Huge Storms raging right now in the USA!

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Just to mention a few:


Live streaming from Tuscaloosa, AL:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ABC-33-40-Main#utm_campaign=synclickback&source=http://www.abc3340.com/&medium=520983

Tornado watch for Washington, DC:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/tornado-watch-until-8-pm-west-and-southwest-of-dc-metro-area/2011/04/27/AF0pfEzE_blog.html

Tornado watch for Illinois:

http://www.weather.com/weather/newscenter/alerts/nswxcategory/IL

Tornado alerts for North Carolina:

http://www.weather.com/weather/newscenter/alerts/nswxcategory/NC

Tornado watch in Indiana:

http://www.weather.com/weather/newscenter/alerts/nswxcategory/IN

Tornado alert for Kentucky:

http://www.weather.com/weather/newscenter/alerts/nswxcategory/KY

Flooding still going on in Arkansas:

http://www.weather.com/weather/newscenter/alerts/nswxcategory/AR

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Mississippi has about everything you could imagine:

http://www.weather.com/weather/newscenter/alerts/nswxcategory/IL



GOV. BARBOUR DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR 39 MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES

Gov. Barbour today declared a State of Emergency for 39 Mississippi counties and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians after severe storms moved across the state.

The counties of Adams, Alcorn, Attala, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Coahoma, Covington, Grenada, Hinds, Holmes, Issaquena, Kemper, Lafayette, Lauderdale, Leake, Leflore, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Neshoba, Newton, Panola, Pike, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Rankin, Scott, Smith, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Yalobusha, Webster and Yazoo have reported damage from the storms. Five deaths have been reported.

The State of Emergency order allows emergency responders to efficiently utilize resources and receive state aid to respond to the situation.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families who lost loved ones or property in these devastating spring storms,” Gov. Barbour said. “A large section of our state has been impacted, and our emergency responders are doing an excellent job in helping communities. This State of Emergency declaration will allow the state to offer aid to begin recovery efforts.”

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency officials are working closely with local emergency managers to assess the damages. MEMA continues to monitor severe storm weather moving through the state.

[Ammit]

Be safe...

[MorningSong]

'Dangerous' tornado watch issued for parts of Southeast; death toll rises

Updated at 6:47 p.m. ET] A dangerous storm that earlier this evening produced a tornado that moved through Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is heading toward Birmingham, Alabama.

A tornado emergency has just been issued for Jefferson County, including the city of Birmingham.

[Updated at 6:22 p.m. ET] More information about a tornado that is believed to have struck the northern Alabama community of Cullman this afternoon: A roof was ripped off a courthouse, and a number of residences were pummeled, authorities said.

Mayor Max Thompson told CNN it appeared a tornado touched down on the west side of Cullman and then cut through the heart of the city, which has about 15,000 residents.

"Downtown was hit pretty hard," said Freddie Day of the Cullman Police Department. He said a number of ambulances had been dispatched throughout the city. It was not immediately known how many people were injured.

A tornado was cutting through the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, area.
[Updated at 6:12 p.m. ET] Video from CNN affiliate WBMA shows a large tornado in or near the Alabama city of Tuscaloosa.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado emergency for Tuscaloosa, Ralph, Fosters and Taylorville.

[Updated at 5:55 p.m. ET] The National Weather Service has issued a tornado emergency for the cities of Oakman and Parrish in Alabama's Walker County. A large tornado is reported to be on the ground heading for those areas, it said.

[Updated at 5:51 p.m. ET] A number of homes and businesses were "hit pretty hard" by a storm that included a tornado in Cullman, Alabama, said Freddie Day of the Cullman Police Department.

Damage to the Cullman Regional Medical Center - which emergency management officials had said may have been hit by the tornado - it was confined to the roof, a witness, Summer Frost, said. No storm-related injuries at the hospital have been reported.

The severe weather also caused a natural gas line to rupture, though the extent of the damage was not immediately known, Day said.

[Updated at 5:37 p.m. ET] A large tornado has been reported five miles southeast of Ashcraft Corner, Alabama, moving northeast at 55 mph, the National Weather Service says.

The towns of West Corona, Corona, Gamble and Manchester appeared to be in the direct path of this tornado. The National Weather Service has declared a tornado emergency for New Lexington, Concord and Moore's Bridge.

[Updated at 5:04 p.m. ET] WBMA has video of Wednesday afternoon's tornado in Cullman, Alabama.

The tornado was believed to have struck Cullman Regional Medical Center, emergency management officials said. Hospital officials declared a "code d" - a disaster - at the facility, a switchboard operator at the hospital told CNN.

"Something hit them," switchboard operator Sharon Barnett said.

[Updated at 4:46 p.m. ET] The death toll from Wednesday's storms in the South has risen to 12, including six in Alabama, five in Mississippi and one in Arkansas, authorities said. Hundreds of thousands of people are without power.

Storms packing high winds and the possibility of tornadoes still are bearing down on portions of Mississippi, Alabama, north Georgia and eastern Tennessee. A number of tornado warnings are currently in effect for parts of Alabama, and emergency management officials believe a tornado struck Cullman, Alabama, earlier today (see below).

[Updated at 4:22 p.m. ET] Emergency management officials believe that a tornado has struck Cullman Regional Medical Center in northern Alabama. A switchboard operator at the hospital told CNN that officials declared a disaster at the facility.

[Updated at 4:07 p.m. ET] A tornado was on the ground northeast of Cullman, Alabama, as of a few minutes ago, the National Weather Service said.

