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Archive Severe threat April 26-27, 2011

steveklein
Posted 27 April 2011 - 02:27 AM

so overall, it seems like tuesday wasn't too bad given the number of warnings, it seemed like there was relatively little significant damage. hopefully that pans out wednesday too?
 
mwbwhorton
Posted 27 April 2011 - 02:28 AM

By Staff Report

Bastrop Daily Enterprise

Posted Apr 26, 2011 @ 11:48 PM

Last update Apr 27, 2011 @ 12:09 AM















Bastrop, La. —


Probable tornado damage has been reported in the Beekman and Oak Ridge areas as of 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service in Jackson, Miss.

Meteorologist Allen Girard said the NWS has been tracking more than one severe storm system in Morehouse Parish tonight and has been in touch with local emergency personnel. Tornado damage has been reported northwest of Beekman and in the southern part of the parish/Oak Ridge vicinity.

Girard said as of 11:45 p.m. a severe storm/tornado system had moved north from the Oak Ridge area and out of the parish, while a second storm with the potential to produce a tornado is currently being tracked by the NWS moving northeast from the Oak Ridge area.

An unconfirmed tornado touchdown has been reported on Rolfe Rd. in Oak Ridge as of 11:57 p.m.

A flash flood warning is in effect until 1:30 a.m.

At 11:25 p.m. the NWS detected a series of severe thunderstorms producing heavy rain from Collinston to Oak Grove with more heavy storms approaching from the west, which will move over extreme southeast Arkansas and portions of northeast Louisiana. The storms were moving at 40 mph. Two to four inches of rain have occurred in the past two hours.




Copyright 2011 Bastrop Daily Enterprise. Some rights reserved
 
Harlequhn_Boy
Posted 27 April 2011 - 02:28 AM

Major flash flooding is occurring over parts of NW MS/SW TN. My parent's home has several feet of water in it, sadly.
 
SWL
Posted 27 April 2011 - 02:32 AM


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 225
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
225 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA
EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 225 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 222...WW 223...WW 224...

DISCUSSION...WELL-DEVELOPED LINEAR MCS WITH EMBEDDED BOW/SUPERCELL
STRUCTURES WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WHILE
PROGRESSING ENEWD FROM MS INTO WRN/NRN AL. STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR
AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL MAINTAIN THE CONVECTION...WITH A
CONTINUED RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE
HAIL.

Edited by andyhb, 28 December 2012 - 05:48 PM.
 
mwbwhorton
Posted 27 April 2011 - 02:35 AM

steveklein, on 27 April 2011 - 02:27 AM, said:

so overall, it seems like tuesday wasn't too bad given the number of warnings, it seemed like there was relatively little significant damage. hopefully that pans out wednesday too?
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Real nice after what's happened here buddy......sounds as though a few areas in my parish got hit hard.and most of Bastrop is without power at this time.....
Edited by mwbwhorton, 27 April 2011 - 02:42 AM.

 
weatherguy
Posted 27 April 2011 - 02:39 AM

That tornado warned cell in MS looks almost like a mini hurricane:
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Harlequhn_Boy
Posted 27 April 2011 - 02:51 AM

mwbwhorton, on 27 April 2011 - 02:35 AM, said:

Real nice after what's happened here buddy......sounds as though a few areas in my parish got hit hard.and most of Bastrop is without power at this time.....
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I don't think he meant any harm and he's also kind of right. Today could have been much worse, but there are some areas that took bad hits. In fact, damage is very widespread after the last two days. Personally, my house at home (I'm in college) has several feel of water in it. Family friends have lost their roof. And for the second time in 3 weeks my dad's farm has major damage. Last time it was the derecho, but this time I believe it was the tornado that destroyed houses in Coahoma continuing into southern Tunica County.

I wish river flooding was more "sexy." It's not very fun to discuss, but it's going to dominate news coverage in several markets soon. Already making some national headlines...

This picture was taken over my school earlier. Everyone's calling it a funnel cloud, but I'm not sure. It's pretty cool either way. The tornado warning seemed to indicate the rotation entering Memphis would have passed a few miles northwest of Rhodes College.
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TimHSV
Posted 27 April 2011 - 02:55 AM

VERY DANGEROUS CELL MOVING INTO ABERDEEN, MS...GATE -TO -GATE SHEAR ALMOST..

