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Feb 2-3 Tn Valley Severe Storms OBS


jaxjagman

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

NORTHWESTERN BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 500 AM EST

* AT 417 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES

NORTHWEST OF SWEETWATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED AND REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES ACROSS RHEA

COUNTY.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

KNOXVILLE...OAK RIDGE...MARYVILLE...CLINTON...LENOIR CITY...

ALCOA...KINGSTON...SWEETWATER...ROCKWOOD...LOUDON...FARRAGUT...

OLIVER SPRINGS...LOUISVILLE...ROCKFORD...EAGLETON VILLAGE...

MIDTOWN...FAIRVIEW...HARRIMAN...HALLS AND LAKE CITY.

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Here is some of my footage from the Memphis, AL area of the tornado that tracked from MS into AL. The chase started near Scooba, MS where I had a partially obscured view of what was probably a tornado. i went north and east to Memphis for an intercept and had a few glimpses of the tornado. I followed the storm to Carrolton before it got dark and there were trees and debris blocking several roads.

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Nice catch! Apparently it was chasable. I like your lighting and contrast better than the wedge floating around. Tornado is simply more aesthetic. Second video is great too, complete with mid-level structure. Good stuff!

Thanks! AL-17 was close to an ideal orientation (SSW to NNE) to follow the storm, but more than two thirds of the chase was blocked by trees. I was hoping to stop to get a few structure photos as you mentioned as well, but I struggled to find any good clearings to do so.

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Jackson Mississippi NWS

5 confirmed tornadoes

2 tornadoes rated EF-2, both of the tracks were partly in Kemper County, Mississippi

 

Birmingham NWS

4 confirmed tornadoes

McMullen/Carrollton rated EF-2

some info from McMullen/Carrollton

"As the tornado crossed Huff-Barnett Road, it mowed down a wide swath of trees, with a distinct classic convergence pattern of tree fall just east of Beaver Creek. The tornado continued northeastward across Al Hwy 14 causing damage to the federal prison, and then moved on to the Martin Luther King Road/Sapp community northwest of Aliceville. Here, the tornado reached its highest rated strength (EF-2) damage. Many of the homes in this portion of the Sapp community received some extent of damage, and several were destroyed. "

source: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/?n=event_02022016mcmullen

 

Memphis NWS

1 confirmed tornado: EF-1 tornado in Crockett County, TN

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