kperk014

There was nothing of importance in this version of the late April SE forum. Just some folks talking about the temp or their garden. There was no mention that over 300 people might be killed the next day. I don't remember the thread being THAT empty. I remember really good conversations by several people. None of that is there.

12 hours ago, shaggy said:

This guy basically drove right into the back of the circulation. Later in the video you can see the massive size of this tornado.

 

That was very 4/27/2011 ish.

17 hours ago, Windspeed said:

This is the best footage so far of the Lee County wedge as it crossed US 280 near Smiths Station. The autofocus missed but you can clearly see the violent upward motion at the beginning.

 

 

DANG! That sucker was hauling ass!

Since it was pretty much ignored in this thread, I'll just throw these in:

https://www.waaytv.com/content/news/TVA-Wilson-Dam-pumping-3-million-gallons-of-water-per-second-after-10-days-of-rain-506334421.html

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=322535525044082

https://www.timesdaily.com/multimedia/flooding-around-the-shoals/video_621b72cd-980e-5ec0-a03a-445d44bcb510.html

https://expo.al.com/news/g66l-2019/02/671ce3c1ad1047/photos-and-video-of-major-flooding-in-the-shoals-.html

https://www.timesdaily.com/multimedia/residents-of-muscle-shoals-evacuated-from-their-homes-due-to/video_da7c4431-6ebf-5e27-9320-22c372b07f45.html

At almost 100 years old, Wilson is still hanging in there!

North Alabama

http://www.waff.com/story/31826289/tornado-outbreak-5-years-later-piecing-lives-back-together

http://www.wtvm.com/story/31833922/mt-hope-community-rebuilds-five-years-after-tornado

http://whnt.com/2016/04/26/april-27th-before-after-and-five-years-later/

http://whnt.com/2016/04/23/dekalb-county-remembers-2011-tornado-in-rainsville-memorial-saturday/

Central Alabama 5 years later

http://abc3340.com/news/local/april-27-2011-five-years-later-alabama-native-storm-survivor-sends-thank-you-note

http://abc3340.com/news/videos/april-27-2011-cordova-community-continues-to-recover-from-ef4-tornado

http://abc3340.com/news/videos/april-27-2011-hackleburg-nearly-wiped-off-the-map-by-ef5-tornado

http://abc3340.com/news/local/abc-3340-special-report-april-27-2011-five-years-later

https://weather.com/storms/severe/news/2011-tornado-superoutbreak-james-spann-marathon-broadcast

One gentleman described the Phil Campbell tornado as a "giant octopus" as it came over the mountain into Mount Hope. He's not in this video.

Interesting view of the Union Grove, Al tornado of April 27, 2011.

Approximate paths:

Red  - Tanner 2

White- Tanner 1

Blue  - Tanner 3 (2011)

Holy hell, it's amazing how many people that day who were shooting video, were oblivious to how close they almost came to getting swept off the face of this earth.

This is a fairly unseen video (about 1,800 views) that reminds no matter how awe-inspiring a tornado can be, there's something terrible going on under it. Check out the exchange at about 3 minutes when the tornado sprouts it's multiple vortices. There is cheering until someone reminds them that people are dying with a little profanity.