I remember watching this tornado form on TV, my cousin who, at the time, was at Stillman, only for the tornado to end up a roughly a mile from my aunt's house. Days later, I saw the damage in Pratt City. A couple of weeks later, during a train ride to New Orleans, I saw the much worse damage in Tuscaloosa. I will never forget that day.
2 years ago, to commemorate the 10-year anniversary, he wrote a book entitled that "All you can do is pray." Hard to believe it's not been TWELVE years day after tomorrow.
TERRIBLE day...Shoal Creek was major area hit and is part of our community in Alabama...by friend lost both of her parents and her sister broke nearly every bone in her body, but her and her two sisters survived. It was a scary, terrible day, but it should be remembered ♥ R.I.P-Those Who Lost Their Lives April 27, 2011-Forever in Our Hearts
@@bdunk914(That is from an old account I made) 12 years later, it’s still something we often think about everytime the weather gets bad. Many hillsides that used to be forested are bare or have small tree growth. That friend and I were 15 when I made that comment and we’re now 27, married, and she has children. Crazy how time flies, it still feels like it just happened.
Ten years ago today. Anyone watching? I know it was a huge challenge for James and Jason to cover more than one violent tornadoes that were all on the ground and doing major damage, and more than likely, killing people, at the same time. Like so many others, we lost power from the severe storms that morning. I am thankful that I never saw this as it was happening.
The South has always been every bit as active as the Midwest and Great Plains, but the folklore always talked about or painted pictures of funnels over the wide open plains.
Man, I've watched most of these videos, James Spann must have been going crazy. At one point there was what, 6-7 violent twisters simultaneously? Just nuts.
Unfortunately this is where the radar was messed up. It shows the tornado on interstate 20 and Skyland Blvd even though the tornado itself was much farther north crossing Interstate 359 and ended up hitting University mall, Hospitals and clipped the campus. RIP to all those lost that tragic day and those who weren't able to react in time. I can't imagine a tornado moving at highway speed towards anyone's house. Excellent job to James Spann, Jason Simpson, John Oldshue and the whole team for this coverage.
What I meant was the live television images of the tornado made this the most dramatic fifteen minute period in the history of Birmingham television and not the quality of coverage, which I think (based on watching this and You Tube clips of this and other stations' coverage) was top-notch and the "finest hour" in the history of local TV there.
7:58 Watch the thing grow after it spits out the rotation on the left side of the screen. It was a miracle it went between McFarland Mall and Druid City.
"Alright, this is Alabama's ABC 33/40. WBMA Birmingham, WCFT Tuscaloosa, WJSU Anniston. Our 5:00 news starts NOW. And the news is weather." - James Spann.
James went from saying 3 times that it was moving down Skyland Blvd. to saying there was a northward component of motion, which meant that it was not, in fact, moving down Skyland Blvd.
There is displacement between the radar feature and the tornado itself. The best he could do was guess at its location (particularly when the camera was out). He later admitted that he was off on the placement. Also, 3 times he actually says "I don't want to be so specific."
I remember this day.I was @ my parent's(now mine and my life partner's) house in Talladega.We lived in Weaver at the time,and both places were missed by this storm.One good thing that came out of this,if anything could be considered good,is that they started only sounding the sirens for tornadoes,as ppl had started tuning them out bc they sounded them @ the time for severe thunderstorms,as well. Mr.Spann and his colleges saved many lives that day.
Almost 4 yrs ago and Pratt city almost looks the same! I know, because I live here. Scary day that I'll never forget! Many thx to James Span! We were warned at least 24-36 hrs in advance and there was nothing we could do! Just that massive! Tuscaloosa looks good now😳
megaoldskool76 I think the people were the happiest when Krispy Kreme opened up on McFarland. The far right lane was backed up to DCH. People trying to get doughnuts! I should know, I was one of the people.
megaoldskool76 My thoughts and prayers will always be with everyone who were affected by these violent tornadoes. Did anyone ever say why there were so many violent tornadoes in Alabama that day? I've never seen anything like that ever before. These tornadoes are ones you'd see in "Tornado Alley" states,like Oklahoma,Texas,and Kansas. This is unreal,and something you'd probably see once in your lifetime and something I wouldn't even want to see in your lifetime.
