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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Samantha Mohr

« on: March 06, 2012, 10:08:34 PM »

Here's that video of that report she did. It was on the EF3 tornado damage from Felton, GA in Haralson Co.

Samantha Mohr - March 2, 2012 (Field Reporting On Tornado Damage)

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The Game Room / Re: Stupid Questions

« on: March 06, 2012, 06:43:47 PM »

Too many Bean Burritos perhaps...

Is it safe to wear green after St. Patrick's Day?

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: March 06, 2012, 12:11:16 PM »

Have they been using it today?

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General Discussion / Re: My Scripted Series

« on: March 05, 2012, 06:41:15 PM »

Out of the nearly 8 1/2 years I've been writing this series, I did something rather unorthodox. This is the first episode where the entire first draft wasn't written but instead typed right off the bat. I think I'm going to start doing that more often so I don't have to draft it out first in a spiral notebook. I'll stick to doing my episode outlines on paper though.

Season 8 Episode 178 - Senior Graduates (Season Finale)
Special Code Number - S825178

EPISODE SYNOPSIS - Rodney, after 47 years, receives a letter from his old high school that he didn’t technically graduate high school along with some of his other friends when they were drafted into the Vietnam War back in 1965 and they will have to make up a credit of a class they weren’t given to receive their official diploma. Once Rodney and his friends enter back into the high school world their behaviors quickly change to where Rodney is acting like a 17 year old again rather than a 65 year old and Rodney's son Daniel is suddenly acting as the authoritative father figure over Rodney.

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Local Forecast / Re: Jazz Songs That Should Air on TWC's LOT8s

« on: March 05, 2012, 04:37:32 PM »

Not jazz...

Lee Ritenour California Roll

Earl Klugh One Night Alone With You

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General Weather Chat / Modified Saffir-Simpson Scale Effective May 2012

« on: March 03, 2012, 10:49:01 PM »

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/news/20120301_pis_sshws.php

Effective May 15, 2012, to resolve these rounding issues,
Category 4 on the SSHWS will be broadened by one mph at each end
of the range, yielding a new range of 130-156 mph.  This will
also result in a minor modification of the Category 3 and 5 wind
speed thresholds. The SSHWS will change as follows:
 
From:
 
Category 3: 111-130 mph (96-113 kt, 178-209 km/h)
Category 4: 131-155 mph (114-135 kt, 210-249 km/h)
Category 5: 156 mph or higher (136 kt or higher, 250 km/h or
            higher)
 
To:
 
Category 3: 111-129 mph (96-112 kt, 178-208 km/h)
Category 4: 130-156 mph (113-136 kt, 209-251 km/h)
Category 5: 157 mph or higher (137 kt or higher, 252 km/h or
            higher)
 
There will be no change to the wind speeds currently assigned to
Categories 1 and 2.
 
With this change, a 115-kt Category 4 hurricane will have its
intensity properly converted to mph and rounded to the nearest 5
mph (130 mph) and remain within the Category 4 mph range.

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2012

« on: March 03, 2012, 10:38:11 PM »

March 2-3, 2012 vs April 27-28, 2011

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2012

« on: March 03, 2012, 05:38:59 PM »

If it keeps it up it will be and I'm sure a lot of folks who became homeless from last year's chaos and yesterday's chaos would strongly agree they don't want this crap to keep moving at the same pace as or worse than 2011. This is why I don't like mild/warm winters. I know there a people who dislike or hate cold/dry air during the winter, but it has it's benefits when you want to prevent as many tornadoes raging on steroids from occurring in January, February and early March.

I got very lucky once again, I had a possible tornado hit just west of me in Dallas, GA and on top of that there was a lot of "junk" convection that wouldn't stop coming in here hours well ahead of the main storms, I'm pretty sure that stabilized things a bit, but I know sooner or later our luck is gonna run out again. UGH, I wish this stupid La Nina would high tail it out of here now, it's truly overstayed it's welcome. What's worse is we might have to deal with a third year of Nina. 

Sheesh, is it impossible to have a year where there's no La Nina or El Nino involved? I can't remember what one was like right about now.

EDIT: Here's the statement on the tornado that was a close call for me. It was an EF3  when it was in Haralson Co. Paulding Co. (where Dallas, GA is) hasn't been classified yet. (They were hit by the same storm that hit Haralson Co.)

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
255 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...PRELIMINARY TORNADO REPORT FOR MARCH 2 2012...

LOCATION: HARALSON
COUNTY RATING: EF-3
WIND SPEED: 165 MPH

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION IS THAT AN EF3 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN
HARALSON COUNTY WITH EF3 DAMAGE ALONG BETHLEHEM CHURCH ROAD WHERE A
REPAIR SHOP WAS DESTROYED AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED. OTHER
DAMAGE IN HARALSON COUNTY INCLUDED A METAL ROOF BLOWN OFF A MOBILE
HOME...A CHURCH STEEPLE BLOWN OFF ON MOUNT ZION EAST ROAD...A MOBILE
HOME PUSHED OF ITS FOUNDATION ALONG BETHLEHEM CHURCH ROAD...AND IN
THE VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 27 AND HARPERS CREEK ROAD NUMEROUS TREES
AND TELEPHONE POLES WERE SNAPPED.