The towns of Good Hope, Baldwin, West Point and Fairview appear to be in the direct path of tornado. A tornado emergency has been declared by the National Weather Service for Alabama's northern Cullman and southeastern Morgan counties.

[Updated at 3:21 p.m. ET] The people killed as a result of severe weather in the South on Wednesday include six in Alabama, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency said.

[Updated at 1:26 p.m. ET] Two more deaths have been reported in Mississippi as a result of severe weather Wednesday, bringing to 11 the number of people who have died in the South as a result of powerful storms.

[Updated at 12:32 p.m. ET] The National Weather Service has issued a "particularly dangerous situation" tornado watch for portions of southeastern Arkansas, northeastern Louisiana and much of Mississippi until 7 p.m. (8 p.m. ET). A particularly dangerous situation watch is issued when there is a high risk of multiple strong tornadoes.

[Updated at 12:13 p.m. ET] A total of four people have died in Alabama as a result of severe weather, said Alabama Emergency Management spokeswoman Yasamie August, bringing the total deaths in Wednesday's storms to nine in three states.

[Updated at 10:34 a.m. ET] Another round of severe weather was ripping through parts of the South Wednesday, packing several possible tornadoes, killing at least five people and leaving a trail of destruction and damage.

The death toll from the storms increased Wednesday. Four people were reported dead in Mississippi after severe weather moved through overnight and Wednesday morning, according to the state Emergency Management Agency. Arkansas officials said earlier one person died there Tuesday night.

[Updated at 9:56 a.m. ET] A "heavy rescue" was under way at Lake Guntersville State Park in Marshall County, where a number of RVs were parked at the campground, said Yasamie August, Alabama Emergency Management spokeswoman. There have been no reports of injuries thus far, she said.

However, a second wave of storms was approaching, she said.

"Major damage" was reported in six counties, and it appears to be more widespread than that from an April 15 storm, August said. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley's office was getting a state of emergency declaration ready, she said.

In Lauderdale County, in far northwestern Alabama, an Emergency Management Agency employee was injured by broken glass after he witnessed what he said was a tornado while in his vehicle near the town of Oakland, the Weather Service said. A window blew out in his vehicle, CNN affiliate WHNT-TV in Huntsville, Alabama, reported. Damage was also reported to a church and a residence.

CNN affiliate WBRC-TV in Birmingham, Alabama also reported widespread damage including downed trees, destroyed property and reports of blocked roads. A truck was blown into a ditch on Interstate 22 in Alabama, WBRC reported.

Several school systems were dismissing students early or were closed Wednesday because of the weather, The Birmingham News reported.

[Updated at 9:30 a.m. ET] Some 269,000 people were without power, most of them in the metro Birmingham area, as of about 8:20 a.m. (9:20 a.m. ET), said Michael Sznajderman, spokesman for Alabama Power, which covers the southern two-thirds of the state. "We're chipping away" at them, he said, but crews may have to pause as the second line of storms approaches.

[Updated at 9:15 a.m. ET] Three people died overnight in Mississippi as severe weather swept the state, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday. Arkansas officials said earlier one person died there Tuesday night.

[Posted at 8:30 a.m. ET] A possible tornado has touched down in Marshall County, Alabama, Wednesday and there are reports of people trapped in homes and at a campground, Lee Rosser, a logistics specialist at the county's Emergency Management Agency, told CNN.

There are also numerous reports of damage all over the county, Rosser said.

CNN affiliate WSFA-TV reported fallen trees and power lines in central Alabama after storms passed through.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/27/possible-tornado-touches-down-in-alabama-damage-reported/?hpt=T2

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Major severe outbreak expected today

Weather Channel Videos:

http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/major-severe-outbreak-expected-today-20444

[Ivanhoe]

We had some really nasty weather where I live (Shreveport, La. U.S.A.) last night.
Between 6:00 P.M. and 1:A.M. this norning we has at least 6 tornados that touched ground around us, the nearest one to me about 6 miles away. F-3's and F-4's.
Texas had a bunch too.
Bad night all around.
Severe weather alert was lifted at 5:00 A.M. this morning.
South of where I live there were reports of straight line winds between 90-100 MPH.

[giovonni]

Crazy Wild Weather...these videos are just coming in...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR5LtyQ_5IM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR5LtyQ_5IM



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6kY0CONi5E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6kY0CONi5E



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lafsKozKTFc&feature=uploademail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lafsKozKTFc&feature=uploademail

[giovonni]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M_mcOL99qA&feature=uploademail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M_mcOL99qA&feature=uploademail

[giovonni]

126 Tornadoes and still counting...this is going to be ugly...

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110417/capt.1b1ff25a4bf046678d4363e13309096e-a0a0280e2d5f45e582bb8e684bc070e4-0.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=mDIm71rqfRF3kI9WYZzjfA--

Large, Violent Tornadoes Touching Down in Ala., Miss., Tenn., Ga.
Report:
http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/48909/todays-tornado-onslaught-cente.asp


Storms, Tornadoes Leave at Least 39 Dead in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Tennessee

Report:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/massive-tornado-hits-alabama-storms-leave-16-dead/story?id=13465028

[thunder24]

17 confirmed dead in my local region of tennessee. bad stuff.

peace be with the families that are dealing with it today. Wake up world, these things are not coincidences. review your priorities and perspectives.
peace

[ulli]

If I had carried on with my original plans I would have been here yesterday: The friend I was spposed to be visiting in KY took this picture.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/230717_141732832565542_100001864794477_253593_466378_n.jpg

[Davidallany]

There was a thunder storm in Ottawa last night but nothing major. May the force be with you.

