Major Southeast Severe Weather Outbreak May 10 and 11th

[brunota2003]

Here is a radar image from the supercell yesterday, when it produced the tornado in Maysville.




Here is a capture of the warnings being issued from NWS Newport, around 7:50 or so. There are a total of 4 warnings around the Morehead City/New Bern region, with a fifth in the top right portion.

[wbug1]

Area near central Atlanta struck again by multiple EF-2's. NWS Peachtree also says more tornados in other counties.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/productview.php?pil=pnsffc

[HURAKAN]

Amazing LPS Hurakan.

Looks excellent.

[HURAKAN]

[HarlequinBoy]

I was talking to my dad a bit ago, and he said next to an area he farms in Coahoma County a pecan orchard was flattended, centerpivets flipped, and two tractors damaged. It could have been wind damage or possibly a tornado.. Coahoma was warned for a while Saturday night when the Stuttgart cell moved into the county.

[Tstormwatcher]

Nice keeping everyone updated Brunota. I lost power around 7:30pm and although it came back on in 5 minutes. My cable and internet wasn't back on until this morning. So I missed all of the excitement. By the way, James city got nothing but some thunder and .10 inch of rain yesterday evening.

[CrazyC83]

Perhaps another EF4? Two businesses "blown away":

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1025 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008

...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION FOR THE MCINTOSH COUNTY TORNADO ON SUNDAY
MORNING MAY 11TH...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE
AREA OF MCINTOSH COUNTY NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OF DARIEN. AS A
RESULT...A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN MADE ON THIS TORNADO.

A TORNADO FORMED AT 956 AM...3 MILES NORTHWEST OF DARIEN AND TRACKED
EAST 5.5 MILES TO ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF DARIEN IN THE VICINITY
OF HIRD ISLAND AT 1003 AM.

THIS TORNADO DESTROYED A MARINE SALES AND SERVICES BUSINESS. ALL
THAT WAS LEFT OF THIS METAL BUILDING WAS A CONCRETE SLAB. ABOUT 50
BOATS WERE TOSSED AROUND AND DESTROYED...WITH ONE 18 FOOT 4000 POUND
BOAT CARRIED ABOUT 650 YARDS INTO SOME TREES. A 32 FOOT 8000 POUND
BOAT WAS CARRIED ABOUT 130 YARDS ONTO THE TOP OF THE GATEWAY
BEHAVIORAL SERVICES BUILDING. A SECOND SMALLER BOAT WAS ALSO
CARRIED INTO THE BUILDING. A VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED IN THE PARKING
LOT WAS CARRIED IN THE AIR 150 YARDS. ONE 125 HP BOAT MOTOR WEIGHING
300 TO 350 POUNDS WAS CARRIED 250 YARDS AND DEPOSITED INTO THE ROOF
OF A BUILDING. AT THIS TIME...ONE OF THE BOATS HAS NOT BEEN
ACCOUNTED FOR. SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES NEAR THIS BUSINESS WERE ROLLED
OR TOSSED AND SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING
AND ALL THE BOATS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 5 MILLION DOLLARS.

THE GATEWAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SERVICES BUILDING WAS TOTALLY
DESTROYED. THE ROOF COLLAPSED ALONG WITH MANY OF THE OUTER BRICK
WALLS. PORTIONS OF THE METAL ROOF WERE CARRIED MORE THAN A MILE AWAY
WITH SOME OF IT LANDING ON INTERSTATE 95. OF THE 40 PEOPLE THAT WERE
IN THE BUILDING WHEN THE TORNADO HIT...9 WERE INJURED SUSTAINING
BROKEN BONES AND/OR LACERATIONS. SIX VEHICLES AROUND THIS BUILDING
WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AND A METAL LIGHT POLE WAS SNAPPED OFF.

THE MCINTOSH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES METAL BUILDING WAS DESTROYED
BY THE TORNADO WITH DAMAGE TO THREE AMBULANCES AND ONE FIRE TRUCK.

TWO OTHER BUSINESSES IN THIS AREA SUFFERED DAMAGE...INCLUDING DAMAGE
TO SATELLITE DISHES AND TWO OVERTURNED TRACTOR TRAILERS.

