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Re: Another tornado outbreak? January 10-11, Southeast

#41 Postby Weatherfreak14 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:32 pm

Looks like 2 possible tornados within this cell

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#42 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:35 pm

The southern rotation looks stronger and more ominous...
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Re: Another tornado outbreak? January 10-11, Southeast

#43 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:40 pm

Just as I thought, a new PDS watch...

SEL7

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1135 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN ALABAMA
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
PARTS OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1135 AM UNTIL
700 PM CST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
BOOTHVILLE LOUISIANA TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF NASHVILLE
TENNESSEE. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 16...

DISCUSSION...WARM SECTOR HAS CONTINUED TO DESTABILIZE AS SHEAR
PROFILES CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ACROSS MUCH OF WATCH AREA. DISCRETE
SUPERCELLS ARE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE MAIN AREA OF SEVERE OVER WRN
MS/TN. AS 500MB TROUGH AND 100KT WIND MAX ROTATE TOWARD AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN NUMBER
AND DEVELOP EWD ACROSS AL AND NWD INTO MID TN. THERE IS A THREAT OF
LONG LIVED SUPERCELLS INCLUDING STRONG TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...HALES


SEL7

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1135 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN ALABAMA
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
PARTS OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1135 AM UNTIL
700 PM CST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
BOOTHVILLE LOUISIANA TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF NASHVILLE
TENNESSEE. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 16...

DISCUSSION...WARM SECTOR HAS CONTINUED TO DESTABILIZE AS SHEAR
PROFILES CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ACROSS MUCH OF WATCH AREA. DISCRETE
SUPERCELLS ARE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE MAIN AREA OF SEVERE OVER WRN
MS/TN. AS 500MB TROUGH AND 100KT WIND MAX ROTATE TOWARD AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN NUMBER
AND DEVELOP EWD ACROSS AL AND NWD INTO MID TN. THERE IS A THREAT OF
LONG LIVED SUPERCELLS INCLUDING STRONG TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...HALES


Note: Click for Watch Status Reports.

WOUS64 KWNS 101730
WOU7

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 17
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1135 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

TORNADO WATCH 17 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

ALC003-007-009-023-025-033-043-047-057-059-063-065-073-075-077-
079-083-089-091-093-095-097-099-103-105-107-117-119-125-127-129-
131-133-110100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0017.080110T1735Z-080111T0100Z/

AL
. ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BALDWIN BIBB BLOUNT
CHOCTAW CLARKE COLBERT
CULLMAN DALLAS FAYETTE
FRANKLIN GREENE HALE
JEFFERSON LAMAR LAUDERDALE
LAWRENCE LIMESTONE MADISON
MARENGO MARION MARSHALL
MOBILE MONROE MORGAN
PERRY PICKENS SHELBY
SUMTER TUSCALOOSA WALKER
WASHINGTON WILCOX WINSTON


LAC005-007-047-051-057-071-075-087-089-093-095-103-109-110100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0017.080110T1735Z-080111T0100Z/

LA
. LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE

ASCENSION ASSUMPTION IBERVILLE
JEFFERSON LAFOURCHE ORLEANS
PLAQUEMINES ST. BERNARD ST. CHARLES
ST. JAMES ST. JOHN THE BAPTISTST. TAMMANY
TERREBONNE


MSC023-031-035-039-041-045-047-059-061-067-069-073-075-087-091-
101-103-109-111-131-153-110100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0017.080110T1735Z-080111T0100Z/

MS
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CLARKE COVINGTON FORREST
GEORGE GREENE HANCOCK
HARRISON JACKSON JASPER
JONES KEMPER LAMAR
LAUDERDALE LOWNDES MARION
NEWTON NOXUBEE PEARL RIVER
PERRY STONE WAYNE


TNC003-015-021-027-031-037-041-043-055-081-087-099-101-103-111-
117-119-125-127-133-135-137-141-147-149-159-165-169-177-181-185-
187-189-110100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0017.080110T1735Z-080111T0100Z/

TN
. TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BEDFORD CANNON CHEATHAM
CLAY COFFEE DAVIDSON
DEKALB DICKSON GILES
HICKMAN JACKSON LAWRENCE
LEWIS LINCOLN MACON
MARSHALL MAURY MONTGOMERY
MOORE OVERTON PERRY
PICKETT PUTNAM ROBERTSON
RUTHERFORD SMITH SUMNER
TROUSDALE WARREN WAYNE
WHITE WILLIAMSON WILSON


GMZ530-550-555-630-650-110100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0017.080110T1735Z-080111T0100Z/

CW

. ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE

LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS

COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM

COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM

MOBILE BAY

COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM

ATTN...WFO...MOB...LIX...OHX...HUN...JAN...BMX...





Note: The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area. The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

SAW7
WW 17 TORNADO AL LA MS TN CW 101735Z - 110100Z
AXIS..75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
40WSW BVE/BOOTHVILLE LA/ - 50NE BNA/NASHVILLE TN/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 65NM E/W /6SE LEV - 26SE BWG/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..70 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.

LAT...LON 29109125 36638738 36638469 29108876

THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU7.


Watch 17 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.
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#44 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:03 pm

This feels like Round 3 of a boxing match...
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Re: Tornado Outbreak developing - Southeast, January 10-11

#45 Postby MississippiHurricane » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:06 pm

Tornado and severe t'storm warnings for me now headed my way winds are starting to pick up and im keeping a watch out for wall clouds ect
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#46 Postby Bunkertor » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:08 pm

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#47 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:11 pm

Bunkertor wrote:Live : http://www.wlbt.com/


Thanks - can't watch from work though :(
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Re: Tornado Outbreak developing - Southeast, January 10-11

#48 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:12 pm

MississippiHurricane wrote:Tornado and severe t'storm warnings for me now headed my way winds are starting to pick up and im keeping a watch out for wall clouds ect


Stay safe and let everyone else know as well!
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#49 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:13 pm

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0047
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1209 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...MS/PARTS OF LA

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 16...

