Thrasher Fan Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Just looks like a good soaking rain with a few rumbles of thunder thrown in. What a day! Goodnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcworthWx Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Still getting intermittent blasts of rain, wind, light and noise here in western Douglas County (about 5 miles S of I-20 and a bit east of the Douglas/Carroll border), but what do those of you who know what you're talking about think of the how the cell is shaping up in eastern Douglas County, about to cross over into Cobb along I-20? It appears to me to be winding down a little according to GRLevel3 radar. There isn't even a SVR or TOR warning for that cell. There is only some slight circulation, but nothing of great concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I think this is probably the first tornado outbreak I've followed completely. I've popped into severe threads from time to time but never stayed. I've never really been into severe weather but after the Joplin tornado, I find myself curious about how people respond to warnings and how people react once a tornado does hit their area. I did notice new wording in the tornado warnings that were issued by the various offices and seeing them use the new dual-pol products to determine when a tornado was actually on the ground was a good thing to see, and it's really going to help them in night time situations. While it's awful that small communities got hit, it's a miracle that much larger population centers did not. This is going to be a big news story for a few days, I hope the media doesn't say "they had no warning" because that simply is not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcworthWx Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Thank you. I'm ok and so are my family and friends. I was in the Jasper area when the storm hit. Damage appears to be minimal in my area of Marietta according to a friend. But it could have been much worse. I won't get to see my house soon. Going to have my buddy drop by and check it out. I think the circulation went a tad north of me but not much. Within fi e miles at the very most. Kind of makes this weekend even more exciting for you, huh? BTW, congrats and hope you two have a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Did any chasers or citizen photographers get any good video? Been monitoring Twitter, but haven't seen that one video that becomes the defining video of storm, like we saw last year from Tuscalossa and other places? Maybe tomorrow?. Or were so many storms rain wrapped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharonA Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Thanks for the input. Amazing what a difference a couple of scans can make. After I posted that msg asking about the cell, left the desk for a minute and came back to a new scan showing it looking a good deal less interesting than when I was posting. A couple more scans and it had pretty much devolved into mush, and then your posts chime in. Go away to another window for a bit and come back to a new SVR over downtown Atlanta from the backside of that blob that was nothing. Next scan it'll be nothing again, of course. More rain and thunder and wind, and lots lined up in Alabama heading towards Atlanta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrasher Fan Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Thanks for the input. Amazing what a difference a couple of scans can make. After I posted that msg asking about the cell, left the desk for a minute and came back to a new scan showing it looking a good deal less interesting than when I was posting. A couple more scans and it had pretty much devolved into mush, and then your posts chime in. Go away to another window for a bit and come back to a new SVR over downtown Atlanta from the backside of that blob that was nothing. Next scan it'll be nothing again, of course. More rain and thunder and wind, and lots lined up in Alabama heading towards Atlanta. Just checked radar one last time and noticed that little spin up. About to pass over my house very soon. SVR extended too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkman Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Just checked radar one last time and noticed that little spin up. About to pass over my house very soon. SVR extended too. I just took a peek...it definitely is slightly suspicious looking. Sheer is up to 77 kts. last frame at 2800 ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkman Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 And TOR.... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHERN WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 245 AM EST * AT 156 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SNELLVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Maybe not finished yet...strengthening mesocyclone near Snellville GA. This thing grew quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrasher Fan Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 That thing spun up just to my east if not right over me. Kinda scary. Tracking over Loganville, GA right now. Bethlehem and Statham, GA are in the path of this TOR warned cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SouthernNJ Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Maybe not finished yet...strengthening mesocyclone near Snellville GA. This thing grew quickly. Between Loganville and Campton. Not super strong, but enough for a spin-up nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcworthWx Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I just took a peek...it definitely is slightly suspicious looking. Sheer is up to 77 kts. last frame at 2800 ft. Still holding at that speed. Just south of Bethlehem, but should be overhead within a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkman Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Still holding at that speed. Just south of Bethlehem, but should be overhead within a few minutes. That convection to the south is doing good work, hopefully it'll finish it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Pekin Indiana Tornado From GLOV thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 That easily rivals some of the most violent motion we saw last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrasher Fan Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 TOR warned cell just east of Charlotte, NC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBriedis Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Reports of damage around Harrisburg east of Charlotte including a building collapse.. www.ustream.tv/channel/first-warn-weather-stream#utm_campaign=t.co&utm_source=1093808&utm_medium=social Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Reports of damage around Harrisburg east of Charlotte including a building collapse.. www.ustream.tv/channel/first-warn-weather-stream#utm_campaign=t.co&utm_source=1093808&utm_medium=social This was very interesting. I was watching this storm as it passed through Charlotte, and none of the radars nearby had a good angle on it. So, I checked the Terminal Doppler, which did show some rotation to the northeast of the city. Raleigh appeared to pick it up as they had a TOR. GSP, however, covers the Charlotte area and the storm was about to exit their CWA. Always a tough call to issue a warning polygon covering just a handful of miles. This is one of those instances where it would have been a good thing to allow an office to extend their polygon into a neighboring CWA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkhorn Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I think the Tornadoes reported is at 91, but it'll change (and possibly get lower) as everything gets confirmed I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Paducah NWS area lost more lives in 3 hours on Leap Year morning than all of last years tornadoes and flood deaths combined - and that is saying something. We had the first/second biggest river flood in 100 years and we had the most tornadoes ever recorded (2011). Now in one morning - with one outbreak - more lives lost than all last year. I wasn't kidding when I remarked a couple of weeks ago that this severe season may be the worst ever I hope to God I am WRONG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFusion70 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 The Henryville tornado looks like EF4-EF5 and reports of damage being a mile wide in spots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFusion70 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 same tornado that tore through Marysville sent debris almost 200 miles away and found around Cincinnati Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFusion70 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Reports from Henryville IN saying that damage was done by twin tornadoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I've had a 19º drop in temperature since midnight. I was 68.1ºF at midnight and down to 49.1ºF now. I've also had 2.53" since midnight and we're under a FF Warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandymanColumbusGA Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 It's not over yet... Southwest Georgia and the Florida Panhandle will be the spot to see a few tornadoes this morning. Already, a few tornado warnings south of Albany, GA and the cell is heading toward Tifton, GA (though it is weakening as it pushes northeast). Also, another storm has popped up north of Bainbridge, GA so I have my eye trained on that one as these storms are apart from the main line. The atmosphere is still juicy enough, with just enough of everything to be concerned for a touchdown or two in the Tallahassee NWS Coverage area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 The Henryville tornado looks like EF4-EF5 and reports of damage being a mile wide in spots Tough to say EF5, even we you see houses splintered apart. The houses may not have been the sturdiest, but no doubt it wasn't only EF1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFusion70 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Tough to say EF5, even we you see houses splintered apart. The houses may not have been the sturdiest, but no doubt it wasn't only EF1. Jim Cantorie said this to talk to him about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFusion70 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 He is also saying that his assessment on width is looking like 1 to 1 1/2 miles wide and possible up to 3 tornadoes now....survivors reporting being hit twice and other reports of seeing 3 in close proximity...nothing confirmed at this point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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