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Posted on 6/7/16 at 11:11 pm to pvilleguru
Same storm system possibly but I believe that tornado ended in north ga destroying a town. Random destroyers like these suck and we should all be aware we can be in the crosshairs.
Posted on 6/7/16 at 11:16 pm to pvilleguru
Yeah, was doing some research just now and it did dissipate at several points but the cell that produced the the tornado that hit Tuscaloosa first produced a tornado in Mississippi, it dissipated and later produced a second tornado that was the one that hit Tuscaloosa and it stayed on the ground until it was east of Birmingham, dissipated again, and then produced another tornado just before the St. Clair County border that stayed on the ground until Georgia
This image tracks the paths of the tornados that day, but you can easily see the path that particular cell took
This image tracks the paths of the tornados that day, but you can easily see the path that particular cell took
Posted on 6/7/16 at 11:18 pm to pvilleguru
My son and his family were living in B'ham at the time. He called me and said Dad...I'm watching a tornado tear up Tuscaloosa live on TV. That same day (might have been the same tornado) it went north of downtown Birmingham...my daughter in law was a nurse at UAB hospital and she was working and took a photo of it several stories up in the hospital....it was huge!!!
Where I live in West Tn. we had tornado's in my area in 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2008. We've had others hit other areas of West Tn. since...The latest one this past Christmas Eve about 50 miles from here. When they are calling for bad weather around here my arse pays attention.
Where I live in West Tn. we had tornado's in my area in 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2008. We've had others hit other areas of West Tn. since...The latest one this past Christmas Eve about 50 miles from here. When they are calling for bad weather around here my arse pays attention.
Posted on 6/7/16 at 11:21 pm to WeeWee
Remember seeing that on TV and my jaw hitting the floor. All I wanted was to call my friend in Ttwon but not dating to knowing they had much more important things to worry about than answering me.
That image and this one stick with from that day. Same tornado but in Birmingham
Blows my mind seeing the size of that thing in relation to the buildings in Birmingham. I clearly remember seeing that on TV while I was sitting in Hoover and thinking "God, there's people dying in that right now just miles from here"
That image and this one stick with from that day. Same tornado but in Birmingham
Blows my mind seeing the size of that thing in relation to the buildings in Birmingham. I clearly remember seeing that on TV while I was sitting in Hoover and thinking "God, there's people dying in that right now just miles from here"
Posted on 6/7/16 at 11:23 pm to WeeWee
That is a frightening image.
I have been fortunate enough to have only been witness to one major tornado in my almost 40 years. Luckily it bounced completely over our house and both sets of my grandparents houses.
I have been fortunate enough to have only been witness to one major tornado in my almost 40 years. Luckily it bounced completely over our house and both sets of my grandparents houses.
Posted on 6/7/16 at 11:35 pm to flyAU
I hate it every time we replay it on our long form programming. It makes me hurt. My wife is a UA alumn and her sister was still in school at the time there and I had to work 17 hours straight covering the outbreak not being able to answer questions fast enough to my bride or to my father in law.
Many people hold STRONG emotions in sports, I did too. But that week put everything in perspective for me. Seeing the devastation in person shortly thereafter after being subjected to nonstop live video coming in as it happened, already knowing the stories behind certain locations, hurt.
I hate seeing it air every 3 weeks but I realize that if we cancelled every showing of an emotional tragedy we'd have to cancel every season of 'Why planes crash' and every show about joplin, Moore, ok ,Tuscaloosa and every mention of that night that spanned from Mississippi to Birmingham to north Georgia to Tennessee that suffered devestation that insane night. However, thats what people watch these days.
All that to say, my heart will always be with those who lived (and died) through those terrible hours a few years ago.
Many people hold STRONG emotions in sports, I did too. But that week put everything in perspective for me. Seeing the devastation in person shortly thereafter after being subjected to nonstop live video coming in as it happened, already knowing the stories behind certain locations, hurt.
I hate seeing it air every 3 weeks but I realize that if we cancelled every showing of an emotional tragedy we'd have to cancel every season of 'Why planes crash' and every show about joplin, Moore, ok ,Tuscaloosa and every mention of that night that spanned from Mississippi to Birmingham to north Georgia to Tennessee that suffered devestation that insane night. However, thats what people watch these days.
All that to say, my heart will always be with those who lived (and died) through those terrible hours a few years ago.
This post was edited on 6/7/16 at 11:40 pm
Posted on 6/7/16 at 11:41 pm to JoshuaChamberlain
I can only imagine.
Josh I am sure you live really close by working there. In Smyrna here
Josh I am sure you live really close by working there. In Smyrna here
Posted on 6/7/16 at 11:47 pm to AshLSU
Had a meeting in baton rouge 2 days later and drove instead of flew. Passing McFarland there was nothing but emergency vehicles and from there through green county was just destruction.
Going to games the following fall was surreal. Basically all that was left was the campus. The rest of the area around 15th looked like someone had just wiped it clean. No trees, buildings...just dirt. It was eerie to look at that scene and try to enjoy a ballgame.
Going to games the following fall was surreal. Basically all that was left was the campus. The rest of the area around 15th looked like someone had just wiped it clean. No trees, buildings...just dirt. It was eerie to look at that scene and try to enjoy a ballgame.
Posted on 6/7/16 at 11:50 pm to BowlJackson
Are those palm trees in that Birmingham pic?
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Posted on 6/7/16 at 11:53 pm to AshLSU
quote:
I have been fortunate enough to have only been witness to one major tornado in my almost 40 years. Luckily it bounced completely over our house and both sets of my grandparents houses.
