Tuesday Severe Weather Thread

[TheRef]

Okay guys...we have had two days of absolute Hell down here in the South. Sad thing is, we're not done yet. Here is what SPC has out for their Day 1 Convective Outlook.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk_1300.gif

As you can see, this polygon DOES include Starkville, MS and most of East-Central MS. This line of storms that will develop in the afternoon will interact with a mid-level jet (between 700 and 500 mb) to produce some really strong uplift. Add in CAPE values around 2000-2500 J/kg and you have instability that you need. The only thing that's limiting me on the tornado threat is the Southwesterly flow at the surface. This all is associated with a decaying MCS (Mesoscale Convective System) that has been the driving force for all of our severe weather lately. But as we progress from afternoon into evening, the strong supercell threat will decrease and this will turn more into a linear system, or a QLCS (Quasi-linear convective system). But once again, this thing is still not something we want to mess with today. We've seen what it can do in the right circumstance. This isn't the GREATEST setup in the world but I believe it can still produce some fairly strong tornadoes and if it doesn't produce a tornado near you then you still have a straight-line wind and hail threat that you'll have to watch out for. I will be out of pocket between 3:30 and around 4:45 today due to class. I know y'all will keep this thing running for me while I'm gone. If y'all have any questions/concerns please feel free to ask.

[#660000]

NM

[Barking 13]

Dang Ref, class at prime time.....

[TheRef]

Not seeing any details - only cities.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/imgs/cities.gif

changed it....once I posted it I saw that it wasn't showing the outlook. Should see it now.

[TheRef]

Dang Ref, class at prime time.....

I know...it stinks. But a student has to do what a student has to do.

[TheRef]

And this is NOT what you want to see before a severe weather event. Clear skies = sunlight = more instability = worse severe weather.

http://climate.cod.edu/data/satellite/2km/MS/current/MS.vis.gif

[RossDawg82]

looks filthy

[DownwardDawg]

Petal schools are dismissing. Lamar county and Sacred Heart in H'burg dismissing. So far PCS isn't but my kid is being picked up pretty soon.

[slickdawg]

Yeah, sunny skies are really a bad thing right now - heat increases instability.

[TheRef]

Once this thing fires up, don't be surprised to see it take the same amount of time to develop its stronger storms. This thing will be pretty bad once it starts up.

[DownwardDawg]

PCS just announced early dismissal. Looks like the schools are taking this serious.

[TheRef]

PCS just announced early dismissal. Looks like the schools are taking this serious.

As they should. PCS area is within the 15% hatched tornado threat area.

[slickdawg]

Yesterday, the storms started initiation in Northeast LA. Today I think they will start roughly in the I-55 corridor.

[TheRef]

Yesterday, the storms started initiation in Northeast LA. Today I think they will start roughly in the I-55 corridor.

Agreed...maybe a little bit near the NO area also for the Southern extent.

[starkvegasdawg]

I chased Sunday and Monday but think I may take today off unless they are very near Starkville. Didn't get in until 5:00am after the Arkansas tornado Sunday and then just a couple hours of sleep before going yesterday. No sleep and near $4 diesel can be a limiting factor. Plus my employer doesn't believe in unlimited vacation for some strange reason.

[TheRef]

I chased Sunday and Monday but think I may take today off unless they are very near Starkville. Didn't get in until 5:00am after the Arkansas tornado Sunday and then just a couple hours of sleep before going yesterday. No sleep and near $4 diesel can be a limiting factor. Plus my employer doesn't believe in unlimited vacation for some strange reason.

Where all did you chase yesterday? And sorry for not responding to your texts yesterday as often as I usually do. I was the driver yesterday and we were pretty close to the Carthage and Louisville tornadoes.

[It_Could_Happen]

Ref, I just want to make sure I am reading this right. Is starkville in the high threat area?

[TheRef]

Ref, I just want to make sure I am reading this right. Is starkville in the high threat area?

Starkville is on the edge of the Moderate risk area, yes. Even if we were in the slight risk area, however, I would advise that you still treat this as a potentially dangerous situation. Keep a reliable source of info nearby in case something does happen.

[LC Dawg]

Thanks for all the info. Looks like another long day.

