Texas/Oklahoma/Louisiana/ Mississippi/Alabama - weather/Tornado reports

Exactly, and instead of cloud to ground, what I saw seemed to already be at ground level. I've never seen anything like that.

Brooks Blanton ‏@brooksblanton

Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree tells WDAM TV that Hattiesburg Red Cross building is "gone" and high school

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
955 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST

* AT 954 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF BEATRICE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PINE APPLE... OAK HILL... I65 AND AL 185...
I65 AND AL 10... GREENVILLE... BEATRICE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 139.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

Gas leaks in Hattiesburg MS -asking public not to light candles or smoke.

Drive Jessie Drive..

Tornado Hattiesburg, Mississippi



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This makes me so sad

Sounds like its settling down now...


MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0147
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0932 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

AREAS AFFECTED...SE LA...SRN MS...SRN AL...WRN FL
PANHANDLE...EXTREME SW GA

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 33...34...

VALID 110332Z - 110500Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 33...34...CONTINUES.

SUMMARY...EARLIER SUPERCELLS HAVE WEAKENED AND MOST NEW STORM
DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR ALONG AND TO THE COOL SIDE OF THE RAIN-COOLED
BOUNDARY FROM SE LA/SRN MS ACROSS SRN AL. THUS...THE TORNADO AND
DAMAGING WIND THREAT IS DIMINISHING /ASIDE FROM A NARROW CORRIDOR IN
SE MS/SW AL/...WITH TRAINING CONVECTION AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
BECOMING MORE OF A CONCERN.

DISCUSSION...THE INTENSE SUPERCELLS EARLIER THIS EVENING ACROSS SE
MS/SW AL HAVE WEAKENED...AND WARM SECTOR DEVELOPMENT HAS LIKEWISE
DIMINISHED AS SURFACE COOLING COMMENCES. ADDITIONALLY...THE LLJ HAS
VEERED GRADUALLY FROM SWLY TO WSWLY AS SPEEDS SLOWLY WEAKEN...AND
THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. STILL...THE COMBINATION OF
VERTICAL SHEAR AND BUOYANCY REMAINS SUFFICIENT FOR SOME TORNADO RISK
ALONG THE RAIN-COOLED BOUNDARY...PRIMARILY FROM LAMAR COUNTY MS TO
CLARKE COUNTY AL/.

IN THE LONGER TERM...THE SCENARIO IS BECOMING LESS SUPPORTIVE OF
LONG-LIVED SEVERE STORMS/TORNADOES...AND MORE SUPPORTIVE OF TRAINING
CONVECTION ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY TO THE COOL SIDE OF THE COMPOSITE
BOUNDARY NOW FROM OZR TO BETWEEN MOB/GZH TO NEAR BTR. THE UPSTREAM
FEED OF WEAK-MODERATE INSTABILITY FROM SRN LA WILL SUPPORT SOME RISK
FOR ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING GUSTS WITH SLIGHTLY ELEVATED
STORMS N OF THE BOUNDARY...BUT THAT RISK WILL BE MORE MARGINAL WITH
TIME AND PROBABLY WILL NOT WARRANT ADDITIONAL TORNADO WATCHES AFTER
05Z. MEANWHILE...THE STORMS PROGRESSING FROM SE AL INTO SW GA ARE
MOVING E OF THE UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR WELL BACK TO THE W/SW...AND THE
STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

..THOMPSON/KERR.. 02/11/2013

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1040 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SANDY HOOK...
CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CST

* AT 1040 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PICKWICK MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PICKWICK AND SANDY HOOK BY 1045 PM CST...
PINEBUR BY 1055 PM CST...
BAXTERVILLE BY 1100 PM CST...
PURVIS BY 1115 PM CST...
WEST HATTIESBURG BY 1120 PM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF 60 MPH CAN BRING DOWN TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY
AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ROOFS OF MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS COULD BE
DAMAGED...AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES
COULD OCCUR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

SANDY HOOK?????Really

63 people treated at local hospital in Hattiesburg. National Guard on its way to help.

SuchAhLady_Trina ‏@SlimFine_nSassy

Damn..We just watched the police car motor stop cuz the water was so deep on 49 right pass usm.

New storm heading towards Hattiesburg. Hail, damaging winds, flooding expected. Cell in Marion Co.

My prayers go out to them.

Is it normal to have tornadoes in February?

Yes.

[link to www1.ncdc.noaa.gov]

[link to www.ncdc.noaa.gov]

Last Edited by Okie on 02/11/2013 12:09 AM

No not really. Here is a map that shows how many tornado's happen in the US by months. Very few happen in Feb. (click on the month links under the map)

[link to www.ncdc.noaa.gov]

Cowgirl, did you even look at that chart?

The average U.S. tornado numbers for February is approximately 30.

That was one big ass tornado. Praying for the people there.

Jan - 35
Feb - 29
March - 80
April - 155
May - 276
June - 243
July - 134
Aug - 83
Sept - 74
Oct - 61
Nov - 58
Dec - 24

Yea I did..There are tornado's that happen every month but compared to the spring/summer months, Feb is a low number.

Exactly. So, yes, it is perfectly normal, and thus far this year well BELOW normal. Which wouldn't be a bad trend to maintain.

These people can't get a break!

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1108 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PETAL...HATTIESBURG...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST

* AT 1109 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HATTIESBURG MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HATTIESBURG BY 1125 PM CST...
MCLAURIN AND PETAL BY 1130 PM CST...
SUNRISE BY 1135 PM CST...
MACEDONIA BY 1140 PM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF 60 MPH CAN BRING DOWN TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY
AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ROOFS OF MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS COULD BE
DAMAGED...AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES
COULD OCCUR.

You are correct, It is normal. I guess what I was thinking was, "Is it normal to have F2-F3 tornado's in Feb. And to that I would have to say, I don't think so.

Okie, Check out this chart...Look at the trend.


[link to www1.ncdc.noaa.gov]

Since Mississippi only averages about 2 EF3 or better tornadoes a year, if this turns out to be one then I'd say you're probably right. They're starting out awfully early this year.

That is exactly what I was thinking. I have been reading damage reports and listening to Mississippi talk radio and they are all betting on at least a 2.

Really, it looks to be fairly constant for the last 20 years with 03, 08, and 11 being extreme peaks (in descending order).

I'm not sure how much of that goes into the fact that reporting and data gathering have gotten much better though than it was in years prior. (By that I mean prior to 20 years ago.)

Last Edited by Okie on 02/11/2013 12:41 AM

From that NOAA article though: (MUCH, MUCH less than 50% quoted)

Overall, most tornadoes (around 77 percent) in the U.S. are considered weak (EF0 or EF1) and about 95 percent of all U.S. tornadoes are below EF3 intensity. The remaining small percentage of tornadoes are categorized as violent (EF3 and above). Of these violent twisters, only a few (0.1 percent of all tornadoes) achieve EF5 status, with estimated winds over 200 mph and nearly complete destruction. However, given that on average over 1000 tornadoes hit the U.S. each year, that means that 20 can be expected to be violent and possibly one might be incredible (EF5).


So if it's an EF2, it's still within about 20% of the common range. I'll grant you though, the video of the funnel looked fairly impressive.

There have already been 66 tornadoes in the US this year, so we already have more than average for Jan + Feb and we are not finished with Feb!

The tornado that hit Adairsville was an F3 as well.

Here is an interesting article written by Jeff Masters from 08 discussing this very topic.

[link to www.wunderground.com]

Link:
[link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)]

Here is an interesting link to play with if you want to do some tornado research..

[link to www.tornadohistoryproject.com]