IN OTHER AREAS ALONG THE TORNADO PATH THE TORNADO DAMAGED OR
DESTROYED FOUR BILLBOARDS ALONG INTERSTATE 95...PRODUCED MAINLY
MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL DOZEN HOMES...SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED
THOUSANDS OF TREES...SOME OF THEM FALLING ON HOMES OR VEHICLES AND
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED NUMEROUS OUTBUILDINGS.

NEAR THE END OF THE PATH...THE TORNADO DAMAGED THE BLUE-N-HALL
MARINA AND FISHING DOCK. IN THIS AREA...A LARGE BOAT HOIST ALONG WITH
18 BOATS AND SEVERAL BOAT TRAILERS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED OFF AND SEVERAL VEHICLES WERE
DAMAGED.

THE MAXIMUM WIDTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS 700 YARDS WHEN IT CROSSED
INTERSTATE 95. THIS TORNADO WILL POTENTIALLY BE RATED EF3 OR GREATER
BASED ON THE DAMAGE TO MARINE SALES AND SERVICES BUSINESS AND THE
GATEWAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SERVICES BUILDING. ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION WILL BE FORTHCOMING AS THE DAMAGE IS EVALUATED FURTHER.

$$

MTE/DB

[HarlequinBoy]

Not a tornado in Coahoma County, but very powerful winds nonetheless!

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
942 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2008

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY CREW DETERMINES STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS CAUSED DAMAGE ACROSS PHILLIPS COUNTY ARKANSAS AND
COAHOMA COUNTY MISSISSIPPI ON MAY 10TH 2008...

THE DAMAGING WINDS ENTERED NORTHWEST PHILLIPS COUNTY AT 830 PM CDT
NEAR HIGHWAY 146 ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF NOY WHERE SEVERAL TREES
WERE BLOWN DOWN AND UPROOTED. A MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED IN
THIS AREA. SEVERAL HOMES WERE DAMAGED IN THIS AREA AS WELL.

THE DAMAGING WINDS CONTINUED EAST AND HEAVILY AFFECTED THE CYPERT
AREA AT 838 PM CDT. IN THIS AREA...SEVERAL SHEDS AND BARNS WERE
EITHER HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DOZENS OF LARGE TREES AND POWER
LINES WERE DOWNED OR SNAPPED.

THE DAMAGING WINDS CONTINUED EAST AND AFFECTED THE GOBELL...
TRENTON...AND ONEIDA AREAS. ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF LAKEVIEW...AT 851
PM CDT...AN AIRPORT HANGER WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED AND DOZENS OF POWER
POLES WERE DOWNED ALONG HIGHWAY 44. DOZENS OF POWER LINES WERE
DOWNED ON HIGHWAY 20 ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF LAKE VIEW.

THE DAMAGING WINDS THEN CONTINUED EAST AND CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER AROUND 9 PM CDT...STRIKING FRIARS POINT IN COAHOMA COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI WHERE DOZENS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED AND NUMEROUS POWER
POLES WERE DOWNED. ADDITIONAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED
NEAR COAHOMA AT 907 PM CDT BEFORE THE DAMAGE PATH ENDED.

IN ALL...HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE DOWNED OR UPROOTED. THE TOTAL PATH
LENGTH OF THE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WAS NEARLY 33 MILES. THE MAXIMUM
WIDTH WAS 4 MILES. THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS WERE 110 MPH.

A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT BETWEEN 818 TO 915 PM CDT FOR BOTH
PHILLIPS AND COAHOMA COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EFFECT
BETWEEN 851 TO 945 PM CDT FOR BOTH PHILLIPS AND COAHOMA COUNTIES.
A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT BETWEEN 853 TO 945 PM CDT FOR BOTH
COUNTIES AS WELL. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

SPECIAL THANKS TO LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENTS
OFFICERS IN PHILLIPS COUNTY ARKANSAS AND COAHOMA COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.

