5/8/08 DISC: MS/AL/TN/GA/KS/OK/OH

[Chris Sokol]

Very interesting...tornado reports coming out of Ohio:


* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.

* AT 542 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A PERSISTENT FUNNEL
CLOUD NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF A
SERIES OF BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS ALONG ITS PATH FROM NORTHERN
CLINTON COUNTY INTO EASTERN GREENE COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDARVILLE...MOVING
NORTH AT 19 MPH.


This area is almost out of the "See Text" area. Always interesting to see storms that break the rules. Law enforcement is confirming the tornadoes.



The Wilmington Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed that they received reports of a tornado touchdown near mile marker 54 of Interstate 71, 10TV News reported.

There were no reports of damage.

The Clinton County Sheriff's Department confirmed that it received reports of a tornado touchdown about 2 miles south of Port Williams, 10TV News reported.

The Clinton County EMA said power lines were reported down in Port Williams.



http://www.10tv.com/live/content/weather/stories/wx_story.html?sid=102

[Tony Cook]

Just caught this pretty amazing video from Channel 19, WHNT in Huntsville, AL. This is from a surveillance camera showing a tornado crossing a parking lot:

http://www.whnt.com/Global/category.asp?C=6018&nav=menu108_1

This tornado occurred on the northern end of the squall line that was moving through NW Alabama and Mississippi, at 12:53 according to Storm reports. My Mom and Stepdad live about 4 miles North of where this went through, on the other side of the Tennessee river in Center Star. I had just talked to her to tell her it was moving south of them, but they should still be on alert.

TonyC

[Dustin Wilcox]

Thats an AWESOME video, can't believe how fast that happened.

[Chad Cowan]

Just caught this pretty amazing video from Channel 19, WHNT in Huntsville, AL. This is from a surveillance camera showing a tornado crossing a parking lot:

http://www.whnt.com/Global/category.asp?C=6018&nav=menu108_1


Incredible. Newest addition to my top-10 list. I wonder if the TIV crew has seen this?

[Chris Vagasky]

Just caught this pretty amazing video from Channel 19, WHNT in Huntsville, AL. This is from a surveillance camera showing a tornado crossing a parking lot:

http://www.whnt.com/Global/category.asp?C=6018&nav=menu108_1




Amazing. My only beef is the chief met saying that with an "EF-4 tornado, the winds would be six times as strong."

Sure, sure, hyperbole, but still.

[Chris Sokol]

All I can say is...wow.

[Mike Smith]

with an "EF-4 tornado, the winds would be six times as strong."

Actually, Dan's statement was correct. Wind force is a square, rather than linear, function.

[Sam Sagnella]

No rating yet on the Leighton tornado, but HUN has already assigned ratings to a couple of others.

1158 AM TORNADO 2 NW OAKLAND 34.86N 87.82W
05/08/2008 F1 LAUDERDALE AL NWS STORM SURVEY

PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY BY A NWS EMPLOYEE INDICATED AN
EF1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM 90 MPH WINDS WITH A PATH LENGTH
ESTIMATED AT 5.6 MILES. APPROXIMATELY 5 HOMES SUFFERED
MODERATE DAMAGE ALONG WITH SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED.

1253 PM TORNADO NE LEIGHTON 34.70N 87.53W
05/08/2008 COLBERT AL EMERGENCY MNGR

TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AND HOUSE HEAVILY DAMAGED ON
LAWRENCE/COLBERT CO LINES ALONG HWY 184 NE OF LEIGHTON.
ANOTHER HOUSE ON RIVER RD. ALSO HEAVILY DAMAGED.

0236 PM TSTM WND DMG CULLMAN 34.17N 86.84W
05/08/2008 CULLMAN AL PUBLIC

NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE COUNTY. ALSO REPORTED
TREES BLOWN DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES ALONG HWY 378
IN CULLMAN DUE TO A POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED.

0238 PM TORNADO 5 W TRIANA 34.57N 86.82W
05/08/2008 F0 LIMESTONE AL NWS STORM SURVEY

PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY CONDUCTED BY A NWS TEAM FOUND AN
EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE VICINITY OF COUNTY LINE
ROAD JUST NORTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER OR MORE
SPECIFICALLY ALONG NEW HOPE ROAD IN EXTREME SE LIMESTONE
COUNTY...WHERE GRASS AND WHEAT PATTERNS SUGGESTED A SMALL
AREA OF CONVERGENT ROTATION.

0242 PM TORNADO 3 WNW TRIANA 34.59N 86.78W
05/08/2008 F0 MADISON AL NWS STORM SURVEY

PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY CONDUCTED BY A NWS TEAM
CONCLUDED THAT AN EFO TORNADO CONTINUED INTO MADISON
COUNTY ALONG COUNTY LINE ROAD SOUTH OF SWANCOTT
ROAD...WHERE A LARGER AREA OF GRASS AND WHEAT WAS
FLATTENED. MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE
RESIDENCE WAS ALSO NOTED. THE PATH LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO
WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 2.4 MILES.

[Bill Hark]

At the suggestion of one of my coworkers, I found this on the Good Morning America website. Great pics of the western Kansas landspout by Jim Reed and his assistant. What a beautiful tornado. If I was out that day, I probably would have blown off western Kansas until it was too late.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weather/story?id=4819080&page=1

Bill Hark

[Sam Sagnella]

Just caught this pretty amazing video from Channel 19, WHNT in Huntsville, AL. This is from a surveillance camera showing a tornado crossing a parking lot:

http://www.whnt.com/Global/category.asp?C=6018&nav=menu108_1

This tornado occurred on the northern end of the squall line that was moving through NW Alabama and Mississippi, at 12:53 according to Storm reports. My Mom and Stepdad live about 4 miles North of where this went through, on the other side of the Tennessee river in Center Star. I had just talked to her to tell her it was moving south of them, but they should still be on alert.

TonyC

The Leighton Tornado has been assigned a preliminary rating of E-F2.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
541 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2008

..PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY INFORMATION ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA

A PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE INCURRED ACROSS NORTHEAST
COLBERT...EASTERN LAUDERDALE...AND EXTREME NORTHWEST LAWRENCE
COUNTIES /ALABAMA/ HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. THE EVENT OCCURRED
THURSDAY...MAY 8 2008. INITIAL FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

* EVENT: TORNADO

* LOCATION: LEIGHTON TO ROGERSVILLE, ALABAMA

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 125.0 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-2

* PATH LENGTH: 9.6 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 250 YARDS

* SUMMARY: SURVEILLANCE CAMERA FROM AN EQUIPMENT COMPANY NORTHEAST
OF LEIGHTON CAPTURED A TORNADO PICKING UP AT LEAST 2 CARS AND
THROWING THEM NEARLY 40 FEET. LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED NEAR FOSTERS MILL...ALONG COUNTY ROAD 40. JUST TO THE
NORTHEAST OF FOSTERS MILL...SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
OCCURRED AT THE DOUBLEHEAD RESORT AND LODGE. A 2-STORY HOUSE WAS
COMPLETELY LIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND MOVED NEARLY 20 FEET.
THE ENTIRE WEST-FACING SIDE OF THIS HOUSE WAS RIPPED OFF ALONG
WITH SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. ADDITIONAL SPORADIC DAMAGE
OCCURRED TO A GARAGE AND OTHER LARGE TREES FROM JOE WHEELER
STATE PARK TO ROGERSVILLE.

THESE FINDINGS ARE PRELIMINARY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
PICTURES AND SUMMARY MATERIALS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB
PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE /ALL LOWER CASE/.

SURVEYED BY: NADLER/LATIMERhttp://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KHUN/0805092241.nous44.html