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Re: Severe Weather Threat. April 21st-25th, 2010 High Risk!

#461 Postby HurricaneBill » Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:35 pm

Death toll up to 10.

1 in Ebeneezer.
4 in Yazoo County.
5 in Choctaw County.
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#462 Postby CrazyC83 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:43 pm

Massive damage in Walker County, AL and in Albertville, AL.
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Re: Severe Weather Threat. April 21st-25th, 2010 High Risk!

#463 Postby CrazyC83 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:48 pm

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1046 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

ALC049-250415-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-100425T0415Z/
DEKALB AL-
1046 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
DEKALB COUNTY...

AT 1041 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO.
THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHIGGER HILL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF RAINSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PEEKS
CORNER...FYFFE...GUEST...LEBANON...SHILOH...COLLBRAN...PINE RIDGE...
FORT PAYNE...ADAMSBURG...HAMMONDVILLE AND VALLEY HEAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! DO NOT RUN
OUTSIDE TO FIND THE TORNADO...THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY
LIFE THREATENING SITUATION!


A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

&&

LAT...LON 3442 8559 3441 8561 3427 8600 3431 8605
3439 8608 3444 8604 3465 8564 3444 8557
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 241DEG 41KT 3440 8594

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#464 Postby Texas Snowman » Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:23 pm

Geraldine High School reportedly "gone" via a Twitter report on WHNT-TV out of Huntsville, Ala.

As mentioned, heavy damage reported in Geraldine and Albertville.
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#465 Postby thetruesms » Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:36 pm

Looks like we're starting to get more discrete cells again now that the whole atmosphere isn't going up like this afternoon.

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Re: Severe Weather Threat. April 21st-25th, 2010 High Risk!

#466 Postby Texas Snowman » Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:39 pm

Twitter reports (via WHNT.com) describe varying on amount of damage to Geraldine HS - some say damaged, some say gone. Reports are also that houses are heavily damaged in Geraldine.

Went close to downtown Albertville (town of 17,500 according to Wiki). Then into Geraldine.

TV Met for WHNT says rotation has ramped back up and is "intense".
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#467 Postby thetruesms » Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:41 pm

Texas Snowman wrote:Geraldine High School reportedly "gone" via a Twitter report on WHNT-TV out of Huntsville, Ala.

As mentioned, heavy damage reported in Geraldine and Albertville.
The storms' aim has gotten much worse since Thursday. To go from a bunch of tornadoes mostly in open land to today Image

A poster on another board had his aunt lose her house today in Yazoo. Fortunately, she was prepared, got to safety, and is physically unharmed. She was even able to joke that the storm left her a brand new house in her back yard Image
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Re: Severe Weather Threat. April 21st-25th, 2010 High Risk!

#468 Postby Texas Snowman » Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:48 pm

WHNT Twitter reports seem to indicate a lot of damage in Albertville. A couple of churches hard hit, a subdivision severely damaged, and a report of a trailer park flattened.
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Re: Severe Weather Threat. April 21st-25th, 2010 High Risk!

#469 Postby Texas Snowman » Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:55 pm

WHNT reporting that Geraldine - I'm assuming city officials - are requesting assistance.

I'm guessing that means they need additional emergency responders and search and rescue...
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#470 Postby Texas Snowman » Sun Apr 25, 2010 12:09 am

WHNT reporting confirmed injuries in Albertville. Also saying that a BP gas station may have been destroyed and the First Baptist Church heavily damaged, maybe flattened.

Their TV met saying that current tornado warning is right on Collinsville.

EDIT: TV met says "extreme" rotation right on Collinsville. Says it is the most extreme rotation he has seen on this software.
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#471 Postby thetruesms » Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:20 pm

What, nobody cares about severe weather once it's moved into Florida? I'm offended! :lol:

One hail report so far, and a handful of straight line wind damage reports so far. What's out there is moving into an environment with much better instability, but out of a region of better dynamics. I'd expect anything more today to be wind with some small hail, though I suppose you can't rule out an isolated tornado spinning up
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Re: Severe Weather Threat. April 21st-25th, 2010 High Risk!

