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re: Tornado! Bama - State of Emergency - High Risk Portions of GA & SC
Posted on 4/5/17 at 8:06 am to dawgfan24348
Posted on 4/5/17 at 8:06 am to dawgfan24348
Tornado warning in Washington and Clarke County Alabama. Near Mobile. This shite is everywhere today.
Posted on 4/5/17 at 8:23 am to CarolinaGamecock99
I hope the sun does not come out after this first round passes Atlanta. Do not need extra energy to help this out
Posted on 4/5/17 at 8:27 am to Rhino5
Think it's all gonna stay south of me, but when I first read Nashville...
Posted on 4/5/17 at 8:49 am to CommunityCollegeFTW
Good grief... NWS calling on spotters & chasers to call in reports because multiple radars are offline.
Posted on 4/5/17 at 8:50 am to CommunityCollegeFTW
On days like today, it feels like NWS just slaps a tornado warning on every cell that comes through. I know they probably don't have a choice, but I worry about people largely disregarding them. We've already had 1-2 warnings for Fulton today, and people just don't really react to them at all.
Posted on 4/5/17 at 8:52 am to Pettifogger
It looks like 2 radars in SE Bama are down and one in South GA.
This post was edited on 4/5/17 at 8:56 am
Posted on 4/5/17 at 8:54 am to Scoop
Perfect day to be traveling to Atlanta. O well. Work calls. Yippy.
Posted on 4/5/17 at 9:12 am to BeauxPete
ok Gumps, Barners, UGs, Cocks et al... stay safe out there
Posted on 4/5/17 at 9:14 am to Pettifogger
I get it and I don't. I'd rather have a warning and it turn out fine than visa versa. End of the day, it's up the people to not be stupid
But having multiple radars down is BAD
But having multiple radars down is BAD
Posted on 4/5/17 at 9:18 am to Pettifogger
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and people just don't really react to them at all.
Guilty. I get that they have to, but it's almost like the little boy who cried wolf.
Posted on 4/5/17 at 9:21 am to BeauxPete
I've been browsing the ATL flightaware map this morning and wow, there's flights circling above Tenn, Miss, South Carolina, pretty much all over with tons of diversions already. Would not want to be flying through ATL today, stay safe everyone
Posted on 4/5/17 at 9:23 am to sloopy
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Guilty. I get that they have to, but it's almost like the little boy who cried wolf.
which is why the weather people MUST show the tornado when possible
like either through storm chasers... or... like I did for Sunday's Alexandria, LA tornado... find it on a traffic camera
Posted on 4/5/17 at 9:29 am to rds dc
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ABC 33/40 News Retweeted
Charles Daniel? @CharlesDanielWx 5m5 minutes ago
Ugh.. Sunshine breaking out over West AL. Not good for later today. #alwx
Posted on 4/5/17 at 9:30 am to CommunityCollegeFTW
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I get it and I don't. I'd rather have a warning and it turn out fine than visa versa. End of the day, it's up the people to not be stupid
I assume the people issuing warnings have parameters and are just doing what they're supposed to do. But obviously we're going to have a bunch of tornado warnings today that don't come to fruition (a good thing), and I think the "overwarning" is just a byproduct that can have some negative impacts.
I do question whether given the conduciveness for tornadoes today, they're a little more willing to issue the warnings, but I have no first hand knowledge of how that works.
Posted on 4/5/17 at 9:31 am to Pettifogger
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I do question whether given the conduciveness for tornadoes today, they're a little more willing to issue the warnings, but I have no first hand knowledge of how that works.
And several business/school closures.
Posted on 4/5/17 at 9:32 am to MrLarson
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ABC 33/40 News Retweeted
Charles Daniel? @CharlesDanielWx 5m5 minutes ago
Ugh.. Sunshine breaking out over West AL. Not good for later today. #alwx
yeah I was looking at the clearing coming from Mississippi
would seem like a great thing... but nope
just going to feed the instability for round 2 this afternoon
Posted on 4/5/17 at 9:32 am to sloopy
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Guilty. I get that they have to, but it's almost like the little boy who cried wolf.
I see it going both ways. I pay attention to the weather and warnings pretty closely, but I also look at radar and ignore warnings when they're in my county but 20 miles away.
Some people ignore them altogether. Some people freak out in south fulton county for a warning 40 miles away in Alpharetta.
Posted on 4/5/17 at 9:35 am to Rhino5
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And several business/school closures.
I was curious why Alabama was so willing to do that while it hasn't really happened here in GA. We're on spring break in the metro (a lot of areas), but it seems like this has happened before (Alabama closing schools while GA doesn't).
Typically I view central/north Alabama up through Rome GA as the hotspot for long track tornadic potential, but it seems like the area of concern is a lot bigger than that today. Timing maybe?
Posted on 4/5/17 at 9:36 am to Pettifogger
Almost all the surrounding counties near Columbus are shut down today
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