Carla Head Thx for the prayers! Alabama is a part of tornado alley ! This is not the 1st time we've been thru this. We had an F5 come thru in 1998, 1977, and another time in addition to this one, so I've gone thru 3 that destroyed everything. I've been told that because there's an old mine shaft underneath certain parts of Alabama, it follows that path. I don't know how true that is. We FINALLY got our community storm shelter opened so that's a huge deal😊. EF-4-5 are common in Alabama unfortunately. They come thru about every 15 yrs. It's almost demonic looking and sounding. Still get the creeps when "those" types of clouds are looming and trying to get into "spin formation"!
Actually, the Weather Channel also covered this, and they said that every once in a wile, we get just the right atmosphere with warm, moist air meeting cold air, and if all the conditions are favorable, you get these huge supercells. Also, Alabama and Mississippi are the two states in Dixie Alley that get the most tornadoes in the Southeastern part of the United States, because we're situated the Appelatians and the Smokeys, and they're right in the valley between them. You also see a lot of these storms in the Tennessee Valley, and they usually come some time between February and April. Even Mississippi has been known to get some big tornadoes in February, as we've seen in the past 8 years or so. When those two air masses collide, you get those supercell storms that get up to 50-60 thousand feet up, and they start rotating. When you see the wall cloud coming down, you can be pretty sure there's going to be tornadoes.
Dr fujita did include a theoretical f6 in his charts with winds over 318mph. The only problem is that its nearly impossible to have damage more than f-5. The only thing i can really think of f-6 damage wise is possibly the destruction of a bank and destruction of the vault aswell.
Did this one wind up being an EF-4 or EF-5? Also saw somewhere that it was 2.5 miles wide at some points. This was an awful day, that's for sure. My mobile home was less than 5 miles away from the EF-4 that hit Shoal Creek and less than 2 miles away from an EF-2 that hit around 6 a.m. Amazingly, the only thing we lost was the Internet. My family didn't even lose power. We had no damage whatsoever. We had lots of reasons to thank God that day, no doubt about that.
They're more visible out west, but down south with high moisture that kills visibility, normally happening late afternoon or at night makes them whyyy more dangerous
I think the only way to call a tornado an "F6" would be if there was nothing left of the house. No foundation, no basement, nothing. And to the better part of my knowledge, there are no accounts of such a thing.
People who are not trained in storm damage surveying almost always over-rate a tornado's damage. Dozens of people trained in rating these storms looked at the damage, and they concluded it was a high end EF4, not an EF5. You should take their word for it.
You do understand the 'F6/EF6' speculation rank was concerned with the windspeed it would take to produce a tornado capable of doing something beyond total devastation. I advise you to do reading perhaps outside Wikipedia.
Spann definately knows his geography but it wasn't near Skyland. Cut through Forest Park, then McFarland and 15th street and then leveled Alberta City. Still he's the best meteorologist ever
This is why certain twisters in the past, Red Rock for example, did not receive an F5 rating despite winds to justify it. Without EF5 damage, a tornado will not be rated as such. Again, they are ranked based on DAMAGE and EF5 is as bad it gets.
There is displacement between the radar feature and the tornado itself. The best he could do was guess at its location (particularly when the camera was out). He later admitted that he was off on the placement.
EF5 is the maximum tornado rating. Tornadoes are not rated based on WIND, so you're argument is invalid. They are rated based on damage. With EF5, there is literally nothing left. Therefore, anything higher is impossible to measure on the scale, regardless of the wind speeds measured. It will be an EF5. Period.
No, there's not. There's a theoretical F6, but for one the EF scale does not have an EF6 and that's what we use now, and second of all the F and EF scales are damage scales, not wind scales. Tornadoes get a rating off damage, not any wind - measured or implied. There are no damage categories for an F6 or EF6 because an F5 / EF5 is already total destruction, with foundations swept clean. Even if you measured a 400mph wind, it'd still be EF5.
