Scott Weberpal
EF5
Preliminary rating of the Yazoo City tornado...
http://www.weather.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=MS&prodtype=public
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4/24/10 DISC: MS/AL
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Brian Stertz
EF5
From the looks of radar at the time, the tornado may have been more intense further southwest from Yazoo City towards the Mississippi River. This tornado had one of the bigger debris balls on radar I have ever seen...and was as defined as the OKC/Moore F5 one...in my opinion. This may have alot to do with the amount of trees it took out along its long path.
Kevin Askew
EF2
Just glad you guys are ok. Im guessing the storm speed and approach angle to vortex was factors? did ya guys also have trouble with GR data if ya was using it? Im curious. Great catch and Im glad you guys again are ok.
Kevin
Brian Stertz
EF5
Here's some video from Yazoo City on the inbound violent tornado...pretty serious and
it looked to be coming right at this guy.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100425/MULTIMEDIA/100425017/
it looked to be coming right at this guy.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100425/MULTIMEDIA/100425017/
mikegeukes
EF5
[FONT=lucida sans typewriter, lucida console, courier]PATH LENGTH: 97 MILES...THIS LENGTH WILL INCREASE AS MORE
DAMAGE IS SURVEYED EAST OF TODAY'S SURVEY
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1.75 MILES
RATING: EF4, WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 170 MPH
CASUALTIES: 10 TOTAL FATALITIES WITH DOZENS OF INJURIES
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http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KJAN/1004260230.nous44.html
DAMAGE IS SURVEYED EAST OF TODAY'S SURVEY
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1.75 MILES
RATING: EF4, WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 170 MPH
CASUALTIES: 10 TOTAL FATALITIES WITH DOZENS OF INJURIES
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http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KJAN/1004260230.nous44.html
Drew.Gardonia
despite 48 tornadoes over a 4 state region, I think much of the Southeast can be thankful that the sun didn't pop out in AL, TN, and KY and beat on the tops of those clouds in the late morning early afternoon. Had the cloud cover not been there, and the convection occured, yesterday could have been a lot worse, and quite possibly a record outbreak of tornadoes could have happened.
after seeing this, I think it might have been a blessing in disguise the Yazoo City cell dissipated before reaching Haleyville, AL where we were poised to intercept. preparing to intercept a mile wide tornado in extremely hilly terrain with little or no visibility and no high ground to get a good clear view would have been a recipe for disaster. all 3 of us (myself, brother, and father) could have easily been killed had that storm not broken up.
I will definitely keep West Central AL in mind as a place NOT TO CHASE!
Connor, glad to see you came out of that one unscathed. glad i'm not the one doing your laundry!
after seeing this, I think it might have been a blessing in disguise the Yazoo City cell dissipated before reaching Haleyville, AL where we were poised to intercept. preparing to intercept a mile wide tornado in extremely hilly terrain with little or no visibility and no high ground to get a good clear view would have been a recipe for disaster. all 3 of us (myself, brother, and father) could have easily been killed had that storm not broken up.
I will definitely keep West Central AL in mind as a place NOT TO CHASE!
Connor, glad to see you came out of that one unscathed. glad i'm not the one doing your laundry!
Dave Gallaher
EF5
Does anyone have a radar loop or screen captures of this storm? And how fast was it traveling in the Yazoo City vicinity?
Joshua Nall
EF4
Dave, the NWS stated the storm was moving at 55 mph.
There was debris falling and had fallen on the roadway as I approached Yazoo from the NNE on 49W . Only a few leaves in the air, but lots of leaves and very small branches with leaves on them all over the road. This was down a highway with fields on both sides, no trees near. Appeared to have drifted down and just settled all over the road... seeing this is the first real indications I had that a significant tornado had occurred/was occurring. Of course the NWS had been repeating the tornado emergency statement for around 20 minutes I'm guessing... maybe more.
I'm glad to hear the grlevel3 problem can be remedied with a subscription feed.. never had severe delays until yesterday. Trying to figure out where I was on the map and then looking on the NWS site radar to figure out the location of the storm was a bit difficult. It's a big deal when you are dealing with a nasty storm in low clouds, low visibility, trees, etc... I can see how folks had problems. I really don't remember what the storm looked like after it crossed the Mississippi river...other than what folks have posted so if anyone wants to share please do.
My "report" sounds a bit unfeeling now, compared to others. I was later than others I guess, as emergency personal was everywhere and within 5 or 10 minutes of my arrival there were so many cars on the highway (sight seers I assumed) that I felt a part of the problem. Which is why I decided to turn down highway 3 and head towards home. In all I only took about 10 pictures within the city and felt a bit uncomfortable doing that. Didn't see any residences with severe damage... Everyone I saw had a look of I can't believe that just happened, many looked relieved... some where laughing, but no one injured or panicked... need of assistance, etc.... Looking back, and seeing what other have posted, I'm sure if I had of searched for heartache I would have found some. But I wonder how residents feel about that. Obviously if I see someone in need of assistance, or a tornado had just leveled a house when someone might be inside you should check it out. But, unless folks are in real need of medical help as was the case in this situation... sometimes I think disaster victims had rather be left alone. There's different ways to look at it and seeing destruction of this magnitude... I've been thinking about it a lot today.
