Virtual Chase Thread 2012

[toggerob]

http://www.wcpo.com/subindex/news/news_livestream1 now streaming as storms move into the Cincinnati metropolis area.

[davelp]

http://www.chasertv.com/ is up

[chionomaniac]

Hmm choice tonight, storm chasers on Discovery or the real thing on streaming.

[davelp]

At least 4 tornado warning out at the moment.

[Gorky]

Just got in after leaving work late.... Took the afternoon off today back on Monday looking at the models but still got kept back at work.... Looks like things are already well under way. Several confirmed tornadoes in Northern Alabama including one hitting an area devastated last year on 4/27...

[davelp]

Seems to be happening north of Huntsville

[toggerob]

Huntsville news streaming http://www.whnt.com/

[Gorky]

Apparently Limestone Correctional Facility has been hit hard with multiple injuries. The prison was only just missed back in 2011 and there was some stunning video footage shot by some of the prison guards of the mile wide wedge. Seems they didn't get so lucky this time.

[toggerob]

Reed Timmer up in the Huntsville area currently, managed to catch one of the funnels.

[duckeyh]

Tornado Damage Pics in Madison & Limestone counties http://www.whnt.com/news/photos/whnt-pictures-march-2-tornado-damage-20120302,0,5479794.photogallery

[Paul Sherman]

Reed Timmer up in the Huntsville area currently, managed to catch one of the funnels.

Really ?

His Icon is showing him North West of Paducah about 250 miles to the North West of Huntsville.

He must have a custom made Lear Jet this year

[duckeyh]

tornado reports nr North of side of Chattanooga

[Paul Sherman]

That cell had been prolific Claire, but it is moving rapidly out of the Warm Sector and into Dew Points around 40f soon.

Attention now is too the West of the High Risk and a Broken Line of Supercells moving ENE. The best one looks to be just North of Bloomfield (MO) At present and Reed and Co are in a perfect Intercept position with absolutely no need to move, this Supercell will move straight towards them in the next hour.

Paul S

[toggerob]

lol that report of Reed came out from WHNT, still a confirmed funnel whoever took it. Just watching southern TN right now with a system between Chattanooga and Cleveland moving NE.

[toggerob]

confirmed touchdown & damage at Ooltewah, east of Chattanooga. Building collapse and funnel report.

[Roger J Smith]

This will be a massive outbreak. Current radar in southern IL west of Evansville IN ...

http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=vwx&product=NCR&overlay=11101111&loop=no

There could be a Joplin or Xenia-1974 situation developing later today for some unfortunate city in the Midwest (and possibly more than one). Numerous long-track F3 to F5 tornadoes are likely. The forcing on this is intense and all the ingredients are firing. Current temperatures near 80 F in the warm sector, dew points up into mid 60s F, very high values for early March.

System has a similar map appearance to the worst all-time outbreak on March 18, 1925 (Tri-state tornado) and will likely affect roughly the same zone across IL, IN and OH as well as KY, TN, AL, MS and eastern AR, southeast MO.

U.S. media have given excellent general warnings in advance and I presume local media are all over the situation, where I live it's not possible to view these except on internet but watching CNN who have various resources on the ground that may come on live when warranted.

[Interitus]

Wow Kholby Martin just got nearly hit by a falling tree!

[duckeyh]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

TORNADO WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1253 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...

NORTHERN POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 115 PM CST..

[Gorky]

Twin couplets in Indiana. The right most one looks very strong right now....

[Gorky]

Bob Hartig reporting a strong tornado just north of Palmyra. Met him a couple of years ago on the Bowdle day and he's not one to over-exaggerate

[Gorky]

Large tornado on Bryan Kilgore's cam on Severestudios.com

Edited March 2, 2012 by Gorky

[toggerob]

Pic of the Tornado now only a handful of minutes away from Madison, Indiana.

http://twitpic.com/8r27qi

[duckeyh]

eek!

image from Evansville, In

Edited March 2, 2012 by duckeyh

[toggerob]

4 confirmed long-tracking tornadoes in the SE quadrant of Indiana, more expected from the frontal couplet now moving in over Huntingburg.

[Martin M]

Good news channel to follow it all on here based in Louisville, KN. http://www.wave3.com/

Significant damage reported in Henryville they say, picture of it looked like a large wedge.