Tag: "tornado"
Large, Wedge Tornado Approaching Moore, OK
From the air… from KFOR-TV
From the ground… from @ks0stm
Radar debris ball…. from OKC terminal radar…
TDS (tornado debris signature) from OKC dual pol CC…
Tornado Warning… Colbert/Lauderdale
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
308 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
WESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 303 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR CHEROKEE…OR 10 MILES EAST OF IUKA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
Tornado Warning… Limestone County
Late report from the NWS…
Trees and powerlines down along Moyers Rd. Additional damage just northeast around Steelcase Inc. possible tornado (Athens in Limestone County)
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
209 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA…
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 204 PM CDT…EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND JUST SOUTH OF ATHENS. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS TORNADO
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ATHENS…ARDMORE AND ELKMONT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
On This Date In 1994…
A series of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes moved across Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. These storms accounted for injuries to at least 422 persons, including 47 fatalities. Here in our state, the biggest tragedy was an EF-4 tornado that destroyed the Goshen United Methodist Church building during the morning worship service. Twenty people died inside the church, all part of an Easter drama that was in progress that Palm Sunday morning. Ten of those who died were children, including four year old Hannah Clem, the daughter of Pastor Kelly Clem.
A tornado warning was issued 12 minutes before the church was hit, but they never heard the warning. Another reminder that every church in Alabama must have a NOAA Weather Radio.
Below is a special put together by Bill Castle of ABC 33/40 that looks back at this horrible day.
One Year Ago Today…
Eleven tornadoes touched down during the pre-dawn hours across North-Central Alabama, killing one man in Oak Grove, and a teenage girl in Clay. The Center Point/Clay tornado was rated EF-3, and was responsible for the death in Clay, and 75 other injuries. The tornado stayed on the ground for 15 miles, and was 800 yards wide at times.
See damage from the Center Point/Clay tornado from AirLink 33/40….
The teenager that died in the event was 16-year-old Christina Heichelbech, who lived in Clay. ABC 33/40 reporter Sherrie Evans talked with her parents last night.
ABC 33/40 – Birmingham News, Weather, Sports
Unfortunately, some in the nation media claimed this tornado event happened “with no warning”, which was totally incorrect. The outbreak was forecast days in advance, and the warnings were excellent. But, to their credit, ABC News did a report the following night on how good the warnings were, and mentioned specific ways of getting warnings beyond sirens.
We can be thankful for today’s calm weather.
