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New video has been posted of the the monsterous north Alabama EF-5 as it passed near Hackleburg and Phil Campbell. This home was on the very edge of the path and winds I'd say are easily in the 80-100mph range. The sound is incredible and the motion of the funnel for a tornado nearly a mile wide is absolutely astounding.
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Well yeah.
I was going to say the same thing
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I'm having a hard time believing that hose pic. Being propelled at such a high velocity, one would expect it to look ragged or torn from going into a tree and it just doesn't seem to be at all. Not to mention I have a hard time believing a hose could be strung out perfectly to drive straight into a hardwood tree's trunk.
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A more recent comparison is the Tuscaloosa tornado last month. Both were relatively close in strength, both went to cities of comparable size and the total damage area is each community looks to be somewhat similar (Tuscaloosa storm carved a longer path as the city is somewhat larger but the Joplin storm may have been a bit wider). The Joplin storm hit more tightly packed blocks of single family residences whereas in Tuscaloosa more damage was done to apartments. Hopefully we can get an idea of the number of people in the core damage path in Joplin (it was about 6,000 people in Tuscaloosa). Tuscaloosa storm was better warned, more visible and awareness was more hightened in general. Neither of the too community had many dwelling with basments. Mobile homes are a non factor in either case. Tuscalossa was a weekend, Joplin a Sunday.
All variables that will have to be examined as do why so many more died in Joplin.
4/27 was a Wednesday and the higher populated sections of the Tuscaloosa-B'ham tornado path was a good mix of homes and apartments
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Just watching some aerials from Hackleburg here. Devastation. Simply no other way to put it. Houses with just foundations left. Large industrial facilities completely mangled with dozens of tractor trailers tossed around and smashed.
There is the possibility that the Hackleburg tornado is the same one that hit Smithville, MS, we shall see what HUN finds.
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. IN THE COMMUNITY OF TANNER...THE INTENSITY
WAS MAXIMIZED WITH A LARGE SWATH OF EF-4 DAMAGE AND A NARROW
CORRIDOR OF HIGH END EF-4 TO NEAR EF-5 DAMAGE.
ANOTHER SURVEY TEAM WILL BE ON THE GROUND IN MADISON
TO FURTHER ASSESS THE DAMAGE ON FRIDAY.
That poor town can't ever catch a break. A F5 and F4 the same day, now a probable EF5 takes em out, again.
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A very large tornado in Athens, AL (Limestone County), this is the same storm that has pretty much obliterated Tanner from survey reports.
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I like how BMX has a status update chart on the damage surveys in their CWA. Of note that Tuscaloosa and JeffCo will take several days.
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This "what if" talk is starting to get old, honestly.
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Part of the latest PNS from WFO Birmingham:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1122 AM CDT THU APR 28 2011
...UPDATED FOR JEFFERSON AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTY SURVEYS...
IN REGARDS TO THE JEFFERSON AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTY DAMAGE...SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL BE ARRIVING TODAY TO
ASSIST WITH SURVEYS...AND DAMAGE RATINGS WILL BE PROVIDED AFTER A
THOROUGH ASSESSMENT IS CONDUCTED.
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Probably almost impossible for a passenger to know whether or not they are over a tornado while flying commercially (I assume planes can fly over these storms without turbulence as long as they stay at maximum altitude)but I wonder what it looks like above these storms and if pilots have the technology available to know whether or not they are flying over a tornado. Just a different aspect.
these storms had tops well over 40k ft, no way a plane would dare try to fly over that mess. I can tell you right now, they avoid these cells like crazy because they technology is more than there for that. Having worked in Navy Aviation, this is for fact.
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I've sort of disregared the pavement thing ever since the Americus tornado back in March 2007, same day as the Enterprise EF4. It was a strong EF3 and ripped pavement off, but the grass part may be more telling.
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New footage from Cullman. Sirens can be heard in the background.
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What is that he is looking at? Possibly a car? Thats one thing I haven't noticed in any of these videos. Cars not visible and being thrown around. Maybe the tornado is so strong it destroys the car before it's able to get it off the ground. Amazing videos.
that is wayyyy too large to be a vehicle. Likely a large section of roof or something of the sort.
The closest video is the one I posted from University Mall and it was really too shaky to see if vehicles were flying, but guaranteed they were.
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Just unbelievable that the Tuscaloosa storm is still likely producing tornadoes as it's about to enter Virginia. These videos are incredible as well. Camera technology has come a long ways since the Andover tornado too.
EDIT: Woops meant North Carolina lol.
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The Tuscaloosa/B'ham cell is in Georgia.
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the Tuscaloosa probable EF5 is this decade's Andover in terms of visibility and videos
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Was that the Alabama fight song?
I believe so, pretty ironic.
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Way too close there. That guy should have never been that close.
No kidding, he is lucky the periphery winds didn't flip his vehicle.
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Unreal footage from University Mall in Tuscaloosa.
3:00 min in is where the action starts really cranking.
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Let's move this thread to the SE forum... since most of the activity is there.
Did you bother to look over there first?
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Here's a shot of what used to be WAFF, Channel 48 in Huntsville's Doppler. It's now just a tower. Note the building in front of it.
From KAKE Meteorologist Jay Prater "I was the Managing Meteorologist at WAFF-48 in Huntsville, Alabama when "Doppler 2000" was installed along US-72, in the late 90s. My "pride and joy"...at that time, it was the most advanced privately owned weather radar in the state. Only the tower remains today after being struck by a tornado. Thank you WAFF-48 Chief Meteorologist Brad Travis for posting this image."
in a strange way, that's slightly amusing
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New footage of the tuscaloosa tornado.
just started to post that. The sound is unreal, even more shocking are the horizontal vorticies just flying around the funnel.
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Don't see this often:
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
754 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
SOUTH CENTRAL ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
WEST CENTRAL TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 750 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
ALABASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY
OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER NOW!
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COLUMBIANA...CHELSEA...WILSONVILLE...HARPERSVILLE...CHILDERSBURG
AND VINCENT
Tn Valley Severe Weather
in Tennessee Valley
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Tornado confirmed to have gone through Russellville, AL.