April 27, 2011 Tuscaloosa Supercell
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- čas přidán 2. 05. 2011
- Think of this as a motion infographic for the storm that produced the deadly Tuscaloosa, AL tornado. This motion-tracked radar sequence shows the entire life of the parent storm. The tornado positions, times, strengths, and fatalities are concatenated from the Birmingham, Atlanta, and Greenville NWS offices.
This supercell showed incredible structure throughout it's life. I've tried to point out all the interesting features and events as the unfolded. It shows just how quickly storms can evolve and become deadly. My heart goes out to everyone affected by this and every other storm that day.
EDIT (May 5, 2011): The second tornado which occurred between 6:30 PM and 7:30 PM CDT has been upgraded to EF4 along much of its path. Not surprising given the impressive structure of the storm during that time. - Věda a technologie
the definition of a long track supercell
czcams.com/video/XDPc-lhEEtQ/video.html
I was 24 and living in Metro Atlanta when this happened but had been a weather nerd since the 90s when I would watch tornado warning coverage on the Atlanta TV stations. It was so surreal to see an actual tornado alley style supercell in Georgia. There were other cells that spawned tornadoes through 2 AM in Georgia but none were classic supercells like this one. I had been at work that day and caught a glimpse of the TV that was on the Weather Channel every once in a while so I knew something was going on but when I got home and turned on WSB-TV Glenn Burns and Brad Nitz had this massive supercell on the screen and I was like, holy shit.
Same here, was at school in Clemson at the time and was like, "What? Discrete supercells actually headed our way???" Was so strange to see classic isolated storms not embedded in a squall line. Speaks to how rare that environment was that day.
I was 15, I'm so used to seeing HP Supercells in Georgia. Seeing a textbook classic Supercell was insane
Tornado alley has different storms. Southeastern storms always look more elongated and lankier than tornado alley storms. They’re also almost always rain wrapped and the clouds are much lower to the ground. Tornado alley storms seem to be a bit taller and more visible even if they’re wrapped in rain. That just what I’ve noticed. No proof behind it but the southeast for sure has different storms and they are their own category.
this work of art deserves an award
Good knowledge, amazing presentation. Nice work, this deserves an award
As the overall radar indicated, there were so many similar formations that day it was incredible. I wonder if this was the longest tracked supercell of the day or did the Phil Campbell/Hackleburg cell compete with it or some other cell? Thanks for posting great info on a day I'll never forget
I actually think the longer tracked cell is neither of these. I believe that honor belongs to the cell that produced the Cordova EF4 and Rainsville EF5. Think it also produced the Ringgold EF4 as well
@@firestarsfan It did indeed produce Rinngold, but it also produced the Philadelphia EF5.
Wow, what a great video. A lot of details with how the storm progresses; a nice treat for anyone who considers meteorology a hobby!
Would have loved to have seen one of these done on the storm that produced the Philadelphia EF5. Similar life span with 2 EF5 tornados.
That would be a really interesting idea - especially to compare the evolution of that storm to this one later in the afternoon.
I think the Philadelphia MS supercell also produced the Rainsville AL EF5 as well, and possibly the Ringgold, GA EF4.
@@blake7871 it did produce both of them. And was responsible for an EF3 in Camp Creek TN and an EF2 in Butler TN. And several weak tornadoes in TN, even into southern Virginia. It even caused a very brief EF0 in NC, shortly before the Camp Creek tornado, due to part of the storm crossing the tip of NC for a few minutes, if that. I think at least 20 tornadoes were spawned by the Philadelphia MS supercell. We need a breakdown of it like this one.
This is absolutely incredible! Monster of a storm!! Awesome explanation of all the technicalities along the way!
Thanks Kyle. Just about every supercell that day could have it's own video like this. Some of the most impressive radar presentation I've ever seen on storms.
432 miles and 7 hours, 43 minutes of life... Jesus.. The tuscaloosa tornado was as classic as a violent multi-vortex stovepipe got- even for an HP supercell... Choking off the daugther cell's inflow and exploding right before it got into town was just pure bad luck. The tail cloud looked so unique; almost feminine, like the tornado had a mane of warm air feeding the circulation as it tore through the city as if the whole mesocyclone was sucking the life out of the ground below it. What a day..
@krazedgunner I debated back and forth whether to do this, and I hope it is not taken as macabre or exploitative. I really just wanted to be as complete as possible with regards to all aspects of this storm.
Can you do the one that produced the Philadelphia, MS EF-5, Sipsey EF-4, Rainsville EF-5, and the Ringgold, GA EF-4?
@Paglia94Hurricane That's because there is usually storms that form in a hot day and pretty soon the cloud blocks the warm air for the updraft and kills the storm. Severe thunderstorms like this have an inflow and draw warm air into the updraft of the TStorm, so it is more sustained and can last for hours :)
awsome job....thank you.....
i cant believe that the Tuscaloosa supercell was the same cell that produced an EF3 over my county in north ga. that's insane
This supercell traveled at an average of nearly 1 mile a min during this lifecycle. If you wanted to know.
xIn5aNE Sh0t did the math!!! :)
Insane storm.
It's a good idea to do it like that. Brings it to reality what these colors in the radar can do. I don't see it as insensitive, I do have to view Tuscaloosa everyday and what that freak of nature did. Being 300 yards away I could hear it. My mom was withinn the outside. She said the house started breathing and expanding. Weirdest feeling ever.
Wow even had the kill count. This was intense
James A. Janisse would have been freaked out if he saw this tornado video.
Great video, to the point!
Is there anything like this for the Hackleburg Phil Campbell supercell?
I love how the supercell just got dissolved by the rain shield
That is crazy. Pops up out of nowhere does, does insane damage and kills 89 people, dissapears into the other storms like nothing happend
What a supercell
Yea. But it's water droplets lived to go around the planet a few times then restarted another supercell in 2013.
I wonder which singular water molecule has been in the most tornadoes over earth's history. Lucky H2O.
Damn. good shit.... On making this video
Thanks Marcus!