"Particularly Dangerous" Tornado Outbreak Underway -- Liveblog Updated 13x

[FourScore]

I am cross-posting this from the LBN forum for the widest possible viewership. This situation is extremely dangerous. If you live in the Memphis region, you need to be aware of the danger in your area!!!

PLEASE HELP TO KEEP THIS KICKED AND REC'D FOR ALL TO SEE!!!

Sun Jan 22, 2012 at 05:06 PM PST
"Particularly Dangerous" Tornado Outbreak Underway -- Liveblog Updated 13x
by weatherdude

The SPC has issued a "Particularly Dangerous Situation" Tornado Watch for parts of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee until midnight CST as a line of storms continues to build up and move east across Arkansas. "Particularly Dangerous Situation" is enhanced wording added to a tornado watch to indicate the higher-than-normal potential for large, destructive, long-track tornadoes in any of the stronger storms tonight.

This is an extremely dangerous situation not only because of the intensity of the tornadoes, but because this is happening overnight. 2.5x more people die in nighttime tornado outbreaks than they would if the storms were to occur during the day, because 1) most people don't get warnings if they're asleep, and 2) it's a sad fact that people try to look for tornadoes to see it for themselves before they take cover, and you can't see a tornado at night. They don't come with built-in nightlights. Keep a very close eye on the weather tonight if you live in Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi or Alabama, as these storms are forecast to grow more violent as the hours pass.

Here's a quick look at the area most at risk for these particularly dangerous tornadoes, which is shaded in red. The yellow area (slight risk for severe t'storms) is also at risk (albeit not as high of a risk) for storms tonight into tomorrow morning.



...958PM CST: I spoke too soon. Tornado warning for the City of Memphis and surrounding areas. CONFIRMED TORNADO just southwest of Memphis, moving northeast right into the city. This is a dangerous situation. It's moving at 55 MPH, so you don't have much time to hesitate if you're in the warned area...

MUCH MORE WITH UPDATES: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/22/1057417/-Particularly-Dangerous-Tornado-Outbreak-Underway-Liveblog-Updated-13x?via=siderec

[gateley]

1. K&R -- thanks for the PSA. nt

[Broderick]

2. Be safe everyone in the paths!!!

[DevonRex]

3. Thank you.

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I'll call now.

[FourScore]

4. I'm glad you saw it, DevonRex.

I hope your family is safe.

[The Straight Story]

5. #tornado warned cell heading towards Maury City, TN #tnwx (nt)

[Odin2005]

6. But there is no Global Warming! FOX said so!!!

[elleng]

7. Kicking

And which one of the idiots wants to defund the National Weather Service???

[FourScore]

8. Radar image from TWC

"The lavender outlines on the radar image below represent tornado warnings, multiple ones of which have been issued all across the Memphis metro area. The most widespread threat is for straight-line winds, but the kinks and swirls in the line of thunderstorms are indicative of storm structures that are capable of spinning up localized tornadoes."

http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/january-severe-weather-outbreak_2012-01-22

[FourScore]

9. Tornado Warnings now in Calloway County, KY until 11:30CT.

[FourScore]

10. Tornado watches now in effect in LA, MS, AL AND TN.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. My dog's barking woke me up.

Wind is blowing, it is now 70 degrees outside, warmer than when I went to bed, so I had to turn on A/C, intermittent rain showers,
and the storm has moved into central north Ala. Can't find any reports of touchdowns yet, but hey, it is 2:45 am, probably no power up there if anything hit.
Doesn't look as if anything is coming in my direction tho.

[Edweird]

12. I'll be heading through the worst of it shortly going from Gadsden to Tuscaloosa.