superjames1992 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Looks like the worst is over here. We still have power, too. That new tornado heading towards Monticello isn’t far from here, but it’s moving east. If it had formed another 10 or 20 minutes earlier, that might have been an issue as I live right along I-10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upper Level LOL Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Totally hindsight here, but this seems like it should’ve been a moderate day, with perhaps PDS language in the watches 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TellicoWx Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, PennyForYourThoughts said: Any more news out of Cairo? Last i heard was major damage to the entire city per dispatch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 So much going on, Columbia damage...Cairo damage....FL panhandle ongoing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKStorm Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Another issue for search and rescue in AL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 9 minutes ago, Wmsptwx said: So much going on, Columbia damage...Cairo damage....FL panhandle ongoing. yes the scanner feed I am listening too is a grouped together for many counties in the panhandle and GA hard to tell which area they are referring too,,something about a Walmart....but don't know where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayman Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Wmsptwx said: So much going on, Columbia damage...Cairo damage....FL panhandle ongoing. 14+ fatalities confirmed with the two storms that directly hit Lee County, Alabama near Beauregard, Alabama. The Sheriff's Department said it could be more deaths associated with the back to back tornadoes that hit the southern portion of the county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 1 minute ago, kayman said: 14+ fatalities confirmed with the two storms that directly hit Lee County, Alabama near Beauregard, Alabama. The Sheriff's Department said it could me more deaths associated with the back to back tornadoes that hit the southern portion of the county. An awful day, but a day to be remembered and learned from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0156 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0736 PM CST SUN MAR 03 2019 AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 9... VALID 040136Z - 040330Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 9 CONTINUES. SUMMARY...THE THREAT FOR A TORNADO AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS CONTINUES ACROSS LOCALLY-EXTENDED TORNADO WATCH 8 AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF TORNADO WATCH 9. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT A A NEW DOWNSTREAM WATCH WILL NOT BE NEEDED. DISCUSSION...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED/TRANSIENT LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATIONS WAS LOCATED FROM COLQUITT COUNTY, GA SOUTH TO GULF COUNTY, FL AT 0130Z. SEVERAL TDS SIGNATURES HAVE BEEN NOTED WITH CIRCULATIONS ALONG THIS LINE IN THE PAST TWO HOURS, AND A CONTINUED RISK FOR TORNADOES WILL EXIST THROUGH 03-04Z ACROSS THE EASTERN FL PANHANDLE/BIG BEND GIVEN 0-1 KM SRH IN EXCESS OF 300 M2/S2. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES, THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE INTO AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EARLIER MIXING HAS LOWERED DEW POINTS, AND INCREASING CINH SHOULD LEAD TO A WEAKENING TREND. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF TORNADO WILL EXIST EAST AND SOUTH OF THE CURRENT WATCH AREAS, THE OVERALL TREND IS SUCH THAT A DOWNSTREAM WATCH IS NOT ANTICIPATED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Prelim EF-3 in lee county 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 ULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 845 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN BIG BEND OF FLORIDA... NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN BIG BEND OF FLORIDA... SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN BIG BEND OF FLORIDA... SOUTHERN LEON COUNTY IN BIG BEND OF FLORIDA... * UNTIL 915 PM EST. * AT 845 PM EST, A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TellicoWx Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 6 minutes ago, janetjanet998 said: yes the scanner feed I am listening too is a grouped together for many counties in the panhandle and GA hard to tell which area they are referring too,,something about a Walmart....but don't know where Cairo still pleading for SAR, the Wal-Mart is the one in cairo...major damage in entire city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 carss flipped over highway 27 north of state line new tornado? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Wow, hearing same report of flipped vehicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TellicoWx Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Closer look at CC over Cairo, prelim radar data suggest EF2-3...hard to tell since TDS was so short and rapid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TellicoWx Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Cairo PD requesting mutual aid from all counties...looks like bomb went off. Afraid what has been a horrible day, just got a lot worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherextreme Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TellicoWx Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Cairo formed so quickly I am afraid people had very little time to react. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyHolt Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Please share any scanner feeds etc - thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 A tornado caused heavy damage just south of downtown Cairo, Georgia, said the city's mayor, Booker Gainor. Dozens of homes and several businesses were damaged or destroyed. No reports of injuries or deaths, but several people were reportedly trapped in their homes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Seems it may have missed downtown by bit to South. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TellicoWx Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 interesting..if you loop the Visible satellite ..the anvils were being blown ESE... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TellicoWx Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Next to Centers Drug at MLK/S Broad St Cairo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Lee County Alabama Coroner saying death toll could rise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPetrulli Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 22 dead in Lee County Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny007 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 https://www.facebook.com/WFXLTV/videos/339367596922370/ live stream of damage in Cairo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windspeed Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Unfortunately today's event is already the deadliest tornado outbreak since the April 27th-28th outbreak in 2014. I believe there were 34 deaths as a result of that event, though that outbreak covered a much larger region of the country. Of course it only takes one strong EF3+ tornado tracking through a residential area to have a significant number of fatalities. The toll in Lee County, Ala. alone stands at 22 and may rise further unfortunately. Datasets located here:http://spc.noaa.gov/climo/torn/fatalmap.php 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanLarsen34 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Given the damage we’ve seen and, unfortunately, an incredibly high number of fatalities in that county, it’s very likely we had our first violent tornado in over a year today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayman Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 11 minutes ago, Windspeed said: Unfortunately today's event is already the deadliest tornado outbreak since the April 27th-28th outbreak in 2014. I believe there were 34 deaths as a result of that event, though that outbreak covered a much larger region of the country. Of course it only takes one strong EF3+ tornado tracking through a residential area to have a significant number of fatalities. The toll in Lee County, Ala. alone stands at 22 and may rise further unfortunately. Datasets located here: http://spc.noaa.gov/climo/torn/fatalmap.php It has gone up. The coroner says it is now 23 deaths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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