Severe WX April 12-15th, 2018 Severe Potential

[buckeye05]

Structural debris raining from the sky in Reidsville, NC per twitter reports. This is not a good sign.

 

[warneagle]

wow

 

[Equus]

Fairly uncommon and terrifying thing. No doubt a strong tornado.

 

[buckeye05]

Damage pics coming in are showing moderate roof and siding damage, along with many trees down. Looks like widespread but, not particularly intense damage from what I've seen so far, but it's still early on.

 

[buckeye05]

Likely QLCS spinup tornado moving through Twinsburg, OH as well, completely out of the outlined risk area.

 

[buckeye05]

Bad situation unfolding in Amherst, VA right now. Listening to scanner and it sounds like a strong tornado just moved through. Houses are reportedly "completely gone" with people missing.

 

[warneagle]

 

[warneagle]

Just like everyone expected, the supercell of the entire weekend was today in NC/VA. Greensboro and Amherst are probably the two strongest tornadoes of the event. Wouldn't be surprised to see Greensboro rated high-end EF2 or low-end EF3 based on the pictures on Twitter.

 

[buckeye05]

That looks possibly EF3 in severity, and we haven’t even seen the Amherst damage yet. This turned out to be quite the outbreak.

 

[Equus]

The radar loop of that cell is very intriguing, rotating like a comma head mini hurricane with an eyelike reflectivity minimum in the center. No doubt the most impressive storm of this whole event.

 

[warneagle]

That would be the highest-rated tornado in NC since, what, 16 April 2011?

 

[buckeye05]

That would be the highest-rated tornado in NC since, what, 16 April 2011?

No, there was an EF3 that struck Whichard's Beach, NC on April 25, 2014.

Some bad news as well. One death confirmed in Greensboro.

 

[warneagle]

Looks like the damage in Lynchburg/Amherst is in the same range.

 

[buckeye05]

Looks like the damage in Lynchburg/Amherst is in the same range.

Yup, here's some from Amherst.

 

[buckeye05]

This still isn't over. Likely TOG near Blackstone, VA.

Edit: Second tornado developing over the town as the initial tornado continues north. Wow.

 

[Bamamuscle]

This still isn't over. Likely TOG near Blackstone, VA.

Edit: Second tornado developing over the town as the initial tornado continues north. Wow.

Link to streaming coverage?


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[buckeye05]

Incredible, this will likely be remembered as one of the big Carolinas/Virginia outbreaks.

 

[Equus]

The Blackstone northern couplet is EXTREMELY impressive. Tiny little storm, major rotation.

 

[buckeye05]

The Blackstone northern couplet is EXTREMELY impressive. Tiny little storm, major rotation.

Still going strong. Impressive.

 

[weunice]

Boy they waited until the last minute to put that new warning up. I thought they were going to let it expire. Whew!