No, that's just people not understanding how the F scale and EF scale work. There is no EF6 because the F-scale and EF-scale are *damage* scales, not wind strength scales. It doesn't rate wind, it was never meant to - the wind ranges are listed only as a rough estimate, and as what causes that level of damage in simulation. EF5 is, in summary, 100% total destruction. You can't get more damage than that from anything. An EF6 on the scale would be pointless.
7:20: "This'll be a day that will go down in state history!" -Well, he's not wrong. Who else is watching this in mid-March 2021, as the Deep South gets slammed by yet another tornado outbreak while this James Spann guy calls it for his area?
Mike Morgan of KFOR in OKC is the thumbs down. He's telling James to say to get out of the way, or get underground. A closet or bathroom might not do it.
For those in the EF4 zone, a closet or bathroom didn't "do it". Nor will it ever. What part of "no standing interior walls" is hard to understand? Better than 75% chance you'll be severely injured or killed. Morgan's an idiot but he's an idiot because he can't understand the difference between "live-saving advice for people smart enough to recognize vorticity noodles in person and recognize a debris ball on radar" vs. "good advice for Joe Six Pack and his 9 kids". Storm chasers flee in their cars across the path of tornadoes all the time because they're smart enough to recognize storm features--on radar and in person--as well as the storm's general track. If I saw that thing coming at me, I'd flee too. The difference is that you can't tell the general population to do that, because they're stupid and there's too many of them.
@@orangejoe204 James will never, ever suggest getting in a vehicle and trying to escape. In Wichita Falls, Texas, on April 10, 1979, commonly referred to as "Terrible Tuesday", there were many fatalities in vehicles, which were people trying to "Get out of it's way". People in Joplin DID, in fact survive ABOVE ground. It depends on whether or not it's your time. Bathroom or closet still has a better chance of "doing it" than a vehicle or mobile home.
I know what you're referring to and it was probably in a book from 1975. The OFFICIAL scale is EF0 to EF5. There is no F6 and certainly nothing higher. EF5 is complete and total destruction. Everything is swept clean and that's what the scale is based on. You can't go higher. That is what the National Weather Service uses. It is the official scale, regardless of what anyone tries to tell you.
Btw just for the record he said multiple times for everyone in Tuscaloosa city limits and “couldnt rule anyone out”. This is important. Because a lot of people that chose not to take cover they tried to fault the Bit slip as to why there friends died. When that bit slip wasn’t enough to matter. Everyone with half a brain cell knows if your North - SE of a tornado you need to do something because your a potential target. I chased this day and provided SAR and medical but I can’t even keep up with the amount of excuses I had to hear of why they were almost killed. (as if I cared what they did in a free country) but survivors would just open up and start telling me excuses. I love doing rescues so for me it didn’t matter if they chose to sit on the porch. A lot of them were embarrassed! I guess that they almost died from arrogance. Most survivors I met had underground shelter options is why they were disappointed they didn’t follow there initial gut instinct to go shelter.
@moody609 sorry but churches do that al the time. every time there are any closings mentioned at all, you will see churches closing or delaying services, school, day care and other activities even it it is only 15 minutes. a pastor told me they do this intentionally.
This isn't dramatic.. Take a look at Oklahoma/Texas weather coverage.. Especially news stations like KFOR, or Meteorologists like Gary England and his Weather Coverage like Moore or El Reno.. This is realism, this isn't meant to be dramatic..
I thank God I do and have tornado shelter underground in my father's home or I'm having a Oz concrete....no seams at my home in early spring. It's worth it to me!!!
7 years later and i still get chills every time i watch this segment of the coverage! Will never forget
James Spann great job with excellent coverage!
His house was hit with his family inside and he kept on going.
I remember watching this tornado form on TV, my cousin who, at the time, was at Stillman, only for the tornado to end up a roughly a mile from my aunt's house. Days later, I saw the damage in Pratt City. A couple of weeks later, during a train ride to New Orleans, I saw the much worse damage in Tuscaloosa. I will never forget that day.