VALID 101809Z - 101945Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 16 CONTINUES.

STRONG/SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE MOVING QUICKLY NEWD ACROSS WW.

WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING NEWD ACROSS LA AND MS
ATTM...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS -- INCLUDING WELL-ORGANIZED
SUPERCELLS -- MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SRN MS ATTM. ONE SUPERCELL
IS NOW CROSSING WRN SIMPSON CO MS...WHILE A PARTICULARLY INTENSE
STORM WITH A LONG-LIVED MESOCYCLONE IS MOVING ACROSS SRN HOLMES
TOWARD WRN ATTALA COUNTIES IN MS.

MOIST /MID TO UPPER 60S DEWPOINTS/ BOUNDARY LAYER CONTINUES
STREAMING NWD AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT...WITH MIXED-LAYER
CAPE AS HIGH AS 1000 J/KG NOW INDICATED. THIS COMBINED WITH VERY
FAVORABLE WIND FIELD WITH HEIGHT /15 KT SFC SLYS VEERING AND
INCREASING WITH HEIGHT TO 50 KT AT 1 KM PER OKOLONA MS PROFILER AND
18Z JACKSON MS RAOB/ REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND LOW-LEVEL
ROTATION. THUS -- THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES ALONG WITH DAMAGING
WINDS/HAIL CONTINUES.

..GOSS.. 01/10/2008


ATTN...WFO...HUN...MEG...JAN...LIX...LCH...

30419248 31299196 32549095 33459045 35048947 35358836
34528808 31328966 30449045
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#50 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:15 pm

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1209 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

MSC007-051-079-101845-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080110T1845Z/
LEAKE MS-HOLMES MS-ATTALA MS-
1209 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CST FOR
ATTALA...SOUTHEASTERN HOLMES AND NORTHWESTERN LEAKE COUNTIES...

AT 1209 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GOODMAN...OR ABOUT
7 MILES SOUTH OF DURANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SALLIS BY 1215 PM CST...
MCADAMS BY 1220 PM CST...
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HESTERVILLE BY 1225 PM CST...
KOSCIUSKO BY 1230 PM CST...
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SMYRNA BY 1235 PM CST...
ETHEL BY 1240 PM CST...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!


THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3294 8932 3289 8996 3296 8994 3309 8989
3322 8955
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 247DEG 34KT 3299 8979

$$

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#51 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:29 pm

Lots of tornado warnings now. The outbreak is sure building up fast...
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#52 Postby MississippiHurricane » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:33 pm

Baseball size hail being reported just to my north per ham radio operator
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Re: Tornado Outbreak developing - Southeast, January 10-11

#53 Postby Brent » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:34 pm

It begins.

:sick:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
WEST CENTRAL HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIVINGSTON...

* UNTIL 100 PM CST

* AT 1222 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LILITA...OR
NEAR LIVINGSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

Local Birmingham station streaming: http://www.al.com/abc3340/video/index.ssf
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#54 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:50 pm

Hopefully not a repeat of March 1, 2007...
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#55 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:51 pm

I'd introduce a HIGH risk over AL/TN at 2000Z and enlarge the MDT greatly so it extends into GA and down to the Gulf Coast...
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#56 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:58 pm

Hard hit in Goodman, MS - major damage reported, houses possibly destroyed...

Also tornadoes confirmed in west-central Alabama with supercells now. I'd put out a new PDS watch for the rest of Alabama and northwestern Georgia, plus another new tornado watch (not PDS) in Kentucky.
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#57 Postby btangy » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:03 pm

Most concerned about the long lived supercell and possible assoc long track tornado near Ackerman, MS right now. Looks like Starkville, home of Mississippi State, could be next in line.
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Re: Tornado Outbreak developing - Southeast, January 10-11

#58 Postby Brent » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:03 pm

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WINSTON...CHOCTAW AND SOUTHWESTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTIES...

AT 100 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ACKERMAN...OR ABOUT 15
MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THERE
ARE STRONG INDICATIONS THAT A DAMAGING TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND!
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Re: Tornado Outbreak developing - Southeast, January 10-11

#59 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:06 pm

Starkville in MAJOR danger right now!!!


TORNADO WARNING
MSC105-101945-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0018.080110T1858Z-080110T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1258 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STARKVILLE...

* UNTIL 145 PM CST

* AT 1258 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF CRAIG SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRAIG SPRINGS BY 110 PM CST...
LONGVIEW BY 115 PM CST...
STARKVILLE BY 125 PM CST...
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SESSUMS BY 130 PM CST...
MULDROW BY 135 PM CST...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!


THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3356 8867 3330 8867 3329 8899 3348 8909
3350 8908 3357 8888 3356 8878 3357 8876
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 239DEG 45KT 3331 8916

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Re: Tornado Outbreak - Southeast, January 10-11

#60 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:08 pm

Ground confirmation:

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
102 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

ALC091-101915-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080110T1915Z/
MARENGO AL-
102 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MARENGO COUNTY...

AT 1259 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NICHOLSVILLE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF
GROVE HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SWEET
WATER...DIXONS MILL...SURGINER...SHILOH...OCTAGON...MILLER AND
MAGNOLIA

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3224 8778 3211 8761 3210 8762 3207 8766
3199 8775 3199 8801 3200 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 223DEG 37KT 3200 8788

$$

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