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Severe Severe Threat Dec 10-12 2021

Devastating and heartbreaking seeing the images and updates this morning. Thinking how a town may have to prep for nearly a 100 funerals over the coming days as we head to Christmas, really heartbreaking ? Praying for all involved.

Btw all of you that tracked this, stayed up all hours, sharing data, information, tweets, updates etc.... thank you. There's really not a better source of info, especially in real time, than right here ?
 


Wow! Always wondered what a water tower would look like if it took a direct hit. Unbelievably sad what this town is going though right before the Christmas holiday.
 
Brent said:
I dunno I mean I was convinced Tuscaloosa was an EF5 so I'm gonna say I'll believe it when I see it

If someone can show something EF5 worthy though please do. It's not gonna be a normal structure
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That tornadic storm actually had the potential to be rated ef5 I read multiple studies it supposedly strengthened over wooded areas either right after Tuscaloosa or after getting out of Birmingham can't remember which. But they had a hard time telling the rating because there's not as many damage markers to judge strength by when it's in wooded areas
 
EF5? I have not seen anything yet (granted, I've seen maybe 1% of the damage) that looked obvious EF5 damage. The damage in Mayfield is incredible, but the landscape has standing buildings all over the place, even directly in the path. Overturned cars are not unrecognizable scrap piles. Granulization of debris is not obvious. They may well find some of these indicators, and more, but it's not obvious in Mayfield at first light. But the surveys will take days/weeks to complete on this very long track storm and will be interesting to see what is uncovered. Historic storm, without a doubt. Just a reminder to never downplay a winter threat... ever.
 
Zander98al said:
That tornadic storm actually had the potential to be rated ef5 I read multiple studies it supposedly strengthened over wooded areas either right after Tuscaloosa or after getting out of Birmingham can't remember which. But they had a hard time telling the rating because there's not as many damage markers to judge strength by when it's in wooded areas
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Yeah just like El Reno had 300 mph winds on radar but the damage was only EF3
 
Does anyone know for sure if last night's Bowling Green tornado is the same one that hit (or near missed) Fort Campbell? If so, that one initiated in West Tennessee and has a very long track as well. 150+ miles. Maybe multiple tornadoes, same parent cell???
 
Brent said:
It's definitely got a shot
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Yeah... man. That's awful. Don't know anything about the pic or its context, but there's a pretty good chance they are going to find EF5 damage with a look like that. Makes me sick for those people. The city is getting all of the attention but that's only a small fraction of the damage path.
 
Runing around outside smoking butts. How we looking Triad today. 5pmish line come through? Prayers for folks out in KY. That dont look good what yall have posted.
 
Think by now we could illuminate these tornadoes and follow them with drones capable of sounding alarms. The only tornado I faced caused the tv to freeze and no phone signal. Thankfully it was daylight but still couldn’t see it due to terrain and trees. This tornado was in the dark and I’m sure networks went down and left some without warnings.
 
It's amazing how the US has so many more violent tornadoes than any other country. 62 F5 tornadoes across the world since 1950 and 59 of them in the US.
 
Zander98al said:
Tornado warning just south of Montgomery!View attachment 97518
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I was playing madden when I got the alert on my phone, wasn’t expecting that at all. The rotation actually went right overhead but nothing dropped, didn’t even get windy really.

Looking back to the west towards MS, I see a lot of cells, might be a wac a mole type day.
 
Dewpoint Dan said:
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NWTENN said:
After seeing this and brett adair's pics on twitter, I'm now thinking I'll be surprised if they don't find EF5 damage, and find it quickly.
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Yea from what I’ve seen from Twitter this is definitely a high 4 or 5. So sad to see and I really wish building codes would mandate safe rooms in certain states.
 
Cell southwest of the tornado warned one is rotating pretty good. Cells are in favorable positions. Tiny BWER on the cell directly south of Montgomery. Screenshot_20211211-102339.pngScreenshot_20211211-102334.png
 
The footage from Mayfield, KY is unbelievable. Not only was this a violent tornado in terms of wind speed, but the area it covered was very wide, too, and it stayed on the ground for a long time.
 
May be a CC drop kind've cluttered. Wish I could see the Montgomery cam facing south.
 
How high will the death toll be seems to be the other question right now. The deadliest tornado in Kentucky history killed 76 and the toll in 1974 was in the 70sScreenshot_20211211-103008.png
 
Brent said:
How high will the death toll be seems to be the other question right now. The deadliest tornado in Kentucky history killed 76 and the toll in 1974 was in the 70sView attachment 97521
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You just don't see a lot of high death toll events like you used to. Technology and warning systems make it very difficult to have a high death toll, fortunately. By the way, did this storm have a warning in place before it hit Mayfield ?
 
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