Severe WX March 23-25th, 2023

[Smokedevil]

Do you know where this is in town? Highway 25 (Highland Drive)?

The chevron was at the intersection of hwy 6 and main.

 

[Smokedevil]

I have never in my life seen a continuous strobe of lightning like I did with the amory storm.
It looked like blue lights from a law enforcement vehicle.

 

[andyhb]

13 dead in Rolling Fork, 3 dead in Silver City, 3 dead southwest of Winona, and 2 in the Amory area per latest reports. 21 total thus far.

 

[buckeye05]

Guys, in all my years at looking at photos of tornado damage, I have NEVER seen this type of water tower knocked over before. I’ve seen the older type on multiple struts collapsed, but never have I seen a modern single-column water tower completely toppled over. This is in Rolling Fork btw. Crazy…

 

[tornado examiner]

13 dead in Rolling Fork, 3 dead in Silver City, 3 dead southwest of Winona, and 2 in the Amory area per latest reports. 21 total thus far.

Bad news

 

[Equus]

This will definitely require an engineering survey, probably the first time one of the pedesphere type towers has been taken down like that. Looks both bent AND torn out of the ground

 

[tornado examiner]

That water tower is in the middle of town…yeaaahhhh…this thing went straight through the center of rolling fork

 

[buckeye05]

Death toll now at 21 per CNN.

 

[Equus]

If the Rolling Fork tornado cycled before it approached Winona, we may have had three intense killer tornadoes back to back; with 2 fatalities in Amory, we have at least two

 

[notsoencrypted]

That water tower is in the middle of town…yeaaahhhh…this thing went straight through the center of rolling fork

It looked like there were quite a few mobile homes directly to the west of it. Ugh. So worried for these folks. Surviving the storm is just one step.

 

[Argus]

The line reached me about two minutes ago, I snapped a photo of the sunrise as the rain was starting. It's pouring and I'm still seeing the orange glow on the eastern horizon. The strange thing as well, was that a bunch of roaches were gathering on the porch which were quickly swept off.

 

[buckeye05]

My god. Look at the tree on the left side of this video capture from Rolling Fork. The entire trunk and almost every branch is stripped clean of bark. This is something you only see in a high-end event. This was an extremely violent tornado.

 

[notsoencrypted]

MS Emergency Services saying 23 confirmed dead as of about 15 minutes ago.

 

[Gail]

I’m just heartbroken. . You can warn as much as you want, but if people don’t take shelter…or more likely don’t have access to a shelter outside a hallway/bathroom in their homes, it’s hard to escape monsters like we had last night. Our towns need to do better about providing community shelters - including one for people with pets. Many won’t leave their pets at home to go to one. In a state with incomes like most of our citizens, the cost of a personal shelter might as well be like buying a mansion - something unattainable to a lot.

 

[Lake Martin EF4]

This will definitely require an engineering survey, probably the first time one of the pedesphere type towers has been taken down like that. Looks both bent AND torn out of the ground

Oh my.......That's uhhhh...That's possibly EF5 level...

 

[Casuarina Head]

Obviously, this event was tragically destructive, from a human standpoint: but from a scientific angle I wonder why the 15% hatched MDT TOR did not verify. Both synoptics and thermodynamics seemed supportive of multiple long-tracked supercells with EF2+ tornadoes rather than a singular, violent event. Yesterday’s 20Z D1 outlook did indeed call for two or more EF2+ tornado families: “supercells, a few of which could become long-tracked...will support a threat for strong tornadoes (EF2+).” We did see multiple EF2+ tornadoes, probably multiple intense ones, but from a lone, long-tracked supercell rather than two or more. Eventually the SPC was forced to discard the MDT TOR and side with an ENH. As has been remarked upon, in recent years, apart from some exceptions now and then, we have tended to see more of these singularly significant, isolated events rather than widespread, significant outbreaks. Of course, all this is immaterial from a human standpoint, but from a scientific one I am interested in discovering the reasons as to why yesterday did not feature more widespread discrete activity, an otherwise-conducive environment notwithstanding. @Equus @CheeselandSkies @MattPetrulli

For the record: I am rather convinced that both Rolling Fork and Amory MS were/are capable and deserving of EF4+ ratings.

 

[Casuarina Head]

I am sure there will be an analysis of this video, and those lights will be the source of many discussions. We can move that to a different thread if it takes too much focus. But for now, let's keep it here. It is a part of the story of this storm and those who are affected by it.

@JayF @Sawmaster @Evan For interested parties I already started a separate thread on this here. Back OT...

 

[Lake Martin EF4]

EDIT: This was Florence. Oops. Actual Amory footage:

 

[Clancy]

Marcus Reynolds is okay; evidently he got blindsided by the tornado and most likely smacked by the outer edge.

 

[Casuarina Head]