#472 Postby Brent » Sun Apr 25, 2010 4:40 pm

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
415 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2010

...STORM SURVEYS TO BE CONDUCTED ON DAMAGE REPORTS FROM SATURDAY...

...PARISH TORNADO RATED AS AN EF-3...

MULTIPLE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED AND TRACKED
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA BEGINNING SATURDAY MORNING
AND CONTINUED INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SATURDAY NIGHT. NUMEROUS
DAMAGE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THE EVENT...WITH
CONCENTRATED DAMAGE IN SEVERAL COUNTIES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE AT
SEVERAL LOCATIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND SHARE THE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE STORMS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

...WALKER/JEFFERSON/BLOUNT TORNADO...

EVENT DATE: 24 APRIL, 2010
EVENT TYPE: EF-3
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 140
INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE
EVENT START TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 10:04 PM/33.7336N 87.2864W
EVENT END TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 10:55 PM/33.8532N 86.7931W
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 29.5 MILES
DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 400 YARDS

WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNING 25/10:01PM TO 10:30PM
TORNADO WARNING 26/10:22PM TO 11:00 PM
WATCHES: TORNADO WATCH #99 VALID FROM 715PM CDT TO 2 AM 25 APRIL 2010.

THIS LONG TRACK TORNADO CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN PARRISH, AND
CONTINUED A PATH OF DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT COUNTIES. A TOTAL OF 70 TO 80 HOMES AND
BUSINESSES WERE DAMAGED, WITH ONE HOME DESTROYED. APPROXIMATELY
800 TO 1000 HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE EITHER UPROOTED OR
SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH OF THE STORM. THERE WAS ONE INDIRECT
FATALITY CAUSED WHEN A 50 YEAR OLD WOMAN SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE
GOING TO STORM SHELTER IN WALKER COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED PERIODICALLY
THROUGH MONDAY...AS SURVEY TEAMS REPORT BACK THEIR FINDINGS.

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PROGRAM IS THE RECEIPT OF STORM REPORTS FROM ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND
PARTNERS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. IF YOU WITNESSED OR ARE AWARE OF
ANY STORM DAMAGE DUE TO HIGH WINDS OR TORNADOES...PLEASE CONTACT
YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE...OR CALL OUR STORM REPORTING
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#473 Postby Dave » Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:16 pm

By BRIAN HAWKINS

CHOCTAW COUNTY — Five people have been confirmed dead here from a massive tornado that cut a large swath across Mississippi Saturday afternoon.
The huge twister — which was reported to have had a path a mile wide at times — uprooted trees, snapped power lines and destroyed homes in multiple areas of Choctaw County, primarily in the Chester and Mill Springs communities to the northwest of Ackerman.
Early Saturday evening, Choctaw County Coroner Keith Coleman confirmed that the five killed were from the Mill Springs community between the towns of Weir and French Camp.
One was a three-month-old child who died after being transported to OCH Regional Medical Center in Starkville, Coleman said. A 9-year-old and 14-year-old were killed when the tornado ravaged the mobile home where they were, he added.
The other two victims were both 57 years old and were from Montgomery County, Coleman said.
The bodies of all five have been recovered, said Coleman by phone from a mobile command center emergency responders had set up on Weir-Stewart Road in the Mill Springs area.
As he spoke, authorities were preparing to canvass the area again to ensure all residents had been located, Coleman said.
Coleman said Choctaw County authorities were discouraging people from trying to come into the Mill Springs area to look at storm damage amid concerns for safety and disruption of the response operations.
“It’s bad out here. We’ve got houses torn up, a church torn up, power lines and trees down everywhere,” said Coleman. “People need to stay away for the time being.”

http://www.starkvilledailynews.com/
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Re: Severe Weather Threat. April 21st-25th, 2010 High Risk!

