Severe WX Severe Weather Threat 3/14-3/16

[wx_guy]

The 3 hr StormNET. Eastern AL is gonna be the focus looks like.

 

[akt1985]

The SPC dropped the High Risk for tonight. However, there is still a Moderate Risk tonight for parts of Alabama and Georgia.

 

[AJS]

The storm near Millbrook, Alabama also bears watching.

 

[Clancy]

Pesky rotation over Polk Co. A fairly strong meso at higher elevations is visible.

 

[jiharris0220]

 

[wx_guy]

ONE hour StormNET:

 

[Clancy]

A tree just got vaporized outside by lightning. Probably about 300 feet away, ears are ringing.

 

[Aaron Rider]

The deadliest outbreak of 2024 numbers wise was Labor Day weekend in May, 17 fatalities. This outbreak is 20 plus…bad start to spring. Have a Feeling we’ll have more total fatalities then 2024, but not as many total tornadoes of course. Last year didn’t have many events in the south where a lot of fatalities happen unfortunately. Sad stuff but the south got a break last year.

Yeah, people tend to forget that even if the houses were all solidly built, the South (maybe to a lesser degree in GA) is just distributed differently in rural population than other parts of the tornado belts. The South has a giant number of tiny villages or even just country roads with plenty of homes scattered along them. It's very, very difficult for a tornado to truly hit "nothing" in the South.

Just by contrast, even in a state like Iowa, especially after farms consolidated, there's a lot of farm country with openish expanses. My home state of Pennsylvania has pretty dense farm country but also has more nearly uninhabited wildernesses than Alabama or Mississippi.

 

[AJS]

A tree just got vaporized outside by lightning. Probably about 300 feet away, ears are ringing.

Stay safe!!!

 

[Kds86z]

Yeah, people tend to forget that even if the houses were all solidly built, the South (maybe to a lesser degree in GA) is just distributed differently in rural population than other parts of the tornado belts. The South has a giant number of tiny villages or even just country roads with plenty of homes scattered along them. It's very, very difficult for a tornado to truly hit "nothing" in the South.

Just by contrast, even in a state like Iowa, especially after farms consolidated, there's a lot of farm country with openish expanses.

Thank you dude for replying. Glad someone gets it.

 

[AJS]

Increasing rotation in the cell west of Dozier, Alabama.

 

[Aaron Rider]

Thank you dude for replying. Glad someone gets it.

Yeah, I think people pick on the South for poor construction and I mean, I get it, but, especially since housing is shoddy almost everywhere, I maintain firmly it's probably way more to do with rural population distribution in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

Some insane damage from one of yesterday's tornadoes:

This tornado has been rated low-end EF3 according to Wiki.

 

[AJS]

Mobile storm showing even more signs of developing rotation now.

 

[wx_guy]

From StormNET and the Mesoanalysis, I'd really be watching south-central AL, the Covington county area specifically...I think it's a very ripe area and environment that's untapped.

 

[AJS]

From StormNET and the Mesoanalysis, I'd really be watching south-central AL, the Covington county area specifically...I think it's a very ripe area and environment that's untapped.

The storms are definitely trying to strengthen and rotate based on the radar imagery. If one can tap in and get going…

 

[wx_guy]

Case in point, there's still strong southeasterly winds in SE AL with dew points 65+. I think that area is a powder keg waiting to happen.

 

[Clancy]

Power just got knocked out for a moment. Lightning hit I'm pretty sure.

 

[notsoencrypted]

A tree just got vaporized outside by lightning. Probably about 300 feet away, ears are ringing.

Had that happen when I was very young. I will never forget the sound. It was unbelievably loud.

 

[Kds86z]

Power just got knocked out for a moment. Lightning hit I'm pretty sure.

You be safe!