SmokeEater

Coosa County, AL.

From chaser Brett Adair. #Tuscaloosa will be rated EF-5. Pulled bodies from the rubble today. #alwx

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."

5th or 6th of the day for Cullman County. BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 753 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CRANE HILL MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... LOGAN. BALDWIN. CULLMAN. WALTER. FAIRVIEW.

Large tornado moving through the same areas that were hit by an EF4, during the 1994 Palm Sunday outbreak. Goshen is where all the people were killed in the church.

Numerous fatalities reported in Pleasant Grove.

It's back, 160 kts G2G.

They showed it live on ABC 33/40.

License plate from Tuscaloosa found in Birmingham, 50 miles away.

Debris falling 20 miles NE of this.

Damage is reported to be extreme in Fultondale, not good. Hope he's ok.

[bmxallchat] nwsbmx-scott.unger: media press this storm in Bibb, please!!!

These storms were warned WELL in advance, NWS did their best. Storms this major are going to kill people, no matter what we do.

Debris falling out of the sky on Mike Phelps cam, clothing, sheet metal, etc. http://stormscapelive.com/michael-phelps

Parts of Tuscaloosa reported as unrecognizable.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 607 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ALC007-065-105-125-272345- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0115.000000T0000Z-110427T2345Z/ PERRY AL-HALE AL-BIBB AL-TUSCALOOSA AL- 607 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA... BIBB...NORTHERN HALE AND NORTHERN PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT... ...TORNADO EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR HARPER HILL...PHIPPS...AND WATEROAK... AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AKRON...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF GREENSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRENT...CENTREVILLE...MERTZ...LOW GAP...HARRISBURG...EOLINE...WEST CENTREVILLE...VANCE...TALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST AND WEST BLOCTON.

em-beau.dodson: Extreme damage being reported in west Birmingham, AL

Reports of fatalities coming in from Tuscaloosa.

nws-thomas.johnstone: this is going to be very, very bad

It's a mile wide wedge, it takes a lot longer then just a few minutes for one to cycle, Birmingham is screwed.

Jesus, 70 dbz in the hook.

Historic outbreak, and 2 of the main area's radar sites are down. nwsbot: [bmxallchat] nwsbmx-scott.unger: kbmx radar is being worked on, maintenance crews in route to fix

I watched it, he had a live camera, it's not wrong.

Fox 6 from Birmingham had a reporter in Tuscaloosa, literally everything was wiped clean, businesses, homes, everything, there's nothing left.

This says a lot, from the NWS met who worked the Greensburg tornado. Mike Umscheid This is the greatest Delta-V I have ever seen on wsr-88d.