[TheRef]

Here is what NWS Jackson, MS is thinking for timing and risk areas for this storm.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmZl1QyCAAAIBbd.jpg

[starkvegasdawg]

Quite understandable on not responding. I was near you some of yesterday. I started in Ackerman after a police officer there gave me permission to set up behind the hospital since it had a good view to the W and SW. I was going to just sit there and wait on the storm from Yazoo City. My patience ran out and I decided to meet it half way around Ethel or Kosciusko. By the time I got there the storm had really started losing steam and I saw another good hook down to my south heading to Louisville (I think we know how that turned out) so I made a mad dash down Hwy 9 to it. First and (I say) last time I ever punch a core trying to get to a tornado. That was not good for the nerves trying to make sure I didn't over drive and come out right in it's path. I ended up near the Wal-Mart there and watched it from a gas station with some chasers from CA. It was still obscured in rain for most of my viewing time since I was looking south from the edge of the core but it was close enough for me to hear the roar. I was then going to hit Hwy 14 and shoot across to Macon to set up on it again on 45ALT. but as soon as I did that the next storm just to its south went tornado warned and no sooner than I got out of town I looked up and that one was heading right at me. I was stuck there on the highway trying to decide if I just sit there and hope it misses me or try to outrun it through the hail core. After I remembered what I saw on I-40 while stuck in traffic outside Mayflower, AR, the day before I decided the hail core didn't sound too bad. I ended up finding a north running road just after getting in the core and took it so on that second storm I was less than a mile from the southern edge of the hook and the eastern edge of the hook. I have no doubts that country road has not seen many Dodge Rams going as fast as I was down that road trying to get north of of the circulation. After that I called it a day and headed back to the house. I didn't have a solid route to get me ahead of any more storms and the family was freaking out because the news kept saying a tornado near Starkville (evidently, Brooksville is near Starkville for TWC). They were nervous so I shut things down. After reading the latest from the SPC I am starting to get the bug to go out again today on something near the GT area. I work right by GTR airport so I have access to go south and east pretty easily.

[TheRef]

Per Maroon Alert, Mississippi State's Starkville and Meridian campuses are closing today at 12:30 PM CDT due to the risk for severe weather.

[DawgSaint]

I'm just logging back on Ive been out helping with some cleanup in our area. However, while we were out the sun broke through...I told everyone around that was not good sign. I'm afraid this afternoon will not be fun!

[TheRef]

I'm just logging back on Ive been out helping with some cleanup in our area. However, while we were out the sun broke through...I told everyone around that was not good sign. I'm afraid this afternoon will not be fun!

I hope our forecast is wrong today. I pray it's wrong.

[slickdawg]

No intent to brag here. The setup for this system was pretty obvious days in advance. Over at storm2k I posted this Friday morning at 10:


This event, IN MY OPINION, will be a non-event for most, if not all of the metroplex. The dry line will push to or just east of the I/35 corridor/metroplex Saturday night/Sunday morning when heating is gone, so I don't expect much at all from this event.


Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi & Alabama MIGHT see PDS tornado watches.

[TheRef]

No intent to brag here. The setup for this system was pretty obvious days in advance. Over at storm2k I posted this Friday morning at 10:


This event, IN MY OPINION, will be a non-event for most, if not all of the metroplex. The dry line will push to or just east of the I/35 corridor/metroplex Saturday night/Sunday morning when heating is gone, so I don't expect much at all from this event.


Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi & Alabama MIGHT see PDS tornado watches.

Yeah...this was obvious. That's why SPC put out the outlooks so early for this one.

[yjnkdawg]

Thanks for all the info you have supplied Ref and the video that you and Aaron put together. I'm sure glad Directv saw fit to bring TWC back. With TWC and WAPT Weather, I think we get excellent severe weather coverage in the Jackson Metro area. Shortly after those storms came across the river yesterday, they just exploded into tornadic super cells. I have the Red Cross Tornado App on my phone and that is real good for alerts as well as NOAA Weather Radio. No Meso discussion on Storm Prediction Center yet, but more than likely will be forthcoming. Prayers also go out to those who have been impacted by this severe weather.

[slickdawg]

Louisville tornado. Very close footage.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_825336043&feature=iv&src_vid=TQRzNn3YebM&v=W5C_1Hmx82M

[FISHDAWG]

man, that's just crazy .... you related to the THRILLSEEKER from the Wayman Brothers ?

