other totals. Man we had storm after storm with some real heavy downpours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 .30 for me and CAE recorded .40 better than I expected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Foothills Snowman Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Had a thunderstorm come through last night between 7:30 and 8:00 pm while in church.Isn't there some wise tale about if it thunders and lightening in winter then snow with in a week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongwxnc Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I expect a damn blizzard in ten days. Do not know if their is a saying about having a tornado in the winter Had an thunderstorm come through last night between 7:30 and 8:00 pm.Isn't there some wise tale about if it thunders and lightening in winter then snow with in a week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurydime Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Thunder yesterday here at 3:30p or so (seemed to develop east and south of me more, which makes sense, given what happened in Burke and Rutherford), and I picked up 1.25 inces of rain with the system. Might see some flakes tonight...depends on the the flow direction as much as anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 forecast highs for my area are mid 40's Friday . Once again the GFS differs, so do all the other models. This is impressive cold advection, so for the western piedmont of NC I'm going with upper 30s to near 40 Shelby to Charlotte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 forecast highs for my area are mid 40's Friday . Once again the GFS differs, so do all the other models. This is impressive cold advection, so for the western piedmont of NC I'm going with upper 30s to near 40 Shelby to Charlotte. At first, I thought those temp maps were showing vastly different solutions due to the different colors. Then, I looked at the scale and noticed the colors indicate different temps for each map. Why would the same site (Plymouth) use different colors to indicate different temps on different model maps? Just wondering... Edit: One more thing: Does AVN refer to the GFS, as you mentioned in your post, or is it some other model that I'm not familiar with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 .30 for me and CAE recorded .40 better than I expected Way to go!! Maybe the turn around has started for you too. I'm glad to see some gulf storms on the maps.... of course they come and go from run to run, but the idea is there I'm at 59 and heavy clouds, expect about as much flurry activity here as a sudden super nova, but I ran out the snow dancers to enhance the chances for those north of me who are melting down, lol. Clipper snow is as rare as hens teeth south of lake Allatoona. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxictwister00 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Lot of light precip breaking out across GA looking at a couple of radars, it's gotten very dark and overcast within the hour here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnweathernut Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Just talked to a friend northeast of Nashville and he mentioned to me that they had a quick burst of snow (enough to whiten the ground in spots with the front. Had stopped snowing ATM, but the radar has filled in from Clarksville all the way back to western KY. Will be interesting to hear from him if that has anything other than very light snows in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oconeexman Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Good rain showers here now..temp 53 unfotunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MountainMarvel Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 The sky has really darkened over the last hour. The wind has picked up, and the temp is dropping. Made this pic looking toward Wolf Pen Mountain, with Mt. Mitchell behind it. Saw pink buds on trees across from the Lake Lure Inn today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaffneyPeach Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Rain w/sun (yeah) <Temp (sigh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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