7:21 "All you can do is pray for those people!". I think that petty much said it all.
Agreed. That tornado is heartbreaking to watch on camera.
Also the fact no one said anything for like 5 seconds afterwards
2 years ago, to commemorate the 10-year anniversary, he wrote a book entitled that "All you can do is pray." Hard to believe it's not been TWELVE years day after tomorrow.
TERRIBLE day...Shoal Creek was major area hit and is part of our community in Alabama...by friend lost both of her parents and her sister broke nearly every bone in her body, but her and her two sisters survived. It was a scary, terrible day, but it should be remembered ♥
R.I.P-Those Who Lost Their Lives April 27, 2011-Forever in Our Hearts
How are yall doing now 12 years later
@@bdunk914(That is from an old account I made) 12 years later, it’s still something we often think about everytime the weather gets bad. Many hillsides that used to be forested are bare or have small tree growth. That friend and I were 15 when I made that comment and we’re now 27, married, and she has children. Crazy how time flies, it still feels like it just happened.
Still can't watch this without tearing up. Hard to believe it was almost five years ago.
Well it's ten years ago now.
Almost 12 now.
I will never forget this day for as long as I live.
Ten years ago today. Anyone watching? I know it was a huge challenge for James and Jason to cover more than one violent tornadoes that were all on the ground and doing major damage, and more than likely, killing people, at the same time. Like so many others, we lost power from the severe storms that morning. I am thankful that I never saw this as it was happening.
10:49 James and Jason freaking out.
The South has always been every bit as active as the Midwest and Great Plains, but the folklore always talked about or painted pictures of funnels over the wide open plains.
Man, I've watched most of these videos, James Spann must have been going crazy. At one point there was what, 6-7 violent twisters simultaneously? Just nuts.
Unfortunately this is where the radar was messed up. It shows the tornado on interstate 20 and Skyland Blvd even though the tornado itself was much farther north crossing Interstate 359 and ended up hitting University mall, Hospitals and clipped the campus. RIP to all those lost that tragic day and those who weren't able to react in time. I can't imagine a tornado moving at highway speed towards anyone's house. Excellent job to James Spann, Jason Simpson, John Oldshue and the whole team for this coverage.
This may have been (visually) the most dramatic fifteen minutes of television in the history of Birmingham.
What I meant was the live television images of the tornado made this the most dramatic fifteen minute period in the history of Birmingham television and not the quality of coverage, which I think (based on watching this and You Tube clips of this and other stations' coverage) was top-notch and the "finest hour" in the history of local TV there.
Oh man I pray for those people!
7:58 Watch the thing grow after it spits out the rotation on the left side of the screen. It was a miracle it went between McFarland Mall and Druid City.
That looks absolutely huge, unreal...
10 year anniversary coming up in a few weeks.
"Alright, this is Alabama's ABC 33/40. WBMA Birmingham, WCFT Tuscaloosa, WJSU Anniston. Our 5:00 news starts NOW. And the news is weather." - James Spann.
James went from saying 3 times that it was moving down Skyland Blvd. to saying there was a northward component of motion, which meant that it was not, in fact, moving down Skyland Blvd.
There is displacement between the radar feature and the tornado itself. The best he could do was guess at its location (particularly when the camera was out). He later admitted that he was off on the placement. Also, 3 times he actually says "I don't want to be so specific."
I remember this day.I was @ my parent's(now mine and my life partner's) house in Talladega.We lived in Weaver at the time,and both places were missed by this storm.One good thing that came out of this,if anything could be considered good,is that they started only sounding the sirens for tornadoes,as ppl had started tuning them out bc they sounded them @ the time for severe thunderstorms,as well. Mr.Spann and his colleges saved many lives that day.
That day, an EF2 tornado hit my town :(. Worst part is, last year's Duratio did more damage. But the tornado packed a punch.