[slickdawg]

The MODERATE area was expanded slightly westward, includes Jackson Metro now.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk_1630.gif

[PassInterference]

How about the new timing chart/map?

[PassInterference]

Found it.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jan/

[TheRef]

Found it.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jan/

Yeah...Jackson's page will update you as much as possible.

[PassInterference]

The timing chart doesn't appear as up to date at the chart Slick just posted. I suppose it is safe to assume about now through early evening.

[TheRef]

The timing chart doesn't appear as up to date at the chart Slick just posted. I suppose it is safe to assume about now through early evening.

Pretty much.

[TheRef]

Here we go....Mesoscale Discussion is out saying a 95% possibility of a Tornado WATCH being issued for Central MS and Eastern LA.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/mcd0475.gif

[PassInterference]

And I would like to say that none of my beloved weather apps were worth a shit yesterday except for Radar Scope (Google it).

I was disappointed in Weather Alert USA, the customizeable NOAA alert radio app. It didn't chrip a damn thing until hours after everything was over. Could have been cell phone network disruptions (who needs those...). Who knows.

[TheRef]

And I would like to say that none of my beloved weather apps were worth a shit yesterday except for Radar Scope (Google it).

I was disappointed in Weather Alert USA, the customizeable NOAA alert radio app. It didn't chrip a damn thing until hours after everything was over. Could have been cell phone network disruptions (who needs those...). Who knows.

I use AlertFM. It's pretty good and will alert you when your GPS location is put under a warning.

[starkvegasdawg]

Storms already developing and intensifying over north LA between Monroe and Vicksburg. I agree with those that have said today won't touch yesterday but I don't think it's going to be a walk in the park either. I told myself I wasn't chasing today but I think I may have lied to myself this morning. I hate when I do that. Now the decision on whether or not to have my wife get my girl out of school early. If it didn't take a frigging hour for her to do the carpool thing it might be easier to do a wait and see approach. But once she is in carpool she is locked in line for the duration. If a tornadic storm or just one with large hail came through then she is just there to ride it out and large hail and moon roofs are not a good combination.

[starkvegasdawg]

By the way. RadarScope is wonderful. My mom put it on her phone Sunday and she is scared to death of storms and woudln't chase if her life depended on it. I recommend it for anybody...chaser or not. Very nice to be able to pick out hail cores and storm rotation anytime you want and have to wait on the local news to get back to your storm when they are covering an entire region. Or when the damn NOAA tower is out where you live and your weather radio I have been harping on to anyone who will listen to buy is no more than a paper weight right now.

[TheRef]

Preliminary ratings are out (surveys not completed due to severe weather):

Louisville, MS = EF-4

Richland, MS = EF-3

Surveys will be completed at a later date.

[slickdawg]

NWS Survey photos from Louisville

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.624440180966198.1073742183.121108841299337&type=1

[TheRef]

Tornado Watch in effect until 9:00 PM CDT. Includes almost all of Central and South MS.

[TheRef]

Here is the tornado watch graphic:

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0116_radar.gif

[BeardoMSU]

Hows it looking for Starkville?

[TheRef]

Hows it looking for Starkville?

Not AS bad as yesterday, but still pretty bad.

[TheRef]

And the cap is breaking North of Starkville....


https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/032CE6BBE41072994348054081536_243e159e170.0.2.1633 5023250814496136.mp4?versionId=cuJAY2FT478CeJ9F7G9 A2V4yYU21.Tdl

[Interpolation_Dawg_EX]

And the cap is breaking North of Starkville....


https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/032CE6BBE41072994348054081536_243e159e170.0.2.1633 5023250814496136.mp4?versionId=cuJAY2FT478CeJ9F7G9 A2V4yYU21.Tdl
At first I didn't know what in the hell was going on in the top right corner of the screen, that's a light reflection isn't it?

[TheRef]

At first I didn't know what in the hell was going on in the top right corner of the screen, that's a light reflection isn't it?

Yeah..sorry....I'm in the Climate Lab here in Hilbun Hall watching all of this.

[PassInterference]

By the way. RadarScope is wonderful. My mom put it on her phone Sunday and she is scared to death of storms and woudln't chase if her life depended on it. I recommend it for anybody...chaser or not. Very nice to be able to pick out hail cores and storm rotation anytime you want and have to wait on the local news to get back to your storm when they are covering an entire region. Or when the damn NOAA tower is out where you live and your weather radio I have been harping on to anyone who will listen to buy is no more than a paper weight right now.


