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04-27-16 02:13 PM
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Today marks the 5th anniversary of the longest day as I like to call it. On this date on April 27th 2011 my area was decimated by a Super tornado outbreak. Now my area is a tornado hot spot as in my area we get tornado outbreaks. But this one was very very bad. So I thought I would make this thread in remembrance

My area had already had tornadoes in 2011 February 28th 2011 and April the 4th 2011. These were our typical tornado producing systems. They were produced by squall lines. But around April the 20th our local meteorologist warned how a significant storm system could impact our area between April 26th-28th. I'm a forecaster myself so I looked at my own models and they were going off the charts. Around April 25th our local Meteorologist used the term "this could be a super outbreak". One of them said for those that were not alive during the April 3rd 1974 Super Outbreak you are about to live it now. April 3rd 1974 was a very bad tornado outbreak for my area. You had numerous intense tornadoes touching down left and right. In fact in  my area we called them "cluster tornadoes'' because it seemed like you had tornadoes touching down in clusters. the 1974 outbreak was a decade before my time but my parents lived through it. So they told me a lot about it but I also researched this particular outbreak as well. 

So it was obvious this was going to be worse then our typical tornado outbreak. My area was hit hard by these tornado outbreaks (these types are what we normally have to deal with)

  • November 1992 severe weather outbreak
  • 1994 March Palm Sunday Outbreak 
  • April 1994 tornado outbreak 
  • May 1995 tornado and severe weather outbreak 
  • March 29th 1997 Easter tornado and severe weather outbreak 
  • April 16th 1998 Nashville TN tornado outbreak 
  • May 7th 1998 Tornado and severe weather outbreak ( I was in this tornado)
  • November 10 2002 Veterans Day tornado outbreak 
  • May 31st 2004 Severe weather outbreak 
  • August 2nd 2004 severe weather outbreak 
  • Super Tuesday 2008 tornado outbreak 
  • April 2009 severe weather outbreak 
  • October 26th 2010 tornado outbreak 
  • April 4th 2011 severe weather outbreak. 

Yet this was going to be worse than all of them. So April 26th came and I checked my models. I could basically see the disaster that was going to unfold. The set up for tornadoes was off the charts. You had warm air, cold air in the atmosphere, rich Gulf of Mexico moisture, and very strong wind shear. I said and told my friends "tomorrow will be the longest day". 

So April 27th came and when I went outside the air just seemed like it wanted to suck one up. It did not take long for the storms to get cranking. Late morning the first wave of tornadoes hit. They touched down and most of these tornadoes were EF2 type. A few hours later early Afternoon a more powerful wave hit producing numerous tornadoes left and right. A lot of the storms were producing multiple tornadoes. These tornadoes ranged from EF0-EF3 tornadoes the 3's being more common. Then another wave came. 

In the evening hours I would have a run in with a tornado. Tornadoes had already touched down in counties around me and already 5 had touched down in my county alone. At my part of the County we had mostly been spared but oh how that was about to change. Me and my parents had a police scanner going. A tornado had touched down in Georgia in the county underneath mine. This tornado was about to move into my state of TN and my county. We got reports that this particular tornado had left nothing but foundations. That caused me and my family to get goose bumps. I told my parents "there is only one type of tornado that does that type of damage. We are dealing with an EF4 or EF5 type tornado". Suddenly things got very quite and calm, which is never a good sign. The wind started to really howl the sky turned black and the lightning started to get very intense. Then things got worse the lights went out and my weather station measured a wind guest up to 83 mph. We could hear popping and cracking outside. 

So we went to our basement and as Christians we prayed "God we cannot control the weather but you can. We pray that this tornado curves and misses us but if it doesn't and we have to start over let us all survive" After we prayed that we heard the train sound. In my basement there was a tiny window we could see out, but we were far away that if glass blew in it wouldn't get us. I got a glimpse of the destructive tornado. Right before it hit our house it curved sparing our house. We checked on everything and our house was still standing. We would have one more wave of tornadoes come through before it was all over. 

