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149 Mile Long-Track Tornado

#1 Postby Texas Snowman » Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:59 pm

I still can't believe the tornado that tore across Mississippi on Saturday.

With a 149 mile long tornado track, that has got to be the longest I remember in the last couple of decades, maybe ever in my lifetime (I'm 44 years old).

My prayers go out to those affected and to the families of those killed and injured.

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http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php ... suedby=JAN

HERE IS A PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF THIS TORNADO:

BEGINNING POINT: 5 MILES W OF TALLULAH, LA 32.408N, 91.283W
AT 11:06 AM
ENDING POINT: 5.5 MILES N OF STURGIS, MS 33.430N, 89.054W
AT 1:52 PM
PATH LENGTH: 149 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1.75 MILES
RATING: EF-4, WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 170 MPH
CASUALTIES: 10 TOTAL FATALITIES WITH DOZENS OF INJURIES
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Re: 149 Mile Long-Track Tornado

#2 Postby Stephanie » Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:11 pm

I know that they were wondering on Saturday if it was a case of multiple tornadoes. I still can't believe it was just one. WOW!
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#3 Postby CrazyC83 » Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:18 pm

It is possible it was even longer though, they could find damage in between in Oktibbeha and Clay Counties...if the entire track is a single tornado, that could be up close to 200 miles! It was on the ground for nearly 3 hours as well!
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Re: 149 Mile Long-Track Tornado

#4 Postby jinftl » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:01 pm

Dr. Forbes, the severe weather specialist on TWC, said that the claim that this track could be the 2nd longest in U.S. history could possibly be made when the fact that data prior to the last 20 or 30 years regarding length of a single tornado path is full of gaps is considered, and most of the long tracking storms dating before that are likely due to clusters or families of tornadoes, not just one. If you do consider all historical track estimates as correct, he said this would be ranked as the 4th longest tornado track in Mississippi history.....quite a difference!!! He definitely seemed to be leaning towards the #2 in U.S. estimate.
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Re: 149 Mile Long-Track Tornado

#5 Postby Texas Snowman » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:40 pm

If that tornado had made it into Alabama, you would have had history's modern version of the "Tri-State Tornado."
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#6 Postby KWT » Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:03 am

That sure is one hell of a long tracking tornado thats for sure, also very wide as well at 1.75 miles!
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Re: 149 Mile Long-Track Tornado

#7 Postby timNms » Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:35 am

I saw a video of the tornado. It looked like a black wall moving! We were blessed in my part of the state to have missed this monster. I'm about 60 miles south of Jackson, so that would put me about 80-90 miles south of Yazoo City.
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Re: 149 Mile Long-Track Tornado

#8 Postby Texas Snowman » Tue Apr 27, 2010 7:36 am

I'm surprised for a tornado of that strength and the unbelievably long track that I haven't seen more photos and or video of the twister...
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Re: 149 Mile Long-Track Tornado

#9 Postby timNms » Tue Apr 27, 2010 4:28 pm

Texas Snowman wrote:I'm surprised for a tornado of that strength and the unbelievably long track that I haven't seen more photos and or video of the twister...


See if this link will work.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jan/?n=2010_04_ ... _oktibbeha
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Re: 149 Mile Long-Track Tornado

#10 Postby HurricaneBill » Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:24 pm

The Tri-State holds the record at 219 miles. It was often suspected of being a family of tornadoes. However, a recent reanalysis indicated it was one tornado and the path may have been as long as 234 miles.
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Re: 149 Mile Long-Track Tornado

#11 Postby somethingfunny » Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:39 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl4dAt_o0AI[/youtube]

I don't think the video is supposed to be on Youtube as it was bootlegged from a mainstream news outlet's stream, so it might not be online for long - this is the only way to embed in our forums though.

Try this:
http://www2.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/ar ... do/149003/
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Re: 149 Mile Long-Track Tornado

#12 Postby Category 5 » Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:01 am

HurricaneBill wrote:The Tri-State holds the record at 219 miles. It was often suspected of being a family of tornadoes. However, a recent reanalysis indicated it was one tornado and the path may have been as long as 234 miles.


Without aircraft views and radar it will forever be a mystery.
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#13 Postby CrazyC83 » Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:51 am

I would go back to the edges of the track, as I have a feeling that the damage in Oktibbeha and Clay were the same tornado...even if the damage was EF0 in between the tracks.
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Re: 149 Mile Long-Track Tornado

#14 Postby Bunkertor » Fri Apr 30, 2010 11:50 am

somethingfunny wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl4dAt_o0AI[/youtube]

I don't think the video is supposed to be on Youtube as it was bootlegged from a mainstream news outlet's stream, so it might not be online for long - this is the only way to embed in our forums though.

Try this:


There is a FF add-on existing. It´s called download helper and it is very easy to handle.
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