Severe Weather Liveblog is a collective effort to keep Kossacks safe when a large severe weather outbreak takes place. These blogs will be posted as needed, based on user-interaction (comments) and evolution of the severe weather event.
These diaries will be posted when one or more of the following criteria are met:
- A moderate risk for severe weather, as denoted by the SPC.
- A major tornado outbreak anywhere in the United States (or Canada...but those are harder for the public to track and detect due to Canada's radar system and the way Environment Canada works its warnings)
- A derecho event, which can cause extreme damage over large areas.
- Landfalling hurricanes
- Severe weather events impacting a very densely populated metro area (Chicago, DC, NYC, Atlanta, etc.)
If you have emergency information that needs to be added to the diary (reports of tornadoes on the ground, emergency information telephone numbers, etc.), please indicate so in the subject line of the comment to lessen the delay in posting it to the diary.
Right now, aside from myself, the editors of Severe Weather Liveblog are not4morewars, boatsie and Predictor. If you'd like to help, drop me a message.
Please keep in mind that any Severe Weather Liveblogs posted are not places for tasteless cracks at other people's expense. Post cheap political/social shots towards those affected at your own risk.
There is an ongoing tornado outbreak in large parts of Alabama and Georgia right now, with an 80% chance of tornadoes in any storms that form and begin to rotate. The area is under a moderate risk for severe weather (prompting this diary), with a risk for large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes.
Here's how the situation looks right now, with numerous supercells popping up across AL and GA:
As of the posting of this diary, there is one tornado warning in effect for a few counties in Georgia, with spotters reporting a rotating wall cloud associated with this storm.
Watches
Red = Tornado Watch ... Blue = Severe T'storm Watch ... Click image to go to SPC watch page.
Tornado Watch -- #62 -- 900PM EDT -- Alabama, Georgia
Links
Click HERE to read my rant about why you need a weather radio.
National Weather Service
Storm Prediction Center
Wunderground
FEMA
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
Previous Liveblogs:
(2-24-2011) Liveblog 1 -- Tornado outbreak in mid-south
(2-24-2011) Liveblog 2 -- Tornado outbreak in mid-south
(2-25-2011) Summary of damages due to 2-24 tornado outbreak
(2-27-2011) Information on impending severe weather/tornado outbreak
(2-27-2011) Liveblog 3 -- Severe weather outbreak in mid-west & mid-south
(2-27-2011) Liveblog 4 -- Severe weather outbreak in mid-west & mid-south
(2-27-2011) Liveblog 5 -- Severe weather outbreak in mid-west & mid-south
(2-27-2011) Liveblog 6 -- Severe weather outbreak in mid-west & mid-south
(2-28-2011) Liveblog 7 -- Severe weather outbreak continues in southeast
(2-28-2011) Liveblog 8 -- Severe weather enters major SE cities
(2-28-2011) Liveblog 9 -- Severe storms advance deeper into SE
(3-4-2011) Liveblog 10 -- Bow echo brings severe weather to STL area
(3-5-2011) Liveblog 11 -- Tornado threat for N. Gulf Coast
(3-5-2011) Liveblog 12 -- Tornado threat moves towards Mobile, AL area
(3-9-2011) Tornadoes hit Mobile, AL area and cause major damage
(3-14-2011) Liveblog 13 -- Line of severe storms threatens MS and AL
(3-23-2011) Moderate risk for severe weather in Ohio Valley
(3-23-2011) Major storms breaking out across Ohio Valley
(3-26-2011) Tornado outbreak across Alabama & Georgia
Updates
UPDATE 1 (247PM CST)
Very strong rotation in a thunderstorm near Grantville, GA, moving east at 40 MPH. Locations in the path of the possible tornado include Oak, Moreland, Luthersville, Sharpsburg, Turin, Haralson and Senoia in Georgia.
UPDATE 2 (303PM CST)
Nasty storm near Ashville, AL with strong rotation, moving southeast.