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Apparently they are under a tornado warning and the weatherman mentioned Manchester was in the path. I hope that the monuments, foutain, and the semi-circle entrance isn't damaged. That means that the DEADly Weather did make an appearing at roo this year. (Sorry that was awful). Anyways, I pray for you Bonnaroo!
It's been rough weather today. As wolfman said, I think Murfreesboro got the worst of it all though. There's been rain, lightning, winds and hail all over the mid state today. Hope everyone has stayed safe!!
Post by wonderllama on Apr 10, 2009 15:25:19 GMT -5
That stuff rolled through here last night. Mena, AR got hit pretty hard, but the tornado activity had pretty much calmed down by the time ot got to the Little Rock area. Y'all be safe, and I hope everyone's OK.
Tornadoes missed our house in M'boro Blackman . It touched down on our street just over the hill but moved away from us reeking havoc. 1/4 - 1/2 the county without power and cell service all choked up.
Things were eerily calm at my house though, thankfully.
Sadly one of the deceased was a 13 month old child.
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Manchester was spared any tornadic activity this time. The tornado that was mentioned around exit 117 was actually further from the interstate than that. The compay where I work is right off 117 and I have gotten word that there was no damage in the area.
Murfreesboro got SLAMMED!!! They are saying at least an F4 that touched down 4 or 5 times. They are reporting 2 dead in Boro with multiple houses destroyed (I hope troo is OK).
There were tornado sightings that skimmed passed our North, but over here near roo all we got was pea sized hail and some REAL heavy winds for about 10 minutes and then it was gone.
My family and I were in tornado mode though. It was a scary afternoon for sure!
Glad everyone is OK. My brother in law lives in the boro. He looked out the back door and saw it coming. He said it does indeed sound like a freight train. He lives 1/2 mile from where the baby died.
Manchester was spared any tornadic activity this time. The tornado that was mentioned around exit 117 was actually further from the interstate than that. The compay where I work is right off 117 and I have gotten word that there was no damage in the area.
Murfreesboro got SLAMMED!!! They are saying at least an F4 that touched down 4 or 5 times. They are reporting 2 dead in Boro with multiple houses destroyed (I hope troo is OK).
There were tornado sightings that skimmed passed our North, but over here near roo all we got was pea sized hail and some REAL heavy winds for about 10 minutes and then it was gone.
My family and I were in tornado mode though. It was a scary afternoon for sure!
Thats about what we caught up here, the hail was pretty impressive for a minute.
Yea, the 'Boro definitely is effed up. I work at the Verizon call center and we had to hang up our calls and go to the large interior training rooms for about an hour and a half. No damage on my road but Blackman isn't far off from me and a tractor trailer overturned about 1 or 2 miles from exit 76, which is one of the exits to come to my work and house.
I haven't seen the damage but I'm going to try to cruise through town early in the morning. I couldn't get ahold of one of my friends from work for hours and she was off....apparently the tornado destroyed the subdivision across the street from her on Northfield. I was so happy to hear from her.
I'm hoping no more tragedies are reported like with the mom and baby; it's much too sad.
Post by nitetimeritetime on Apr 11, 2009 0:33:02 GMT -5
Don't worry about tornadoes at Roo in June. Tornadoes are caused by cold air and hot air colliding.
This happens pretty regularly in spring and fall in the "tornado belt" (LA, MS, AL, TN, GA) when the jet stream dips far enough south, pushing wintry-cold air into hot and humid southern regions.
The key is HOT air mixing with COLD air (not warm or cool air).
Even if the jet stream pushes that far south in June, it will be pushing warm/cool summer air from up north, not the kind of air cold enough to cause tornadoes. Cool air mixing with hot air might produce thunderstorms like we've seen at Roo, but it's unlikely that any air will be cold enough to produce tornadoes.
It could happen, but it's as likely as an earthquake at Roo, and should cause about that much concern.
Of course, it's always sad when this kind of thing happens; I'm not trying to minimize the real danger of tornadoes in the spring and fall in the area -- they just don't happen there in the summer.
Don't worry about tornadoes at Roo in June. Tornadoes are caused by cold air and hot air colliding.
This happens pretty regularly in spring and fall in the "tornado belt" (LA, MS, AL, TN, GA) when the jet stream dips far enough south, pushing wintry-cold air into hot and humid southern regions.
The key is HOT air mixing with COLD air (not warm or cool air).
Even if the jet stream pushes that far south in June, it will be pushing warm/cool summer air from up north, not the kind of air cold enough to cause tornadoes. Cool air mixing with hot air might produce thunderstorms like we've seen at Roo, but it's unlikely that any air will be cold enough to produce tornadoes.
It could happen, but it's as likely as an earthquake at Roo, and should cause about that much concern.
Of course, it's always sad when this kind of thing happens; I'm not trying to minimize the real danger of tornadoes in the spring and fall in the area -- they just don't happen there in the summer.
He's right; I've lived in the 'Boro for ah, jeez, it'll be seven years in August and we get tornadoes normally from about March to end of May and then again in the fall from about mid-late September to end of November. We've had one in February and one in November (years ago) but never in the summer.
