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re: designated "oh shite bad weather" thread | at least 5 dead in MS
Posted on 12/23/15 at 7:40 pm to pankReb
Posted on 12/23/15 at 7:40 pm to pankReb
Damage track from Natl Weather Service
https://t.co/t8XNso7V6Y
https://t.co/t8XNso7V6Y
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Posted on 12/23/15 at 7:46 pm to Landmass
Haven't heard from Wishnitwas1998. Hope he's alright. If you can post here to let us know.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 10:19 pm to HamzooReb
Man, me too. I hate these outbreaks.
Also, it's but a matter of time before we have a serious tornado through Birmingham or Jackson.
Also, it's but a matter of time before we have a serious tornado through Birmingham or Jackson.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 10:23 pm to HamzooReb
He's fine
Posted on 12/23/15 at 10:41 pm to HamzooReb
Sorry for not reporting in, had a good friend call me right as it was all about to hit and ask if I had a safe place for him and his 10 yo son to take shelter and we have a badass cinder block 12 X 12 room I had somehow forgotten about til that point. I feel like a moron for not remembering but anyhow I scrambled to find the key and told them to come on and we ended up drinkin beer for the rest of the night. As I thought might happen (so blessed) the two horrible looking cells literally split us and my gfs house was fine as well. 
Glad to hear yall are all safe and prayers for holly springs. Etc. if this death toll is under 10 I will consider it a miracle and it's looking like that might just happen
ETA: despite splitting the two awful wind signatures by about 10 miles each the worst we got was a shitton of lightening, didn't even rain or have hardly much wind. It was all very weird and in fact the worst of it was in the second line that was just heavy rain, some 30-40 mph straight line and heavy rain in it
Glad to hear yall are all safe and prayers for holly springs. Etc. if this death toll is under 10 I will consider it a miracle and it's looking like that might just happen ETA: despite splitting the two awful wind signatures by about 10 miles each the worst we got was a shitton of lightening, didn't even rain or have hardly much wind. It was all very weird and in fact the worst of it was in the second line that was just heavy rain, some 30-40 mph straight line and heavy rain in it
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Posted on 12/23/15 at 11:18 pm to Wishnitwas1998
Consider yourself lucky. No rain means you were in the inflow. I'm so glad it missed you.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 11:29 pm to Duke
I'm no where near experienced enough to say for sure but I swear from studying the radar for both of them I'm not sure I wasn't between the inflow of BOTH strong cells. One of those things where we were standing outside and my buddy isn't real knowledgable about weather and a lot wasn't going on and he goes "lightning as much as this is this is weird but I'm thankful" and my response was "don't say it yet man; pretty sure that means we re real close". I was nervous for quite awhile longer
Posted on 12/23/15 at 11:30 pm to Duke
Also feel bad for not responding to yall , just got caught up in their stuff then watching radar for my gf
Posted on 12/23/15 at 11:32 pm to Wishnitwas1998
Everyone okay East of the Mississippi River?
Posted on 12/23/15 at 11:46 pm to sms151t
At least 3 dead in North Ms, have heard about more casualties in Tennessee but can't confirm
As bad as that is, I would've thought it would've been a lot worse
As bad as that is, I would've thought it would've been a lot worse
Posted on 12/24/15 at 12:30 am to Wishnitwas1998
I didn't see the radar or know where you were, merely speculating based on your recall of events.
Rain or hail tells you where the downdrafts are happening. Mass cannot be created or destroyed, thus rain means the humidity picked up in an updraft being dropped. Just as lightning tells you the level of instability. Lightning is an expression of energy, which is also not created or destroyed but transformed. More lightning suggests more instability, which is explained by how CAPE or instability depends on Temp gradient up a column. It represents potential lift. Lighting is a sign of the potential lift turned into practical lift.
BTW, I don't think you're dumb. You just lack the physics background I have. If you had my education, you'd be just as adept an amateur as I am. I've seen you say you're not smart enough to explain this stuff. That's false, you lack the education. There is a difference. It's important you remember that, because you can learn it.
You have a natural curiosity. Don't think you're too dumb, but just lack the knowledge. Just means you need more research and observations.
Rain or hail tells you where the downdrafts are happening. Mass cannot be created or destroyed, thus rain means the humidity picked up in an updraft being dropped. Just as lightning tells you the level of instability. Lightning is an expression of energy, which is also not created or destroyed but transformed. More lightning suggests more instability, which is explained by how CAPE or instability depends on Temp gradient up a column. It represents potential lift. Lighting is a sign of the potential lift turned into practical lift.
BTW, I don't think you're dumb. You just lack the physics background I have. If you had my education, you'd be just as adept an amateur as I am. I've seen you say you're not smart enough to explain this stuff. That's false, you lack the education. There is a difference. It's important you remember that, because you can learn it.
You have a natural curiosity. Don't think you're too dumb, but just lack the knowledge. Just means you need more research and observations.
Posted on 12/24/15 at 12:48 am to Duke
you are right, I absolutely don't think I'm dumb but you are DAMN right I don't have the physics background required. Through all of high school and 4 years of undergrad I have taken exactly 0 physics courses I have a basic understanding that unfortunately is more than most ppl on this weather stuff but that's more a reflection on them than me Also, I'd just like to share a post I made in the OT thread to sum up my thoughts on the day and with that; I'll see yall tomorrow. As much as the circumstances suck I always enjoy these threads which is why I started this one
Posted on 12/24/15 at 12:49 am to Wishnitwas1998
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have grown up loving severe weather while also treating it with the respect it deserves, being from north Missisippi all my life nothing was more terrifying to see than today. I know 24 years isn't a long time to be here for a lot of ppl and I get that but to me this is the worst severe weather day for my local region in my lifetime My jaw literally dropped when I saw the debris field on the tornado that went through Holly Springs, seen plenty of debris fields on radar but not around here. So far it sounds like only 3 or so lives were lost here, which with seeing that speed and rain wrap and size anything less than 10 is an absolute miracle, I am amazed with. A credit to all of the MET services across this state and really everywhere as from what I've seen they all try to work together is due Sorry for being long winded and somewhat dramatic but I just needed to get that all out, unfortunately I know for a fact there are a lot of ppl here right now who don't realize just how close this was to being so, sooooo much worse
Posted on 12/24/15 at 12:53 am to Wishnitwas1998
I've taken three semesters of straight physics in college, with an additional year of thermodynamics, a semester of fluid mechanics and in heat and mass transfer.
That's the difference, not your smarts.
That's the difference, not your smarts.
Posted on 12/24/15 at 1:11 am to Duke
Yea I've got a friend who is on mechanical engineering and I'll tell you the same thing I've told him, Jesus Christ man idk what half that shite means
That's the difference, business school but damn it was fun
That's the difference, business school but damn it was fun
This post was edited on 12/24/15 at 1:12 am
Posted on 12/24/15 at 1:41 am to Wishnitwas1998
Glad to hear you're okay.
And I just got done with a bunch of Physics courses and Fluids. Needless to say I am glad I finished those classes.
And I just got done with a bunch of Physics courses and Fluids. Needless to say I am glad I finished those classes.
Posted on 12/24/15 at 10:23 am to HamzooReb
I would bet so
Just read from the OT thread death count in MS is up to 5 now
Just read from the OT thread death count in MS is up to 5 now
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