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Significant Tornado Events
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Steel Central
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side note: not sure how long it's been but we got 1Mil views on this thread.
Not sure whether to put this here or in the Dec 10th thread itself - but look at this crazy tree damage. I was not aware of these photos and maybe some of you have seen them, but the second pic in particular shows extreme tree damage. Just reminds us again how violent the tornadoes were on that day.
csx1985
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This is one of only a few know pictures of the Smithville EF5. I believe this is the only one I’ve seen that shows partially the base of this monster in its early stages.
It looks to be in the area where the trench-like ground scouring took place or where the first fatality occurred at a small apartment building. If that’s the case, the photographer would have been roughly a mile away having less than 60 seconds before being impacted by the tornado.
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Juliett Bravo Kilo
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Just realized the building is the funeral home that was more or less disappeared by the tornado. Given the things rapid forward speed the area was likely struck within a minute of the picture being taken. The last moments of this building were captured right here. Incredible.
No it isn't, the funeral home is a completely different shape
i believe its this building on Brasfield lane
That used to be one of the churches that was destroyed on the south end of town
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Playlist with lots of good footage of the Cullman tornado. Many of these videos have under 1,000 views, so it's worth checking out.
Juliett Bravo Kilo
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I have a feeling if a large piece of debris hit the corner of that door just right it likely would've ripped off. These guys are EXTREMELY lucky.
Western_KS_Wx
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Here’s a two-part album of extreme damage photos from the May 24, 2011 El Reno EF5 tornado all taken from the Piedmont-Falcon Lake section of the path, where the tornado likely hit a secondary peak intensity. Some of the vehicle and contextual damage is among the most intense I’ve ever seen.
csx1985
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Does anyone know where exactly in regards to Smithville this photo was taken? I’ve looked several times on Google Earth along hwy 25 but have had no luck. It’s labeled “Smithville Tornado” but no other information regarding exact location or photographer.
It was after it went through New Wren and came over Cotton Gin Hill (which is very steep) on HWY @278. It dissipated crossed through the Tombigbee Bottom, over Hwy 6, and then Amory Lake on the Tenn/Tom Waterway.
This footage captures it crossing Lock A - Amory Pool the actual formation just South of Smithville. You can stand at Lock A - Amory Pool and easily see Lock B - Smithville Lock. It's only about 5 miles from Amory Lock A to the point it first hit the ground just South of town and entered the town.
csx1985
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There’s also this blurry video that I’ve wondered if it’s location. The roar of the tornado moving away at its rapid speed is haunting.
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The anniversary of a tornado that needs no introduction
Ground level view of impressive damage along West 26th Street, including the home that had a part of its poured concrete basement foundation snapped. Also note the impressive granulation and debarked tree in the front yard of the (also swept away) home the videographer is standing on, and what might be the remains of vehicles at around the 0:27 mark? Whatever the case, a pretty classic scene of EF5 damage here.
A few photos of the Pepsi distribution plant
A vehicle folded in half at St. John's Regional Medical Center
Greenbriar Nursing Home. Of the 95 (85 residents and 10 staff) people in the building, 21 were killed.
Ground level view of impressive damage along West 26th Street, including the home that had a part of its poured concrete basement foundation snapped. Also note the impressive granulation and debarked tree in the front yard of the (also swept away) home the videographer is standing on, and what might be the remains of vehicles at around the 0:27 mark? Whatever the case, a pretty classic scene of EF5 damage here.
A few photos of the Pepsi distribution plant
A vehicle folded in half at St. John's Regional Medical Center
Greenbriar Nursing Home. Of the 95 (85 residents and 10 staff) people in the building, 21 were killed.
I've watched this video several times. I don't know its location, but if I had to guess, it might be from one of the homes on the southern end of town in the fields on the East side of Hwy 25 where it entered the city. You can see one home that is destroyed in the foreground. I'm guessing this is the location because you can see the trees lining the West side of Lock Dam B and Lake on the Left side of the video. At this point, I think it's going through town, or it has left town and beginning its trip through Southern Itawamba County. You can hear the person spitting what sounds like some installation from the destruction of their home. It's pretty sad to me.
I wish I knew where this picture was taken. I know it's outside town, but I wonder where.
I just found this compilation that was created and uploaded in March. The photo above looks like it came from the same place as the second footage edited in this video
cincywx
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wow! other than a few point-camera-at-tv recordings and tiny snippets, this highly-sought after full coverage has remained nonexistent until today.
TheSuckZone
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Wow. Imagine being live on-air relaying reports of a funnel cloud and then seeing that live tower video come up.
CheeselandSkies
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As someone who works in local TV news, it should be known (and this may surprise some people) that TV stations aren't always recording their own air streams. We simply don't have enough storage capacity to do it, especially with a total of six channels over-the-air (our main channel with our NBC affiliation, and five subchannels).
We have a service that records web streams of all the channels that are kept for several days, primarily for reviewing what happened during any technical problems (so clients don't get billed for commercials that didn't actually air, for example). We can clip and save footage from these but the process is tedious and the quality isn't great.
We do have recordings set up to roll on all of our newscasts in-house, but anything such as long-form severe weather coverage that airs outside of normal newscast timeframes won't be captured unless someone remembers to manually start a recording when it begins; and sets it up to run long enough for the duration of the coverage (the default on our system is one hour).