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  1. andyhb
    Yeah I noticed that in that video and thought it was a bit of a fail on their part, and they also seemed to not be urgent enough regarding the wording initially about what was/is obviously a huge wedge on the ground...
  2. andyhb
    Got a feeling that may be taken the wrong way... That said, everyone knows about SGF's over-warning problem, its been highlighted several times over the past number of years. Then again, they have had several major events there since 2000; 5/4/03, 3/12/06, 1/7/08, 5/10/08, Joplin, etc...
  3. andyhb
    What a contrast in the weather...
  4. andyhb
    Here it is, as it was happening... http://www.americanw...t/page__st__455 And the thread on alabamawx: http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=47919#comments
  5. andyhb
    Can't believe it's been a year, although once it is around 5:30 PM central, it'll really start to hit... At the time of the tornado, I was watching the supercell on radar over Joplin and I posted on the alabamawx blog, "Very strong hook echo with debris ball over the Joplin, Missouri area right now, hopefully everyone is alright." Little did I know how bad it really was...although the signature on radar made my heart sink.
  6. andyhb
    Good lord, there were some brutal images going through my head reading that, horrifying...
  7. andyhb
    Terrific video.
  8. andyhb
    Of note, the three fatalities added to the 4/27 event now make 2011 the second deadliest tornadic year on record in the United States.
  9. andyhb
    The second video I posted is a great look at the incredible structure of the parent supercell of the Rainsville tornado (and also 3 other violent tornadoes).
  10. andyhb
    And, to what Superstorm posted, what about if that hole around Atlanta wasn't a hole...
  11. andyhb
    Excellent posts there.
  12. andyhb
    From the Rainsville/Sylvania tornado?
  13. andyhb
    Well, it's now officially the morning of 4/27, hard to believe that just last year we were watching the overnight convection, along with the SPC's 06z Day 1 High Risk, that in about 12 hours, one of the worst tornado outbreaks in US history was about to unleash its full fury.
  14. andyhb
    It does make sense, I can't see anything less than an EF5 causing that kind of scouring.
  15. andyhb
    It wouldn't be the asphalt scouring, the EF3 in Americus, GA on March 1st, 2007 scoured the pavement. I remember seeing something in the survey for the Philadelphia tornado that said that a mobile home was thrown 300+ yards without any sign of a ground impact in between, after which it was obliterated, with the fatalities occurring here as well. I've gone through this thread multiple times since I joined the site and it is always a worthwhile read.
  16. andyhb
    The Philadelphia tornado was rated EF5 for more than just the ground scouring. Also, the damage to the Wrangler Plant in Hackleburg was incredible.
  17. andyhb
    That video also shows a Pampa-like event where a van is picked up and hurled hundreds of yards from its original location, shortly after the F5 damage to the home. This tornado was one of the kings of the "drill-bit".
  18. andyhb
    I can easily say that the EF5s in this outbreak were certainly among the strongest ever from a damage perspective...
  19. andyhb
    Two of those overshooting tops are easily identifiable. The one North Central/Central AL is Tuscaloosa/Birmingham and I believe the one in NE AL is Cordova/Rainsville.
  20. andyhb
    And also how the event progressed from a more linear look on Wednesday to "holy crap this is gonna be a discrete supercell bonanza"...
  21. andyhb
    This thread is brilliant.
  22. andyhb
    Compare that to areas like the Oklahoma City, Birmingham/Tuscaloosa and Little Rock metros and it doesn't seem like a lot, although what matters is that Joplin got the big one just like Birmingham and OKC have gotten...
  23. andyhb
    The sound from 3:25 on is just ferocious...
  24. andyhb
    Merry Christmas to all of the folks in Joplin, here's to a continued recovery.
  25. andyhb
    Great way to finalize it.
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