2011-04-27 NOW: LA, MS, AL, TN

[BBauer]

Cell Headed for Shuqualak seems very dangerous, here is the latest scan showing strong rotation still...

Tornado Emergency Issued for the above cell...


242 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON...NOXUBEE AND NORTHERN KEMPER COUNTIES...

...THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR THE WARNED AREA...

AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO.
REPORTS OF DAMAGE ARE OCCURRING AT THIS TIME NEAR PHILADELPHIA AND
NEAR BOND. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NANIH WAIYA

 

[Andrew de la Garza]

Cullman is in trouble.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ABC-33-40-Main

Absolutely mindblowing multivortex structure on that thing... HoF quality tornado video in the making...

 

[Michael Nicolaou]

Cullman is in trouble.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ABC-33-40-Main

Amazing horizontal vortices being shown on this tornado

Impacting downtown cullman

 

[BBauer]

Houston and Macon MS directly in the crosshairs....strong couplets on both cells! Very dangerous situations across the south.

 

[Drew.Gardonia]

headed southbound on 65, heading towards Florence, AL with Adam Reagan, Jesse Hines, and Jennifer Hines. major supercell initiation underway in ERN MS moving into WRN AL, plan to intercept west of Florence as of now, but that may change when we cross into AL. Multiple tor-warned cells along the ERN MS/WRN AL border. helicity and ehi values are all capping out on twisterdata's RUC run for 19Z, storm motions expected to be at 50-75 knots, these will be extremely fast moving and hard to follow. our goal is to get south of them as they move NW, and follow them.

 

[BBauer]

Cell that caused damage in Cullman headed for Guntersville. According to ABC 33/40 the tornado can still be seen headed there...here is a recent scan showing a strong couplet...

 

[jshields]

intense couplet going right over Arab, AL with confirmed large and dangerous tornado on the ground.

TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 319 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO ABOUT NEAR ARAB...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.



large tornado has gone through Hackleburg, AL. again very intense couplet went right over the town. Apparently EMS has been called into Hackleburg. debris ball can be seen on radar heading towards Phil Campbell

 

[Steve Dedman]

G2G now showing on SRV 5* SW of Union Grove in Marshall Co. AL. VERY pronounced hook on base mode. TOR Emergency declared by WFO Huntsville.

 

[Warren Faidley]

[FONT=lucida sans typewriter, lucida console, courier]Anyone chasing.. consider the forward speed... very dangerous spotting and chase situation....

This just in....


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 319 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO ABOUT NEAR ARAB...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
HEBRON.
COLUMBUS CITY.
GRANT.
WOODVILLE.
LIM ROCK.
LARKINSVILLE.
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[Billy Griffin]

Absolutely amazing; to see 13 individual supercells by themselves! Chasing will be so difficult due to storm speeds ~ 50mph.

 

[BBauer]

Cell south of Russellville, AL looking impressive in velocity and shape...Tornado Emergency issued for this cell

 

[Warren Faidley]

Looking at the larger picture and current trajectories, Huntsville and Birmingham could be in danger within the next 2 hours.

W.

 

[Joe Acord]

I hope there are plenty of chasers that have called off their chases to assist with damaged cities. I am sure the cell that hit the town of Jolly did crazy damage.

 

[Timothy Schaffer]

Brett Adair was on a very large tornado east of pickensville. He's in some trees though now.

http://weather.wdtinc.com/popout/index.php?M=13192&C=20643&O=10216

edited...looks like he's gotten behind it and I doubt he'll be able to catch up

 

[jshields]

what's making this even more dangerous is the fact that storms went through these areas this morning took out power and communication in many areas. the weather radio transmitter was taken out in alabama i believe, so it's possible people won't be getting warnings. also some areas are getting hit multiple times this afternoon by confirmed tornadoes

Reform, AL is taking a direct hit right now. amazing couplet going right through town. violent tornado with a storm headed towards tuscaloosa, AL in about an hour.