- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Coaching Changes
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: The 12 year EF5 tornado drought has been busted
Posted on 10/6/25 at 1:33 pm to rt3
Posted on 10/6/25 at 1:33 pm to rt3
quote:
In case you want to know what terror in the night looks like... here's an image of our newest EF-5 tornado
Well, the structure of the thunderstorm that created the tornado. You can't see the tornado itself in that video.
This post was edited on 10/6/25 at 1:45 pm
2
Posted on 10/6/25 at 1:34 pm to rt3
Question for resident OT weather experts:
Is that entire wall cloud reaching the ground as a giant tornado? Or is what's pictured a wall cloud, and there's a smaller (relatively speaking obviously) tornado underneath which can't be seen in the picture?
ETA: never mind, I see TBoat's reply above me
Is that entire wall cloud reaching the ground as a giant tornado? Or is what's pictured a wall cloud, and there's a smaller (relatively speaking obviously) tornado underneath which can't be seen in the picture?
ETA: never mind, I see TBoat's reply above me
This post was edited on 10/6/25 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 10/6/25 at 1:43 pm to Baers Foot
I would have liked to see this one during the day. It's a pretty incredible structure. That's a hell of a shelf and you can see the meso too.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 2:11 pm to The Boat
the Tornado that hit Eagle Point south of Birmingham a few years ago I could see from my apartment balcony and watched it. that is the closest one on the ground I have had, but i have had several funnels pass over before. not a good feeling
Posted on 10/6/25 at 2:14 pm to LegendInMyMind
I drove around the part of Mississippi that got hit by an F5 tornado back in 2011 just a few days after it happened. It honestly looked like a nuclear bomb had been detonated. Entire forests of mature trees just demolished into toothpicks on the ground. Brick houses just completely flattened. Cars, machines, etc turned into scrap metal. It was like a scene from a post-apocalypse movie.
I will never underestimate a tornado after seeing that devastation.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 2:17 pm to LegendInMyMind
Hurricanes have more destructive power over a larger area, but at leas you get a warning.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 3:03 pm to LegendInMyMind
A loaded railcar weighs 260,000 pounds. That said, a normal automobile doesn't stand chance.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 3:37 pm to auwaterfowler
quote:
I live on Sand Mountain in NE AL. There have been 3 confirmed tornadoes within 1/2 mile of our home since 2009, including one this year (Not adding that to the Zillow profile if we ever sell). Thankfully, none were very strong and none directly hit us. One was very close and destroyed all our pool furniture, a new gas grill and the shingles on my roof. The EF-5 in 2011 was about 5 miles away.
Sand Mountain magic. That terrain can goose storms and help with lift to get things rolling after they've died down as they move into the area. Y'all don't get as many long runners as the counties to your west, Lawrence, Limestone, and Madison, but you can never trust a storm coming into your area. A lot of people have dropped their guard as they watched a tornadic storm weaken headed east only to be surprised when it wraps back up in those hills and hollers.
This post was edited on 10/6/25 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 10/6/25 at 3:42 pm to The Boat
quote:
Well, the structure of the thunderstorm that created the tornado. You can't see the tornado itself in that video.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 3:45 pm to The Boat
quote:
Well, the structure of the thunderstorm that created the tornado. You can't see the tornado itself in that video.
4/27/11, I didn't have to he able to see the Hackleburg/Phil Campbell/Tanner tornado on the ground as I watched it cross the Tennessee River to know what was under it. That is the most impressive storm I've ever seen. The whole meso was scraping the ground as if you could almost reach out and touch the clouds. I was maybe 2.5 miles to its south as it crossed the river. I remember the clouds changing colors as it crossed the river.
The thought to record or take pics never crossed my mind. Neither I nor a coworker even reached for our phones. A minute or so later and power was out everywhere after it took out the high tension power lines on the other side of the river.
This post was edited on 10/6/25 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 10/6/25 at 4:03 pm to LegendInMyMind
Kind of anticlimactic that the rating came out 3 months after the fact.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 4:59 pm to AUFANATL
quote:I saw the ground scouring with my own two eyes. It looked like a D7 with a ripper went through the field, and what's astonishing is that tornado was moving 70mph when it did it. It's some of the most extreme ground scouring ever documented from a tornado, and the ground was hard packed red clay in a hay/cattle field with extreme hardpan, compacted soil.
I drove around the part of Mississippi that got hit by an F5 tornado back in 2011 just a few days after it happened. It honestly looked like a nuclear bomb had been detonated. Entire forests of mature trees just demolished into toothpicks on the ground. Brick houses just completely flattened. Cars, machines, etc turned into scrap metal. It was like a scene from a post-apocalypse movie.
I will never underestimate a tornado after seeing that devastation.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 5:15 pm to Chucktown_Badger
quote:
you live in Oklahoma or something?
I spent a couple years in OKC. My description of Oklahoma: ice storms in the winter and tornados the rest of the year, nature is constantly trying to kill you.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 8:31 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:
It is the first EF5 since the Moore, OK tornado on May 20, 2013.
Is this the part when I say, “I dispute this”.
Posted on 10/6/25 at 11:08 pm to Pisco
quote:
Is this the part when I say, “I dispute this”.
As do I. Mayfield was an EF5.
Posted on 10/7/25 at 12:14 pm to Pisco
Posted on 10/7/25 at 1:08 pm to rt3
Holy shite, that video is nightmare fuel
Posted on 10/7/25 at 1:27 pm to CatfishJohn
quote:
I was a 3-wood away from potentially complete destruction in both cases.
The way I was hitting my 3 wood yesterday, it would've been right on top of you.
Page 2 of 2
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News