[HURAKAN]

[wbug1]

Total of 82 tornado reports now with possibly more for 5/10. Many tornados had associated derechos of 60-80 mph winds, particularly in Georgia.

i.e, 0605 4 E BREMEN CULLMAN AL 3400 8690 PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY FROM A NWS TEAM FOUND DAMAGE FROM AN EF2 TORNADO FROM ARKADELPHIA TO COLONY. IN FACT...SEVERAL DEBRIS PATHS WERE SEEN ACROSS SOUTHERN CULLMAN C (HUN)

[CrazyC83]

Confirmed: Darien GA tornado was EF4

000
NOUS42 KCHS 141818
PNSCHS
GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-162300-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
220 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2008

...MCINTOSH COUNTY GEORGIA TORNADO RATED A VIOLENT EF-4...

A SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CHARLESTON
SOUTH CAROLINA ALONG WITH OTHER DAMAGE SURVEY EXPERTS FROM ACROSS
THE COUNTRY HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE TORNADO THAT STRUCK MCINTOSH
COUNTY GEORGIA SUNDAY MORNING MAY 11TH WAS A VIOLENT EF-4. THE
TORNADO BEGINNING AND END TIMES ARE BASED ON RADAR DATA COMBINED
WITH CREDIBLE GROUND TRUTH REPORTS.

A TORNADO FORMED AT 952 AM...ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF DARIEN AND
TRACKED EAST ABOUT 11 MILES BEFORE DISSIPATING AT 1007 AM AS A WATER
SPOUT IN DOBOY SOUND.

THE TORNADO FORMED IN A WOODED AREA ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF ROUTE 251
WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED
RAPIDLY AS IT APPROACHED AND MOVED ACROSS ROUTE 251.

THE TORNADO STRUCK A MARINE SALES AND SERVICES BUSINESS LOCATED ON
THE EAST SIDE OF ROUTE 251. THE BOLTS FOR ALL BUT ONE OF THE
ANCHORED METAL SUPPORT BEAMS FOR THE METAL BUILDING WERE SNAPPED OFF
JUST ABOVE THE CONCRETE SLAB. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONE METAL
SUPPORT BEAM THAT WAS BENT TO THE GROUND...THE SLAB WAS WIPED CLEAN.
ABOUT 50 BOATS WERE TOSSED AROUND AND DESTROYED...WITH ONE 18 FOOT
4000 POUND BOAT CARRIED ABOUT 650 YARDS INTO SOME TREES. A 32 FOOT
8000 POUND BOAT WAS CARRIED ABOUT 130 YARDS ONTO THE TOP OF THE
GATEWAY BEHAVIORAL SERVICES BUILDING. A SECOND SMALLER BOAT WAS ALSO
CARRIED ONTO THE BUILDING. A VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED IN THE PARKING
LOT WAS CARRIED IN THE AIR 150 YARDS. ONE 125 HP BOAT MOTOR WEIGHING
300 TO 350 POUNDS WAS CARRIED 250 YARDS AND DEPOSITED INTO THE ROOF
OF A BUILDING. IN ADDITION...ONE OF THE BOATS HAS YET TO BE
ACCOUNTED FOR. SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES NEAR THIS BUSINESS WERE ROLLED
OR TOSSED AND SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. NO ONE WAS IN THE
BUILDING AT THE TIME THE TORNADO STRUCK AND DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING
AND ALL THE BOATS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 5 MILLION DOLLARS.

ABOUT 100 YARDS TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MARINE SALES AND
SERVICES BUILDING...THE MCINTOSH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES BUILDING
WAS DESTROYED BY THE TORNADO WITH DAMAGE TO THREE AMBULANCES AND ONE
FIRE TRUCK. MANY OF THE METAL SUPPORT BEAMS FROM THIS METAL BUILDING
WERE TORN FROM THE CONCRETE SLAB OR SNAPPED OFF. THIS BUILDING WAS
RATED FOR 120 MPH WINDS. NO ONE WAS IN THIS BUILDING AT THE TIME OF
THE TORNADO BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT ON A NON WEATHER RELATED CALL.