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Here's an article from NOAA showing the sat image of the storm from yesterday. This pict is important, I think....looks like HAARP clouds to me:

http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/images/low_resolution/720-200_20110427-GOESVIS.jpg

http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/MediaDetail.php?MediaID=720&MediaTypeID=2&MediaFileID=200

[Axman]

I dont think we have had a sunny day for three weeks overcast cold and rain every day Blah Where is spring

The Axman

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From CNN.com:


Southern storms: 'I don't know how anyone survived'

Take a look at the picks.....wow -sigh-!

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/04/28/severe.weather/index.html?hpt=T1

[giovonni]

aftermath...

http://i.imwx.com/web/news/2011/april/birmtorn-042811-3.jpg
Birmingham, Ala.
Michael Dunn is hugged by his mother Patricia Dunn as they stand in the road that lead to his
house which was completely destroyed after a tornado touched down on Wednesday.

Tornadoes Cut Path of Destruction
by weather.com
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/Tornado-cuts-path-of-destruction_2011-04-27

Photos: Wednesday's Tornado Outbreak
by Sean Breslin
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/alabama-tornado-042711_2011-04-27

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An interactive map of the cities and states effected:

http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2011/04/weather/map.google.980.severe.weather/index.html?hpt=T1

More:

http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/tornado-outbreak-april-27_2011-04-27

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fmaps.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fms%3Fie%3DUTF8%26hl%3Den%26vps%3D1%26jsv%3D334b%26msa%3D0%26ou tput%3Dnl%26msid%3D204109457876052646118.0004a1f774a7ef9249f88&aq=&sll=34.198173,-88.352051&sspn=9.190495,19.753418&ie=UTF8&ll=33.541395,-89.165039&spn=7.413448,13.051758&z=6

[humanalien]

Briton is next. Their government is spraying the sky like hell right now.
The brits are very upset.
Read kerrys blog for more info.

[thunder24]

People here have never experienced anything like this. I saw the damage today...disastor zone. metal through cow fields, barns leveled. Twisted metal roofs in trees and power lines. It Came 5 miles from where I was and just lifted over to glade springs virgina. We were blessed, others were not. Avalon and world, please beam you careing love to the Eastern southeastern united states, just like Japan, just like the middle east, just like to haiti.

Perspectives must change, Wake up People...U must change your electric currents in your grey matter to a higher phase. thankyou
peace

[daledo]

http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=14538372

PLEASANT GROVE, AL (AP) - Alabama emergency officials say the number of people killed in the state in the worst tornado outbreak in four decades has climbed to 210. It is now considered the deadliest weather event in the state in more than 70 years.

At least 36 were killed Wednesday in Tuscaloosa, home of the University of Alabama.

The Alabama Emergency Management Agency early Friday said in a news release that nearby DeKalb County had 32 fatalities.

Crews are still combing neighborhoods looking for bodies and any possible survivors.

Fatalities were also reported in Bibb, Calhoun, Cullman, Dekalb, Elmore, Fayette, Franklin, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, St. Clair, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa and Walker counties.

The new Alabama total brings the death toll in six states to at least 297.

Here are the most recent death tolls in the states hit hardest by Wednesday's storms.

*
o Alabama: 210 dead
o Mississippi: 33 dead
o Tennessee: 33 dead
o Georgia: 15 dead
o Virginia: 5 dead
o Kentucky: 1 dead

[Anna]

I am praying for you,

hug from Anna

[Rocky_Shorz]

17 confirmed dead in my local region of tennessee. bad stuff.

peace be with the families that are dealing with it today. Wake up world, these things are not coincidences. review your priorities and perspectives.
peace

Hi Thunder, any word on what people need in your area right now?

[Rozzy]

Here in the great white north it was hail today, there is another interesting Phenom happening here. Recently three airplanes in three separate incidences here have been knocked out of the sky by previously unknown atmospheric conditions. Investigations by air safety officials are continuing, so far conclusions have not been reached, one pilot survived his experience while his aircraft was a right off. There is some kind of powerful windshear happening that goes straight up. One moment you are flying at ten thousand feet and the next you are swept to forty thousand, the pressure on the craft is astronomical. In one case the plane was completely destroyed in air, breaking up in ways not seen before. The cargo of full fuel drums were crushed like pop cans by whatever force hit the aircraft.

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Wow, Rozzy! Any links?

[giovonni]

Twister death toll 318; most since 1932 outbreak

(AP) – 12 hours ago

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say the death toll from the devastating tornado outbreak across the South has climbed to 318, making it the deadliest day for twisters since the Great Depression.

Alabama was in the path of the most destruction from Wednesday's storms. Authorities on Friday raised the number of confirmed dead to 228. More than 30 lost their lives in Tuscaloosa, which is home to the University of Alabama. Two students are among the dead.

In March 1932, 332 people died, all in Alabama.

In April 1974, a series of twisters killed 315 people in 11 states.

The largest death toll ever in the U.S. from twisters was on March 18, 1925 when 747 people were killed in storms that raged through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. In that outbreak, a single, 219-mile-long tornado killed 695 people.

Source:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gwJTIxeUWZizZWADgvTCGRhnRpiA?docId=5431c50bec974f00bf5d68f67d174739



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VstzTUYoZ7Y&feature=uploademail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VstzTUYoZ7Y&feature=uploademail

[thunder24]

Right now, many churches have dedicated to help. They have clothing, shelter, food and water to help the displaced. Outside line workers came in to help restore power. Actually the commuity has come together very well. No looting, no fighting. There are some people stoping in the middle of the road taking pictures which bothered some people but over all the whole community has come together. It is a horrible way to generate money and needs but really thats about what is needed. Some had no insurance on their buildings and those that did can't do any clean up till the adjusters come and take a look.

