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re: Severe Weather: May 19-20, 2025
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:34 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:34 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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The NW Alabama storm produced a tornado for at least a short time.
That's even in doubt per local coverage. County EMA is saying there was never a tornado down.
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:36 pm to LegendInMyMind
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That's even in doubt per local coverage. County EMA is saying there was never a tornado down.
Interesting. I was basing that on the second warning which said it was a confirmed tornado at 12:07 PM. There’s probably not a lot of good sources for ground truth there.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:37 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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Interesting. I was basing that on the second warning which said it was a confirmed tornado at 12:07 PM. There’s probably not a lot of good sources for ground truth there.
Now they have a pic of a funnel on WAFF 48. Can't tell if it was ever down.
ETA: From back in the Waterloo area.
This post was edited on 5/20/25 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:39 pm to LegendInMyMind
TN Valley Weather just read a report saying a trained spotter has eyes on it and nothing is down right now.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:42 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Yeah, it looked its best (as far as the terrible coverage there can show) back in Waterloo. That's where a couple of funnel cloud pictures were taken.
A similar rotating storm came right over my house last week. The whole storm/heavy rain shower was rotating. No lightning and not much wind, but it was spinning like a top.
A similar rotating storm came right over my house last week. The whole storm/heavy rain shower was rotating. No lightning and not much wind, but it was spinning like a top.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:42 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Damn that cell sort of blew up out of nothing. I watched it when it was just south of here, went from nothing to a decent thunderstorm to now that without even moving that quickly
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:45 pm to Wishnitwas1998
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Wishnitwas1998
Who can/do you get for local coverage? Your area is just in a hole for everything weather related.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:47 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:48 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Waterspout......doesn't count! 
ETA: That's a joke. It is clearly a "tornadic waterspout".
ETA: That's a joke. It is clearly a "tornadic waterspout".
This post was edited on 5/20/25 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:50 pm to LegendInMyMind
It looks like we at least had a touch down on water. Hopefully it didn’t hit anything on land.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:50 pm to LegendInMyMind
And again......sending the damn pic to Spann does no one in the area any good. The local on-air met couldn't show that pic because the person didn't give permission. So, it didn't get shown on air. But, by God......James Spann got it and shared it!
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:51 pm to LegendInMyMind
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but radar is shite in that area
absolutely absurd these holes still exist given the unimaginable piles of money we spend on such less important things quote:
Who can/do you get for local coverage? Your area is just in a hole for everything weather related.
Memphis News covers us relatively ok
Tennessee Valley weather is probably the best but not by a ton
As mentioned biggest problem is radar coverage, they can want to cover us all they want to but without data not much you can do
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:52 pm to LegendInMyMind
Any time I send a weather pic to Spann or other broadcast mets, I always make sure to also send it to the local NWS office of wherever I am.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:54 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:57 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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Any time I send a weather pic to Spann or other broadcast mets, I always make sure to also send it to the local NWS office of wherever I am.
Man, it is so aggravating. People in Michigan and St. Louis send pics and video to James fricking Spann and never even consider it is a hell of a lot more useful to local mets and NWS offices. It is nothing but an attention grab at that point, and it helps no one.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:58 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Yes my FB feed is going nuts over the videos and stuff from that tornado on the river (water spout I guess?)
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:59 pm to LegendInMyMind
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The local on-air met
Your point generally applies but here given the coverage vacuum it doesn't really matter
ETA: unspecific damage reported by Lauderdale County EMA
This post was edited on 5/20/25 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 5/20/25 at 1:25 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Posted on 5/20/25 at 1:32 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
This set up is NOT fricking good
The cell northeast of Clarksdale has scary potential
The cell northeast of Clarksdale has scary potential
This post was edited on 5/20/25 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 5/20/25 at 1:32 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
We watched three hours of continuous news coverage in NWA last night including the Fayetteville/Huntsville tornadoes. The storm chasers on the ground made it feel like watching Twisters irl.
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