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Posted on 5/22/13 at 6:06 pm to Govt Tide
Posted on 5/22/13 at 6:06 pm to Govt Tide
Being from La. and living here in Bama, I'm not use to tornado warnings. I never realized that the state of Alabama had such a high proportion of twisters. Having lived in Baton Rouge and Denham Springs, I never heard a siren go off indicating that a twister is approaching. Here in Montgomery, I've heard the sirens numerous times, and to be honest, it scares me. I'll take a hurricane over a twister because you have plenty of time to prepare if a hurricane is approaching. With a twister, you barely have time to kiss your butt goodbye. I was in WalMart about eight months ago. The sirens went off and they ushered everyone in the store, to the back of the store. We were told to sit with our backs against the wall. This tornado crap scares the hell out of me.
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 6:29 pm to Govt Tide
I had no idea Alabama got a lot of Tornadoes until I saw this map of F5(EF5). Alabama had 7 EF5's.
List of EF 5 Tornado locations....
List of EF 5 Tornado locations....
Posted on 5/22/13 at 6:34 pm to mizzoukills
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What the Weather Channel refers to as the I-44 Corridor.
Storms generally move northeast along the I-44 Corridor through Oklahoma City, OK, Tulsa, OK, Joplin, MO, Springfield, MO and eventually into St. Louis.
True, those frickers develop in mid Oklahoma in the middle of the day when the sun is heating the atmosphere up and they move NE towards Missouri/ SE Kansas. That's why Mid Oklahoma gets a lot of theirs a lil after noon or 1pm and we get most of ours between 4p-midnight which results in most of ours being from Funnel Clouds to EF3's. Atmosphere starts cooling down. We just happen to get that freak tornado 2yrs ago.
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Posted on 5/22/13 at 6:54 pm to Govt Tide
Seems like Mena, Arkansas gets hit pretty often over here.
Posted on 5/22/13 at 7:16 pm to bayou2003
I grew up west of Montgomery and we were always just south of where most of the significant tornadoes occured. You could draw a line from near Jackson, MS to south of Tuscaloosa and Bham through about Rome, GA and areas along and North of that line were constantly getting tornadoes.
As for F5s, I was suprised to find out that Alabama trails only Kansas in the number of F5s recorded. The state also has reported the most tornadoes deaths in the country since 1950. Not exactly 2 stats you want to lead in.
As for F5s, I was suprised to find out that Alabama trails only Kansas in the number of F5s recorded. The state also has reported the most tornadoes deaths in the country since 1950. Not exactly 2 stats you want to lead in.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 6:45 am to Govt Tide
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The Pleasant Grove, McDonalds Chapel, Bessemer, Smithfield are just west/northwest of downtown Birmingham was constantly getting hit.
Makes me wonder why anyone lives out there or if you could even insure a home there?
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