I honestly don't know how people are going to be able to afford to rebuild or where they will stay long term. We are not a monetary rich community, very rural and very poor. I came to see some friends and in certain parts of the county, the tornado was 400 yards wide. Its not as bad as alabama, but we never have these things in my remote area of Tennessee. The bigger cities get coverage and those close to the interstate, but we only get a little coverage from local stations. I guess the bigger the loss the more coverage which I understand, but we are the poor mountain people and we do need help. keep all of us in your thoughts and prayers. thankyou world and thankyou Avalon
peace

People lost houses, barns and animals, farming community. Total loss

http://johnsoncitypress.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=35133915&event=1211927&CategoryID=64654&picnum=1&move=F#Image

http://greenevillesun.com/
check out johnson city press, greenville sun, Elizabethton star, bristol hearald courier, and the tomahawk. Google these newspapers for pics

[Rozzy]

Wow, Rozzy! Any links?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2011/04/01/yukon-mayo-lake-crash.html

This link is of the plain that had the fuel drums on board, I noticed on the end of the report they talk of a 2007 incident with the same type of aircraft and its load shifting. The Black Sheep plane was one of those caught lately in the new atmospheric conditions that they are trying to figure out. This news report was an early one that I bet the reporter has no knowledge of a new and deadly type of vertical wind shear they are calling a circ, sirque (spelling). I am not sure how many people know about the mysterious new winds that are estimated at 150 miles per hour, it does have people in aviation both government and private baffled at this point.

[giovonni]

Survivors picking up pieces from deadly twisters
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110429/D9MT9EK82.html

[thunder24]

Yesterday i learned one of my friends has a friend, that decided to donate $20,000 to the victims here where i live. They live in Florida, or at least thats where they are from.
I also learned that the Chattanooga area will be without power for around 3-4 weeks still. They are running on generators but i think normally they get power from TVA plant out of Alabama. We all know what happened there, so it will be some time to be restored.

The New Day is Shaping our New Way. Either adapt or get your paradigms blown to smitherians it seems. If possible, rejoice in the fact things are changing. Birth is painful wouldn't you ladies agree?
peace

[MorningSong]

From http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/april_2011_tornado_information.html :


April 2011 tornado information

Updated: May 2, 2011, 12:00 p.m. EDT

April 25-28, 2011, Tornado Outbreak Statistics

NOAA's preliminary estimate is that there were 362 tornadoes during the entire outbreak from 8:00 a.m. EDT April 25 to 8:00 a.m. April 28, 2011.

* During the 24-hour period from 8:00 a.m. EDT April 27 to 8:00 a.m. EDT April 28, The National Weather Service (NWS) estimates there were a total of 312 tornadoes.

* The NWS Storm Prediction Center issued severe weather outlooks five days in advance and tornado watches hours in advance.

* NWS Weather Forecast Offices issued life-saving tornado warnings, with an average lead-time of 24 minutes. NWS issued warnings for more than 90 percent of these tornadoes.

* NWS decision support for this event has been extensive. NWS Weather Forecast Offices in the affected areas of Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia advertised the potential for severe weather in the Tuesday through Wednesday timeframe since late last week. Local offices provided direct decision support services to meet the specific needs of local emergency manager partners and the general public. NWS Weather Forecast Offices issued Hazardous Weather Outlooks up to six days in advance noting the greater threat of strong, long-track tornadoes was expected.

* The largest previous number of tornadoes on record in one event occurred from April 3-4, 1974, with 148 tornadoes.

Expert analysis by NOAA Research and the National Weather Service of the fatality information indicates that at least 350 people were killed during the entire outbreak from 8:00 a.m. EDT April 25 to 8:00 a.m. April 28. There were 340 fatalities during the 24-hour-period from 8:00 a.m. April 27 to 8:00 a.m. April 28.

* The April 26-28 period had the most people killed by tornadoes in a two-day period since April 5-6, 1936, when 454 people were killed, mostly in Tupelo, Mississippi, and Gainesville, Georgia.

* April 27, 2011, is the deadliest single day for tornadoes since the March 18, 1925, tornado outbreak that had 747 fatalities across 7 states (including the Tri-State Tornado).

* The Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado during the April 2011 event caused at least 65 fatalities. This tornado had a maximum width of 1.5 miles and a track 80 miles long.

o These are the most fatalities from a single tornado in the United States since May 25, 1955, when 80 people were killed in a tornado in southern Kansas with 75 of those deaths in Udall, Kansas.

o The deadliest single tornado on record in the United States was the Tri-State tornado (Mo., Ill., Ind.) on March 18, 1925, when 695 died.

Ongoing (preliminary) List of Tornadoes by EF Rating (EF3 to EF5):

* EF5: 2
* EF4: 11
* EF3: 21

Note: All numbers are based on combined NOAA and historical research records and current fatality estimates. The historical research records extend back to 1680.

Month of April 2011 (and record monthly) Tornado Statistics

NWS’s preliminary estimate is that there have been more than 600 tornadoes thus far during the month of April 2011.

* The previous record number of tornadoes during the month of April was 267 tornadoes set in April 1974.

* The previous record number of tornadoes during any month was 542 tornadoes set in May 2003.

* The average number of tornadoes for the month of April during the past decade is 161.

* The overall monthly average number of tornadoes for the past decade is 106.