This outbreak took the same path as the 1974 outbreak and the results were the same. Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee were all in ruins. They called the April 27th 2011 Super Outbreak II. In my area Southeast TN and North Georgia 60 tornadoes touched down alone. In my county 7 tornadoes touched down. The one that just missed me would be rated an EF4 with winds up to 190 mph. 

The next day we found debris in our yard and parts of trees that we didn't have in our yard. After we cleaned that up. We decided we would take a drive down the road. We were horrified what we saw just down the road. All the farms and houses that were there before were gone. All that was left was the foundations. The mountains had a bare path and craters were the tornado had traveled up the mountains. It was a sad sight to see. So we prayed and gave thanks to Jesus our Lord and Savior that we were spared but we prayed for others who were not lucky. 

Since then we have had more tornado outbreaks but they have been what we typically get. On March 2nd 2012 we had tornadoes. 3 years later on April 28th 2014 we had another tornado outbreak that brought tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail to my area. The 2012 outbreak and 2014 outbreak is what my area is more used to. Even before the Super  outbreak my area is tornado prone as I listed our notable tornado outbreaks. But nothing except for 1974 compared to what happened. My area was decimated and was in ruins. What shocked a lot of people was how intense the tornadoes were and how many were produced in a short amount of time. Lot of the tornadoes would be rated EF2, EF3, EF4 and there were 4 EF5 type tornadoes. 

My area is located in the Dixie tornado Alley that includes the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky. Every year we expect tornadoes in my area and they usually occur. It was that way before Super Outbreak II. But Super Outbreak II is one that we will never forget. The longest day will be remembered for a long time. The bad part is A Super Outbreak will happen again. 
 
Today marks the 5th anniversary of the longest day as I like to call it. On this date on April 27th 2011 my area was decimated by a Super tornado outbreak. Now my area is a tornado hot spot as in my area we get tornado outbreaks. But this one was very very bad. So I thought I would make this thread in remembrance

My area had already had tornadoes in 2011 February 28th 2011 and April the 4th 2011. These were our typical tornado producing systems. They were produced by squall lines. But around April the 20th our local meteorologist warned how a significant storm system could impact our area between April 26th-28th. I'm a forecaster myself so I looked at my own models and they were going off the charts. Around April 25th our local Meteorologist used the term "this could be a super outbreak". One of them said for those that were not alive during the April 3rd 1974 Super Outbreak you are about to live it now. April 3rd 1974 was a very bad tornado outbreak for my area. You had numerous intense tornadoes touching down left and right. In fact in  my area we called them "cluster tornadoes'' because it seemed like you had tornadoes touching down in clusters. the 1974 outbreak was a decade before my time but my parents lived through it. So they told me a lot about it but I also researched this particular outbreak as well. 

So it was obvious this was going to be worse then our typical tornado outbreak. My area was hit hard by these tornado outbreaks (these types are what we normally have to deal with)

  • November 1992 severe weather outbreak
  • 1994 March Palm Sunday Outbreak 
  • April 1994 tornado outbreak 
  • May 1995 tornado and severe weather outbreak 
  • March 29th 1997 Easter tornado and severe weather outbreak 
  • April 16th 1998 Nashville TN tornado outbreak 
  • May 7th 1998 Tornado and severe weather outbreak ( I was in this tornado)
  • November 10 2002 Veterans Day tornado outbreak 
  • May 31st 2004 Severe weather outbreak 
  • August 2nd 2004 severe weather outbreak 
  • Super Tuesday 2008 tornado outbreak 
  • April 2009 severe weather outbreak 
  • October 26th 2010 tornado outbreak 
  • April 4th 2011 severe weather outbreak. 

Yet this was going to be worse than all of them. So April 26th came and I checked my models. I could basically see the disaster that was going to unfold. The set up for tornadoes was off the charts. You had warm air, cold air in the atmosphere, rich Gulf of Mexico moisture, and very strong wind shear. I said and told my friends "tomorrow will be the longest day". 

So April 27th came and when I went outside the air just seemed like it wanted to suck one up. It did not take long for the storms to get cranking. Late morning the first wave of tornadoes hit. They touched down and most of these tornadoes were EF2 type. A few hours later early Afternoon a more powerful wave hit producing numerous tornadoes left and right. A lot of the storms were producing multiple tornadoes. These tornadoes ranged from EF0-EF3 tornadoes the 3's being more common. Then another wave came. 

