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Severe Severe Threat April 5th-7th

Hot'Lanta looks to be rockin', but by and large (let's hope) this is now a study, rather than a classroom experience ... ;)
 
pcbjr said:
Hot'Lanta looks to be rockin', but by and large (let's hope) this is now a study, rather than a classroom experience ... ;)
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How many hooks or hook like structures can you spot?
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We've had a number of school systems around here close early several days, then all day today, and not a drop of rain during any of it. Complacency is a concern going forward for sure.
 
Stormlover said:
We've had a number of school systems around here close early several days, then all day today, and not a drop of rain during any of it. Complacency is a concern going forward for sure.
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Definitely. This one may have been the final straw, twice this week with a moderate that should have been a slight. I hope this doesn't create dangerous situations with either schools not believing it or with the SPC under warning from here.
 
To be fair the Monday system in east Georgia was pretty decent severe wise. I don't remember what the maps had for that but an enhanced seems right for there in retrospect.
 
Phillip l said:
Definitely. This one may have been the final straw, twice this week with a moderate that should have been a slight. I hope this doesn't create dangerous situations with either schools not believing it or with the SPC under warning from here.
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For the governor of Alabama to declare a state of emergency that early also shows that people aren't going to trust the governments as much too. Making calls to early isn't smart, even if it means faster relief.
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Holy hail
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Wow, that's huge.
 
Holy train of storms right now in Dallas,GA absolutely pouring rain and a lightning show to end the day.. Rain numbers are gonna be pretty good for drought around here.
 
Stormlover said:
We've had a number of school systems around here close early several days, then all day today, and not a drop of rain during any of it. Complacency is a concern going forward for sure.
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absolutely, on my microscale experience, I can say for sure that is the chatter around here in the Huntsville area.
 
That seems about right. I may still see a major thunderstorm sometime late but the tornado threat is over this far east.
 
That forecast strong/severe thunderstorm line seems like it's really forming now. Just isn't going to be as strong as thought and I wonder if...it gets as far east as here at all.
 
Seems like things have died down a lot compared to earlier today. Only in the slight chance now. Seems the wedge was underestimated again here.
 
Brick Tamland said:
Seems like things have died down a lot compared to earlier today. Only in the slight chance now. Seems the wedge was underestimated again here.
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You're being wedged in by southerly winds at 12 mph.
 
WRAL still really talking up the severe chance here, though. Saying the storms will be between 2 and 10 a.m., some will be rotating storms and wouldn't be surprised to have tornado warnings, and the atmosphere could become unstable again after the rain we had tonight moves out.
 
Looks like they've also extended the tornado watch for another hour around the Atlanta area. This thing just won't stop.
 
Wow. What a great squall line. One of the best I have seen in years. Amazing light show with some small hail. Lasted a good 15 mins too.
 
Brick Tamland said:
WRAL still really talking up the severe chance here, though. Saying the storms will be between 2 and 10 a.m., some will be rotating storms and wouldn't be surprised to have tornado warnings, and the atmosphere could become unstable again after the rain we had tonight moves out.
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NAMs really drive dews up ahead of the front. It looks like we might develop an inversion overnight and any cells that we get will be elevated but that's speculative on my part. I could still see a few decent storms for the morning rush but I think that MCS pushing off the EC lessened the threat a bit

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SD said:
NAMs really drive dews up ahead of the front. It looks like we might develop an inversion overnight and any cells that we get will be elevated but that's speculative on my part. I could still see a few decent storms for the morning rush but I think that MCS pushing off the EC lessened the threat a bit

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Hate to say it, but if we don't get any bad storms, folks are going to be saying WRAL cried wolf big time.
 
Not surprised this didn't perform as well as forecast by the SPC. Same ol' situation, just a different time of the year. Large-scale isentropic upglide/ascent almost always is underestimated by high resolution short range guidance wrt precipitation on its northern flank...
 
Storm5 said:
Post front winds are crazy . I've had a peak gust of 47
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Probably because the warm front is compressed against the cold front. TEC was showing the frontal boundaries, and the warm front that should have moved North never made it past Macon, so the temperature differences are creating the higher winds. Meanehile, we had a nice heavy rain here to end this event. Overall, I believe we got near 2 inches, which is a great hit to the drought.
 
Whoo hoo! Looks like it's finally past me. I've been riding the radar and this forum since 6 am, I'm ready for a beak!

Thanks again everyone for making the day entertaining. Hope all of you on the coast are ok through the night.
 
Anyone know where the strong winds are? Are they right behind the cold front or the dry line? I have seen people claiming gust to 50 mph and was just wondering.
 
Man, just hearing the thunder to my north and west is pretty cool... There's a pretty rough cell going through Jackson Co. right now...
 
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