#474 Postby srainhoutx » Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:39 pm

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
335 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2010

...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM
REGARDING TRACK OF TORNADO THAT MOVED OVER THE AREA INCLUDING EAGLE
LAKE AND YAZOO CITY SATURDAY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAMS ARE BEGINNING TO FORWARD
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION REGARDING TORNADO TRACKS AND WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE THAT ARE BEING INVESTIGATED TODAY.

PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS SHOW A CONTINUOUS TORNADO TRACK EXTENDING
FROM EAGLE LAKE THROUGH YAZOO CITY TO NEAR THE HOLMES COUNTY/YAZOO
COUNTY LINE. THIS TORNADO WILL BE GIVEN A PRELIMINARY RATING OF AT
LEAST EF3 WITH ASSOCIATED WIND SPEEDS TO 160 MPH WITH A PRELIMINARY
PATH WIDTH OF ONE AND ONE HALF MILES
.
LATER SURVEYS WILL DETERMINE
IF THIS CONTINUOUS TORNADO TRACK EXTENDS FARTHER TO THE SOUTHWEST
AND NORTHEAST.

FURTHER ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS WILL DETERMINE IF THE RATING SHOULD
BE ADJUSTED HIGHER.
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Re: Severe Weather Threat. April 21st-25th, 2010 High Risk!

#475 Postby MGC » Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:19 pm

Report said Yazoo tornado was 1 1/2 miles wide in places.....yet only an EF3. I bet it is upgraded....MGC
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#476 Postby vbhoutex » Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:18 pm

I saw one report on the news tonight that said the Yazoo City tornado track length was 250 miles. Has anyone seen any confirmation on this?
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Re: Severe Weather Threat. April 21st-25th, 2010 High Risk!

#477 Postby Brent » Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:59 pm

vbhoutex wrote:I saw one report on the news tonight that said the Yazoo City tornado track length was 250 miles. Has anyone seen any confirmation on this?


There were reported tornadoes over 250 miles... but there's been no confirmation it was on the ground the whole time. The reports are scattered, in a few spots there was no reported damage(but that could be because of rural areas also). Until the NWS does a full investigation nothing is confirmed, could take a couple of days given how far the storm tracked.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
950 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2010

...PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY INFORMATION FROM DEKALB AND MARSHALL
COUNTIES...

A PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE INCURRED ACROSS DEKALB
AND MARSHALL COUNTIES HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...MARSHALL AND DEKALB EMA...AND ALABAMA EMA. INITIAL
FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

TORNADO 1:
THE FIRST TORNADIC STORM MOVED ACROSS MARSHALL AND DEKALB
COUNTIES. DUE TO DARKNESS...IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE IF THE
TWO SECTIONS OF THE SURVEYED DAMAGE ARE A SINGLE TRACK OR TWO
SEPARATE TRACKS. UNTIL A FINAL DETERMINATION CAN BE MADE...THE
DAMAGE AREAS WILL BE ADDRESSED BY SECTIONS. ADDITIONAL SURVEYS ARE
PLANNED MONDAY.

THE NUMBER OF INJURIES IS IN EXCESS OF 33.

SECTION 1: ALBERTVILLE TO GERALDINE
* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 04/24/10

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 140 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-3

* PATH LENGTH: 18.5 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 3/4 MILE

* SUMMARY: THIS SECTION TOUCHED DOWN EAST OF ALBERTVILLE...MOVED
ACROSS THE CITY...THEN MOVED NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE TOWN OF
GERALDINE. THE CITY OF ALBERTVILLE WAS ESPECIALLY HARD HIT...
WITH DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS RESIDENCES...ALBERTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL...
SEVERAL LARGE RETAIL BUILDINGS. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WAS ALSO
OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE DAMAGE PATH. IN THE TOWN OF GERALDINE...
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED WHICH ALSO LED TO
SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO RESIDENCES. THIS WAS NOTED ALONG
COUNTY ROAD 227 AND 52...JUST SOUTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 75.