2011 Year-to-Date (and record annual) Statistics

NWS’s preliminary estimate is that there have been 881 tornadoes so far this year.

* The previous yearly record number of tornadoes was set in 2004 with 1,817.

* May is historically the most active month for tornadoes.

* The overall yearly average number of tornadoes for the past decade is 1,274.


Go to link for maps, state stats, et al.

[heyokah]

There's evidence of Weather Manipulation to Create Powerful Storms in Midwest, South, Southeast US

http://kauilapele.wordpress.com/2011/04/30/evidence-of-weather-manipulation-to-create-powerful-storms-in-midwest-south-southeast-us/

[thunder24]

Ok Osama been dead, what a distraction from the reality the South is faceing right now. United over death of one man, what a pity that we forget so quickly.
peace

[thunder24]

Govenator Haslam from the great volunteer state, has asked for federal money for two east tn counties. They are within 50 miles of where I live and was hit by tornadoes, yet did not ask for it for us. What is up with you dude?

Now Tn is flooding, thats just not what we need. Hope all are well down south.

peace

Two counties in Va still waiting on Fema assistance. How long does it take, Two tn counties near me got it already, Johnson county did not.

What is up with the beuracracies?

[thunder24]

We finally got the approval from Fema for emergency assistance. Thank God. We need it.
peace

postupdate

southwest Virginia gets no FEMA money. Man what is up, either this was a disastorous event or not. come on.
peace

[thunder24]

flooding in memphis, drastic . we need all the prayers we can get in Tn right now. Any body know any PA memebers from Alabama, had any contact?
peace

still no money for southwest virgina, ya know you just forget about the different groups of poor, and then someone has to remind you guys that we are all poor down here. Give southwest virgina the help for the tornado victims that you give everybody else. FEMA

[thunder24]

http://benjaminfulford.net/


The “once in 500 year” flooding of the Mississippi river over the New Madrid fault line is part of a campaign directed against the American people, according to multiple intelligence agency (MI6, CIA, FSB, Japan Security police) sources. The HAARP caused flooding is expected to be followed by an earthquake and then a “nuclear emergency” involving the 15 nuclear reactors located in the region. This will be a pretext for mass evacuations into FEMA camps, the sources say. The best way to derail this plan, apart from arresting the criminal cabal in Washington D.C., is to widely announce and denounce these plans in advance.
I'm not saying this is probable or not, but with the technology out there it is possible. Remember they don't have to create an earthquake, only enhance it.
peace

[Fred259]

High Temperature, High Dew Point & High Humidity I would suggest is the cause of the heavy rain.....Its getting to the stage that everyday Fulford has to find something that he can blame on HAARP…


Weather Stations Station Location Temp. Dew Point Humidity Wind Precipitation Elevation Updated Type Website
Midtown Memphis (EMA), Memphis, TN 25.3 °C 21 °C 76% South at 4.8 km/h / 1.3 m/s 0 mm / hr 98 m 1 min 10 sec ago Normal

Brentwood Farms, Southaven, MS 24 °C 20 °C 74% WSW at 0.0 km/h / 0.0 m/s 0 mm / hr 98 m 8 sec ago Normal

Greentrees, Memphis, TN 24 °C 21 °C 83% SW at 2.6 km/h / 0.7 m/s 0 mm / hr 87 m 0 sec ago Rapid Fire

APRSWXNET Memphis TN , Memphis, TN 24.4 °C 21 °C 79% SW at 3.2 km/h / 0.9 m/s 0 mm / hr 76 m 17 min 29 sec ago MADIS

SE Shelby County, Memphis, TN 24.9 °C 21 °C 78% ESE at 0.0 km/h / 0.0 m/s 0 mm / hr 113 m 11 min 45 sec ago Normal

APRSWXNET Memphis TN , Cordova, TN 23.9 °C 20 °C 80% South at 3.2 km/h / 0.9 m/s 0 mm / hr 82 m 26 min 29 sec ago MADIS

Plantation Lakes, Olive Branch, MS 23.8 °C 21 °C 83% SSW at 0 km/h 0 mm / hr 116 m 2 sec ago Normal
Eastern Shelby Farms, Cordova, TN 25.0 °C 20 °C 75% North at 0.0 km/h / 0.0 m/s 0 mm / hr 96 m 3 sec ago Rapid Fire

APRSWXNET Memphis TN , Memphis, TN 22.8 °C 20 °C 84% SE at 0.0 km/h / 0.0 m/s 0 mm / hr 90 m 47 min 29 sec ago MADIS

Old Towne, Olive Branch, MS 23 °C 21 °C 83% SW at 8 km/h 0 mm / hr 87 m 0 sec ago Rapid Fire

Skyler Estates, Southaven, MS 23.1 °C 21 °C 87% SE at 4.8 km/h / 1.3 m/s 0 mm / hr 114 m 24 min 46 sec ago Normal

Sanga Point, Cordova, TN 24.7 °C 21 °C 81% ENE at 5.6 km/h / 1.6 m/s 0 mm / hr 86 m 11 sec ago Rapid Fire

Cordova Park, Cordova, TN 23.6 °C 18 °C 70% SSE at 0.0 km/h / 0.0 m/s 0 mm / hr 111 m 4 sec ago Rapid Fire

Bartlett, Bartlett, TN 24.1 °C 20 °C 79% WNW at 0.0 km/h / 0.0 m/s 0 mm / hr 88 m 21 sec ago Rapid Fire

APRSWXNET Germantown TN , Memphis, TN 23.3 °C 21 °C 87% SSW at 1.6 km/h / 0.4 m/s 0 mm / hr 107 m 23 min 29 sec ago MADIS