I have the app. How do you see the hail cores?

[TheRef]

I have the app. How do you see the hail cores?

VIL is the best way to see hail cores.

[mjh94]

what does that mean?


And the cap is breaking North of Starkville....


https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/032CE6BBE41072994348054081536_243e159e170.0.2.1633 5023250814496136.mp4?versionId=cuJAY2FT478CeJ9F7G9 A2V4yYU21.Tdl

[TheRef]

what does that mean?

Basically shit is about to hit the fan...excuse my French.

[Hattdawg]

Basically shit is about to hit the fan...excuse my French.

What do you see playing out in Hattiesburg??

[TheRef]

What do you see playing out in Hattiesburg??

Hattiesburg looks to be a pretty bad spot for Tornadoes. By bad I mean it could have a good chance for tornadoes.

[M.Fillmore]

How is it looking for the Jackson Metro area?

[TheRef]

How is it looking for the Jackson Metro area?

Not AS bad as yesterday, but still pretty bad.

[RossDawg82]

Basically shit is about to hit the fan...excuse my French.

So you think Starkville could get pretty nasty?

[TheRef]

So you think Starkville could get pretty nasty?

Starkville isn't nearly as big of a threat to severe weather today than they were yesterday.

[MSUTTT1]

Madison, MS batting cage practice at 5p.

Madison, MS baseball game at 7:30p.

Odds they will cancel?

[TheRef]

Madison, MS batting cage practice at 5p.

Madison, MS baseball game at 7:30p.

Odds they will cancel?

No idea....that's up to the officials there at Madison.

[MSUTTT1]

odds there will be rain

[hells bells]

No idea....that's up to the officials there at Madison.

Ok Ref, dumb ass question. Meridian?

[TheRef]

Ok Ref, dumb ass question. Meridian?

Meridian is within the highest risk area that I can see. I would keep close eye on it.

[TheRef]

odds there will be rain

In Madison during the game? It all depends on how fast this system moves through.

[DawgSaint]

It appears most (or at least the ones I know of) of the storm chasers are lining up South of I20

[It_Could_Happen]

Ref, I've seen one model that has a pretty bad front coming right toward the GTA. Any truth to that?

[TheRef]

Ref, I've seen one model that has a pretty bad front coming right toward the GTA. Any truth to that?

Which model? Also, right now I wouldn't look at models. This is now Mesoanalysis and now-casting time. Models get thrown to the side within 3 hours.

[Dawghouse]

Madison, MS batting cage practice at 5p.

Madison, MS baseball game at 7:30p.

Odds they will cancel?

They just canceled our game (at 5:45) so I'm assuming all are canceled.

[It_Could_Happen]

Which model? Also, right now I wouldn't look at models. This is now Mesoanalysis and now-casting time. Models get thrown to the side within 3 hours.

It was a link one of my friends found on twitter, but I think they were talking about the storm around Kosciusko right now.

[It_Could_Happen]

Which model? Also, right now I wouldn't look at models. This is now Mesoanalysis and now-casting time. Models get thrown to the side within 3 hours.

Sorry the front they were discussing was around durant/midnight area.

[TheRef]

It was a link one of my friends found on twitter, but I think they were talking about the storm around Kosciusko right now.

Starkville looks like we will get some rain and maybe some hail with this. Main threats will be hail and straight line winds right now. If rotation starts, then we can start worrying about dropping one.

[It_Could_Happen]

Starkville looks like we will get some rain and maybe some hail with this. Main threats will be hail and straight line winds right now. If rotation starts, then we can start worrying about dropping one.

Thank you. Really appreciate all the work you are doing on this.

[TheRef]

Thank you. Really appreciate all the work you are doing on this.

No problem, buddy.

[TheRef]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d4JWwyytH3U&list=PLCsSeaWpG7-9qE0bS76WvRJtdqVi7Gfss

Special Weather Briefing from NWS Jackson concerning today's storm.

And here is a preliminary look at tornado tracks and fatalities

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmajEYECUAA8Ozh.png:large

[slickdawg]

Predominant winds today are west-southwest, and I think that is preventing any rotation from developing. Yesterday, winds were strong from the south-southeast, feeding directly into inflow of the storms. Not that I'm complaining.