SECTION 2: NEAR MENTONE
* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 04/24/10

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 140 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-3

* PATH LENGTH: 2.0 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 1/4 MILE

* SUMMARY: THIS SECTION OF THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 3 TO 4
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MENTONE...BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 106 AND 117.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A TRAILER PARK (MORNING
GLORY COURT) WHERE SEVERAL SINGLE WIDE MANUFACTURED HOMES WERE
COMPLETELY DESTROYED. NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED.

SEVERAL INJURIES OCCURRED WITH THIS TORNADO BUT AN EXACT NUMBER
IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

TORNADO 2: MOUNT VERNON (NORTHEAST OF COLLINSVILLE)

* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 04/24/10

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 150 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-3

* PATH LENGTH: 7.3 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE

* SUMMARY: AS PART OF A SEPARATE STORM...THIS TORNADO IMPACTED THE
AREAS FROM MOUNT VERNON TO DOG TOWN IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST DEKALB
COUNTY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 80 AND 55 WHERE THE MCNUTT MEMORIAL
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND A SMALLER HOUSE NEXT TO IT WERE BOTH
DESTROYED. OAK TREES NEARBY WERE DEBARKED AS WELL. STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE TO RESIDENCES ALONG COUNTY ROAD 79 OCCURRED...JUST WEST
OF HIGHWAY 176. FARTHER WEST WHERE THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED
DOWN...SEVERAL SINGLE WIDE MANUFACTURED HOMES WERE DESTROYED
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 60...BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 822 AND 892. NUMEROUS
LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED.

SEVERAL INJURIES OCCURRED WITH THIS TORNADO BUT AN EXACT NUMBER
IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

THESE FINDINGS ARE PRELIMINARY AND ARE SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT.
PICTURES AND SUMMARY MATERIALS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB
PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE /ALL LOWER CASE/.

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Re: Severe Weather Threat. April 21st-25th, 2010 High Risk!

#478 Postby Brent » Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:23 pm

Updated, I think it's very likely it WAS one tornado and WAS on the ground for well over 200 miles, also now EF4


PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1009 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2010

...UPDATED STATEMENT INCLUDES TORNADO DAMAGE INFORMATION IN EAST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION FROM STORM DAMAGE SURVEYS
TODAY...

FOUR NWS STORM DAMAGE SURVEY TEAMS HAVE BEEN SURVEYING DAMAGE
FROM AROUND THE REGION CAUSED BY THE DEVASTATING STORMS OF
SATURDAY.

THE FOLLOWING IS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION REGARDING
THE MAJOR STORM THAT MOVED FROM NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ACROSS
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

NWS SURVEY TEAMS SURVEYED THE PATH OF THE STORM FROM ITS
START WEST OF TALLULAH, LOUISIANA TO AS FAR AS DURANT,
MISSISSIPPI. TORNADO DAMAGE...MUCH OF IT STRONG...WAS FOUND
ALONG THIS ENTIRE PATH...AT LEAST IN THOSE AREAS ACCESSIBLE
BY ROAD. BASED ON THESE SURVEYS...THIS IS A SUMMARY OF
THE INFORMATION SO FAR:

PATH LENGTH: 97 MILES...THIS LENGTH WILL INCREASE AS MORE
DAMAGE IS SURVEYED EAST OF TODAY'S SURVEY
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1.75 MILES
RATING: EF4, WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 170 MPH
CASUALTIES: 10 TOTAL FATALITIES WITH DOZENS OF INJURIES

A NUMBER OF AREAS OF EF3 DAMAGE WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 150 TO 165
MPH WERE FOUND ALONG THE PATH. TWO AREAS OF EF4 DAMAGE WITH MAXIMUM
WINDS OF 170 MPH WERE FOUND...ONE IN YAZOO CITY...AND THE OTHER IN
HOLMES COUNTY.