Bartlett-Grapevine Cv, Bartlett, TN 26.0 °C 21 °C 72% ESE at 7 km/h 0 mm / hr 99 m 1 sec ago Rapid Fire

Bridgetown, Nesbit, MS 22.6 °C 20 °C 86% SSE at 0.0 km/h / 0.0 m/s 0 mm / hr 112 m 6 min 0 sec ago Normal

APRSWXNET Bartlett TN , Ellendale, TN 27.2 °C 21 °C 68% SE at 6.4 km/h / 1.8 m/s 0 mm / hr 94 m 16 min 29 sec ago MADIS

Egypt Central, Memphis, TN 23.3 °C 20 °C 80% SSE at 6.0 km/h / 1.7 m/s 0 mm / hr 87 m 52 sec ago Normal

Lexington Crossing, Olive Branch, MS 26 °C 24 °C 84% SE at 0 km/h 0 mm / hr 108 m 32 sec ago Normal

Appling Lake, Bartlett, TN 24.2 °C 21 °C 81% South at 3 km/h 0 mm / hr 91 m 9 sec ago Rapid Fire

MesoWest Presley , West Memphis, AR 22.2 °C - - North at - 0 mm / hr 67 m 2 hr 21 min 29 sec ago MADIS

Sutton Place Subdivision, Cordova, TN 24.1 °C 20 °C 78% South at 1 km/h 0 mm / hr 112 m 3 sec ago Rapid Fire

Bartlett-Rockyford, Bartlett, TN 24.5 °C 20 °C 75% SSW at 6 km/h 0 mm / hr 79 m 3 sec ago Rapid Fire

Shelby County, Eads, TN 24 °C 22 °C 87% SSE at 5 km/h 0 mm / hr 116 m 1 sec ago Rapid Fire

Northwood Hills, Hernando, MS 23.7 °C 20 °C 78% SSE at 4 km/h 0 mm / hr 115 m 1 sec ago Rapid Fire

Piperton, Piperton, TN 25.7 °C 20 °C 70% East at 17.7 km/h / 4.9 m/s - / hr 108 m 4 min 34 sec ago Normal

Salem Road Ranches, Lakeland, TN 23.2 °C 21 °C 89% WSW at 0.0 km/h / 0.0 m/s 0 mm / hr 107 m 0 sec ago Rapid Fire

Hidden Meadows, Arlington, TN 25.3 °C 22 °C 80% SSW at 1.6 km/h / 0.4 m/s 0 mm / hr 93 m 18 min 42 sec ago Normal

Hernando Point, Hernando, MS 24 °C 21 °C 83% SSW at 4 km/h 0 mm / hr 101 m 3 sec ago Rapid Fire

[thunder24]

Fred I would agree with you on Fulford, however documenting what is said is a way to keep the info around to refer to when and if things happen. Hind sight is always 20/20
peace

thankyou for the stats

[Fred259]

Fred I would agree with you on Fulford, however documenting what is said is a way to keep the info around to refer to when and if things happen. Hind sight is always 20/20
peace

thankyou for the stats

Lol, ,kick your boots off and pour another whisky, not that Jim Bean stuff that’s not real whisky you know that don’t you…here you go, but mind its $25,200 / bottle !

http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/selection/macallan_1928_50_yo_whisky.aspx

[Fred259]

Hi Thunder24,

This is what Viking is posting up on "Earth Changes"... I just wondered if any folks had any pictures.

"The Mississippi River has crested at Memphis, Tennessee this morning, reaching the 2nd highest level on record. The flood height of 47.79' was just below the all-time record height of 48.7' set in the great 1937 flood."

[thunder24]

I will look for some. they say it will be the worst flooding ever after the ohio drains from all the rain up north from ehre
peace..

Jim is nothing compared to the Moon shining on my pond.
peace

[thunder24]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13335947
http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-201_162-10007701.html

here are some links to pics for those interested in memphis flooding
peace

[Fred259]

Thanks Thunder,

Not good, reminds me of the Brisbane floods, is the river 4.5km wide?

I think you have a lot more to come.

Stay safe..

PS/ It never cease’s to amaze me why you folks watch the BBC… do you like it?

[thunder24]

don't watch bbc, it just popped up on my browser, so i added it. I'm far from the flooding, but we got fema here helping with tornado victims. moon is still shingin.
peace

yes alot more water heading down to us
it poured here in the appalachians last night, reminded me of the tornado night

[MorningSong]

NASA Sat picts...now and before:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=50549

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/50000/50549/memphis_tm5_2011130.jpg

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/50000/50549/memphis_tm5_2010111.jpg


The Thematic Mapper on Landsat 5 captured the top image on May 10, 2011, and the bottom image (showing non-flooded conditions) on April 21, 2010. Both images are natural color and show the area as it would look to the human eye. In May 2011, muddy water has pushed over the Mississippi’s banks both east and west of the normal river channel. Flood waters span the distance between Memphis and West Memphis, and also fill a floodplain extending to an industrial park northwest of Treasure Island.

more info at link....

