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Posted on 4/27/22 at 12:23 pm to Pisco
Smithville, MS was the strongest storm of that day, I'm convinced, and it is the strongest tornado I've ever studied.
Go find pics of the damage, study them, and realize that all of that happened in a matter of seconds. That storm was moving 60+ mph.
Strictly speaking of overall damage, the Jarrell, TX F5 gets pointed to as the strongest ever. It was barely moving, though, and raked areas for considerably longer than other tornadoes. What the Smithville tornado did in seconds, I have never seen anything comparable.
Go find pics of the damage, study them, and realize that all of that happened in a matter of seconds. That storm was moving 60+ mph.
Strictly speaking of overall damage, the Jarrell, TX F5 gets pointed to as the strongest ever. It was barely moving, though, and raked areas for considerably longer than other tornadoes. What the Smithville tornado did in seconds, I have never seen anything comparable.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 12:33 pm to No Colors
Debris carried for miles: at one point, I heard as far as Tennessee but no idea if that's actually true. My aunt in Gardendale (about 60 miles away) had a receipt from Tuscaloosa fall in her yard, along with a ton of insulation.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 12:34 pm to Pisco
Was living on 15th street at the University Downs at the time. Walking out of the utility closet we were all huddled in to see the destruction 150 feet from where we were is still one of the most surreal experiences of my life. I still think about that day at least once a week, definitely the closest I ever want to be to a tornado.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 12:40 pm to Pisco
I live in NE AL and the early morning storms were coming through I was up fixing to leave to go to work. Storms were coming through but didn’t have a warning on the storm yet but I heard this weird roaring sound coming from outside so I stepped outside to look what was going on and all I could see was trees falling over. I ran to the hall and got down. Somewhere near me a window was raised and the sound of trees and limbs break still gives me chills. Ended up killing my neighbor when it hit their house when something fell on her as they were in a hallway. It was like a EF1 or 2. The EF4 came within 100 yards or so later that afternoon but I wasn’t home for that one.
Our local news station was there doing some coverage on the first tornado and got stuck when they pulled to the side of the road in their big vehicle so they rode that second tornado out inside the vehicle.
Our local news station was there doing some coverage on the first tornado and got stuck when they pulled to the side of the road in their big vehicle so they rode that second tornado out inside the vehicle.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 12:42 pm to Pisco
I swear the last two weeks of April seem to bring tragedy in their wake.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 12:49 pm to NEALCD
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I live in NE AL and the early morning storms were coming through I was up fixing to leave to go to work.
The weather radio woke me up early that morning. I worked seconds, so I was always asleep when the girl I was dating/living with was up getting ready. I rolled out of bed and went to the living room. She had the tv on channel 31. I remember asking her, "What are you trying to do, get us all killed?". I turned it to 19, and the B crew was on because Dan was MIA for the biggest weather day of his career. That's when Brad Travis became my go-to. He still is, though when Jason Simpson (I call him Rain Man) took over at 19 I started flipping between both of them. I hate Simpson left the broadcast meteorology business. He's very good at it.
I'm convinced Satterfield went to the meetings in Nashville as a way to low-key interview for his future job in Oklahoma. I never cared for him much after that.
31 isn't as bad these days. They're still third on the list, though.
This post was edited on 4/27/22 at 2:34 pm
Posted on 4/27/22 at 1:43 pm to LegendInMyMind
Didn’t Dan end up doing some coverage via telephone from Nashville? Seems like I remember hearing that. We would be outside cleaning trees off our driveway and we would hear the tornado siren going off so we would hurry to get back to the radio to try to listen to someone to see where the storms were. There were so many storms going on it might be a few before you heard something about the storm impacting your area. It was just 2 or 3 of us trying to clean up 20-30 large trees on the driveway so we finally just gave up and went to my uncles storm shelter for the rest of the day. It’s crazy how far technology has come in just those 11 years.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 1:52 pm to Pisco
I created a thread for the tenth anniversary last year, which has an extensive synopsis of the event and a bunch of links to videos and other resources in the second post. I'm going to link that thread here for anyone who wants to look at it.
Tenth Anniversary of the 2011 Super Tornado Outbreak Thread
I highly recommend anyone with an interest in the event look at the thread. Not because it's mine, but because there are a lot of great resources and discussions in it.
Tenth Anniversary of the 2011 Super Tornado Outbreak Thread
I highly recommend anyone with an interest in the event look at the thread. Not because it's mine, but because there are a lot of great resources and discussions in it.
This post was edited on 4/27/22 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 4/27/22 at 1:56 pm to Bama Bird
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Debris carried for miles: at one point, I heard as far as Tennessee but no idea if that's actually true. My aunt in Gardendale (about 60 miles away) had a receipt from Tuscaloosa fall in her yard, along with a ton of insulation.
I live near Gardendale and had several papers that were from Tuscaloosa land in my yard. I still have them. I also have a large piece of sharp tin that landed in my yard. I kept it, too.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 1:57 pm to Caplewood
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Was living on 15th street at the University Downs at the time
My cousin was living in some apartments near there (maybe University Downs, I can't remember). He got out from under a mattress in the bathtub and walked into his bedroom to see a 4x4 post that went through the brick wall outside and was sticking through the sheetrock above his bed
Posted on 4/27/22 at 1:59 pm to Pisco
Today is my 50th birthday and last night I went to YouTube and searched April 27 to post an uplifting video...and ALL I got was tornado videos.
I commented on Facebook about it!
But at least the weather is PERFECT in Baton Rouge today...hopefully it is like this for Garth on Saturday
I commented on Facebook about it!
But at least the weather is PERFECT in Baton Rouge today...hopefully it is like this for Garth on Saturday
Posted on 4/27/22 at 2:06 pm to Pisco
I was in school at Bama at the time. We went out right after the tornado came through. Never seen anything like it. One weird thing I remember is the day after was an absolute beautiful day.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 2:08 pm to Pisco
Crazy this was that long ago!
Posted on 4/27/22 at 2:10 pm to Eat Your Crow
whole lot of nope nope nope on that day.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 2:16 pm to Bama Bird
My dad in Mt. Olive had plywood falling in his yard in this storm. He still has no idea where it got carried away from.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 2:21 pm to NEALCD
That early morning line of storms is often forgotten. A small tornado came through the Cahaba Heights area of Birmingham that morning. Wife’s company at the time had an office there and they were without power for over a week. The afternoon storms barely impacted Birmingham. It didn’t even rain at my house, while 10-15 miles away Pleasant Grove was getting leveled.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 2:25 pm to The Spleen
I worked in beautiful Hueytown at the time. Gracious,Concord about 5 miles west was knocked back to the stone age. Utter destruction.
Still sobering every early November when we come into Alberta City for the Alabama game and see how clear and wide open everything is.
Still sobering every early November when we come into Alberta City for the Alabama game and see how clear and wide open everything is.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 2:28 pm to NEALCD
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Didn’t Dan end up doing some coverage via telephone from Nashville?
He tried, but it was mostly new or very green mets doing 90% of the heavy lifting. Dan will never admit it, but he should have cancelled that trip. If it were just a seminar or meeting he probably would have, but the timing of him announcing he was leaving WHNT pretty much says that he was in Nashville to interview for another job.
I don't care for him, though anyone aspiring to enter the met field probably shouldn't badmouth the man, or really say anything negative about him.
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