Severe WX Wednesday/Thursday/Friday April 17th-19th Severe Threat

[jmills]

That's an impressive rear inflow jet.

 

[NorthBamaWX]

County officials report homes have been destroyed on the north side of Morton, MS. Around 3:31pm

 

[kcyalater]

This is a 150 mile wide bow echo. Wow.

 

[Taylor Campbell]

New tornado warning for Hattiesburg, MS!

 

[Taylor Campbell]

Bad time for the Mobile radar to go down.

 

[NorthBamaWX]

NWS has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Sumter County until 5:30 PM

 

[bwalk]

The HRRR is showing the highest STP/updraft helicity values for central Alabama to be around midnight - 1 am. Is this still considered the latest thinking? (HRRR images for 4/19 06:00 UTC)

 

[Kory]

UA suspending operations at 5pm.

 

[NorthBamaWX]

 

[NorthBamaWX]

 

[NorthBamaWX]

 

[Bama Ravens]

This thing seems to be crawling.

 

[NorthBamaWX]

 

[Bama Ravens]

You can see that tongue of CAPE immediately ahead of the line.

 

[NorthBamaWX]

 

[kcyalater]

11pm? This thing is an hour from me in Bessemer.

 

[Bama Ravens]

11pm? This thing is an hour from me in Bessemer.

I doubt this thing will be in the Birmingham metro in an hour.

 

[NorthBamaWX]

 

[Bama Ravens]

Classic UAB

 

[WesL]

I doubt this thing will be in the Birmingham metro in an hour.

It is beyond slow. Like a snail's pace.