THE GATEWAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SERVICES BUILDING WAS TOTALLY
DESTROYED. THIS METAL FRAMED BUILDING WITH BRICK EXTERIOR WAS
LOCATED ABOUT 100 YARDS EAST-NORTH EAST OF THE MCINTOSH EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES BUILDING AND 130 YARDS EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE MARINE
SALES AND SERVICES BUILDING. THE ROOF OF THE GATEWAY BUILDING
COLLAPSED ALONG WITH MANY OF THE OUTER BRICK WALLS. MANY OF THE
LARGE LOAD BEARING METAL BEAMS WERE BENT OR KNOCKED DOWN. PORTIONS
OF THE METAL ROOF WERE CARRIED A MILE AWAY ONTO INTERSTATE 95. SOME
OF THE ROOFING MATERIAL WAS FOUND 11 MILES AWAY ON SAPELO ISLAND. OF
THE 12 PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE BUILDING WHEN THE TORNADO HIT...9
WERE INJURED SUSTAINING BROKEN BONES AND/OR LACERATIONS. SIX
VEHICLES AROUND THIS BUILDING WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AND A METAL
LIGHT POLE AND SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF IN THIS AREA.

TWO OTHER BUSINESSES IN THIS AREA SUFFERED DAMAGE...INCLUDING DAMAGE
TO SATELLITE DISHES AND TWO OVERTURNED TRACTOR TRAILERS. DAMAGE TO
THE MARINE SALES AND SERVICES BUSINESS AND THE GATEWAY BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH AND SERVICES BUILDING INDICATE THAT EF-4 DAMAGE OCCURRED HERE
WITH WINDS LIKELY IN THE 170 TO 180 MPH RANGE.

AFTER LEAVING THIS AREA THE TORNADO TRAVELED EAST AND WEAKENED. THE
TORNADO REACHED ITS MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 700 YARDS AS IT CROSSED
INTERSTATE 95...AND THEN DECREASED IN SIZE AND WAS MAINLY FROM 200
TO 500 YARDS WIDE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE PATH. THE TORNADO
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED FOUR BILLBOARDS ALONG INTERSTATE 95...PRODUCED
MAINLY MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL DOZEN HOMES MAINLY IN THE
RIDGEVILLE AREA...SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED THOUSANDS OF TREES...SOME
OF THEM FALLING ON HOMES OR VEHICLES AND DAMAGED OR DESTROYED
NUMEROUS OUTBUILDINGS.

A RESIDENT OF RIDGEVILLE...WHOSE HOME SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE IN THE
TORNADO...TOOK SHELTER IN A CLOSET AFTER SEEING A NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT ON THE TELEVISION MENTIONING THAT
RIDGEVILLE WAS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO.

THE TORNADO DAMAGED THE BLUE-N-HALL MARINA AND FISHING DOCK. IN THIS
AREA...A LARGE BOAT HOIST ALONG WITH 18 BOATS AND SEVERAL BOAT
TRAILERS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED
OFF AND SEVERAL VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE ALSO
SNAPPED OFF ON HIRD ISLAND. THE TORNADO LIKELY DISSIPATED OVER DOBOY
SOUND AS A WATERSPOUT. BESIDES PORTIONS OF THE GATEWAY ROOF...LOTS
OF OTHER DEBRIS INCLUDING SIGNS WERE DEPOSITED ON SAPELO ISLAND.

STRENGTH...... EF-4
PEAK WINDS.... 170-180 MPH
MAX WIDTH..... 700 YARDS
TRACK LENGTH.. 11 MILES

$$

MTE/DB

[Category 5]

Amazing LPS Hurakan.

Looks excellent.

What a pest that thing was. Worst May Nor'easter I can remember.

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/phi/storms/05132008.html

[Islandgirl]

Pictures of the damage in the McIntosh County [Darien] tornado and the Glynn County
[St. Simons Island] tornado can be seen at thebrunswicknews.com
I would post them, but I don't know how to do it. We had unbeleivable damage here. My friend's home was hit, but not totally destroyed.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Pictures of the damage in the McIntosh County [Darien] tornado and the Glynn County
[St. Simons Island] tornado can be seen at thebrunswicknews.com
I would post them, but I don't know how to do it. We had unbeleivable damage here. My friend's home was hit, but not totally destroyed.

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