ANOTHER SURVEY TEAM JUST FINISHED SURVEYING DAMAGE IN CHOCTAW
COUNTY...CAUSED BY THE SAME STORM. THIS DAMAGE HAS BEEN DETERMINED
TO BE AT LEAST HIGH END EF3...AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE DAMAGE PATH
CONTINUES INTO OKTIBBEHA COUNTY. WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A PART OF A
CONTINUOUS TORNADO PATH ALL THE WAY BACK TO ITS START IN NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. NWS SURVEY TEAMS WILL BE IN
HOLMES...ATTALA...AND OKTIBBEHA COUNTIES AGAIN MONDAY TO TRY TO
DETERMINE HOW FAR NORTHEAST THE TRACK EXTENDS..AND WILL ALSO
BE ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN AERIAL DATA TO HELP CONFIRM A CONTINUOUS
PATH.

IT MUST BE STRESSED THAT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY AND
SUBJECT TO LATER ADJUSTMENT. A TORNADO OF THIS STRENGTH AND
MAGNITUDE REQUIRES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE SURVEYS AND DATA
ANALYSIS. THE NWS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES AS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION IS OBTAINED...AND IS PLANNING TO HOLD A MEDIA BRIEFING
LATER THIS WEEK TO PROVIDE A FULL ANALYSIS OF THE STORM AND THE
DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS.

THE FOLLOWING IS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION REGARDING TORNADO DAMAGE
FOUND IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

SMITH COUNTY
BEGINNING POINT: 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RALEIGH
ENDING POINT: 2 MILES E OF RALEIGH
RATING: EF-1
PATH LENGTH: 10 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: SMALL TREES WERE SNAPPED, LARGE LIMBS WERE
DOWN AND 2 LARGE HARDWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED.

JASPER AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES
BEGINNING POINT:2 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTROSE
ENDING POINT: 2 MILES NORTH OF SAVOY
RATING: EF-2
PATH LENGTH: 28 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: .6 MILES
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

SUMMARY OF DAMAGES: MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A CHURCH
INCLUDING MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE. SHINGLES AND SIDING WERE BLOWN OFF OF
A HOUSE AND AN OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO A
GRAIN SILO. NUMEROUS LARGE AND VERY LARGE SOFTWOOD AND HARDWOOD
TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED.

LAUDERDALE AND KEMPER COUNTIES
BEGINNING POINT: 2 MILES SW PRISMATIC
ENDING POINT: 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRISMATIC
RATING: EF-1
PATH LENGTH: 3.6 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

SUMMARY OF DAMAGES:4 BARNS WERE DESTROYED OR DAMAGED, A PORTION OF
A METAL BUILDING ROOF WAS TORN OFF AND A SHED WAS DESTROYED.
NUMEROUS MEDIUM AND LARGE TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED ALONG PATH.

THE NWS WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR PARTNERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE IN
PERFORMING OUR DAMAGE SURVEYS.
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#479 Postby somethingfunny » Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:40 pm

200 miles....would that be a new record? Even the infamous "Tri-State Tornado" mainly got that monniker by moving across a narrow portion of Illinois in between Missouri and Indiana. To actually begin in Louisiana and traverse the entire width of Mississippi before dissipating in Alabama without lifting off the ground would be unprecedented....and extremely lucky if the relatively low death toll of ten holds.

Wow. Just a monstrous storm. Gotta hand it to the SPC and the local NWS offices - they CALLED this, nearly perfectly.
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Re: Severe Weather Threat. April 21st-25th, 2010 High Risk!

#480 Postby weunice » Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:54 am

As one who watched it on radar since it was in Louisiana I have to admit that it would not shock me to find a continuous path. It was intense the whole time it was in Mississippi. There seemed to be no evident cycling ... at least to me.
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