NaoPos Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Unreal situation overnight. I went to bed around 12am edt and action was minimal. Just catching up on what was going on. Stunned. I was hoping this wouldn't pan out. Nocturnal outbreaks are a whole other monster. Let's hope for The best here. The morning shots of the affected communities should be breathtaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Spann mentioned that as many as 21 tornadoes with this outbreak. Which is just incredible for January, and strongly rivals any April. Bump* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 The cell south of clanton still has a very tight couplet. On my iPad, so can't post images. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanc2001 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 good grief that area can't catch a break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Newest frame has weakened the rotation a good bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Another very dangerous signature between Greensboro and Marion. This could get ugly as not many folks will get these warnings. The timing could not have been worse, especially with some of the most powerful tornadoes occurring in areas of residential subdivisions and such. Likely some folks were asleep, and then that was it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 From central Alabama northward, all of those storms are beginning to enter a much more stable environment. IT appears the tornado threat is becoming less and less with time. Down south might be another story though. 40's extend as far west as Douglas County just west of Atlanta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWY316wx Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Spann mentioned that as many as 21 tornadoes with this outbreak. Which is just incredible for January, and strongly rivals any April. What a great observation that you made earlier last week in the mid range thread, that weather will be on the extremes in seasons to come. Who would have thought of a tornado outbreak like this on January 22-23 of any year? Wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lj0109 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTHEASTERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 745 AM CST * AT 710 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARKLING SPRINGS...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF DADEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROANOKE...STROUD...SPARKLING SPRINGS...WADLEY...CORINTH...ABANDA... RED LEVEL...CRYSTAL LAKE...WELCH AND POST OAK FORKS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan11295 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Initial pictures I am seeing look like EF2 possibly low end EF3 at this point, should be getting a better idea in a few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lj0109 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Still some activity going on in southern Alabama. A new circulation is trying to get going near Elmore, just north of Montgomery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 It appears there's rotation in this cell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWY316wx Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Panoramic picture from Centerpoint, Alabama. (Click and drag) http://360.io/hBK3PZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrasher Fan Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I hate waking up and seeing that it got worse after I signed off last night. Prayers to the people of the effected towns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjpayne44 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Pic of damage in Millbrook, AL: https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/397348_109282635861762_100003400780746_47307_471340368_n.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Panoramic picture from Centerpoint, Alabama. (Click and drag) http://360.io/hBK3PZ Facing east... it looks like if you were across that street you were ok.. if not you took heavy damage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavarreDon Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 16 yr old among those killed.....RIP. http://blog.al.com/s...am_storm_d.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DixieBlizzard Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 My sister and her family live in Clay, right off Old Springville Rd. Tornado missed them by 1/2 mile. I feel blessed that the storm spared my family and will pray for those who lost loved ones this morning. I have and always will hate tornados. Lived through one in the 70's when I was a kid in Center Point. Saw a trailer wrapped around a telephone pole and it's an image that shook me to my core when I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrasher Fan Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 A lot of tree damage from the storm that hit Fordyce, AR last night. video link: http://www.weather.com/weather/videos/news-41/top-stories-169/sun-rises-on-arkansas-storm-damage-25788 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguy3107 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Just absolutely terrible seeing what's going on over in neighboring Alabama, mother nature really needs to give them a break over there. Birmingham is quickly becoming if not already the Oklahoma City of the Southeast. It's amazing how long track supercells seem to constantly bullseye the little corridor from near Tuscaloosa to just north of the Birmingham metro. Hopefully it won't continue this spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderman Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 What a great observation that you made earlier last week in the mid range thread, that weather will be on the extremes in seasons to come. Who would have thought of a tornado outbreak like this on January 22-23 of any year? Wild. Two words. Super Tuesday. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/archive/event.php?date=20080205 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Two words. Super Tuesday. http://www.spc.noaa....p?date=20080205 Crap, that image scared me to death until I saw it was from 2008, not last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrasher Fan Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Possible tornado tracks from Arkansas last night: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 My sister and her family live in Clay, right off Old Springville Rd. Tornado missed them by 1/2 mile. I feel blessed that the storm spared my family and will pray for those who lost loved ones this morning. I have and always will hate tornados. Lived through one in the 70's when I was a kid in Center Point. Saw a trailer wrapped around a telephone pole and it's an image that shook me to my core when I was a kid. There was a nurse that put up a Facebook post that they needed any available nurses at a triage center at the Winn Dixie there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavarreDon Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Scary pics! http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/01/unusual_winter_tornado_may_hav.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 It doesn't seem like any of the tornadoes were very wide, which is a good thing, but some of that damage looks like at least EF2,EF3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DixieBlizzard Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 It doesn't seem like any of the tornadoes were very wide, which is a good thing, but some of that damage looks like at least EF2,EF3. 4 blocks or so wide in Clay. Very strong winds though. My Nephew's girlfriend had her wrought iron fence blown down by the force of the wind. Her sister's car was on one side of the pool when they went to bed and had been picked up and tossed on the other side of the pool and down an embankment when they woke up. Luckily, most of their house is literally underground but all of their vehicles and garages were completely destroyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 It just kind of just puzzles me, looking at the damage to this one house that was completely destroyed when the houses around it look to have minimal damage. http://www.trussvill...=1257&Itemid=64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tornado Girl Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 It just kind of just puzzles me, looking at the damage to this one house that was completely destroyed when the houses around it look to have minimal damage. http://www.trussvill...=1257&Itemid=64 There is a lot we don't completely understand about tornadoes especially near the base of the tornado. A multiple vortex tornado (sub-vortices or suction vortices) is one that has mini vortices inside the bigger main vortex. I think most toradoes have these suction vortices. Most of the time no one can see them because they are rain wrapped or hidden by debris in the funnel. I've seen a few multi vortex tornadoes. In the ones I've seen these sub-vortices formed at the base of the tornado. Inside the main vortex there are several forces at play: inflow and outflow angle, rotational motion, centrifugal forces, pressure gradient forces, and even the winds in and around the tornado vortex. I think these complex forces form relatively calm areas inside a tornado, therefore areas inside the parent tornado will be spinning faster that others. Sub-vortices can cause narrow areas of extreme damage inside the main tornado damage path. Even though a tornado can range from less than one hundred yards to over two miles in width, these smaller vortexes may only be 60 or 70 feet in diameter and follow one another, this is often referred to as training. The winds in these sub-vortexes can easily spin in excess of 150 mph and are most likely responsible for a majority of a tornadoes destruction. They are one of the reasons people think tornadoes can skip over one house and hit another house across the street..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msuwx Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Jefferson County tornado preliminarily related EF 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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