Glad to hear man!! :) it's still scary just to watch this coverage. I've delt with tornados but I could NEVER deal with an EF5
Advance_Auto18 it was an EF4
@@kingwrestling1423 But it should've been an EF-5. I don't care what the official rating was. It was an EF-5.
@@ILoveOldTWC you can’t really tell the difference honestly all tornadoes are very dangerous.
11:11 actually - it hit my house :O
Almost 4 yrs ago and Pratt city almost looks the same! I know, because I live here. Scary day that I'll never forget! Many thx to James Span! We were warned at least 24-36 hrs in advance and there was nothing we could do! Just that massive! Tuscaloosa looks good now😳
megaoldskool76 I think the people were the happiest when Krispy Kreme opened up on McFarland. The far right lane was backed up to DCH. People trying to get doughnuts! I should know, I was one of the people.
+ILovestorms pretty much! Sad but true
megaoldskool76 My thoughts and prayers will always be with everyone who were affected by these violent tornadoes. Did anyone ever say why there were so many violent tornadoes in Alabama that day? I've never seen anything like that ever before. These tornadoes are ones you'd see in "Tornado Alley" states,like Oklahoma,Texas,and Kansas. This is unreal,and something you'd probably see once in your lifetime and something I wouldn't even want to see in your lifetime.
Carla Head Thx for the prayers! Alabama is a part of tornado alley ! This is not the 1st time we've been thru this. We had an F5 come thru in 1998, 1977, and another time in addition to this one, so I've gone thru 3 that destroyed everything. I've been told that because there's an old mine shaft underneath certain parts of Alabama, it follows that path. I don't know how true that is. We FINALLY got our community storm shelter opened so that's a huge deal😊. EF-4-5 are common in Alabama unfortunately. They come thru about every 15 yrs. It's almost demonic looking and sounding. Still get the creeps when "those" types of clouds are looming and trying to get into "spin formation"!
Actually, the Weather Channel also covered this, and they said that every once in a wile, we get just the right atmosphere with warm, moist air meeting cold air, and if all the conditions are favorable, you get these huge supercells. Also, Alabama and Mississippi are the two states in Dixie Alley that get the most tornadoes in the Southeastern part of the United States, because we're situated the Appelatians and the Smokeys, and they're right in the valley between them. You also see a lot of these storms in the Tennessee Valley, and they usually come some time between February and April. Even Mississippi has been known to get some big tornadoes in February, as we've seen in the past 8 years or so. When those two air masses collide, you get those supercell storms that get up to 50-60 thousand feet up, and they start rotating. When you see the wall cloud coming down, you can be pretty sure there's going to be tornadoes.
The Tuscaloosa tornado was a EF-5 I saw worse destruction in Tuscaloosa than I ever saw in Andover 1992 F5 tornado.
I don't care what the official rating was, it's EF-5 hands down.
might be a tree that remained intact when it was ripped from the ground, it also might have been a traffic light or steel gridiron
Never good when Spann starts to get nervous
@10:22 - stay golden, James.
"And all you can do is pray for those people"
11:37 is about when it hit my house, I remember because the power went out about 45 seconds before it hit.
What EF level of damage did your house take? Since you're here typing, I'm guessing EF3 or lower.
Concrete slabs have been partially removed, but no complete removals to my knowledge.
Dr fujita did include a theoretical f6 in his charts with winds over 318mph. The only problem is that its nearly impossible to have damage more than f-5. The only thing i can really think of f-6 damage wise is possibly the destruction of a bank and destruction of the vault aswell.
Did this one wind up being an EF-4 or EF-5? Also saw somewhere that it was 2.5 miles wide at some points.
This was an awful day, that's for sure. My mobile home was less than 5 miles away from the EF-4 that hit Shoal Creek and less than 2 miles away from an EF-2 that hit around 6 a.m. Amazingly, the only thing we lost was the Internet. My family didn't even lose power. We had no damage whatsoever. We had lots of reasons to thank God that day, no doubt about that.
