Let's Catch Our Breath..
* A Stormy Night: The first round of severe weather has ended for us. Tornado damage was substantial in Lamar and Jones counties, and we've had sporadic reports of wind damage in Greene and Choctaw counties in west Alabama. Injuries were reported with the tornado in Lamar County.* Not Out Of The Woods: A second line of storms is racing towards us...The band of storms is near the I-55 corridor. These storms are prompting a load of severe thunderstorm warnings and even a few tornado warnings. Western parts of our area will see this activity by roughly 9 AM, with the Hwy 45 corridor seeing the action by 10 AM, and west Alabama getting into the act by 11 AM or so (These times are rough estimates - your mileage may vary).
* The main threat within this line will be damaging wind gusts, but we can't rule out a few tornadoes in there as well. A key factor will be any sunshine we see this morning. This will further destabilize the atmosphere and could lead to some supercellular thunderstorms ahead of the line. If those form, the risk of tornadoes will increase.
* Some Frustrations: Our weather software really let us down at times this morning...Luckily, it wasn't at a time when we HAD to be on, but it was quite frustrating to say the least...We apologize for the issues with our FirstWarn map and crawl system, and we are working to "fix the glitch." There, it's off my chest - that's my quota of complaining for the rest of this year.
* Stay close to a good source of weather info through the day...
posted by WTOK Weather Staff @ 7:40 AM
2 Comments:
Good software is like a good car. If you don't use it very often, it will get rusty and not be up to par. Guess it has been a while since you have been using the severe weather software.
Yep...
And broken down software is like a broken down car...worth nothing but the scrap metal/plastic its made of...
But, it has been a while since we've used it...But we could use that stuff every day for 10 years and it would still not function properly.
Stay dry, then stay warm...Have a nice weekend too, while you're at it.
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