Archive Severe threat April 26-27, 2011

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KG4GUF
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:13 PM

Fox 5 showing VTI of 8.4 on the cell heading roughly for me (Hampton, McDonough, Covington) I'm in Conyers, but everything is trending slightly north tonight. GR3 had 117kts Gate to Gate on this thing.

 

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Tyler Penland
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:14 PM

Will somebody check the White County cell on GR3 for me? Having problems with connection.

 

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superjames1992
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:16 PM

Looks like the Tuscaloosa cell has finally been torn apart in the North Carolina mountains, though it still appears to be dropping some hail.

That said, the severe threat is still very real for us NC folks.

 

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Husker627
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:17 PM

wow

 

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brax
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:17 PM

Tyler Penland, on 27 April 2011 - 11:14 PM, said:

Will somebody check the White County cell on GR3 for me? Having problems

with connection.
took a screenshot for you tyler:
http://www.pandemichosting.com/brax/tyler.png

 

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Tennesseestorm
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:17 PM

OMG, it was scary! We were in a tornado warning, even TWC zoomed in on us in Bristol and it was headed right for us (hook echo). We had huge spiked hail... I cant get logged into my photobucket account to post, the power went out and it knocked me off of everything and cant remember my password.

 

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Tyler Penland
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:19 PM

brax, on 27 April 2011 - 11:17 PM, said:

took a screenshot for you tyler:
http://www.pandemichosting.con/brax/tyler.png

Its showing not found but thats ok. Finally got NEXRAD up. Couplet is really close. Channel 2 showing bti of 5.5 i think.

 

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gawxnative
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:21 PM

Tyler Penland, on 27 April 2011 - 11:14 PM, said:

Will somebody check the White County cell on GR3 for me? Having problems with connection.

very broad weak rotation..maybe 40kts GTG if that..Very disorganized on br/tops/vil

 

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Husker627
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:22 PM

Tyler Penland, on 27 April 2011 - 11:19 PM, said:

Its showing not found but thats ok. Finally got NEXRAD up. Couplet is really close. Channel 2 showing bti of 5.5 i think.

Keep your head down...be safe!

 

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xtreme weather
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:27 PM

Tuscaloosa County Video clip

 

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superjames1992
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:30 PM

Tyler,

 

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coreytucker
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:32 PM

looks like everything is dying down now in alabama.

 

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jpk1292000
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:32 PM

South of Atlanta

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1231 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

GAC151-255-280445-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110428T0445Z/
SPALDING GA-HENRY GA-
1231 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HENRY AND NORTH CENTRAL SPALDING COUNTIES...

AT 1226 AM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED AND DOPPLER
RADAR CONFIRMED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 1 MILE EAST OF
SUNNY SIDE OR 4 MILES SOUTH OF HAMPTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
RESIDENTS SOUTH AND EAST OF HAMPTON AND IN MCDONOUGH SHOULD MOVE TO
A SAFE PLACE NOW!!

 

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coreytucker
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:33 PM

looks like everything is dying down now in alabama.

 

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Harlequhn_Boy
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:43 PM

TNThunder, on 27 April 2011 - 10:51 PM, said:

By my count, at least 27 fatalities in Mississippi, just from LSR entries.

Memphis CWA
3 in Chickasaw County (SE of Houston)
12 in Monroe County (4 at New Wren, 8 at Smithville)

Jackson CWA
4 in Clarke County (Snell)
1 in Choctaw County (near Eupora)
2 in Webster County (Mathiston)
3 in Kemper County (Nanih Waiya)
2 in Jasper County (Louin)

That's the number I'm getting too... I'd imagine the official number won't go much higher as the storms have been out of the state for a while. Deadliest tornado day in MS since... IDK when. Too busy to look it up. At least since 92.

 

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Fred Gossage
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:53 PM



I just don't know what else to say. It's been a VERY sobering day here in the FOX 6 StormWarn Center. I never thought I would use the words "VIOLENT TORNADO EMERGENCY!!!" as the header for a storm tracker pathcast box on air... but we did a few different times today.

 

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MSWX
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:58 PM

djbarker, on 27 April 2011 - 11:12 PM, said:

RIP Tuscaloosa/Birmingham supercell. Somewhere in Transylvania County, NC. And good riddance.

That thing began as a little spinning shower around 1230 pm CDT just a smidge SW of my house in Brandon MS. Didn't take very long for it to look much more ominous.

 

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djbarker
Posted 27 April 2011 - 11:58 PM

Debris ball showing up in the Lamar County, GA cell. Not over yet.

 

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Husker627
Posted 28 April 2011 - 12:01 AM

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red Gossage, on 27 April 2011 - 11:53 PM, said:



I just don't know what else to say. It's been a VERY sobering day here in the FOX 6 StormWarn Center. I never thought I would use the words "VIOLENT TORNADO EMERGENCY!!!" as the header for a storm tracker pathcast box on air... but we did a few different times today.

Yes, very sad day, and as I type this, debris ball in a tornado in southern eastern suburbs of Atlanta.

 

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Tyler Penland
Posted 28 April 2011 - 12:01 AM

MSWX, on 27 April 2011 - 11:58 PM, said:

That thing began as a little spinning shower around 1230 pm CDT just a smidge SW of my house in Brandon MS. Didn't take very long for it to look much more ominous.

That is the single most amazing storm I think I have ever seen. That thing traveled more than 500 miles and survived 3k-4k foot peaks for nearly 100 of that. Absolutely stunning.