I heard this on Ryne Chandler's Video
Absolutely unreal tornado, it's weird tho how all the stronger tornados are in the south I was always told that it was the Midwest
They're more visible out west, but down south with high moisture that kills visibility, normally happening late afternoon or at night makes them whyyy more dangerous
I wonder how the rebuilding process is going in Tuscaloosa
I think the only way to call a tornado an "F6" would be if there was nothing left of the house. No foundation, no basement, nothing. And to the better part of my knowledge, there are no accounts of such a thing.
Three years. Crazy.
It's going great down here! In some places around town, it looks like it never even happened :)
People who are not trained in storm damage surveying almost always over-rate a tornado's damage. Dozens of people trained in rating these storms looked at the damage, and they concluded it was a high end EF4, not an EF5. You should take their word for it.
You do understand the 'F6/EF6' speculation rank was concerned with the windspeed it would take to produce a tornado capable of doing something beyond total devastation.
I advise you to do reading perhaps outside Wikipedia.
How come in a interview James' voice was low toned
That's exactly what I thought the extent usually was.
@97lamborghini We also lost cell phone reception for about a week, but that's the worst of what we had. Thank You, Lord, for not letting it be worse!
A day we won't soon forget!! May God Bless †
My aunt was in college down there when it happened
if their was a tornado with that high wind speed we would all be dead
Spann definately knows his geography but it wasn't near Skyland. Cut through Forest Park, then McFarland and 15th street and then leveled Alberta City. Still he's the best meteorologist ever
This is why certain twisters in the past, Red Rock for example, did not receive an F5 rating despite winds to justify it. Without EF5 damage, a tornado will not be rated as such. Again, they are ranked based on DAMAGE and EF5 is as bad it gets.
When did WBMA switch to HD for news & weather? I notice the video on the 2014 coverage is in full 16:9.
2012
Why does James keep saying its going down skyland blvd?
It never did
There is displacement between the radar feature and the tornado itself. The best he could do was guess at its location (particularly when the camera was out). He later admitted that he was off on the placement.
Also, note that 3 times he actually did say "I don't want to be so specific".
EF5 is the maximum tornado rating. Tornadoes are not rated based on WIND, so you're argument is invalid. They are rated based on damage. With EF5, there is literally nothing left. Therefore, anything higher is impossible to measure on the scale, regardless of the wind speeds measured. It will be an EF5. Period.
Tell that to "High Risk Chris". People say about El Reno "That's stupid to rate it EF-3 just because it didn't hit anything." No, it's a DAMAGE scale.
HE SOUNDS like The Radio Did On April 3, 1974 .... rememeber those days ( april 3,4 )
Never seen anything like that
No, there's not. There's a theoretical F6, but for one the EF scale does not have an EF6 and that's what we use now, and second of all the F and EF scales are damage scales, not wind scales. Tornadoes get a rating off damage, not any wind - measured or implied. There are no damage categories for an F6 or EF6 because an F5 / EF5 is already total destruction, with foundations swept clean. Even if you measured a 400mph wind, it'd still be EF5.
1 year ago today...
No, that's just people not understanding how the F scale and EF scale work. There is no EF6 because the F-scale and EF-scale are *damage* scales, not wind strength scales. It doesn't rate wind, it was never meant to - the wind ranges are listed only as a rough estimate, and as what causes that level of damage in simulation. EF5 is, in summary, 100% total destruction. You can't get more damage than that from anything. An EF6 on the scale would be pointless.
Even Tennessee has had it share of killer tornados
I live in West TN and you are correct 💯💯💯
Number one in the number of fatalities.
7:20: "This'll be a day that will go down in state history!" -Well, he's not wrong. Who else is watching this in mid-March 2021, as the Deep South gets slammed by yet another tornado outbreak while this James Spann guy calls it for his area?
@97lamborghini This was a high end EF-4 tornado.
Gary England is back with another thumbs down. lol
I don't care how this was officially rated, this was an EF-5 tornado, period.
Mike Morgan of KFOR in OKC is the thumbs down. He's telling James to say to get out of the way, or get underground. A closet or bathroom might not do it.
