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Severe March 2-4 Severe weather Threat

according to willimington nc nws chat nothing severe on the storm near georgetown had a gust or 2 near 25mph and non impressive lighting
 
dsaur said:
El K is down in Perry. El K, you alright?
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We’re good, Tony. Thanks for checking. That couplet was less than 10 miles away from me, but it weakened as it continued through our county (Houston). Other counties near us (Peach and Crawford) appeared to take the brunt of the damage. Definitely one of the most active severe weather days I’ve seen since moving here in 1998.
 
Snowfan said:
NWS Birmingham said it was EF3+
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I think it was Fred Gossage I was talking to a good number of years back and not to be morbid but you can usually tell a lot about strength from fatalities. While a EF0-EF3 can kill you, it normally takes a EF4 or greater to kill so many so quickly. I cant remember the exact stats but a much higher percentage of deaths were from EF4s and EF5 than the others.
 
Storm5 said:
Yeah I’m on this side of the fence . Right now in this moment the strength classification is completely irrelevant


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Stay safe, Charlie, and if there is a bona fide relief link once things pass, please post it ...

We've got damage and folks in AL and GA and maybe FL ... all are going to need assistance

Phil
 
Its not really even kicked off the normal severe weather season for deep south... i fear this is going to be a very bad season with just how active the gulf been already off to a terrible start
 
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malak05 said:
Its not really even kicked off the normal severe weather season for deep south... i fear this is going to be a very bad season with just how active the gulf been already off to a terrible start
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It does have that feel too it. What a front. This hot to cold stuff is no good
 
Jimmy Hypocracy said:
For posterity. When we look back at this thread everyone should remember that a Winter storm thread was almost started a week prior for the same event. Wild
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And that the NAM says its gonna snow in Lee County on Tuesday...... that probably won't verify, but it just goes to show you how crazy and unpredictable weather really is
 
El Kabong said:
We’re good, Tony. Thanks for checking. That couplet was less than 10 miles away from me, but it weakened as it continued through our county (Houston). Other counties near us (Peach and Crawford) appeared to take the brunt of the damage. Definitely one of the most active severe weather days I’ve seen since moving here in 1998.
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Good to hear, my friend! Got pounded with rain, but very little thunder except at the outset here. I never liked spring. To dangerous :)
 
This has to be the most deadly individual tornado in what at least 5 years? Absolutely horrible hearing the reports.
 
Arcc said:
The amazing part is to think what would have happened if the Euro was correct days ago with the surface low in TN and the warm front in northern AL/GA.
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Doing a little thinking about this and now Im not sure it would have been worse. Really the event probably was about as bad as it could get. Without a EML it would have probably had much more junk convection up north. The surface low being across central AL probably provided the lift needed to fire convection across southern AL/GA while the warm front provided the extra helicity. Then being closer to the gulf provided the moisture flow despite the lack of the EML and junk convection.

If the system was farther north, it would have still been nasty, but I dont think it would have matched today.
 
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