Severe WX Severe Weather Event April 13-14, 2019

[JayF]

Looks like NWS is having a major NEXRAD Level III outage -
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Interesting, I am looking at a different NWS site and it shows them mostly green, but it is for level 2

 

[JayF]

NWS Level II Radar Receive Status https://radar2pub.ncep.noaa.gov/

 

[Weatherphreak]

Brad Travis showing intense straightline wind heading towards the Shoals.

 

[JayF]

Coffee anyone, I just brewed a new pot.

 

[WesL]

NWS Level II Radar Receive Status https://radar2pub.ncep.noaa.gov/

Correct. Level 3 is trying to come back online. Talk about bad timing. GRLEVEL3 is stalled.

 

[WesL]

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Marengo County in southwestern Alabama...
Southeastern Sumter County in west central Alabama...

* Until 145 AM CDT.

* At 1250 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Pennington, or 12 miles northeast of
Butler, moving northeast at 45 mph.

 

[WesL]

Correct. Level 3 is trying to come back online. Talk about bad timing. GRLEVEL3 is stalled.

NWS Level III Radar System https://radar3pub.ncep.noaa.gov/

 

[Equus]

That cell is kind of out ahead of both lines... might be trouble.

 

[Equus]

Also massive lightning increase and convection deeper on that segment W of Tuscaloosa, would pay really close attention to that one. It's headed my way in a bit.

And now it's tornado warned (Tuscaloosa co) This one looks a bit ominous.

 

[andyhb]

I do not like where that discrete supercell SSW of Demopolis is heading one bit.

As for the monster near the GWX radar earlier, no words for what happened there.

 

[Equus]

The HRRR showed discrete cells carrying well on into the night here and I think it performed brilliantly.

 

[Mike S]

Tornado warning Colbert and Franklin counties. Russellville in the path

 

[WesL]

Correct. Level 3 is trying to come back online. Talk about bad timing. GRLEVEL3 is stalled.

Looks like the Level 3 NEXRAD system is coming back to life.

 

[WesL]

Tornado warning Colbert and Franklin counties. Russellville in the path

That came up really fast. SRV

 

[Mike S]

That came up really fast. SRV

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Should stay West of Russellville

 

[Equus]

It's that same KGWX cell, still hanging on and spinning like a top.

 

[WesL]

Tuscaloosa warning looks legit as well

 

[Equus]

It has that spiral look of something big about to wrap up. Hope not, hope we're done with the big ones for the night.

 

[JayF]

The warning for Tuscaloosa is absolutely legit. That is getting stronger.

 

[WesL]

The warning for Tuscaloosa is absolutely legit. That is getting stronger.

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