Archive Severe Potential 4/3-4/4

[Mike S]

 

[Kory]

I see HUN is driving up the FAR with the latest TOR warning.

 

[Bama Ravens]

I see HUN is driving up the FAR with the latest TOR warning.

Yeah, I didn’t really see much on the velocity that warranted a tornado warning, but I’m not a meteorologist either.

 

[Kory]

Yeah, I didn’t really see much on the velocity that warranted a tornado warning, but I’m not a meteorologist either.

Not to derail this, but they have one of the highest false alarm rates for tornado warnings. Last I checked, it was in the 80-90% range.

 

[SilentShadow87]

More damage photos out of Hardin County. Looking like EF1/low-end EF2 damage.

 

[JayF]

Someone reported they saw a funnel cloud near elgin. I am wondering what they actually saw.

 

[Bama Ravens]

So far I haven’t seen any reports of damage in the BMX coverage area.

 

[Bama Ravens]

So far I haven’t seen any reports of damage in the BMX coverage area.

I said that an now there are some reports of trees down in Pickens County.

 

[Mike S]

72 mph gust at Pryor Field in Decatur

 

[warneagle]

So is there a chart somewhere that shows the number/severity of reports needed for verification of the risk categories/probabilities? Like, I guess my question is how many wind damage reports do you need to verify a wind-driven moderate risk?

 

[akt1985]

Power out on Madison Boulevard in Madison

 

[Bama Ravens]

As of now NWS Bham has allowed all severe thunderstorm warnings in their service area to expire.

 

[Bama Ravens]

As of now NWS Bham has allowed all severe thunderstorm warnings in their service area to expire.

And now Blount and northern Jefferson are under one.

 

[warneagle]

Tree through the window of the law library at Indiana University. Hope there's not too much damage around campus, it's a really beautiful place.

EDIT: Also sounds like there are quite a few places where the power is out across northern Alabama. I've seen Madison and Cullman mentioned specifically.

 

[Mike S]

Looks like a tree has crashed into some apartments in South Huntsville

 

[Equus]

Brother says power is out in Cullman even though the storm was pretty mild. Here, there were some fairly strong initial gusts, but died down pretty fast with just lots of lightning and rain afterwards. Thank goodness for some weakening along this part of the line.

 

[Bama Ravens]

70mph wind gust reported at the airport in Huntsville.

 

[Fred]

72 mph gust at Pryor Field in Decatur

Felt every bit of that here to the west of County Line Rd near Greenbrier.

 

[Bama Ravens]

The line seems to be starting to lose some of its luster now (at least parts of it are). Lightning has been dropping off and reflectivity isn’t as intense on the northern part of the line.

 

[Equus]

Goodness. A good bit of structural (mainly roof and sign) damage in a small swath around Parkland shopping center in Jasper, with part of the old Sears building being heavily damaged. Seems like a very significant area of wind hit there, though here, only a few miles away, impact was rather limited. This is going to be very interesting to see come morning. Downburst or quick spin-up tornado, either way, I am pretty shocked it got that bad so close by.