Severe WX April 11th-13th, 2020 Severe Weather Threat

[Kory]

What are the thoughts on the storms back in western Mississippi? Is there any substantial tornado threat with those?

Very low.

 

[GTWXAlum]

What are the thoughts on the storms back in western Mississippi? Is there any substantial tornado threat with those?

Not really, those are linear. Plus the SPC mesoanalysis shows the shear drops off substantially behind the line currently in Alabama.

 

[WesL]

Alabama Hwy 67 in Morgan County.

 

[Brice]

Southeast Alabama might have a line of discrete cells move through.

 

[buckeye05]

Definitely some rotation with that cell passing just North of Marion.

 

[Equus]

I'm sure BMX is quite upset at not issuing more of an advance warning. They are some of the best in the business and it's pretty rare for them to not have excellent lead time on their warnings. I know you know all this, but it's really crappy all the way around as it is so uncharacteristic for BMX to be late on a warning even though they also have a very good FAR.

Yeah to be fair I understand why it wasn't tornado warned too far advance since it ramped up in about four frames, but it could've definitely been severe warned a little earlier. It had that bowing signature with a little notch at the top that we get so many spinups from so technically an earlier TOR could've been justified but QLCS is always difficult call.

Right before touchdown

 

[Brice]

This is a bit off topic but, how many towns did the first supercell with that EF4-EF5 tornado hit? In Southern MS

 

[Evan]

Considering what this country wastes usually its money on, there are still way too many radar holes in places that have a high risk of tornadoes and other severe weather. Rather frustrating.

 

[NorthGaWeather]

There is a lot of damage in Chattooga County, GA.

 

[Equus]

Really want a radar in Meridian, that'd fix a lot for this region

 

[buckeye05]

Tornado warning on an isolated cell near Ware Shoals, SC. East Coast portion of the outbreak may be starting already,

 

[Evan]

Really want a radar in Meridian, that'd fix a lot for this region

I can think of about 6-8 spots nationwide that could really use it. North of Monroe, LA (even though they have the University one), Meridian, MS, and Columbia, MO (also have a University radar) are just a few of the spots that deserve one.

 

[bjdeming]

There is a lot of damage in Chattooga County, GA.

Almost 14,000 people affected by power outages, per Georgia Power.

 

[NorthBamaWX]

 

[Evan]

Tornado warning on an isolated cell near Ware Shoals, SC. East Coast portion of the outbreak may be starting already,

That's an interesting warning.

 

[ghost]

There looked to be strong rotation in the cell that just passed through Marion AL. Was there a Tor warning on that?

 

[mike36]

Are those supercells firing off west and south west of Montgomery? That might be bad news because that area is pretty much untapped.

 

[MikeP]

Bout time to breathe easy in central AL......

 

[Mike S]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1019 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2020

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.

* AT 1018 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TABOR ROAD, OR 14 MILES EAST OF BOAZ,
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROSSVILLE, RODENTOWN, LITTLE RIVER CANYON NP, SKIRUM AND DOG TOWN.

 

[buckeye05]

There looked to be strong rotation in the cell that just passed through Marion AL. Was there a Tor warning on that?

Saw that. No warning on it, but also no TDS. I don’t think anything touched down.