[thunder24]

Last night we had more major storms. Lighting just like when the tornado came through, it was a light show. Trees toppled over, barns blew down, twisted trees laying down on the TN/NC border.
Storms are supposed to hit East Tn and Western north carolina tonight, More of same is forcast for all week. Just what we needed.

any body need some water, and do you have a way to clean it, we got plenty.
peace

[sandy]

Last night we had more major storms. Lighting just like when the tornado came through, it was a light show. Trees toppled over, barns blew down, twisted trees laying down on the TN/NC border.
Storms are supposed to hit East Tn and Western north carolina tonight, More of same is forcast for all week. Just what we needed.

any body need some water, and do you have a way to clean it, we got plenty.
peace

Hi Thunder24,

Don't need any water thanks, I have lots in my basement that I've been swabbing for days:) Stay safe my friend and hope that the weather there changes for the better soon. I haven't checked Dutchsinse today but he is pretty good at warning for tornadoes so if your not onto him it is a good resource for predictions of future bad storms. Take Care

[thunder24]

Amazing, storms split apart coming in and totally reformed below my county. Amazing things happen in the mountain empire.

thanks sandy, and I hope you can salvage some things out of your basement, that doesn't sound good or fun.
peace

[Fred259]

What is the latest in TN folks?

[thunder24]

http://www.commercialappeal.com/photos/galleries/rising-rivers-may-6-onward/ ----- pictures


A day after reaching a near-record crest, the swollen Mississippi River started ebbing ever so slightly Wednesday while federal disaster-assistance officials made preparations to begin helping Memphis-area flood victims.

The Mississippi had fallen less than 2 inches by Wednesday evening from the unofficial crest Tuesday morning of 47.8 feet at the Memphis gauge. But it soon should start dropping about 6inches daily and, by Sunday, fall below the "major flood" stage of 46 feet, said National Weather Service meteorologist Richard Okulski.

"It should be sometime early next week that we start losing some of the backwater (flooding)," he said.

Floods on the Mississippi take a while to subside because as the crest rolls by, upstream tributaries that had been backed up by high stages suddenly can pour into the river, said Lt. Col. Daniel C. Hamilton, deputy district commander for the Corps of Engineers in Memphis. That added inflow keeps water levels high until the river can funnel it all downstream.http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/may/11/flood-lingers-past-crest-mississippi-river/
http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=58571
things are slowly but surely looking up

peace

[Fred259]

7387May 10, 2011 - After weeks of rising to historic levels the Mississippi River reached a crest just shy of the forecasted 48 feet at the Memphis gauge. "It's going to meander around that level for the next 24 to 36 hours," meteorologist Bill Borghoff said. "We're going to pretty much hold onto the crest for a while." (Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal




7388


That's a big river folks....stay safe.

[MorningSong]

Off Topic Observation: that Pyramid there!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_Arena

Interesting....6th largest...abandoned... 55 year lease to Bass... to re-open in Nov '11...hmmmmm

[thunder24]

the pyramid is where the grizzlies play basketball season games

nine out of 11 counties flooded along the Mississippi have 50% more poverty than national average according to the weather channel.
peace

midwest getting pounded with torandoes right now.

[MorningSong]

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50568


Flooding reaches Vicksburg, Mississippi

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/50000/50568/vicksburg_ali_2011130.jpg




....sigh....

[MorningSong]

Jindal says Morganza Floodway to open Saturday or Sunday; tells parishes to begin evacuation notifications
Published: Friday, May 13, 2011, 1:34 PM Updated: Friday, May 13, 2011, 3:41 PM

In a news conference in Baton Rouge Friday, Gov. Bobby Jindal said the Army Corps of Engineers has made it clear to him that it will order the Morganza Floodway to be opened on Saturday or on Sunday at the latest.

“Now is the time to take action. Don’t delay, Don’t hope something will change,” Jindal said.

Jindal said he has asked state officials to tell parish governments to begin notifying their residents in areas in the Atchafalaya River basin expected to be flooded to begin evacuations. Some parishes have told him that they will complete notifications of residents of evacuation plans in a few hours, while others will need up to 48 hours.

"They’ve still not officially made a decision on whether or when they will open the spillway, but the Corps of Engineers did tell me today that there are at 1.423 million cubic feet per second at Red River Landing and they are likely to get to 1.5 (million cubic feet) by tomorrow evening and they will operate that system so that they will not allow that flow to exceed 1.5 through the Baton Rouge area," Jindal said.

Jindal said his comments were based on a conversation with Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh, who is president of the Mississippi River Commission and senior commander of all corps district offices along the Mississippi. In that capacity, it is Walsh who will make the decision on opening the Morganza Floodway.

Walsh will hold a news conference in Vicksburg, Miss., at 1 p.m. today.

U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., said he had a similar conversation with Walsh this morning, and also urged residents to begin evacuation preparations.....

(continue at link)

http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/05/jindal_says_morganza_floodway.html

[thunder24]

Last night watching the weather channel, itlooked like the low swirling in the atlantic states had an eye almost over D.C. Wasthington also had heavy storms close by. One wing of the low, was dumping water all over Ohio. With the flooding going on in the Mississippi, this will carry on longer than expected. The new madrid fault lying underneath, only moderatly rumbling would possibley cause liquifation up and down the Mississippi River. Intent to cause the storms to be as least severe as possible would be great right now.

Along with the flooding, some farmers who have already put out crops, might suffer from root rot if the rain doesn't slow. With Gas prices the way they are, the PEOPLE CANNOT take much more affecting their wallets, minds, and well being.

I saw some where that FEMA was giving out 1.8 million dollars to tornado victims, I'm not sure or not but I think this was total. How do they expect that to be of any relief to people that lost it all. There was total devestation in some places. $1.8 million does not go far across all the damaged states.
peace

[thunder24]

Prayers go out to the victims of tornados in the Mid-west. Prayers go out to the flood victims along the Mississippi. These storms are bringing the Mid-west to a grinding halt, slow and grinding. Please pause for a moment(s) throughout your day for these people. Everyone does not have insurance, this is fact.