[DawgSaint]

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Starkville until 4:45
http://t.co/rvYkOM8miW

[DownwardDawg]

Reed seems to be real excited about a storm right now. He's somewhere between Laurel and Jackson and he's headed southwest. Keeps saying it's exploding.

[ghostofjackie]

I've been watching these supercells trying to develop along the dry line moving in from the West all day. It seems to me they are having trouble developing south of I-20. North of I-20 they seem to be better organized. Not saying the forecast was a bust, it's just strange that the SPC outlined a more southern event and they seem to be stronger towards the north.

Maybe these cellular storms in the south just have not hit the most unstable air mass quite yet? They are just now moving over the Natchez Trace and that was the apparent line of instability to the SE. It seems like they are just now looking ominous over I-55

[ghostofjackie]

Reed seems to be real excited about a storm right now. He's somewhere between Laurel and Jackson and he's headed southwest. Keeps saying it's exploding.

The one north of McComb?

[slickdawg]

Tornado Warning - Lawrence and Jefferson Davis counties. Rotating wall cloud near Monticello reported.

[RossDawg82]

Starkville is beautiful right now. I feel like we are in the clear

[TheRef]

Starkville is beautiful right now. I feel like we are in the clear

We are

[slickdawg]

Roughly Natchez to Starkville is clear.

[DownwardDawg]

Haha! I just watched a chaser take a terrible route through Laurel trying to get to 84 West and head toward Collins. He finally got out of town now he's headed due West. Hope my house west of Collins makes it!

[DownwardDawg]

Starnge. I'm watching him drive straight to my house. At least I get to check my house from work! :)

[DownwardDawg]

Shit!!! Now he's sitting on 49 looking straight toward my house!!!!!!

[DownwardDawg]

Whew!!! He left. Headed towards Laurel now.

[slickdawg]

FROM YESTERDAY !!!!!!!!


Things you just don't see every day:


150
WWUS54 KJAN 290003
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
703 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

MSC121-290015-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-140429T0015Z/
RANKIN MS-
703 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL RANKIN COUNTY
UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 704 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR PELAHATCHIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.

THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL RANKIN
COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3237 8987 3239 8975 3223 8973 3222 8987
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 259DEG 33KT 3229 8981

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

CME

[ScoobaDawg]

Whew!!! He left. Headed towards Laurel now.

Are you still watching Brett Adair? That guy is a idiot but it's high comedy for something so serious.

[DownwardDawg]

Wow! He turned around and just drove by my house! He's headed towards Prentiss.

[DownwardDawg]

Are you still watching Brett Adair? That guy is a idiot but it's high comedy for something so serious.

No. Brandon Clement.

[starkvegasdawg]

Just got back home from chasing. Went down to a storm south of Philadelphia. It tried two or three times to get its act together but never could. It tried its best, though. At one time it had a well defined wall cloud with some slow rotation but then fell apart again.

[DawgSaint]

Just got back home from chasing. Went down to a storm south of Philadelphia. It tried two or three times to get its act together but never could. It tried its best, though. At one time it had a well defined wall cloud with some slow rotation but then fell apart again.

Thankfully it's best was not good enough!

[DownwardDawg]

Is it over? Man that Brandon dude had me worried. He left 84 near my house and headed east. Then he turned around and drove right by my house but kept going then headed south toward Columbia. He got on 98 and headed toward my house we live in now in Oak Grove! I was like "Damn!!!!!!" I don't know where he went after that. I don't see much activity now.

[Mjoelner34]

At first I didn't know what in the hell was going on in the top right corner of the screen, that's a light reflection isn't it?

Oh man you're in for it now! You weren't supposed to notice that! That's the exhaust plumes from a squadron of those new 'secret' jets we fly out of Area 51. Please remain where you are and some nice gentlemen wearing black suits and Raybans will be by shortly to debrief you.

[DownwardDawg]

Oh man you're in for it now! You weren't supposed to notice that! That's the exhaust plumes from a squadron of those new 'secret' jets we fly out of Area 51. Please remain where you are and some nice gentlemen wearing black suits and Raybans will be by shortly to debrief you.

Lol!!!

[Mjoelner34]

Are you still watching Brett Adair? That guy is a idiot but it's high comedy for something so serious.