There was debris falling and had fallen on the roadway as I approached Yazoo from the NNE on 49W . Only a few leaves in the air, but lots of leaves and very small branches with leaves on them all over the road. This was down a highway with fields on both sides, no trees near. Appeared to have drifted down and just settled all over the road... seeing this is the first real indications I had that a significant tornado had occurred/was occurring. Of course the NWS had been repeating the tornado emergency statement for around 20 minutes I'm guessing... maybe more.
I'm glad to hear the grlevel3 problem can be remedied with a subscription feed.. never had severe delays until yesterday. Trying to figure out where I was on the map and then looking on the NWS site radar to figure out the location of the storm was a bit difficult. It's a big deal when you are dealing with a nasty storm in low clouds, low visibility, trees, etc... I can see how folks had problems. I really don't remember what the storm looked like after it crossed the Mississippi river...other than what folks have posted so if anyone wants to share please do.
My "report" sounds a bit unfeeling now, compared to others. I was later than others I guess, as emergency personal was everywhere and within 5 or 10 minutes of my arrival there were so many cars on the highway (sight seers I assumed) that I felt a part of the problem. Which is why I decided to turn down highway 3 and head towards home. In all I only took about 10 pictures within the city and felt a bit uncomfortable doing that. Didn't see any residences with severe damage... Everyone I saw had a look of I can't believe that just happened, many looked relieved... some where laughing, but no one injured or panicked... need of assistance, etc.... Looking back, and seeing what other have posted, I'm sure if I had of searched for heartache I would have found some. But I wonder how residents feel about that. Obviously if I see someone in need of assistance, or a tornado had just leveled a house when someone might be inside you should check it out. But, unless folks are in real need of medical help as was the case in this situation... sometimes I think disaster victims had rather be left alone. There's different ways to look at it and seeing destruction of this magnitude... I've been thinking about it a lot today.
Kevin Crawmer
EF2
cdcollura
EF5
Good day all,
Although about 3-5 miles NNW of the tornado (barely visible from my vantage point), I noticed numerous small twigs and leaves across the road (Highway 49), and falling out of the sky (not from the trees from the sides)!
This was at approximately the 11:40 AM CDT time frame. I was in the supercell core with east and southeast winds over 70 MPH before I hung back (for safety) and realizing I had rather stale radar data of the storm.
Video link is up and running at YouTube below...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eYNwjZlzkc
By the way, on a far more sobering note, hat's off to all (chasing or not) who took the time to stop and help the town of Yazoo City, even the TVN team was there! I myself spent as much time as I could to help with clearing debris and comforting with some of the locals there.
Chasers sometimes are placed in first-response mode when something like this happens, and we all hope we do not see this again in 2010. It was enough to water my eyes driving back to DFW to fly out early morning back to FL on the 25th ;-(
Although about 3-5 miles NNW of the tornado (barely visible from my vantage point), I noticed numerous small twigs and leaves across the road (Highway 49), and falling out of the sky (not from the trees from the sides)!
This was at approximately the 11:40 AM CDT time frame. I was in the supercell core with east and southeast winds over 70 MPH before I hung back (for safety) and realizing I had rather stale radar data of the storm.
Video link is up and running at YouTube below...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eYNwjZlzkc
By the way, on a far more sobering note, hat's off to all (chasing or not) who took the time to stop and help the town of Yazoo City, even the TVN team was there! I myself spent as much time as I could to help with clearing debris and comforting with some of the locals there.
Chasers sometimes are placed in first-response mode when something like this happens, and we all hope we do not see this again in 2010. It was enough to water my eyes driving back to DFW to fly out early morning back to FL on the 25th ;-(
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David Yoho
EF1
The link below shows a video of a local band that got caught in the tornado and flipped their truck. Video was captured on a cell phone...so not the best quality, but you can still hear and see some of the results.
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12373065
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12373065
Alex Lamers
EF4
Does anyone have a Top 10/20 list of longest tornado tracks in US History? Or perhaps even modern US History (since ~1950)?
I'm just curious to see a list and where this Yazoo City tornado will eventually stack up (once they finalize the track and everything).
I tried Google, but it let me down
Thanks in advance.
AJL
I'm just curious to see a list and where this Yazoo City tornado will eventually stack up (once they finalize the track and everything).
I tried Google, but it let me down
Thanks in advance.
AJL
Mike Smith
Tom Grazulis may have it.
Brandi Davison
As a resident of that area I resent that remark....ok maybe not
Way too many hills and trees and visibility is terrible here!I headed out to Cordova today to see what I could of what the NWS has rated an EF2. A few quick damage pics...
http://jbkdavison.shutterfly.com/837
http://jbkdavison.shutterfly.com/838
http://jbkdavison.shutterfly.com/839
http://jbkdavison.shutterfly.com/840
Marcus Opitz
EF2
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The videos and photos posted of the many storms in MS and AL remind me why I miss chasing in KS and vicinity. Many of these tornados were barely visible to me when viewing other peoples photos. I have to hand it to many of you guys that were able to make an intercept and come out unscathed. I think the SPC's high risk was spot on..
