96 we were stuck in FL (JAX) for a family vacation and it was tough getting back in... we got one of the last flights back from RDU to DCA. 09-10 was awesome for both storms, both the Dec and Feb ones.
I remember being at work and getting absolutely nothing done... staff members were coming up to me and asking me about the weather all day... I was supposed to help write up a lesson plan for the next week (right before Christmas break) but I never did it cause I knew that we weren't going to be in school.
Remembering how the NAM was giving the LWX region 2.5" liquid and we all thought that was outrageously high... I'll think of more
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0629
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0256 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...MUCH OF MS/AL INTO SOUTHERN TN AND NORTHWEST GA
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 232...235...
VALID 271956Z - 272200Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 232...235...CONTINUES.
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION /PDS/ TORNADO WATCHES 232/235
CONTINUE UNTIL 00Z/03Z RESPECTIVELY. THIS INCLUDES THE POTENTIAL FOR
LONG-TRACK STRONG/PERHAPS VIOLENT TORNADOES INTO THIS EVENING AS A
SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK ONLY INCREASES IN MAGNITUDE/RISK.
AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS/LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION CONTINUES TO
UNFOLD THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS A LARGE PART OF MS/AL...WITH ADJACENT
PORTIONS OF TN/NORTHWEST GA ALSO EXPECTED TO BECOME A CONCERN LATE
THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. CURRENT OBSERVATIONAL TRENDS...REASONABLY
SUPPORTED BY EXPERIMENTAL HRRR GUIDANCE...IMPLY THAT SCATTERED
SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM IN BROKEN NNE-SSW ORIENTED
CORRIDORS OF SUBTLE CONFLUENCE AHEAD /EAST/ OF MORE
STORMS/SUPERCELLS THAT ARE DEVELOPING ALONG A PRE-COLD FRONTAL
TROUGH/DRYLINE GENERALLY NEARING I-55 IN MS.
THE WARM SECTOR AIRMASS HAS AGGRESSIVELY DESTABILIZED THIS AFTERNOON
AMID NEAR 70F/LOWER 70S F SURFACE DEWPOINTS...REFERENCE SPECIAL 18Z
OBSERVED RAOBS FROM JACKSON MS/BIRMINGHAM AL...WITH A WIDE/HIGHLY
SHEARED MOIST SECTOR IN PLACE ALONG/SOUTH OF A MODIFYING WEST-EAST
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY /NOW AN EFFECTIVE WARM FRONT/ ACROSS FAR NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF AL/MS. EXTREME LOW LEVEL SHEAR...VIA LONG/CURVING LOW
LEVEL HODOGRAPHS...WILL REMAIN HIGHLY CONDUCIVE FOR SUPERCELLS
CAPABLE OF LONG-TRACK STRONG/VIOLENT TORNADOES INTO THIS EVENING
AMID 0-1 KM SRH OF 300-500 M2/S2 OR GREATER /ESPECIALLY NEAR THE
AFOREMENTIONED NORTHERN MS AND AL BOUNDARY/.
Ouch...
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
137 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
WESTERN PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
* AT 136 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WATER VALLEY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. AT 115 PM...GRAPEFRUIT SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
IN BATESVILLE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BALDWYN...
BOONEVILLE...NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...WATER VALLEY AND TRACE STATE
PARK.