For those in the EF4 zone, a closet or bathroom didn't "do it". Nor will it ever. What part of "no standing interior walls" is hard to understand? Better than 75% chance you'll be severely injured or killed.
Morgan's an idiot but he's an idiot because he can't understand the difference between "live-saving advice for people smart enough to recognize vorticity noodles in person and recognize a debris ball on radar" vs. "good advice for Joe Six Pack and his 9 kids". Storm chasers flee in their cars across the path of tornadoes all the time because they're smart enough to recognize storm features--on radar and in person--as well as the storm's general track. If I saw that thing coming at me, I'd flee too. The difference is that you can't tell the general population to do that, because they're stupid and there's too many of them.
@@orangejoe204 James will never, ever suggest getting in a vehicle and trying to escape. In Wichita Falls, Texas, on April 10, 1979, commonly referred to as "Terrible Tuesday", there were many fatalities in vehicles, which were people trying to "Get out of it's way". People in Joplin DID, in fact survive ABOVE ground. It depends on whether or not it's your time. Bathroom or closet still has a better chance of "doing it" than a vehicle or mobile home.
@@brianmears3388 1979 and 2021 are a world apart in terms of radar technology.
@@orangejoe204 The power of tornadoes are not a world apart in 1979 and 2023.
I know what you're referring to and it was probably in a book from 1975. The OFFICIAL scale is EF0 to EF5. There is no F6 and certainly nothing higher. EF5 is complete and total destruction. Everything is swept clean and that's what the scale is based on. You can't go higher. That is what the National Weather Service uses. It is the official scale, regardless of what anyone tries to tell you.
Yes we would. And it would still be an EF-5.
Actually it's a EF4 tornado
Anthony Thompson he was saying it should have been an EF-5, and it should have, it had ground scouring and major tree debarking.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN F6 TORNADO. THAT TORNADO WAS RATED AN F5.
Did it hit the places that got hit in 2000?
2000 hit south of there. Radar was off for this one and it looked like that same area got hit again but it was 2 miles north.
Btw just for the record he said multiple times for everyone in Tuscaloosa city limits and “couldnt rule anyone out”. This is important. Because a lot of people that chose not to take cover they tried to fault the Bit slip as to why there friends died. When that bit slip wasn’t enough to matter. Everyone with half a brain cell knows if your North - SE of a tornado you need to do something because your a potential target. I chased this day and provided SAR and medical but I can’t even keep up with the amount of excuses I had to hear of why they were almost killed. (as if I cared what they did in a free country) but survivors would just open up and start telling me excuses. I love doing rescues so for me it didn’t matter if they chose to sit on the porch. A lot of them were embarrassed! I guess that they almost died from arrogance. Most survivors I met had underground shelter options is why they were disappointed they didn’t follow there initial gut instinct to go shelter.
No, it was rated EF4.
This was on a Wednesday. Why are all the churches announcing closure? Because it is free advertising
It should be an EF5
Advance_Auto18 it was an EF4
Edward Jones I know that. I’m saying with the scope of the damage I’m surprised it wasn’t an EF-5
Advance_Auto18 I thought it was a an EF5 but it wasn’t you can’t really tell what it was what’s the difference between EF4 & EF5?
Edward Jones EF-5 is basically everything is swept clean
Advance_Auto18 oh
@moody609 sorry but churches do that al the time. every time there are any closings mentioned at all, you will see churches closing or delaying services, school, day care and other activities even it it is only 15 minutes. a pastor told me they do this intentionally.
9:57 my house was hit :(
10:49 it was at this moment that he jnew he fucked up
*F4.
This isn't dramatic.. Take a look at Oklahoma/Texas weather coverage.. Especially news stations like KFOR, or Meteorologists like Gary England and his Weather Coverage like Moore or El Reno.. This is realism, this isn't meant to be dramatic..
Thank God I do not live in a red state!
I thank God I do and have tornado shelter underground in my father's home or I'm having a Oz concrete....no seams at my home in early spring. It's worth it to me!!!