4/19/09 REPORTS: MS/AL

[Terry Tyler]

I chased a lone severe warned storm outside of Okolona, MS today. Had some beautiful structure to it and wasnt moving as fast as some of the ones im used to dealing with.

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It was a fairly small storm and only effected the northern portions of chickasaw county. With that said, it was low topped and very intense. Hail the size of golf-balls were reported from this storm in nettleton in addition to earlier wind damage in bruce. It started transitioning into a more linear type storm and i left it near amory.

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Another small cluster came through and lent a hand to a once a year type sunset.

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Looking back, i probably should have stayed with the northern cells but im happy with what i got. The full report with higher-quality photos is on my site. Congrats to anyone else who got something out there today. It sure was active.

[Damon Scott Hynes]

Might want to add GA to the title...

I was in ATL last weekend, at an airport hotel Sunday night when the red box was issued, contrary to the expectations I had that afternoon, when the threat was supposed to stay in AL. To avoid temptation, once the watch was issued I took the car back to Hertz early, LOL.

I figured I could nap until 1AM-ish, and if I woke up, fine. At 1245 the sirens went off and I turned on local TV weather...more interested in Dagmar Midcap than the collapsing cell that might have a TVS for one or two scans but didn't impress me otherwise. Still, a good trip and an unexpected storm!