5:40 PM CT
Today has just been an incredibly unusual and devastating day for Alabama, and it has been affecting Tennessee as well. The outbreak today is already drawing comparisons to the 1974 "Super Outbreak", but there is no doubt that Alabama has borne the brunt. Nearly every city of considerable size in Alabama has been hit by some kind of strong storm, and downtown Tuscaloosa has now just been slammed by a mile-wide wedge tornado. My prayers are with everyone affected. Use the lower links to keep up with today's action. The TV stations linked have links to live coverage of the developing situation.
PLEASE STAY SAFE!
Weather Channel Severe Weather Tracker
ABC 33/40 - Birmingham, Alabama
NewsChannel5 - Nashville, Tennessee
WRCB NBC3 - Chattanooga, Tennessee
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
THE SPECTRUM OF THE CURRENT OUTBREAK ACTIVITY
From The Weather Channel, here is a snapshot of the real estate this storm system covers. It is impressive...and dangerous!IMPORTANT: MEMPHIS UNDER THE GUN!
TORNADO WARNING: FAYETTE, SHELBY AND TIPTON COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE UNTIL 7:15 PM CT.
A tornadic t-storm is now passing through the Memphis, Tenn. metro area. The storm has a broad rotation and pictures taken of it and posted on Twitter show something like a funnel cloud forming off it. At the very least, people in the metro area should expect at least 70 MPH winds and strong hail.
If a tornado has been spawned by this supercell, it will be rain-wrapped most likely, and thus hard to see.
Take this warning seriously!
A tornadic t-storm is now passing through the Memphis, Tenn. metro area. The storm has a broad rotation and pictures taken of it and posted on Twitter show something like a funnel cloud forming off it. At the very least, people in the metro area should expect at least 70 MPH winds and strong hail.
If a tornado has been spawned by this supercell, it will be rain-wrapped most likely, and thus hard to see.
Take this warning seriously!
TUESDAY THREAT SHAPING UP
2:55 PM CT
It has been pretty tranquil for the most part across east Texas, Arkanas, northern Mississippi and west Tennessee, but that shouldn't fool residents of these areas.
This is the area that is of greatest risk for violent storms, including heavy wind, large hail and damaging tornadoes, some that could be long-track. Although the severe weather threat extends from New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan down to Texas, it is that southern and western most part of the severe weather coverage that has meteorologists spooked today.
A PDS (particularly dangerous situation) tornado watch has was issued nearly an hour ago for NE Texas, NW Louisiana, S Arkansas and SE Oklahoma to be in effect throughout the afternoon. A short while afterward, a tornado watch was issued for lower Michigan into northern Indiana and NW Ohio.
News is now out that the Storm Prediction Center is likely to release a tornado watch within the hour for E Arkansas, N Mississippi, W Tennessee, W Kentucky, S Illinois and the Missouri bootheel.
Keep it tuned here for further updates on this developing weather situation.
It has been pretty tranquil for the most part across east Texas, Arkanas, northern Mississippi and west Tennessee, but that shouldn't fool residents of these areas.
This is the area that is of greatest risk for violent storms, including heavy wind, large hail and damaging tornadoes, some that could be long-track. Although the severe weather threat extends from New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan down to Texas, it is that southern and western most part of the severe weather coverage that has meteorologists spooked today.
A PDS (particularly dangerous situation) tornado watch has was issued nearly an hour ago for NE Texas, NW Louisiana, S Arkansas and SE Oklahoma to be in effect throughout the afternoon. A short while afterward, a tornado watch was issued for lower Michigan into northern Indiana and NW Ohio.
News is now out that the Storm Prediction Center is likely to release a tornado watch within the hour for E Arkansas, N Mississippi, W Tennessee, W Kentucky, S Illinois and the Missouri bootheel.
Keep it tuned here for further updates on this developing weather situation.
Monday, April 25, 2011
SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK - DAY ONE
OUTBREAK PUMMELS ARK., TEXAS IN DAY ONE
For those who thought today's severe weather action was really something, they might be surprised to find that this was only the warning shot for the real action to come Tuesday and especially Wednesday. The conditions are all coming together for this outbreak to explode Wednesday into a territory that covers the vast majority of the eastern half of the country.