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2012

« on: March 02, 2012, 08:28:03 PM »

Debris ball developing on supercell thunderstorm just east of Felton, GA. Tornado has been confirmed on the ground by storm spotters.

Areas next in line
Dallas, GA
Marietta, GA
Kennesaw, GA
Powder Springs, GA
Maybe Northern edge of Atlanta

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Samantha Mohr

« on: March 02, 2012, 08:04:22 PM »

Just an update, I'm watching local severe weather coverage and apparently Sam is still freelancing for WXIA-TV here. She'll be doing field reporting on the tornado warned storm moving into Polk Co. according to what Chief Met Mike Francis said.

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2012

« on: March 02, 2012, 07:24:09 PM »

Boy oh boy, I got a looooong night ahead of me. I can forget about getting sleep tonight because I'll be worrying about whether or not a tornado is gonna rip my house to shreds.  The parts in red is what concerns me.

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0221
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0541 PM CST FRI MAR 02 2012
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...MUCH OF SRN-CNTRL-NERN AL / W-CNTRL AND NWRN GA /
   FAR SERN TN
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 59...61...63...
   
   VALID 022341Z - 030145Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH
   59...61...63...CONTINUES.
   
   TORNADIC SUPERCELL POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING
   AND INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF AL AND
   WRN-NWRN GA. ASIDE FROM THE THREAT OF TORNADOES /POTENTIALLY
   SIGNIFICANT/...SUPERCELLS WILL ALSO POSE AN ACCOMPANYING DMGG
   STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS RISK.
   
   23Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A LARGE UNIMPEDED WARM/MOIST SECTOR
   ACROSS AL AND MOVING INTO WRN PARTS OF GA --AHEAD OF A DRYLINE OVER
   NWRN MS.  3 HR CHANGE IN SURFACE TEMP/DEWPOINT SHOW A DECREASE OF
   2-7 DEG F AND A 2 DEG F INCREASE...RESPECTIVELY.  THE FORECAST
   CONTINUED TREND IN LOWERING SURFACE SPREADS AND LESS SUBSTANTIAL
   BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING WILL SEEMINGLY PROVE MORE FAVORABLE FOR LOW
   LEVEL MESOCYCLONES.  SLIGHT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LOW LEVEL
   THERMODYNAMIC PROFILE WILL ACCOMPANY A STRENGTHENING IN THE LLJ
   /40-55 KTS/ FROM SWRN AND W-CNTRL AL NEWD INTO NRN GA IN THE NEXT
   FEW HOURS.  THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A POSSIBLE NOCTURNAL TORNADO
   EPISODE FROM CNTRL AND E-CNTRL AL NEWD INTO N-CNTRL GA.  THIS
   SCENARIO IS AT LEAST SUPPORTED TO A CERTAIN EXTENT BY THE LATEST
   STORM-SCALE MODEL ENSEMBLE /SSEO/.  AS SUCH...SCATTERED DISCRETE
   SUPERCELLS WILL POSE AN ATTENDANT ISOLD TORNADO THREAT --WITH
   PERHAPS A FEW STRONG TORNADOES WITH THE MORE INTENSE SUPERCELLS.
   
   ..SMITH.. 03/02/2012

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2012

« on: March 02, 2012, 05:05:20 PM »

WSMV-TV IN Nashville, Former TWC OCM Lisa Spencer is discussing the tornadic storm going over the Nashville area. You can hear the hail also. 

http://www.wsmv.com/category/213709/news-live-stream

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2012

« on: March 02, 2012, 03:44:45 PM »

Possible tornado on the ground approaching Cincinnati, OH metro area.

EDIT: 4:44PM EDT - Tornado Warning for Nashville, TN metro area.

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2012

« on: March 02, 2012, 02:51:46 PM »

Is there a TorCon index for NJ? We're under the severe weather zone (as well as PA) too

For NJ, no, but you can keep track of the TOR CON Forecast here. PA is a 3-4 for overnight tonight. It might be safe to assume it will be about a 2 or 3 for NJ though.
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/daily-torcon-forecast_2011-07-11

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2012

« on: March 02, 2012, 02:34:49 PM »

Updated TOR: CON Numbers

Friday March 2
AL north - 7
AL central, southwest night - 4
GA north - 5
GA central night - 4
IL south - 8
IN south half - 8
KY central, east - 9
KY west - 4
LA northeast, central - 3
LA south night - 3
MO southeast - 4
MS north - 7
MS central - 5
MS south night - 3
NC west - 5
NC central night - 3 to 4
OH south - 8
OH central, northeast - 3 to 4
PA west - 3 to 4 evening/night
SC west, central - 3 to 4
TN middle, east - 9
TN west - 4
VA southwest - 5
VA central night - 3 to 4
WV west, central - 4 to 5
other areas - less than 2

Tornado Watch #59 (Not a PDS)
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0059.html