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http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/3 ... etail.html

Mary

I hope that nothing bad happens there Mary and be safe.

Looks like most people fared okay with these storms and no injuries to speak of

Update article:

http://www.cincynow.com/news/2004/local ... _late.html

Yes thankfully injuries are minimal.

Mary

Indeed. Only minimal damage and injuries. Let's hope the storm next week is handled as good as this one was.

This one did miss the city to the north. I am about 50 miles SE of where this hit. Mary is about the same distance away. Feel sorry for these families but grateful we didn't get it worse than we did.

I feel so sorry for them too Jeremy. Especially with today being a holiday. I'm sure many Thanksgiving dinner plans had to be cancelled. I think most people were first surprised we had a slight risk of severe storms yesterday. It has been cold so when temps warmed, that was surprising - to people that do not follow wx. Then when the tornado watch went up, I still think some were unaware - traveling to relatives home for Thanksgiving maybe? Or still our grocery shopping for that forgotten item they needed. When I mentioned to my family there was a tornado watch, they were shocked - in November they said? Some of my neighbors were surprised too. Just so glad no one was killed yesterday. I was very impressed with local programming Jeremy. I'm sure you were too! Especially Channel 12, they suspended regular news and from what I saw went all wx. They interviewed a Kroger store manager in Indiana, where a tornado warning was issued. When Met Tim Hedrick asked if there were any shoppers and if so, did they seem scared or worried. She said no - there were just going about their holiday shopping. I could tell T. Hedrick was shocked that there weren't sirens going off or an announcement made! I was, I wouldn't want to be in a grocery store with high ceilings and merch on high shelves as a tornado is coming at me!

Well, anyway, glad you fared well Jeremy. I could see Florence on the maps they were showing. Did the second storm system hit you? The one that went east of me?

Mary

That is a scary response! This is why people need to understand that the weather can go tornadic, severe in any month of the year and in any state.

The sirens not sounding is extremely dangerous. Was the sirens working normally during testing? Do they even test them?

Wish more folks out there would realize that yes indeed there is a second severe weather season in the autumn...in November 1988 a tornado tore through a Raleigh suburb killing 2 people and injuring others.

Eric

Michael - in some rural counties, I've heard they don't have them. Or they do not cover enough area. I can't give you specific areas but this has been mentioned in local wx articles - OH/KY/IN. Local Met Tim Hedrick is top-notch, Jeremy I know would agree with me. If I know my favorite local Met, from just on-air reports, I suspect he's looking into the situation right now - asking why sirens weren't going off. The answer will probably come down to funding. Just for one wx example, snowstorm wise, Switzerland County, IN does not have enough funding to purchase salt. They treat their rural roads with sand. As a result, this county has many snowdays each winter. At least 5 and sometimes as many as 10, depending upon how severe our winters are. My kids always say they want to move to Switzerland County! It's a shame that some counties are so poor, they can't afford sirens and then the salt.

Mary

For you folks that live in Indiana:

We have a new governor in Mitch Daniels. Would you be interested or the members of Storm2k to put together a letter to the Governor In January to see if we can work on a solution?

Well which is it Mary...Steve Hedrick or Tim? LOL

Anyway yes I was extremely impressed with both Channel 12 and 5. Both of them suspended local programs and went all weather until the main threat was over. Though one more warning had been issued in Highland County, OH after 7pm, the main focus was on the tornadic storm and for that I'm proud of both organizations. BTW not only did the tornado miss, but the second storm in the east missed too...we got almost nothing.

LOL - thought I had corrected that.....geez...too much turkey for me...sleepy I guess.

I'll go edit that...thank you kind sir, my editor....

Mary

PS - wow, that mistake was several posts back...FYI, Local Channel 12 has TWO excellent Met's - Steve Hortmeyer and Tim Hedrick. Hence, I got their first names mixed up...but I know who is who...really!!!

Miss Mary wrote:LOL - thought I had corrected that.....geez...to much turkey for me...sleepy I guess.

AHhhhhhhhhh,,,, Its the dreaded Triptoypahan!!!!!!!!! You need a trip to Europe, Trip to Asia, Trip to Canada. Fly Southwest airlines. ROFL. That triptoypahan (Trip-to-pan) Commercial is just to funny.

Wnghs2007 wrote:

Miss Mary wrote:LOL - thought I had corrected that.....geez...to much turkey for me...sleepy I guess.

AHhhhhhhhhh,,,, Its the dreaded Triptoypahan!!!!!!!!! You need a trip to Europe, Trip to Asia, Trip to Canada. Fly Southwest airlines. ROFL. That triptoypahan (Trip-to-pan) Commercial is just to funny.

Reminds me of Koala bears in their Eucalyptus trees..."Rockaby Bearbies in the Treetops..."

Yeah that commercial is funny.

Anyways, to get back on topic here...the NWS has confirmed two tornadoes, one in the Greensburg area and then one in Andersonville, IN...read about it here. But I disagree with the assessment of their strength...the tornado in Andersonville had to be an F1. There is no way this was F0 damage. BTW the NWS in Wilmington, OH does confirm F1 damage, there may even be a few pockets of F2. Keep in mind most of the damage is to barns.

What I also noticed is that there weren't very many reports of Damaging Wind. Just goes to show how Isolated these storms were.

It was also strange because we had one storm in Morgan County Just West of us and the radar had detected a TVS Signature in it. Reason I say it was strange is because the storm was on the COLD side of the boundary, practically Elevated in Nature. Just goes to show the strength of that system