I have been in one, but I was only 18 months old so I don't remember alot of the details, but based on the picture it destroyed my dad's shop and threw his combine 100 feet or so out into the field. Luckily, our house which is only 100 feet away only had minor roof damage.
I have also been too close for comfort before. It early december in La, and I was ~15years old. I was about 20 feet up a tree in an Ole Man climber. The temperature dropped about 25 degrees from the time I went in the woods and then it got still and by still I mean it was eerily still. Then I heard it, but by the time I got out of the tree it was gone. When I walked out, I came across its aftermath, and it had passed about a quarter of a mile behind me. By the looks of it, the tornado touched down, took out about a 400 yard by 30 yard section of woods and then just disappeared.
I was taking gross anatomy final @ MS in Clinton Ms when this system came through. Nothing lowers test anxiety than having to stop your lab exam and crouch in the hall while wearing a lab coat that smelled like anatomy lab.
On 2nd thought it might have been good luck because I did make a 100% on that exam. 
Posted on 6/7/16 at 11:58 pm to memphisplaya
Nah, just looks like the top of a tree to me. Guess it grew into the frame of that weather cam and the station hadn't gotten it trimmed yet 
Posted on 6/8/16 at 12:07 am to flyAU
Scared the crap out of me. My daughter was a freshmen, living in Tutweiler. I was out on a trip, and had no idea what was going on. My sister, who lives in BHM, called me, asked if I had warned my daughter what was coming. I said no, what are you talking about? She hung up, called my daughter, told her what was happening, and she rushed to the basement of the library, and came out ok. It was a terrible day.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 12:14 am to flyAU
Here in D/FW we have come to expect a tornado on a weekly basis from March to late October, and I am ALWAYS on edge when a storm comes through. But, I can't imagine living outside of tornado ally and never expecting such a disaster, only to have one of the deadliest tornados rip through town.
Scary.
Scary.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 12:31 am to BowlJackson
No offense taken by you mentioning the other towns impacted.
Up this way, Hackleburg/Phil Campbell were wiped off the map.
A many of the victims were young children and grandparents. They did a story on the news and it happens that the parents of the young children were at work and their parents/family members were providing childcare for them.
They interviewed 5 or 6 people who lost their children AND their parents to the storm. Just unthinkable.
I call on the one medical clinic there and we went to help them pick through the rubble - the clinic was destroyed. I still can't really allow myself to think about the things I saw or it will send me into a mind spiral of bad thoughts.
I know most of us are used to the weather folks overhyping everything nowadays as a "big weather event" and I used to get irritated when I would be inconvenienced by a weather alert that didn't pan out.
After that day, I take them all seriously. Y'all please do the same. Mother Nature is a bad fricking bitch, y'all.
Up this way, Hackleburg/Phil Campbell were wiped off the map.
A many of the victims were young children and grandparents. They did a story on the news and it happens that the parents of the young children were at work and their parents/family members were providing childcare for them.
They interviewed 5 or 6 people who lost their children AND their parents to the storm. Just unthinkable.
I call on the one medical clinic there and we went to help them pick through the rubble - the clinic was destroyed. I still can't really allow myself to think about the things I saw or it will send me into a mind spiral of bad thoughts.
I know most of us are used to the weather folks overhyping everything nowadays as a "big weather event" and I used to get irritated when I would be inconvenienced by a weather alert that didn't pan out.
After that day, I take them all seriously. Y'all please do the same. Mother Nature is a bad fricking bitch, y'all.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 2:40 am to KaiserSoze99
Dixie Alley has been just as bad for producing bad tornadoes, if not more so, than Tornado Alley over the past couple decades. You guys get a few more quantity-wise, but we have gotten more of the really bad ones. At least that was the case until the last couple years. Moore, OK alone might have changed that, though. That town must be THE tornado magnet of the world.
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Posted on 6/8/16 at 2:46 am to pvilleguru
I read all of these in a Tom Rinaldi voice.
Still hard to believe it was so powerful in such a densely populated area. Never expected.
Still hard to believe it was so powerful in such a densely populated area. Never expected.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 7:46 am to flyAU
At the time I wasn't sure if it was the smartest thing to do, but I left town a few hours before it touched down. I remember going back to my place at the retreat and counting my blessings...that complex could've easily been destroyed. What a time.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 7:47 am to flyAU
Why do you still have that sig? 
Posted on 6/8/16 at 7:55 am to WeeWee
You can see my apartment building in that picture. I had been up all morning trying to finish a problem set which was the exam for the final class of my major. The lights went out in my place and i heard the siren and walked outside. I saw literally that exact image with the tornado framed behind Bryant Denny and it was the first I knew of what was going on.
My brother lived one block away from where it hit on 15th (didn't know it was that close at the time but knew it was pretty close when I saw it) and I couldn't get in touch with him afterwards. We couldn't get there driving so afterwards I had to hop out and walk down a mile or so through the destruction. Luckily everyone i knew personally made it out without any major / life threatening injuries.
That area by the small lake off 15th got destroyed. People I know hid in a closet under their stairs and when it was over opened the door and the house around them was gone and they could see some of their neighbors standing inside their houses cause there was almost nothing left.
My brother lived one block away from where it hit on 15th (didn't know it was that close at the time but knew it was pretty close when I saw it) and I couldn't get in touch with him afterwards. We couldn't get there driving so afterwards I had to hop out and walk down a mile or so through the destruction. Luckily everyone i knew personally made it out without any major / life threatening injuries.
That area by the small lake off 15th got destroyed. People I know hid in a closet under their stairs and when it was over opened the door and the house around them was gone and they could see some of their neighbors standing inside their houses cause there was almost nothing left.
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