Archive Severe threat April 26-27, 2011

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steveklein
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:17 PM

drove on 280 out of birmingham, it's a total mess from mountain brook to the summit. took 2 hours to go 12 miles. also, dolly ridge road looked bad. would be surprised if it was only straight line winds there. well built homes sustained damage.

 

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steveklein
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:18 PM

bingcrosbyb, on 27 April 2011 - 01:17 PM, said:

Confirmed 5th fatality in Alabama. Man in Vestavia Hills was killed by a falling limb as workers were cutting through downed trees in his front yard. Sad.

seems ridiculous. how could something like that happen!?

 

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smokedevil
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:18 PM

Just got back from a structure fire..we were called out right when the storm hit at about 10 45 this morning..
70/80 mph winds were rocking the fire engine like a toy car..we couldnt even make to the structure because of all the trees blown over the roads. Luckily, another dept came in from the north side and knocked it out....
Edited by smokedevil, 27 April 2011 - 01:23 PM.

 

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storm5
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:20 PM

National weather service in helicopter as we speak surveying 280 damage. There is no way that was just straight line wind damage

 

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steveklein
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:28 PM

storm5, on 27 April 2011 - 01:20 PM, said:

National weather service in helicopter as we speak surveying 280 damage. There is no way that was just straight line wind damage

yeah, down dolly ridge road was really bad too.

 

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storm5
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:30 PM

Yeah and I got 459 headed towards 20 and you can clearly see a defined path where the storm came across the interstate

 

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ProjectVortex1974
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:31 PM

Exerpt from afternoon BMX HWO: ...TORNADO OUTBREAK LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS LIKELY TODAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA. STRONG...LONG LIVED TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
VERY LARGE HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE. TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED
TO BEGIN DEVELOPING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA STATE LINE BETWEEN
2 AND 3 PM...AND THIS THREAT WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...POTENTIALLY REACHING THE INTERSTATE
65 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM. CURRENT THINKING IS A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND TRAVERSE THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE BIRMINGHAM COUNTY WARNING AREA...EXITING INTO
GEORGIA BY 6 AM...AFFECTIVELY ENDING THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR
CENTRAL ALABAMA.

THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS SCENARIO FOR ANYONE IN
CENTRAL ALABAMA. NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER
ACTION PLAN AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION WHEN WATCHES AND
WARNINGS ARE EVENTUALLY ISSUED.

 

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Ghost
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:35 PM

I'm thinking Oxford MS should take cover NOW!

 

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smokedevil
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:36 PM

nasty storm over water valley Ms.
There are reports of grapefruit sized hail with it.
Edited by smokedevil, 27 April 2011 - 01:36 PM.

 

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vegaseagle
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:37 PM

Grapefruit size hail in Oxford ms

 

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trency911
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:38 PM

smokedevil, on 27 April 2011 - 01:36 PM, said:

nasty storm over water valley Ms.
There are reports of grapefruit sized hail with it.

Very strong damaging winds as well...Nasty supercell.

 

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bingcrosbyb
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:40 PM

vegaseagle, on 27 April 2011 - 01:37 PM, said:

Grapefruit size hail in Oxford ms

Is that even physically possible?

 

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StormStalker
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:40 PM

Will those storms hold together as they move into NW Alabama or will they begin to weaken some? Its rather cool here at the moment 59/58.

 

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xtreme weather
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:43 PM

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 145 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 TORNADO WATCH 235 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ALC001-007-009-013-015-019-021-023-025-027-029-033-035-037-043- 047-049-055-057-059-063-065-071-073-075-077-079-083-085-089-091- 093-095-099-103-105-107-115-117-119-121-125-127-129-131-133- 280300- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0235.110427T1845Z-110428T0300Z/ AL . ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE AUTAUGA BIBB BLOUNT BUTLER CALHOUN CHEROKEE CHILTON CHOCTAW CLARKE CLAY CLEBURNE COLBERT CONECUH COOSA CULLMAN DALLAS DEKALB ETOWAH FAYETTE FRANKLIN GREENE HALE JACKSON JEFFERSON LAMAR LAUDERDALE LAWRENCE LIMESTONE LOWNDES MADISON MARENGO MARION MARSHALL MONROE MORGAN PERRY PICKENS SHELBY ST. CLAIR SUMTER TALLADEGA TUSCALOOSA WALKER WASHINGTON WILCOX WINSTON GAC047-055-083-115-143-233-295-313-280300- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0235.110427T1845Z-110428T0300Z/ GA . GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE CATOOSA CHATTOOGA DADE FLOYD HARALSON POLK WALKER WHITFIELD MSC041-111-153-280300- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0235.110427T1845Z-110428T0300Z/ MS . MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE GREENE PERRY WAYNE TNC051-103-127-280300- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0235.110427T1845Z-110428T0300Z/ TN . TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE FRANKLIN LINCOLN MOORE ATTN...WFO...BMX...HUN...MOB...FFC...

 

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Ghost
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:43 PM

vegaseagle, on 27 April 2011 - 01:37 PM, said:

Grapefruit size hail in Oxford ms

I only thought hail that size occurred in places like Nebraska and Kansas!

 

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StormStalker
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:44 PM

Looks like Moulton is about to get hit again.

 

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djbarker
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:46 PM

You thought the probabilities in the MS tornado watch were high...EVERY parameter is pegged at >95% in the new PDS watch for AL.

 

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trency911
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:46 PM

Holy Shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes


High (>95%)
Probability of 1 or more strong (F2-F5) tornadoes


High (>95%)
Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events


High (>95%)
Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots


High (>95%)
Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events


High (>95%)
Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches


High (>95%)
Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events


High (>95%)

 

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BlountWolf
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:47 PM

Line of storms firing between just east of Tupelo down to just east of Jackson, MS will need to be watched closely - the southernmost blew up in a hurry and is rotating already.

 

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Ghost
Posted 27 April 2011 - 01:47 PM

Anybody know where Jim Cantore is today?