downeastnc Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 My buddy down there is at his cousins who apparently lost most of their house......sounds like the tornado just missed the junction of 264 and 99 by a half mile or so where the majority of homes and businesses are and that prevented this from being a lot worse...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 New tornado warning in north FL. BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 523 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTICELLO... EAST CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 523 PM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...OR 9 MILES EAST OF TALLAHASSEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHAIRES CROSSROADS...CHAIRES...CODY...CAPITOLA...BAUM...LLOYD... WAUKEENAH...CAPPS...NASH...LAKE MICCOSUKEE...LOIS...FESTUS... DRIFTON...CASA BLANCO...MONTIVILLA...JARROTT AND ALMA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES. GET TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO AS POSSIBLE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Ugh no power. Don't see how it didn't cut out with the severe warned storm, but it did from these weak training storms. Edit: Back on now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 This is looking south on the "main" drag in Pantego so they where this close to getting a tornado right down main street.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Here it is maybe 5 mins after passing Pantego looks pretty stout in this pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSUBlizzicane2007 Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 Just a report on what I saw this morning. Had the squall line come in around 9 AM and it was severe warned...and although we got about 2 inches of rain out of it, the highest wind gust here was only about 15 MPH. I hate it when that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 TWC reporting 13 people have been injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 My buddy sent me a pic to my phone of his cousins house it's completely destroyed and they where home when it hit not sure how they fared injury wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 You see enough pics and videos and sometimes you just know when a tornado has "that" look to it. I don't know if there were any DIs out there to support it, but that was probably a violent tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 A few more photos from twitter I found. Thats pretty much the only thing I find twitter useful for, storm photos. Prelim. EF2 damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Going to ride down to the club Sat and will head over to the damage path for some pics, here is one of our club members cousins home on Beech Ridge Rd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Going to ride down to the club Sat and will head over to the damage path for some pics, here is one of our club members cousins home on Beech Ridge Rd... Wow that's pretty extensive damage. I will be interested to see the rating the NWS gives it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack123 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 What kind of a house was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxBlue Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Wow that's pretty extensive damage. I will be interested to see the rating the NWS gives it today. Won't surprise me if this end up breaking the EF3+ drought, but EF2 is more realistic from what I've seen. We'll see what NWS got... This is just an amazing tweet to describe how quiet 2014 had been so far (although it's not so quiet when your town get hit). @UAHSWIRLL There has not been an EF3+ tornado in the U.S. this year! That's a record-breaker by 1 week & counting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Won't surprise me if this end up breaking the EF3+ drought, but EF2 is more realistic from what I've seen. We'll see what NWS got... This is just an amazing tweet to describe how quiet 2014 had been so far (although it's not so quiet when your town get hit). @UAHSWIRLL There has not been an EF3+ tornado in the U.S. this year! That's a record-breaker by 1 week & counting! Yeah I put the information for that tweet together yesterday, and a colleague of mine and I put it on our FB and Twitter feeds. I also put together a more detailed post on U.S. Tornadoes. http://www.ustornadoes.com/2014/04/08/2014s-ef3-tornado-drought-the-latest-in-the-year-on-record-without-one/#more-4346 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Will be rated an EF2 by the NWS. Thats what I thought based off the damage that I saw from photos. High EF2 on the photo that downeastnc posted. The EF3less streak will continue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 heres a decent video of it near belhaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxBlue Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Yeah I put the information for that tweet together yesterday, and a colleague of mine and I put it on our FB and Twitter feeds. I also put together a more detailed post on U.S. Tornadoes. http://www.ustornadoes.com/2014/04/08/2014s-ef3-tornado-drought-the-latest-in-the-year-on-record-without-one/#more-4346 Wow, thanks for this sum of information! I still remember that midnight outbreak in the Deep South to start off the horrible year of 2011 and it's very fitting the first EF3 