POWERSTROKE Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 tornado warnings all around me now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Debris is now falling in downtown BHM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Span says debris from this tornado is falling all over the place now in bhm..holy hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Bham is screwed this is gonna be bad, hopefully with all the warning deaths will be minimal.......this is prolly at least a strong EF3 and at times had had EF5 type numbers... Saying 190knt gtg at the moment...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I have a sister in Bham please pray for her. She has taken cover! On another note.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastonwxman Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Hope everyone's ready down there in Birmingham. This is not showing any signs of letting up anytime soon. You can't hardly see anything from what I can tell on the TWC live coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 This is surreal footage on TWC, you can see the debris falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EverythingisEverything Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Debris falling live on TV in Birmingham from the Tuscaloosa Tornado. My God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATL_Militarypolice Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 New PDS Watch coming soon. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0637.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadojay Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Unbelievable.. Thoughts and prayers that nothing bad happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Span says debris from this tornado is falling all over the place now in bhm..holy hell. Some of the cams looks like its snowing with all the debris falling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Weather Today Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Pray for Tuscaloosa... Completely maxed out!!!! These are absolutely awesome screen shots you captured! Excellent job Kid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEGa Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Span says debris from this tornado is falling all over the place now in bhm..holy hell. some of that is from tuscaloosa! been out of commission this afternoon so trying to get caught up. wow, poor alabama. spann's live coverage is amazing and scary. looks like the tornado heading to birmingham is on the camera now. unbelievable...2 hour long track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billabong Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Debris falling live on TV in Birmingham from the Tuscaloosa Tornado. My God. That's 24 miles away. I don't think I've ever seen that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 towercam stream just showed a LARGE tornado, and they're saying debris is already falling near downtown Bham. Its on a beeline for downtown, according to Spann. Amazing to see this happen live.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastonwxman Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 241 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 650 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN ALABAMA NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM UNTIL 200 AM EDT. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA. DISCUSSION...LONG-LIVED SUPERCELLS WITH A HISTORY OF DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES OVER PORTIONS OF ERN TN AND AL ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY MOVE EWD INTO THE WW AREA THIS EVENING. EWD MIGRATION OF 50-60+ KT LLJ AXIS WILL SUPPORT CONTINUED AIR MASS DESTABILIZATION WITH MLCAPE VALUES REMAINING IN THE 1000-2000 J/KG RANGE. WHEN COUPLED WITH 50-70 KT EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR AND STEADILY STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL SHEAR...SETUP WILL REMAIN QUITE SUPPORTIVE OF SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE LONG-TRACKED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 New Tornado Watch for GA but I don't see where it says PDS..... Tornado Watch TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 241 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 650 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 TORNADO WATCH 241 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS GAC011-013-015-035-045-047-053-055-057-059-063-067-077-079-083- 085-089-097-105-111-113-115-117-119-121-123-129-133-135-137-139- 143-145-147-149-151-157-159-171-187-195-197-199-207-211-213-215- 217-219-221-223-227-231-233-237-241-247-249-255-257-259-263-269- 281-285-291-293-295-297-307-311-313-280600- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0241.110427T2250Z-110428T0600Z/ GA . GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BANKS BARROW BARTOW BUTTS CARROLL CATOOSA CHATTAHOOCHEE CHATTOOGA CHEROKEE CLARKE CLAYTON COBB COWETA CRAWFORD DADE DAWSON DEKALB DOUGLAS ELBERT FANNIN FAYETTE FLOYD FORSYTH FRANKLIN FULTON GILMER GORDON GREENE GWINNETT HABERSHAM HALL HARALSON HARRIS HART HEARD HENRY JACKSON JASPER LAMAR LUMPKIN MADISON MARION MERIWETHER MONROE MORGAN MURRAY MUSCOGEE NEWTON OCONEE OGLETHORPE PAULDING PICKENS PIKE POLK PUTNAM RABUN ROCKDALE SCHLEY SPALDING STEPHENS STEWART TALBOT TAYLOR TOWNS TROUP UNION UPSON WALKER WALTON WEBSTER WHITE WHITFIELD $$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Could this be an f5? You can't even see the tornado on twc it's so wide and someone on the central forum said earlier a 230 or 240 knot reading on radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Weather Monger Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 J S mentioned that this tornado approaching Birmingham has been on the ground for two hours now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Jesus plz help birmingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 That's 24 miles away. I don't think I've ever seen that before. Neither has SF on TWC and that speaks volumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Could this be an f5? You can't even see the tornado on twc it's so wide and someone on the central forum said earlier a 230 or 240 knot reading on radar. I'm not an expert on tornadoes, but does longer width = stronger tornado ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATL_Militarypolice Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 241 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 650 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN ALABAMA NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM UNTIL 200 AM EDT. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 232...WW 234...WW 235...WW 236...WW 237...WW 238...WW 239...WW 240... DISCUSSION...LONG-LIVED SUPERCELLS WITH A HISTORY OF DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES OVER PORTIONS OF ERN TN AND AL ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY MOVE EWD INTO THE WW AREA THIS EVENING. EWD MIGRATION OF 50-60+ KT LLJ AXIS WILL SUPPORT CONTINUED AIR MASS DESTABILIZATION WITH MLCAPE VALUES REMAINING IN THE 1000-2000 J/KG RANGE. WHEN COUPLED WITH 50-70 KT EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR AND STEADILY STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL SHEAR...SETUP WILL REMAIN QUITE SUPPORTIVE OF SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE LONG-TRACKED. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flweathernerd Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I'm not an expert on tornadoes, but does longer width = stronger tornado ? Not really. The Manitoba F5 wasn't large but it was very very strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Weather Monger Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Could this be an f5? You can't even see the tornado on twc it's so wide and someone on the central forum said earlier a 230 or 240 knot reading on radar. Holy crap. This like something out of a movie! Almost expecting to see Dorothy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKY_WX Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 this is crazy footage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguy3107 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Good lord, it looks like the entire storm is on the ground on the BHM sky cam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I'm not an expert on tornadoes, but does longer width = stronger tornado ? Me either but I know that width doesn't necessarily mean it's stronger..but the debris falling so far out ahead and the well defined debris ball makes me wonder. TWC said bhm radar has been knocked out, damn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastonwxman Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Debris was confirmed to be even worse all the sudden in Birmingham. VERY MASSIVE tornado! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Not really. The Manitoba F5 wasn't large but it was very very strong. Ok, I was just curious. I think a lot of people (including me) think the larger the tornado the stronger it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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