 
EquusStorm
Posted 27 April 2011 - 03:01 AM

weatherguy, on 27 April 2011 - 02:39 AM, said:

That tornado warned cell in MS looks almost like a mini hurricane:
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... that, and one of the strongest couplets I have ever seen. That thing's scary. Very scary...
Edited by EquusStorm, 27 April 2011 - 03:08 AM.

 
apocalyptic_pleasures
Posted 27 April 2011 - 03:05 AM

Quote

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY...

AT 255 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
FROM A TORNADO IN WEBSTER COUNTY. THIS TORNADO IS NOW LOCATED NEAR
MONTPELIER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.

&&



Quote

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TREBLOC...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF HOUSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70
MPH.

* THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM WHICH MAY PRODUCE A STRONG
TORNADO. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ABERDEEN...
AMORY AND OKOLONA.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR ABERDEEN LAKE.

Edited by apocalyptic_pleasures, 27 April 2011 - 03:07 AM.

 
mwbwhorton
Posted 27 April 2011 - 03:09 AM

Update at 1:50 a.m.: Shelters opened, power out for thousands as storm pound area
Written by

Zack Southwell and Mark Henderson

[email protected]
Filed Under
News
Local News





West Monroe opened Convention Center on Ridge Avenue and the Community Center on South Fifth Street as shelters for those in need early Wednesday after a dangerous line of storms crossed northeastern Louisiana late Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands, flooding streets and dropping pea-size hail throughout Ouachita Parish.

A wind gust was clocked at the Monroe Regional Airport at 1:02 a.m. Wednesday of 81 mph.


A large part of northeastern Louisiana was under a flash flood warning early Wednesday. The flash flood warning was in effect until 3:30 a.m. Wednesday for Ouachita Parish. National Weather Service meteorologists reported the rain gauge at Monroe Regional Airport broke Tuesday night, but the last report was that 3.72 inches of rain had fallen, and more was expected.


The weather service also issued a tornado warning for southwestern Caldwell Parish until 2 a.m.


At 1:01 a.m., the weather service detected a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 10 miles northwest of Montgomery, or six miles east of Natchitoches moving east at 55 mph.


Ouachita Parish remained under a severe thunderstorm warning until 2:15 a.m. At 1:16 a.m., a line of severe thunderstorms was reported capable of producing quarter-size hail and destructive winds in excess of 70 mph. These storms were along a line extending from 18 miles east of Jonesboro to 11 miles northeast of Slagle moving east at 65 mph.


In Monroe, a family in the 1500 block of Dawnview reported water encroaching into the house and needed help getting out. An elderly woman on Auburn Avenue also was asking for help evacuating. A motorist was reported stranded in her vehicle at the Plum Street underpass at South Second Street with water rising.


Authorities said they were receiving several requests for sandbags.


Roderick Worthy with Entergy reported early Wednesday morning that 28,000 customers were without power throughout northeastern Louisiana. Worthy said crews would be dispatched to begin repairs as soon as it was daylight.
 
SWL
Posted 27 April 2011 - 03:12 AM

Monroe County, MS

* THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM WHICH MAY PRODUCE A STRONG
TORNADO. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!

Headed for Lamar and Marion
Edited by SWL, 27 April 2011 - 03:13 AM.

 
steveklein
Posted 27 April 2011 - 03:17 AM

pretty mean couplet passing close to Amory and Aberdeen MS
 
steveklein
Posted 27 April 2011 - 03:19 AM

is there any streaming coverage out of columbus ms worth watching? also, anyone think we will see TOR warnings (and therefore wall to wall coverage) beginning in central alabama in the next 2 hours or so?
 
steveklein
Posted 27 April 2011 - 03:21 AM

interesting, a few storms are beginning to fire well ahead of the main line in western alabama. they need to be watched very carefully.
 
SWL
Posted 27 April 2011 - 03:23 AM

steveklein, on 27 April 2011 - 03:19 AM, said:

is there any streaming coverage out of columbus ms worth watching? also, anyone think we will see TOR warnings (and therefore wall to wall coverage) beginning in central alabama in the next 2 hours or so?
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If that storm in Monroe County holds together Lamar/Marion will have a warning around 4am IMO.

and there's another approaching Pickens.
Edited by SWL, 27 April 2011 - 03:24 AM.

 
MichelleH
Posted 27 April 2011 - 03:23 AM

From Jason Simpson's Facebook status:

RT @pje13: Tornado on the ground in Union Co., 3 miles south of Hickory Flat, MS #mswx
 
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