Scooba, I was watching all these guys Monday and one team almost got into a fight in Starkville. I forget which one it was but he was wanting to head towards Eupora from the 82/45 intersection and kept making wrong turns. First, he turned off the bypass at the Clayton Village exit when coming in from the east then, when he is about to get back on the bypass at the north end of campus, he suddenly stops and starts to turn around when his partner tells him to keep going then starts screaming at him that "I'm looking at the MAP! Keep going!"

While watching this guy trying to get from West Point to Eupora, I was able to verify thanks to his dash cam, that the huge, chrome stallion at the Pony was still standing proud.

[PassInterference]

If I hear warning, debris ball, rotation, radar, or tornado one more ****ing time I'm gonna puke. The last 2 days feel like a month.

The lack of sleep doesn't help. I was without electricity a lot last night. Long story, but I didn't sleep much.

Regardless, I have a roof over my head and a healthy family so I need to feel blessed and greatful for that.

How long to kickoff?

[ScoobaDawg]

Scooba, I was watching all these guys Monday and one team almost got into a fight in Starkville. I forget which one it was but he was wanting to head towards Eupora from the 82/45 intersection and kept making wrong turns. First, he turned off the bypass at the Clayton Village exit when coming in from the east then, when he is about to get back on the bypass at the north end of campus, he suddenly stops and starts to turn around when his partner tells him to keep going then starts screaming at him that "I'm looking at the MAP! Keep going!"

While watching this guy trying to get from West Point to Eupora, I was able to verify thanks to his dash cam, that the huge, chrome stallion at the Pony was still standing proud.

That was him, he was pissed off everyone in the world was calling him wanting a comment about where he was and seeing. I picked him up right after the Tupelo tornado, he was heading south on 45 and trying to find a to to head west and kept looking at small roads nope, i flipped around to some other streams when he turned around and headed north and then turned around again, next thing i knew he was in west point and i figured he would catch 50 west instead they start screaming about the southern most storm that was blowing up around noxapater i think. Well they high tale it down 45 all the while while bretts yelling I don't care if the president of the us calls i aint answering it. the high comedy of that was later he gave out his number on the air on the phone. So they take a right towards starksville and okkTibewho county and catch 182 into campus and then the make the classic mistake and catch 12 EAST and you hear someone saying why are we going east, no were not. yes we are. oh that's better so they end up back on 82, hey werent we just on 82? and catch 25 south to around the refuge when they realize they are now directly north of the storm and they start freaking out about how rough it was and to retreat back, lets take this poor house road it will get us to 45...ugh no.
So they got on back up to 82 and over to 45A and headed south, they actually got a really good view of the brooksville tornado when they went down a very small road while all the other 5 chasers waited on 45. Then they headed back north to 82 but instead caught 182, which they quickly realized doesn't cross the river and had to backtrack.


I mean seriously, you are a storm chaser and someone in your car cant use a freaking gps or google maps. were they trying to thumb through a mapsco or something?
I only put him on because i thought I recognized his name from somewhere and his twitter says he is a MSU meteorology student. Well he sure hasn't ever been in this GTR area much if any it seemed like (yes im aware a lot of people take the degree online).

He kept broadcasting all the way back to Birmingham where he lives as the storms picking up there at night.

[TheRef]

Latest info from NWS Jackson concerning the tornadoes over the past few days:

US National Weather Service Jackson Mississippi
4 mins ?
Here is a running list of the tornadoes that have been confirmed by our survey teams thus far. Details continue to come in as we type and the latest information will be posted to this webpage - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jan/?n=2014_04_27_28_29
*EF-4 tornado from NE Leake through SE Attala, NW Neshoba and Winston counties (Louisville tornado)
*EF-3 tornado from E Hinds through Rankin to W Scott counties (Richland/Pearl/Brandon tornado)
*EF-3 tornado in Scott County (E of Forest)
*EF-2 tornado in S Lowndes County
*EF-1 tornado in Warren County (SE of Vicksburg)
*EF-1 tornado in N Hinds County (N of Edwards to N of Bolton)
*EF-1 tornado in S Hinds County (N of Utica to between Utica and Raymond)
*EF-1 tornado in Madison County (Mannsdale/Annandale to Lake Caroline area)
Storm surveys are still continuing, and additional information is expected tonight from Lowndes and Newton counties. Also, more surveys will take place tomorrow.