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    Short-Term Severe/Flooding Discussion

    in Central/Western States

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    33 minutes ago, Chinook said:

    I wonder if any storm chasers will get terrific pics of the tornado warned storm 75 mi east of Fort Collins.

     

    Been watching the huge anvil top from here for a while now...awesomely isolated for most of its life.

     

    CSU-CHILL radars been scanning it, got some dope RHIs

     

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    Reconsider majoring in meteorology!

    in Weather Forecasting and Discussion

    Posted

    I'm attending the University of Michigan next year, which has a Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences program as part of their engineering school, which I think is interesting and might be helpful. I was talking to one of the professors a while back about it, and they started talking about how today a lot of the work in these fields requires some engineering experiences and knowledge that many graduates don't receive at other schools.

    Right now I'm planning on double amjoring in Atmospheric Sceinces and Computer Sciences.

    Historic Tornado Outbreak April 27, 2011

    in Weather Forecasting and Discussion

    Posted

    ABC News just interrupted programming. President is about to speak about the outbreak.

    Looks like he wants to use this a reprimands for the gov. response for Katrina...

    He gave thanks to the firefighters and EMTs and police forecs on the scene (who obviously deserve it), but no mention of the NWS or SPC, who I think did a phenomenal job yesterday....but I guess that's to be expected...

    Historic Tornado Outbreak April 27, 2011

    in Weather Forecasting and Discussion

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    Just going off things we know for sure at this moment...

    Trees debarked with only stumps of largest limbs remaining is EF3 expected damage, but only can be determined up to the highest (167 mph) at that scale. After that it becomes impossible to tell with any certainty how strong the winds were.

    Likewise, we know transmission towers outside of Birmingham were taken down. Again this type of damage is consistent with EF3 damage, but once total loss occurs it is impossible to tell if winds were stronger.

    As for other structures we've seen, there was that McDonalds in Tuscaloosa that was rendered down to just about nothing but the guts (could even argue completely gone). This damage is consistent with EF3 (or high EF4 if you consider it a total loss), and again higher wind speeds can't be stated with any certainty because the structure is expected to be gone at high EF4.

    Easily EF3+, almost definitely EF4, and I personally need some context with what certain structures were before they were reduced to rubble before declaring EF5 for sure.

    Whats the difference between EF4 and EF5 damage?

    Historic Tornado Outbreak April 27, 2011

    in Weather Forecasting and Discussion

    Posted

    This event may very well end up being ranked in the top ten deadliest outbreaks in america of all time. All of the other events in this list are from 1974 or earlier, back when technology and warning lead times were barely a fraction of what they are today. I think that really shows the power of this event.

    Birmingham, AL's disco this morning. I could not imagine having to write it.

    "HOWEVER THE WEATHER NEVER ENDS AND WE MUST CONTINUE"

    ....amen

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