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    Historic Tornado Outbreak April 27, 2011

    in Weather Forecasting and Discussion

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    I understand that infrastructure was compromised from morning convection, but this is my opportunity to preach preparedness. Many large events are often preceded by morning convection, some of which is severe and does damage. Especially with an event as well forecast as this, I don't think there should be thousands of people being caught off guard. A $20 weather radio with back up batteries can go a long way. For every inconvenience of being woken up in the middle of the night for a false alarm, there is a life saved and that's worth it.

    I know it pains me to hear these stories about "no warning" when in reality it was not receiving a warning. I can't imagine how it feels for the many, many warning forecasters out there who issued good warnings but had people perish anyway. I have already heard some disturbing reactions from the higher ups in DC, and it will be very interesting to see how the service assessment plays out. Will it be a blame game or will we actually figure out some new ways to reach people and disseminate the message.

    Are you saying NWS HQ is not happy with the local WFO performance? I ask because I would find that baffling.

    Historic Tornado Outbreak April 27, 2011

    in Weather Forecasting and Discussion

    Posted

    My guess is that this is the path length in the CWA only. If you check out a map, it is roughly 3 miles to the AL border. That information will likely be updated for final storm data purposes, once HUN finishes their surveys.

    I plotted the beginning and end lat/lon in Google Earth. The end point is about 10 miles from the AL border. It also shows the tornado traveling SW to NE. Based on this, it appears as if it was a separate tornado track.

    Historic Tornado Outbreak April 27, 2011

    in Weather Forecasting and Discussion

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    I know I said no I told you so.......I don't think I have to do that at this point do you???? I tried to make my point the last two days but I was deemed crazy, they wanted to moderators to suspend my account because I expressed an opinion that it would be a horrific outbreak...But no I was clueless...Didn't turn out that way did it..We ended up with one of the worst tornado outbreaks in United States history. I truely wish I had been wrong with all those lives lost...:(

    You would have been better off not posting anything. Don't come here at this point looking for vindication or sympathy. I don't think you will find it. There were several people that thought this was going to be real bad. The difference between them and you is that they have the proper tact while posting combined with a critical scientific breakdown of the potential.

    Historic Tornado Outbreak April 27, 2011

    in Weather Forecasting and Discussion

    Posted

    Yeah stellar job by TWC. They acted as a weather channel should act.

    Really was surprised by the news channels. Big "F" for them from what I saw at least, but I didn't have them on the whole time of course since TWC was a ton better.

    I echo the sentiments about TWC coverage. It was fantastic. I didn't turn it off TWC for almost the entire event which is something I can't say I have done in a long long time. They were at their best when the tornado was coming into north BHM. The calmness and professionalism they showed during that moment was incredible considering they absolutely knew the devastation that was occurring. TWC adding Norcross to the team has also been a plus. I was little surprised when he came on air last night, but it was good to see him on outside of tropical coverage.

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