Satworx
Home
Damage surveys for weekend tornadoes released by NWS PDF Print E-mail
News - Tornadoes
Written by Heidi Farrar   
Wednesday, 28 April 2010 21:51

april23_24_outbreak_medNational Weather Service offices in the Mid South have been very busy over the past several days, conducting damage surveys after the tornado outbreak this past weekend. Of course, the big story has been the long-track wedge that ravaged Mississippi. Taken from the NWS office in Jackson, MS, "The preliminary conclusion, based on the ground surveys, is that a single, continuous path of tornadic damage was produced from west of Tallulah, Louisiana to the extreme western part of Oktibbeha county in northeast Mississippi." This tornado was given a rating of EF-4, with a maximum width of 1.75 miles. It was on the ground for an astounding 149 miles, one of the all-time longest ever recorded.

 

 

Another less-publicized but extremely damaging tornado occurred in northeast Alabama. TVN live streamer Dennis Sherrod lives about an hour away from the path of the tornado that inflicted heavy damage on the community of Albertville. He was there Sunday and got these photos. The National Weather Service in Huntsville has rated this tornado as EF-3, with a path length of almost 19 miles, and a maximum width of 1/2 mile. A little further south and east, another tornado inflicted EF-4 damage along a path that stretched from the towns of Mount Vernon to Dogtown. These tornadoes were especially dangerous given that they occurred well after dark, but thankfully there were no known fatalities. The photos were provided by Dennis, and illustrate some of the horrendous damage these communities are faced with.

 

 
Discuss (1 posts)
Re:Damage surveys for weekend tornadoes released by NWS
May 02 2010 22:08:16
wow.. that's one long track.. all the perfect ingredients came together evidentally
#39078

You need to login or register to post comments.
Discuss this item on the forums. (1 posts)

Comments  

 
0 #1 jcpalmer 2010-04-28 22:15
Those two storms in NE Alabama were intense!!!

And eventually passed very close to my house as everyone in chat already knows!
 
 
+1 #2 DevilGirl 2010-04-28 23:31
Looking at all the images, all I can think to say is Impressive... Wow....
 
 
0 #3 Twagner 2010-04-29 00:26
I personally like the 1st damage pic... "tree impales fridge". ENOUGH SAID
 
 
0 #4 robbiesamson 2010-04-29 06:13
Just astounding.
 
 
0 #5 RadarNut 2010-04-29 09:05
Was one of those AL one, the one that went over Collinsville? It definitely looked like it could have had a strong tornado!
 
 
+2 #6 cwjjets 2010-04-29 09:11
I chased these storms north of Birmingham. I'll have to say of all the storms I've followed, these had the warmest and strongest inflow I've felt. Very scary feeling and hearing it at night.
 
 
+1 #7 jcpalmer 2010-04-29 11:40
Radar.. I believe the EF4 is the one that passed over Collinsville, but I could be wrong.
 
 
0 #8 smalltexan 2010-05-03 14:16
thanks for the pics
 

Please log in to post a comment.