Matthew Crowther
EF3
Saw a tornado briefly SE of Clarksville, TN but due to terrain lost it quickly, no photos. Good supercell structure earlier SE of Paducah, KY. Otherwise, it became too messy.
2024-05-08 EVENT: TX/OK/AR/IL/MO/TN/OH/KY
- Thread starter Matthew Crowther
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Jeff House
Supporter
Yeah Matt we know how in the South it's hard to stay on a good cell, from the terrain to roads going the wrong direction.
Apparently I was right about the southern boundary, but it took until evening. North Alabama and parts of Tennessee had a rough evening, mostly on the southern outflow boundary. WF acted as forecast earlier in the day.
Still I could hardly believe the radar around 9pm Eastern. Shrimp and kidney beans were everywhere in North Alabama, southern Tennessee and northwest Georgia. Most were rotating. Finally got the 15% at 20Z.
Apparently I was right about the southern boundary, but it took until evening. North Alabama and parts of Tennessee had a rough evening, mostly on the southern outflow boundary. WF acted as forecast earlier in the day.
Still I could hardly believe the radar around 9pm Eastern. Shrimp and kidney beans were everywhere in North Alabama, southern Tennessee and northwest Georgia. Most were rotating. Finally got the 15% at 20Z.
James Wilson
EF5
Same here Matt and I had a blast going up/down hills around Big Rock LOL. Clarksville is the worse town to get around in especially when storms have already came through. It was a tough chase with little to show for it but I enjoyed it overall. It's likely going to be a long time until I go back chasing near there LOL.
Matthew Crowther
EF3
Interesting day, From what I gather there were maybe only a handful of significant tornadoes, Marysville KY, and east of Huntsville, AL the two most prominent examples. We crossed the damage path on I-65 east of Marysville. The ratio of tornado warnings to actual tornadoes may be pretty low, even after we get the surveys. Not blaming NWS, I think storm interactions prevented a lot of the supercells from really planting, also LL hear was fairly weak, we never were in very strong surface winds
