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Tornado Emergency for Birmingham, AL. Watch TWC live, Jeff Morrow's live shots have it! You cant tell where the tornado is b/c the lowering is so large.
Reports of strong tornado on the ground and reports of damage with the storm that went north of Philadelphia. This storm is headed toward northern Kemper and Noxubee counties! If you are in these locations...TAKE COVER NOW!
...DROUGHT CONDITIONS SPREADING ACROSS THE GULF COAST...
SYNOPSIS...
AFTER A WET MONTH OF MARCH...APRIL HAS BECOME VERY DRY WITH MANY
LOCATIONS REPORTING WELL BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THUS
FAR.
THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE CONSIDERABLY WORSE IN THE WESTERN PART
OF LOUISIANA BUT APPEAR TO BE EXPANDING STEADILY ALONG THE COASTAL
PARISHES OF LOUISIANA AND EXTENDING ALONG THE MISSSISSIPPI COASTAL
COUNTIES.
THE UNITED STATES DROUGHT MONITOR HAS PLACED MUCH OF TERREBONNE
PARISH AND LOWER ASSUMPTION PARISH IN D2 - SEVERE DROUGHT
CLASSIFICATION. ADDITIONALLY...ALL OF HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON
COUNTIES ALONG WITH THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY
HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED WITH A D2 -SEVERE DROUGHT. THE REMAINDER OF
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ARE CLASSIFIED AS D0
-ABNORMALLY DRY TO D1 -MODERATE DROUGHT.
SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...
IN WESTERN LOUISIANA...FOUR PARISHES THAT BORDER TEXAS HAVE BEEN
DECLARED DISASTER AREAS BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
NO KNOWN IMPACTS HAVE BEEN INDICATED IN THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
PARISHES OR THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES. TOPSOIL MOISTURE
CONDITIONS ARE INDICATED TO BE ADEQUATE TO SOMEWHAT SHORT GOING
INTO THE PLANTING SEASON AND EARLY GROWING SEASON ACROSS SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND LOWER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. PERSISTENCE OF RAINFALL
DEFICITS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TOPSOIL MOISTURE TO BECOME INCREASINGLY
SHORT OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
CLIMATE SUMMARY...
A FEW REPRESENTATIVE LOCATIONS DEPICTING THE UNUSUALY DRY
CONDITIONS ARE SHOWN IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE...
LOCATION......RAINFALL.....NORMAL.......DEPARTURE....PERCENT
..............THRU APR....THRU APR30....FROM NORM....OF NORMAL
BATON ROUGE LA 14.37 IN....20.25 IN.....-05.88 IN......71%
MCCOMB MS......15.06 IN....24.62 IN.....-09.56 IN......61%
GALLIANO LA....14.13 IN....20.40 IN.....-06.27 IN......69%
DONALDSONVILLE 11.63 IN....20.82 IN.....-09.19 IN......56%
LIVINGSTON LA..14.54 IN....23.05 IN.....-08.51 IN......63%
N.O. AUDUBON... 7.84 IN....20.45 IN.....-12.61 IN......38%
N.O. INTL AP...16.57 IN....21.60 IN.....-03.61 IN......77%
BILOXI MS......10.46 IN....22.54 IN.....-12.08 IN......46%
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACCUMULATED FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL THROUGH THE 22ND...
BATON ROUGE LA.....0.26 IN.
MCCOMB MS..........0.77 IN.
GALLIANO LA........0.40 IN.
DONALDSONVILLE.....0.79 IN.
LIVINGSTON LA......0.86 IN.
N.O. AUDUBON PARK..0.13 IN.
N.O. INTL AIRPORT..0.35 IN.
BILOXI MS..........0.49 IN.
PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...
THE SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS INDICATES ONLY A
CHANCE OF RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT NEXT WEDNESDAY. A
RESUMPTION TO DRY CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO RETURN THROUGH
NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RUN MUCH ABOVE NORMAL
THROUGH WEDNESDAY THEN COOL TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS LATE NEXT WEEK
BEFORE WARMING TO ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS NEXT WEEKEND.
THE 30 DAY OUTLOOK FOR THE MID-GULF REGION CALLS FOR A GREATER
THAN 33 PERCENT CHANCE OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH MAY.
THE OUTLOOK FOR PRECIPIATION IS EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE- NEAR- OR
BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL THROUGH MAY.
THE 3 MONTH OUTLOOK SHOWS A GREATER THAN 33 PERCENT CHANCE OF
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND 33 TO 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF BELOW
NORMAL PRECIPITATION THROUGH JULY.
HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS FORECAST IN A BROAD SWATH FROM THE OZARKS
EAST AND NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
INTO PORTIONS OF THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. 5 DAY RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8
TO 10 INCHES ARE FORECAST IN THESES AREAS. IF THESE HIGH RAINFALL
TOTALS MATERIALIZE...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE FUNNELED
INTO THE OHIO AND THEN MISSISSIPPI RIVERS...CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN THE FORECAST CREST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EVEN AS
FAR SOUTH AS NEW ORLEANS. THESE RAINFALL IMPACTS WILL LIKELY BE
FELT THROUGH LATE APRIL AND EARLY MAY AS CRESTS MOVE SOUTHWARD.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AS THIS
SITUATION UNFOLDS.
THE SHORTER REACH STREAMS IN THE AREA ARE RETURNING TO BASE FLOW
OR ALREADY AT LOW FLOWS.
NEXT ISSUANCE DATE...
THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED ON MAY 5TH OR SOONER IF NECESSARY IN
RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CONDITIONS.
The new maps are just beautiful.They also have smoother motion than the older ones. The new titlebars are good, but not great. Even then, they are easier to read than the old tiny titlebars.
Impressive!The only quip I have about that terminal is that it was composed of many glass windows. It had more glass than quite a few other airport terminals, and half of those panes were shattered by the tornado. It's a good thing no one was severely hurt by the flying glass.It's a good thing the people were in a sturdy building like an airport. With a tornado this big, surely some less strong buildings would be completely demolished.
Was the airport staff not informed about the tornado warning or a possible tornado coming towards the airport? I mean it seems kinda stupid that they waited until the storm got there and then started yelling for everyone to head downstairs. Those windows could have shattered at any moment while people were standing there at awe at the storm and a lot more people would have been injured or killed.