of 2011 came a hour into the new year. Another thing is that I was really surprised to see 2003/2004 that late, but it also very telling that this season is far from over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Some decent motion in that video, here is another pretty good shot of it from much closer than the others its copyrighted on WITN so here is the link https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152396777099742&set=a.94646469741.82555.45809529741&type=1&relevant_count=1 Also this gallery the first 4-5 pics are of the site my friends families home was on showing the damage, it was a newer modular home on a brick foundation so that is one reason maybe why the rating wasn't as high but the homes down there are in hurricane country and are built to a pretty high code for wind. He actually saw it coming and knew the house wouldn't make it so they left the bathtub in the home and he and his pregnant wife and 6 kids ( yeah wow right ) and got in a nearby ditch right as it hit, in hindsight it was a good call... http://www.wnct.com/story/25187163/closer-look-at-beaufort-county-tornado-damage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Here it is maybe 5 mins after passing Pantego looks pretty stout in this pic Ponzar wedge.jpg What a beautiful structure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye05 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Some decent motion in that video, here is another pretty good shot of it from much closer than the others its copyrighted on WITN so here is the link https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152396777099742&set=a.94646469741.82555.45809529741&type=1&relevant_count=1 Also this gallery the first 4-5 pics are of the site my friends families home was on showing the damage, it was a newer modular home on a brick foundation so that is one reason maybe why the rating wasn't as high but the homes down there are in hurricane country and are built to a pretty high code for wind. He actually saw it coming and knew the house wouldn't make it so they left the bathtub in the home and he and his pregnant wife and 6 kids ( yeah wow right ) and got in a nearby ditch right as it hit, in hindsight it was a good call... http://www.wnct.com/story/25187163/closer-look-at-beaufort-county-tornado-damage Note the lack of nails or bolts sticking out of the foundation perimeter. That probably accounts for the low rating, as this would indicate that the walls likely weren't connected to the foundation. Then again, I have seen un-anchored homes swept away and rated EF3 numerous times. Hard to say what led to the EF2 rating without being there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye05 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Mystery solved. Sounds like we are looking at a double-wide mobile home that was built on a brick perimeter foundation as an attempt to make it look like a permanent frame home. "...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC HAS CONFIRMEDA TORNADO NEAR BELHAVEN IN BEAUFORT COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA ON APRIL7 2014.THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF PANTEGO CREEK AND HIGHWAY264 NORTH OF BELHAVEN. IT BEGAN AS A MODERATE EF1 TORNADO FROM THERE TONEAR BEECH RIDGE ROAD. ALONG HIGHWAY 264 THERE WAS DAMAGE TO A FEWSTRUCTURES AND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LARGE OAKS AND PINE TREESDOWNED...TWISTED...AND SNAPPED. ONE HOME WAS SHIFTED OFF ITSFOUNDATION WITH PARTIAL ROOF DESTRUCTION...A PARTIAL LOSS OF WALLSAND WINDOWS BLOWN OUT. A CAR IN THAT LOCATION WAS TOSSED 50 YARDSFROM THE ROAD WITH TWO INJURIES.THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED TO A HIGH END EF2 AS IT MOVED THROUGHTHE BEECH RIDGE ROAD AREA NEAR PANTEGO. SEVERAL HOMES...OUTBUILDINGS...AND SHEDS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. LARGE NUMBERS OFTREES WERE SNAPPED...MANY NEAR THEIR BASE. A DOUBLE WIDE MOBILEHOME WAS WIPED OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND DESTROYED DESPITE BEINGSTRAPPED DOWN. UTILITY LINE TOWERS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED HEREAS WELL.THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED TO PRODUCE MODERATE EF2 DAMAGE ONROSS FARM. A ROOF WAS ENTIRELY TORN OFF A HOUSE...AN OUT BUILDINGDESTROYED...HUGE FARM EQUIPMENT MOVED...AND MANY TREES SNAPPEDTHERE. THE TORNADO THEN DISSIPATED IN A FIELD." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 heres a decent video of it near belhaven What is the deal with the cheesy music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 What is the deal with the cheesy music? People feel they have to put music with everything. It often drives me crazy, as it usually has absolutely no relationship to what is going on in the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack123 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Mystery solved. Sounds like we are looking at a double-wide mobile home that was built on a brick perimeter foundation as an attempt to make it look like a permanent frame home. "...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR BELHAVEN IN BEAUFORT COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA ON APRIL 7 2014. THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF PANTEGO CREEK AND HIGHWAY 264 NORTH OF BELHAVEN. IT BEGAN AS A MODERATE EF1 TORNADO FROM THERE TO NEAR BEECH RIDGE ROAD. ALONG HIGHWAY 264 THERE WAS DAMAGE TO A FEW STRUCTURES AND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LARGE OAKS AND PINE TREES DOWNED...TWISTED...AND SNAPPED. ONE HOME WAS SHIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION WITH PARTIAL ROOF DESTRUCTION...A PARTIAL LOSS OF WALLS AND WINDOWS BLOWN OUT. A CAR IN THAT LOCATION WAS TOSSED 50 YARDS FROM THE ROAD WITH TWO INJURIES. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED TO A HIGH END EF2 AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE BEECH RIDGE ROAD AREA NEAR PANTEGO. SEVERAL HOMES...OUT BUILDINGS...AND SHEDS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. LARGE NUMBERS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED...MANY NEAR THEIR BASE. A DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME WAS WIPED OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND DESTROYED DESPITE BEING STRAPPED DOWN. UTILITY LINE TOWERS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED HERE AS WELL. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED TO PRODUCE MODERATE EF2 DAMAGE ON ROSS FARM. A ROOF WAS ENTIRELY TORN OFF A HOUSE...AN OUT BUILDING DESTROYED...HUGE FARM EQUIPMENT MOVED...AND MANY TREES SNAPPED THERE. THE TORNADO THEN DISSIPATED IN A FIELD." Not trying to be really nitpicking but if this double wide mobile home was tied down wouldn't that mean it was anchored better than usual. The upper bound on a double wide mobile home is a DOD 12 with a wind speed around 154mph. I know very little about construction but was just reading the DOD on a double wide mobile home and the statement by the NWS stating despite being strapped down. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/efscale/4.html. Maybe somebody can inform me on the construction of this mobile home. I can't tell really well from the home. Another thing is also as to why it was rated only high-end EF2 was maybe the surrounding areas didn't warrant anything higher than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack123 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Here is another interesting survey from an EF4 tornado that occurred during the Superoutbreak on April 27, 2011. It sounds like mobile homes can be rated higher than EF2 as long as their strapped down. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jan/?n=2011_04_25_27_svr_smith_jasper_clarke. Of course this recent small outbreak was nothing in comparison to the April 27, 2011 outbreak. I was just wondering when NWS offices decide on when a mobile home deserves a higher rating than EF2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Not trying to be really nitpicking but if this double wide mobile home was tied down wouldn't that mean it was anchored better than usual. The upper bound on a double wide mobile home is a DOD 12 with a wind speed around 154mph. I know very little about construction but was just reading the DOD on a double wide mobile home and the statement by the NWS stating despite being strapped down. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/efscale/4.html. Maybe somebody can inform me on the construction of this mobile home. I can't tell really well from the home. Another thing is also as to why it was rated only high-end EF2 was maybe the surrounding areas didn't warrant anything higher than that. Ratings are nice but no one can predict what will happen in a tornado. For instance, the double wide may well have withstood this tornado if it acted like the test chamber. What often happens is that as the tornado approaches a large piece of debri(tree trunk, roof section, etc) slams into the double wide and pierces its outer shell. At that point the rating is meaningless as the wind enters the home and tears it apart from the inside often leaving the tie downs sitting right where they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye05 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Here is another interesting survey from an EF4 tornado that occurred during the Superoutbreak on April 27, 2011. It sounds like mobile homes can be rated higher than EF2 as long as their strapped down. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jan/?n=2011_04_25_27_svr_smith_jasper_clarke. Of course this recent small outbreak was nothing in comparison to the April 27, 2011 outbreak. I was just wondering when NWS offices decide on when a mobile home deserves a higher rating than EF2.Total destruction of a tied-down mobile is almost always rated EF2. I have never heard of a mobile home being rated higher than EF2 just because it was tied down. Complete destruction of a mobile home with anchoring problems is usually rated EF1. I'm not 100% sure about this, but I think that a few particularly extreme incidences of mobile home damage have been rated EF3 in the past. The 2010 Scooba/Gieger tornado dissintigrated a mobile home near Dekalb, MS and warped the steel frame around a tree. There were numerous huge trees snapped off and denuded on the property, and I'm 95% sure that damage was rated EF3 at that location (on my phone can't check right now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Click on the word 'video' US National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC shared Tideland Electric Membership Corporation's video. 12 mins · Here is an impressive 'fly-over' video of Monday's tornado path taken by Walter O'Neal of Tideland EMC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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