Deadly Tornadoes

[Kevin Askew]

Im just giving opinion of me & a professional forecaster. Our stats seem to be increasing.
Kevin

 

[Walker Ashley]

Your perception is increasing, not the stats.

 

[Dan Robinson]

April 3-4, 1974
April 11, 1965
March 31, 1973
April 8, 1957

and so on.

 

[Justin E. Reed]

Hailing from Middle Tennessee, it has seemed more tornadoes are occuring in the East. Many of the recent tornadoes show the biggest rend that always has been here in the South, nighttime. The Enterprise tornado is about the strongest one to hit the South in the day in a long time. Also, the fact that limestone is very dominant makes it very difficult for cellars to be built, because most Southern areas you can't dig more than a foot before you hit bedrock, and in some areas, you have barely 1 inch of topsoil. We also have to seasons, and the seasons usually conincide with standard time, allowing more nighttime. Perfect examples of midnight tornadoes are Jan 1999 in Clarksville and Jackson,TN , the F-5s in Alabama in 1974, April 8,1998, Feb 23,1998 and Feb 2,2007 are perhaps the most recognizable outbreaks. Perhaps the biggest factor is forest cover, yes the South is becoming more dense, but it you threw a dart, your likely to land in some nonchalant locale or the woods. Nashville, Birmingham, Memphis, Montgomery, Orlando, Tampa, and Little Rock metros are the most prone to tornadoes, or so it has seemed. Charlotte and Atlanta, they have a few notables, but because of their location, especially Charlotte's the right ingredients rarely ever show. The last factor is the fact most supercells are HP, due to extremly rich moisture, due to close proximety to the Gulf of Mexico. This makes them incredibly hard to see Thats why in the summer you can get 2 inches of rain in 10 minutes in a popcorn cell. Perhaps the biggest oddity was the downtown Nashville tornado. When I lived in Murfreesboro, I was in downtown Nashville to see it, scary crap to say the least. Anyways, there was no visible funnel until dissipation In Mt. Juliet, the whol wall cloud came down over Nashville, which resulted in a wide damage swath, but of relatively F1 damage.