bwalk
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Sorry - I cannot confirm that the Adair video is of the actual site. I believe it is. --bwalk
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Severe WX Severe Weather Threat Jan 12th, 2023
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Timhsv
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Ok thats good. Thanks for the info
JPWX
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Thankfully no fatalities during the Monroe County Storm Thursday morning. Apparently no tornado warning was issued until AFTER the tornado was already down.
Dang it MEG
Talked to Mom about the storm. She was at Walmart in Amory working when the warning was given. She said the same thing about the warning being late. She's pretty sharp for 84 yrs old and still working full-time. I worry about her living in Smithville since Monroe County is a severe weather magnet.
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JPWX
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Thursday had a total of 3 Tornado Emergencies issued by NWS Birmingham. It was the first January Tornado Emergencies issued since 2017 and the most in one day for January since 2012.
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Dixie isn’t playing games this month smh
tornado examiner
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We still don’t have any statistics for the old Kingston tornado beyond the fatality count and initial rating
CheeselandSkies
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Looks like EF2 rating for the Chambers/Troup Co. tornado I was wondering about earlier, separate path from the Old Kingston, etc. beast.
ARCC
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From some of the pictures I’ve seen on Facebook, most of the damage so far I’ve seen in Coosa county is ~EF1. I don’t know exact location though as the signature was much stronger over southern Coosa. That is a ~25 minute trip for me so it may warrant a drive down where the radar showed the best velocity and the 60+ dbZ debris ball.
Bamamuscle
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I have a question. Why didn’t they issue a tornado emergency for Selma? Or did I miss it?
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JPWX
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Great question but one I don't have a clear answer for. They did issue a Tornado Warning with confirmation of the tornado but not a TOR Emergency.
Sawmaster
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To those who are actually listening and not just hearing, "confirmed tornado" is enough to act on, and if it's weak or small tornado one could question whether it's really an emergency or not since few of the warned people will be much affected by it.
I think it was handled correctly here. Extreme words need to be reserved for extreme events only or they will lose the impact of their meaning when they're truly necessary.
I think it was handled correctly here. Extreme words need to be reserved for extreme events only or they will lose the impact of their meaning when they're truly necessary.
JPWX
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Here's the Tornado Emergency (Dark Purple) that was issued when Selma was fixing to get hit.
Shakespeare 2016
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There were more long tracked tornadoes in this January 12th than November 4th-5th, November 29th-30th, December 12th-15th, and January 2nd tornadoes combined. I consider a long tracked tornado to be 20+ miles. 2 on November 4th, 1 on November 30th, 1 on December 14th, 1 on January 2nd, and 8 on January 12th.
CheeselandSkies
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TORE polygon didn't include Selma itself.
JPWX
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Here's the rotation signature with the supercell storm near Selma, AL
Lake Martin EF4
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No. Let's run the list.
Bold - almost certainly accurate (or at least indisputably tracked over 75 miles)
Italics - almost certainly inaccurate
Normal - not sure
Hazlehurst, MS F4 (Mar 29, 1976, 126.5 miles)
Ulysses, KS F2 (May 18, 1977, 117.2 miles)
Wadena, MN F2 (Aug 26, 1977, 110.4 miles)
La Pryor, TX F1 (May 15, 1980, 99.8 miles)
Muscatine, IA F0 (Apr 4, 1981, 103.5 miles)
Gruver, TX-Beaver, OK F4 (Mar 19, 1982, 88 miles)
Delta, IA F4 (Jun 7, 1984, 134 miles)
Raleigh, NC F4 (Nov 28, 1988, 83 miles)
Lawrence, NE F4 (Mar 13, 1990, 131 miles)
Albion, IL F4 (June 1, 1990, 106 miles)
Brandon, MS F4 (Nov 22, 1992, 126 miles)
Wilson, NC F3 (Nov 23, 1992, 160 miles)
Aurora, NE F3 (May 8, 1993, 75 miles)
Mount Ayr, IA F3 (Apr 11, 2001, 76.5 miles)
Martinsville-Indianapolis, IN F3 (Sep 20, 2002, 112 miles)
Stockton, MO F3 (May 4, 2003, 86 miles)
New Boston, TX-Idabel, OK F2 (May 15, 2003, 78.3 miles)
Caruthersville, MO F3 (Apr 2, 2006, 77 miles)
Atkins-Clinton, AR EF4 (Feb 5, 2008, 123.5 miles)
Butler-Roberta, GA EF2 (Feb 17, 2008, 75.6 miles)
Picher, OK-Neosho, MO EF4 (May 10, 2008, 75.5 miles)
Yazoo City, MS EF4 (Apr 24, 2010, 149 miles)
Hackleburg-Phil Campbell, AL EF5 (Apr 27, 2011, 132 miles (a bit of that is indisputably a separate EF3, but the main EF5 still most likely tracked over 90 miles))
Cordova, AL EF4 (Apr 27, 2011, 127.8 miles)
Tuscaloosa-Birmingham, AL EF4/EF5 (Apr 27, 2011, 80.7 miles (May have actually been longer than official track))
Ohatchee, AL EF4/EF5 (Apr 27, 2011, 97.3 miles)
Enterprise, MS EF4 (Apr 27, 2011, 122 miles)
West Liberty, KY EF3/EF4(?) (Mar 2, 2012, 85 miles)
Holly Springs, MS EF4/EF5 (Dec 23, 2015, 75.1 miles)
Thornapple, WI EF3 (May 16, 2017, 82.5 miles)
Collins, MS EF3 (Apr 12, 2020, 83.2 miles)
Brent, AL EF3 (Mar 25, 2021, 79.7 miles)
Monette, AR EF4 (Dec 10, 2021, 81.2 miles)
Mayfield, KY EF4/EF5 (Dec 10, 2021, 166.4 miles)
Dresden, TN EF3/EF4 (Dec 10, 2021, 122.9 miles)
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