Huge storms rambling across the country for the past month. Still seeing storms appear and disappear on the radar. Like gone and then reform.
peace

[thunder24]

Tornado warnings 20 miles away, severe storms headed this way. Prayers please

[Rocky_Shorz]

you'll be fine...

[thunder24]

wow we had tornado warnings for the past 45 to an hour. the sun came out about 15 minutes ago. Thanks yall. These things seem to be close and just miss, or pass over and begin pouring the rain just over the mountain. Weird weather. Seriously, where I'm at, we have never really had anything like this, some warnings through out the years but nothing serious, after April, we pay attention to the clouds wind and weather alot closer.

Sure seems like its way more intense this year. Any body got friends in Missourit, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Alabama, or Mississippi they haven't heard from? Not really sure, who and where all is being affected this spring, but we are all thinking about you and praying for you.

peace

[ulli]

I'm with you Thunder...

breaking up those cloud cells....

it works better while looking at a google earth satellite picture..

beholding that evening sunshine...

[aviators]

I have been watching this US radar loop for the past couple weeks. Sure strange weather were having.
I would love to find a way to stitch weeks of weather loops together. Check out the circling in the NW Pacific going on NOW. (Tuesday night the 24th of May)
Unbelievable !!!

http://www.accuweather.com/us/radar/rs/un/radar.asp?play=true

Stay safe....Peace out

[davyj0nes]

Lord Enlil must be mad.

[Calz]

More tornadoes and death in same area today. Believe it or not, spotters have just confirmed a tornado on the ground and heading for Joplin (yes again).

Tornadoes, storms kill 6 in Oklahoma, Kansas

(CNN) -- Severe weather's assault on middle America continued Tuesday, as tornadoes and thunderstorms pulverized communities and claimed at least six lives in Oklahoma and Kansas.

Twisters also were brewing in Dallas and several northern Texas counties, according to the National Weather Service, with at least one tornado reported on the ground.

There was no rest for the weary and grieving.

Joplin, Missouri, where 124 died in a tornado Sunday, was under a tornado warning late Tuesday.

Two motorists died when an uprooted tree slammed into their van in Stafford County, Kansas, according to the state adjutant general's office.


http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/24/severe.weather/index.html?hpt=T1

[thunder24]

Dallas, tx wedge tornado, southside , near hutchens

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

As Dutchsinse has previously pointed out, if you look at the radar in wunder.com right now at 23:01 CST, you will see a counter-clockwise rotating system, much like a hurricane, extending from southern Texas, east through Missouri, north up through Nebraska/Iowa and west in to Colorado. This whole system is slowly lumbering east. This appears to me to be quite abnormal to weather systems that would normally be following the jet stream. This is pretty much an exact repeat of the same system that has occurred multiple time in the past three months. What is indicative of this system as with others is tornadic activity. It goes without saying what has happened in Joplin, Missouri the other day, and appears to be happening again. Looking at the radar this looks like an inland hurricane. Can this in any right be considered natural? Thoughts anyone?

[Rocky_Shorz]

it was the complete loop of a hurricane up in MN and it was like it tugged the storm all the way to Texas, turned from rain to monster storm in an hour through multiple states

the 10 news jet stream loop might still be showing it...

yep just the very first image right now

look quick (http://www.10news.com/wxmap/4290862/detail.html)

[Sophocles]

This one by Dutchsinse was just put out on youtube:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x0V0pDdphg

[thunder24]

tornado warnings, as the bird flies, 30 miles . Prayers, thanks
peace

[Rocky_Shorz]

the jet stream is already broken above you, this is weird...

link (http://www.10news.com/wxmap/4290862/detail.html)

[thunder24]

Now we have a warning for my county. and storms coming right behind this one. Wild weather, what a ride. Jet stream seems to have a mind of its own.
peace

Tornado spotted n the air reported 7 miles west of Abingdon, Virgina

[Fred259]

7760

US Weather 26 May 2011


Here is the weather map for mainland US today. High preassure that was previously situated over the eastern seaboard has now moved to dominate most of continental US.

Winds around high pressure systems blow clockwise (Anticlock in the Southern hem).
Winds around a low pressure system blow anticlockwise (Clockwise in the Southern hem)

The bad weather in mid and southern states is being caused by air blowing around these high pressure systems (clockwise) and collecting warm moist air from the equator and the Gulf of Mexico. This air is then blowing northerly in a clockwise direction. Consequently southern and mid states are hot and humid.

The hot air is rising due to convection causing thunderstorms. Nothing unusual about this.

What is unusual is that cooler air is blowing from the north around low pressure systems.

The cold air is denser compared with the warm air and when these two air masses meet the cold air pushes the warm air skywards causing massive cumulonimbus clouds towering to 44,000 feet with intense instability. This is what’s causing the massive thunderstorms and squall cloud.

If you notice on these radar images the rain belt is blowing Anticlock around the low pressure system.

The Jetstream sits at the interface between these two air masses with the core of the jet on the cold air side at 30,000 feet. So quite naturally as the cold air pushes south so will the core of the Jetstream.

An occluded front east of Tennessee has stalled, which is not helping matters.

Baseball size hail stones are not that common, but then again they are not that uncommon either. It’s indicative of the mass instability in the atmosphere.

The weather will continue to be like this until these high pressure systems weaken, and move out over the Atlantic.

The United States in not under attack in any shape or form. Suggesting it is belongs with Ian Fleming and Hollywood…

[jackovesk]

The Pure Force of the Tornedos are just unbelievable...