Indystorm Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Can I get the cliff notes on what I missed this morning? How bad did S IN and KY take it? Sent from my ADR6400L Harrisburg Illinois EF-4...EF-2 Elizabethtown KY...other surveys ongoing for multiple tors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Radar detecting a couple of developing tornadoes in Central Tennessee. The storms are quickly becoming sizeable supercells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Sent from my iPad HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Harrisburg Illinois EF-4...EF-2 Elizabethtown KY...other surveys ongoing for multiple tors. Thanks, I'm Starting to come out of my anesthetic haze. I tried reading back but couldn't focus. Sent from my ADR6400L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 New tornado warning north of yahoo city Sent from my iPad HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Looks as if this storm may have more than one circulation. At any rate, the folks between Carpenter and Pineville may want to be on the look-out. The radar signature near Pineville was not too promising at 443 PM EST. Very mountainous area with not much vision of the sky. Also, does anyone else notice Morristown issuing a TOR with two full counties in it? Not everyone in that warning is in the path of a dangerous mesocyclone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 The radar signature near Pineville was not too promising at 443 PM EST. Very mountainous area with not much vision of the sky. Also, does anyone else notice Morristown issuing a TOR with two full counties in it? Not everyone in that warning is in the path of a dangerous mesocyclone. I wouldn't question the nws. Doesn't take much for. A cycle to shift in either direction and affect a different county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Ramping up Sent from my iPad HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I wouldn't question the nws. Doesn't take much for. A cycle to shift in either direction and affect a different county. That's actually pretty questionable. We're better than that at least, false alarms are high enough as it is. Not quite good enough to only TOR the meso, but still better than full counties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 That's actually pretty questionable. We're better than that at least, false alarms are high enough as it is. Not quite good enough to only TOR the meso, but still better than full counties. I would not have said anything except for the fact that it was Morristown who issued it. Not sure why, but their polygons have had difficulties recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 New poly is smaller. Couplet tightening up, although, pretty far from radar. Sent from my iPad HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 New poly is smaller. Couplet tightening up, although, pretty far from radar. Sent from my iPad HD This storm had very strong rotation earlier, produced a tornado, and has already cycled with a potential new tornado about to occur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thrasher Fan Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Anything relating to Tennessee and points southward might be better placed in Southeastern States area of the board. Quite a few following that thread right now would love these Velocity screen caps I bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jhamps10 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Good reflections Jhamps on the human impact of much of what we discuss in these forums. I know Harrisburg over to Marion and Carbondale well because of family in the area in prior years and it is good to remind us of our strength in situations like this. That's why I'm glad JoMo's observations of 9 months of recovery in Joplin are so helpful and inspirational on the main page of this forum. yep, thanks for the good words, I just needed to get it down on paper, err monitors lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 EF1 in Newburgh IN and EF1 in Henderson KY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Funny, I had a pre-written blog post about how there haven't been any tornadoes documented in Indiana on a leap day. Then today happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhamps10 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Funny, I had a pre-written blog post about how there haven't been any tornadoes documented in Indiana on a leap day. Then today happens. as Bob Uker would say... JUSTTTtttt a bit outside.... just a couple miles to the south and you'd be golden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Finally-----there are not any tornado warnings at this time! What a long day it's been for some offices, mets, and forecasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 847 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...HARRISBURG TORNADO...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...ASSESSMENT ONGOING... THE FOLLOWING IS AN UPDATE FROM A NWS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT ONGOING FOR THE FEBRUARY 29 HARRISBURG ILLINOIS TORNADO. * EVENT DATE - WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 29 2012 * EVENT TIME - 456 AM CST (HARRISBURG) 451 AM CST (CARRIER MILLS) * EVENT TYPE - EF4 TORNADO * FATALITIES - 6 CONFIRMED * INJURIES - APPROXIMATELY 100 * PEAK WIND - ESTIMATED 180 MPH (ADJUSTED UPWARD FROM 170 MPH EARLIER ESTIMATE. BASED ON ADDITIONAL DAMAGE) * AVERAGE PATH WIDTH - 250 YARDS * TRACK LENGTH - 7 PLUS MILES FROM 1 MILE NORTH OF CARRIER MILLS TO 2 MILES EAST OF HARRISBURG ALONG HIGHWAY 13. *** NOTE THE DAMAGE TRACK HAS ONLY BEEN SURVEYED TO 2 MILES EAST OF HARRISBURG AND LIKELY EXTENDS FURTHER ENE. AN NWS SURVEY TEAM WILL RESUME SURVEYING THIS AREA THURSDAY*** * DISCUSSION/DAMAGE - OVER 200 HOMES AND ABOUT 25 BUSINESSES WERE DESTROYED OR HEAVILY DAMAGED...INCLUDING A STRIP MALL ON THE EAST SIDE OF HWY 45. AT LEAST 10 HOMES OR OTHER BUILDINGS WERE LEVELED...WITH SEVERAL HOME STRUCTURES DISPLACED FROM THEIR FOUNDATIONS. HUNDREDS OF LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH MANY POWER LINES DOWN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 904 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...HARRISBURG TORNADO UPDATE... THE FOLLOWING IS THE EXPECTED FINAL NWS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR THE FEBRUARY 29 HARRISBURG ILLINOIS TORNADO. * EVENT DATE - WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 29 2012 * EVENT TIME - 451 AM CST AT CARRIER MILS...TO 456 AM CST AT HARRISBURG TO 510 AM CST AT RIDGWAY. * EVENT TYPE - EF4 TORNADO * FATALITIES - 6 CONFIRMED * INJURIES - APPROXIMATELY 100-110 * PEAK WIND - ESTIMATED 180 MPH (ADJUSTED UPWARD FROM INITIAL ESTIMATE OF 170 MPH (STRIP MALL DAMAGE). 180 MPH PEAK BASED ON NUMEROUS LEVELED AND DISPLACED HOMES.) * AVERAGE PATH WIDTH - 275 YARDS (UPDATED FROM EARLIER 250 YARD AVERAGE WIDTH) * TRACK LENGTH - 26.5 MILES FROM 1 MILE NORTH OF CARRIER MILLS ILLINOIS TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF RIDGWAY ILLINOIS. (UPDATED FOR EASTERN EXTENT OF PATH) * DISCUSSION/DAMAGE - IN HARRISBURG...OVER 200 HOMES AND ABOUT 25 BUSINESSES WERE DESTROYED OR HEAVILY DAMAGED...INCLUDING A STRIP MALL DESTROYED ON THE EAST SIDE OF HWY 45. AT LEAST 10 HOMES OR OTHER BUILDINGS WERE LEVELED...WITH SEVERAL HOME STRUCTURES DISPLACED FROM THEIR FOUNDATIONS. HUNDREDS OF LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH MANY POWER LINES DOWN. IN RIDGWAY...THE TORNADO DAMAGED ABOUT 140 HOMES AND BUSINESSES CAUSING 1 CRITICAL INJURY AND ABOUT A DOZEN RELATIVELY MINOR INJURIES. NUMEROUS CARS WERE TOSSED AROUND...MAINLY ON THE EAST SIDE RIDGWAY. A LARGE CHURCH BUILDING WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. A HALF DOZEN GRAIN BINS WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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