Historic Multi Day Tornado/Flooding Event 4/23-28/2011

[ronjon]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The mayor of an Alabama city hit hard by a tornado says at least 15 people have died there, bringing the death toll from severe weather to 54 around the South.

In all, 40 people died in Wednesday's storms in Alabama.

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox says sections of the city have been destroyed and its infrastructure has been decimated.

Also on Wednesday, storms killed 11 in Mississippi, two in Georgia and one in Tennessee

[Texas Snowman]

Sobering footage of the Tuscaloosa Tornado...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0FHTG9V ... e=youtu.be

[snoopj]

Another view of the Tuscaloosa Tornado: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ohIVzIZ ... e=youtu.be

If you ask me, this was shot way too close.

[Texas Snowman]

Another view of the Tuscaloosa Tornado: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ohIVzIZ ... e=youtu.be

If you ask me, this was shot way too close.

I was just about to post that. I agree - that is some of the scariest footage I've ever seen.

This guy is lucky he didn't get smashed by something being flung out of the tornado or being sucked in by the huge inflow.

[Texas Snowman]

TWC's Mike Bettes on Twitter: "Violent #tornado about to hit Corinth and East Newnan, GA. Likely to cross I-85 just south of Atlanta."

[Texas Snowman]

@TWCBreaking: " Snell, MS reporting 4 dead, 12 injured -some seriously"

[CrazyC83]

I wonder if today's article will get a special name.

[Texas Snowman]

I wonder if today's article will get a special name.

It should for sure.

Hey, for that matter, April 2011 should get a special name for its article.

[snoopj]

Another view of the Tuscaloosa Tornado: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ohIVzIZ ... e=youtu.be

If you ask me, this was shot way too close.

I was just about to post that. I agree - that is some of the scariest footage I've ever seen.

This guy is lucky he didn't get smashed by something being flung out of the tornado or being sucked in by the huge inflow.

I debated on posting that. I have a problem with these videos getting more and more dangerous in content. One of these days, one of these guys/gals is going to end up dead getting way too close to a storm to get a video to show on national TV.

[CrazyC83]

I wonder if today's article will get a special name.

It should for sure.

Hey, for that matter, April 2011 should get a special name for its article.

I can't do much on Wikipedia now, but I agree. I am in discussion on how to organize.

[Texas Snowman]

@TWCBreaking: "GA - 4 deaths, 56 injuries so far - according to the EMA. Shelter in Dade Co."

Also, a TVS on radar just south of LaGrange, Ga.

[Texas Snowman]

@TxStormChasers: "The cell that produced the #Tuscaloosa #Tornado has continued to produce tornadoes in GA and is now continuing to do so in North Carolina."

If the NWS finds evidence of a continous tornado from this storm, that would be four states - Mississippi, completely across Alabama, across northern Georgia, and into North Carolina.

What is that, well over 200 miles?

EDIT: Mike Bettes of The Weather Channel reports the following - "Tornado that originated in near Tuscaloosa, AL has now gone through 4 states. Just crossed the SC/NC line headed for Asheville."

EDIT II: @TxStormChasers: "The storm that produced the #Tuscaloosa #Tornado has now been going for 300+ miles."

[Texas Snowman]

@TWCBreaking: "AP death toll has risen to 72, 58 of those being in Alabama alone."

[Dave]

North of me...

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1131 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MERCER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.

* AT 1129 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FORT RECOVERY......MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT RECOVERY...
COLDWATER...
ROCKFORD...
CELINA...

IN ADDITION...WABASH...NEPTUNE AND TAMA ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.

[Texas Snowman]

Footage of Empire, Alabama tornado...moving down a mountain!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEr2lCnQ ... e=youtu.be

[Texas Snowman]

I wonder if today's article will get a special name.

I can't do much on Wikipedia now, but I agree. I am in discussion on how to organize.

This might be your name.

From @TxStormChasers: "Already hearing today being called Wicked Wednesday by some of those in the South. Definitely a fitting name..."

[CrazyC83]

I hope Wicked Wednesday isn't followed by Terrible Thursday.

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1155 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
SOUTHERN VAN WERT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT

* AT 1151 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED
TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF OHIO CITY TO 5 MILES WEST OF
CELINA TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT RECOVERY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE STORMS INCLUDE...
OHIO CITY...
DELPHOS...
SPENCERVILLE...
ELIDA AND FORT SHAWNEE...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
DULL...JONESTOWN...ELGIN...VENEDOCIA...MIDDLE POINT...MONTICELLO...
HUME...CONANT...SOUTHWORTH...NEEDMORE...KEMP AND ROUSCULP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.

[Dave]

Still showing 13 tornado warnings & 14 T-storm warnings.

[HurricaneBill]

Now up to 137 tornado reports.