Even still, Monday brought a dangerous situation, primarily to Arkansas and Texas. Not only did several tornadoes touch down, hail fall and winds blow, but supercell thunderstorms "trained" one over another over areas that have experienced heavy rainfall already in the past week. Flooding has become the long-term concern out of this storm system, as the Ohio and Mississippi valleys and their tributaries continue to rise over already-high water.
Here are a few of the bigger developments Monday:
-1,000 were forced to evacuate in Poplar Bluff, Mo. after a levee on the Black River was close to "catastrophic failure" due to flooding in the region.
-Multiple locations in Arkansas reported widespread damage from either straight-line winds or likely tornadoes...houses were damaged and two were injured in the town of Sunshine...an injury was reported after windows were blown out of a car on Interstate 40 in Pulaski County...The town of Vilonia was slammed and reports are out of a half-mile wide path of damage through the town from a confirmed tornado...a funnel cloud was reported in the area of North Little Rock...cars were blown off the road at Interstate 40 mile marker 104 in Conway County...at least four homes at Little Rock AFB were damaged with reported injuries.
-Over 54,000 without power in Arkansas reportedly.
-Numerous tornado reports also in Texas, and at least two reports of tornadoes in west Tennessee.
We'll be keeping a watch Tuesday it what promises to be a very active and dangerous day for many areas. Stay safe!
Info drawn from
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/severe-weather-tracker-april22-26_2011-04-22
For those who thought today's severe weather action was really something, they might be surprised to find that this was only the warning shot for the real action to come Tuesday and especially Wednesday. The conditions are all coming together for this outbreak to explode Wednesday into a territory that covers the vast majority of the eastern half of the country.
Even still, Monday brought a dangerous situation, primarily to Arkansas and Texas. Not only did several tornadoes touch down, hail fall and winds blow, but supercell thunderstorms "trained" one over another over areas that have experienced heavy rainfall already in the past week. Flooding has become the long-term concern out of this storm system, as the Ohio and Mississippi valleys and their tributaries continue to rise over already-high water.
Here are a few of the bigger developments Monday:
-1,000 were forced to evacuate in Poplar Bluff, Mo. after a levee on the Black River was close to "catastrophic failure" due to flooding in the region.
-Multiple locations in Arkansas reported widespread damage from either straight-line winds or likely tornadoes...houses were damaged and two were injured in the town of Sunshine...an injury was reported after windows were blown out of a car on Interstate 40 in Pulaski County...The town of Vilonia was slammed and reports are out of a half-mile wide path of damage through the town from a confirmed tornado...a funnel cloud was reported in the area of North Little Rock...cars were blown off the road at Interstate 40 mile marker 104 in Conway County...at least four homes at Little Rock AFB were damaged with reported injuries.
-Over 54,000 without power in Arkansas reportedly.
-Numerous tornado reports also in Texas, and at least two reports of tornadoes in west Tennessee.
We'll be keeping a watch Tuesday it what promises to be a very active and dangerous day for many areas. Stay safe!
Info drawn from
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/severe-weather-tracker-april22-26_2011-04-22
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Weather Channel Radar Image, 12:43 AM CT
This radar view with tornado watch boxes from The Weather Channel, taken at 12:43 AM Central Time, gives a snapshot of how large and serious the weather situation currently is in the Midwest. Tornado watch boxes are back-to-back in a line from southeastern Ohio to a northeastern corner of Texas.
Damage reports continue to come in, especially from Missouri, where there is extensive damage being reported in numerous communities and indications are that a potentionally strong tornado remains on the ground southwest of Perryville, Missouri.
This system will move its threat eastward into the Tennessee and Ohio valleys within the next 12 hours, and move further on to the Eastern Seaboard states Monday evening.
Keep tuned here for updates.
Live Coverage Of The Outbreak in the St. Louis Metro Area
KTVI, the Fox affiliate in St. Louis, has good live coverage of tonight's outbreak as it pushes through Missouri and Illinois. Here is the link to live coverage from FOX2.
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