HoarfrostHubb Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Has a NWS radar ever taken a direct hit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 That Brandon/Radar grazer storm turned hard hard right...could be a long lived one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanW Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 At least one Nexrad fell victim to Hurricane Andrew, as I recall. Not sure about any dying from a tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Random Chaos Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 That's going to be one excellent data set for a tornado, only a mile or so from the radar site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ensō Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Has a NWS radar ever taken a direct hit? I seem to remember that happening at least once, but I can't for the life of me remember when/where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanW Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Possible debris ball visible on dual-pol cc for the rotating storm to the east of Columbus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSUBlizzicane2007 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Glad to see the radar and NWS personnel are safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I seem to remember that happening at least once, but I can't for the life of me remember when/where. Little Rock 5ish(years ago??) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 What time are we looking at this turning mostly linear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 another one SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 659 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 MSC121-123-290045- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-140429T0045Z/ SCOTT MS-RANKIN MS- 659 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL RANKIN AND SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 700 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PELAHATCHIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvegas-wx Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Tornado warned storm in NC east of Fayetteville. Its strong but alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 What time are we looking at this turning mostly linear? Hard to tell, heavy rain just moved over two of the radar sites, it dampens returns a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottL Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Has a NWS radar ever taken a direct hit? http://brenttornado.wordpress.com/brent-tornado-on-centreville-radar/ 1973 in Alabama, not a NEXRAD, but it was an NWS radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 That tornado that almost hit DGX is tracking right along I-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ensō Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 http://brenttornado.wordpress.com/brent-tornado-on-centreville-radar/ 1973 in Alabama, not a NEXRAD, but it was an NWS radar. That's the one I was thinking of, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 What time are we looking at this turning mostly linear? Winds are becoming locally backed a bit near the line as a meso low forms and just lots of upward motion naturally inducing low pressure near the line of storms. Bulk shear also still supports supercells and the LLJ is actually increasing. However, you can get the sense of things starting to be a little less discrete with more of a line of heavier shwrs and tstms, but with embedded supercells. Also, you'll slowly lose instability with nightfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Just a note: I have noticed over the years during outbreaks that use "large and dangerous" tornado during the daylight hours from spotters/chasers/police/etc...the same reports during the outbreak after sunset often end up NOT being "large and dangerous" after all stroms seem to be slowly forming into a line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanW Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Winds are becoming locally backed a bit near the line as a meso low forms and just lots of upward motion naturally inducing low pressure near the line of storms. Bulk shear also still supports supercells and the LLJ is actually increasing. However, you can get the sense of things starting to be a little less discrete with more of a line of heavier shwrs and tstms, but with embedded supercells. Also, you'll slowly lose instability with nightfall. The NAM 4km for the current hour still has SB CAPE values of 4000-4500 J/kg in parts of Mississippi. Pretty respectable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1209 AM GMT TUE APR 29 2014 MSC121-123-290045- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-140429T0045Z/ SCOTT MS-RANKIN MS- 708 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL RANKIN AND SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 709 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PELAHATCHIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSUBlizzicane2007 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 New tornado warning for the supercell in Copiah County, MS. I'm really concerned about this one... it keeps getting better organized, and it has unimpeded inflow since it is the southernmost cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ground Scouring Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Winds are becoming locally backed a bit near the line as a meso low forms and just lots of upward motion naturally inducing low pressure near the line of storms. Bulk shear also still supports supercells and the LLJ is actually increasing. However, you can get the sense of things starting to be a little less discrete with more of a line of heavier shwrs and tstms, but with embedded supercells. Also, you'll slowly lose instability with nightfall. We've been pretty lucky with the short-term evolutions of the mesocyclones today…having Jackson, Athens, the Atlanta metro, and several fairly large towns under the gun with tornado emergencies, but mostly escaping the worst, though some rural areas were certainly hit hard. But many areas still have to survive the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Gravity waves starting to show up over north Georgia now. Rap also passes a significant tornado parameter maximum over Chattanooga in a few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 We've been pretty lucky with the short-term evolutions of the mesocyclones today…having Jackson, Athens, the Atlanta metro, and several fairly large towns under the gun with tornado emergencies, but mostly escaping the worst, though some rural areas were certainly hit hard. But many areas still have to survive the night. What? Tupelo and Louisville, MS are both large towns, and they both took severe hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 SUMMARY...THREAT FOR STRONG TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OFTHE EVENING FROM SWRN THROUGH ECNTRL MS...CNTRL AND NRN AL INTOSCNTRL AND SERN TN. PDS TORNADO WATCH 108 WILL BE REPLACED BYANOTHER TORNADO WATCH /POSSIBLY PDS/ BEFORE ITS EXPIRATION TIME OF02Z AND THE NEW WATCH WILL LIKELY EXTEND FARTHER EAST INTO AL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ground Scouring Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 What? Tupelo and Louisville, MS are both large towns, and they both took severe hits. You're right…I didn't see all the images in the thread yet. I also meant that Louisville's downtown missed the worst, but that the SE side obviously sustained a severe hit. The Mayflower-Vilonia tornado from yesterday was almost certainly in the EF3-EF4 range, as were at least a few of today's events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 What? Tupelo and Louisville, MS are both large towns, and they both took severe hits. Limestone Co, AL is heavily populated where that tornado moved through, also Brandon, MS is highly populated also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Those overshooting tops... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Forest Volunteer Fire Department is requesting mutual aid from Reform and Gordor for people trapped in homes near Caston Road and County Road 53 in Ethelsville, AL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanW Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Forest Volunteer Fire Department is requesting mutual aid from Reform and Gordor for people trapped in homes near Caston Road and County Road 53 in Ethelsville, AL. Forest looks like it's getting hit right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkhorn Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I just talked to my parents in Meridian. They're aware of what's headed their way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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