In the evening hours I would have a run in with a tornado. Tornadoes had already touched down in counties around me and already 5 had touched down in my county alone. At my part of the County we had mostly been spared but oh how that was about to change. Me and my parents had a police scanner going. A tornado had touched down in Georgia in the county underneath mine. This tornado was about to move into my state of TN and my county. We got reports that this particular tornado had left nothing but foundations. That caused me and my family to get goose bumps. I told my parents "there is only one type of tornado that does that type of damage. We are dealing with an EF4 or EF5 type tornado". Suddenly things got very quite and calm, which is never a good sign. The wind started to really howl the sky turned black and the lightning started to get very intense. Then things got worse the lights went out and my weather station measured a wind guest up to 83 mph. We could hear popping and cracking outside. 

So we went to our basement and as Christians we prayed "God we cannot control the weather but you can. We pray that this tornado curves and misses us but if it doesn't and we have to start over let us all survive" After we prayed that we heard the train sound. In my basement there was a tiny window we could see out, but we were far away that if glass blew in it wouldn't get us. I got a glimpse of the destructive tornado. Right before it hit our house it curved sparing our house. We checked on everything and our house was still standing. We would have one more wave of tornadoes come through before it was all over. 

This outbreak took the same path as the 1974 outbreak and the results were the same. Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee were all in ruins. They called the April 27th 2011 Super Outbreak II. In my area Southeast TN and North Georgia 60 tornadoes touched down alone. In my county 7 tornadoes touched down. The one that just missed me would be rated an EF4 with winds up to 190 mph. 

The next day we found debris in our yard and parts of trees that we didn't have in our yard. After we cleaned that up. We decided we would take a drive down the road. We were horrified what we saw just down the road. All the farms and houses that were there before were gone. All that was left was the foundations. The mountains had a bare path and craters were the tornado had traveled up the mountains. It was a sad sight to see. So we prayed and gave thanks to Jesus our Lord and Savior that we were spared but we prayed for others who were not lucky. 

Since then we have had more tornado outbreaks but they have been what we typically get. On March 2nd 2012 we had tornadoes. 3 years later on April 28th 2014 we had another tornado outbreak that brought tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail to my area. The 2012 outbreak and 2014 outbreak is what my area is more used to. Even before the Super  outbreak my area is tornado prone as I listed our notable tornado outbreaks. But nothing except for 1974 compared to what happened. My area was decimated and was in ruins. What shocked a lot of people was how intense the tornadoes were and how many were produced in a short amount of time. Lot of the tornadoes would be rated EF2, EF3, EF4 and there were 4 EF5 type tornadoes. 

My area is located in the Dixie tornado Alley that includes the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky. Every year we expect tornadoes in my area and they usually occur. It was that way before Super Outbreak II. But Super Outbreak II is one that we will never forget. The longest day will be remembered for a long time. The bad part is A Super Outbreak will happen again. 
 
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Wow, that's terrible, I can't help but wonder what could have happened if you weren't a weather person and didn't understand what was going to happen. That sounds so freaky. Nothing like that ever happened where I live, and hearing this makes me think of all those scenes from the day after tomorrow.
Wow, that's terrible, I can't help but wonder what could have happened if you weren't a weather person and didn't understand what was going to happen. That sounds so freaky. Nothing like that ever happened where I live, and hearing this makes me think of all those scenes from the day after tomorrow.
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Would probably be traumatized for sure. I know my parents didn't understand what was happening in 1974. They really had no warning till it happened and it really scared them seeing the destruction. Seeing every house around them get destroyed. Yeah we expect tornadoes every year but that outbreak was just brutal. In some of the worst hit counties it looked like a nuclear bomb was dropped.  It resembled pictures out of Nagasaki. Be glad nothing like that has happened to your area. 
Would probably be traumatized for sure. I know my parents didn't understand what was happening in 1974. They really had no warning till it happened and it really scared them seeing the destruction. Seeing every house around them get destroyed. Yeah we expect tornadoes every year but that outbreak was just brutal. In some of the worst hit counties it looked like a nuclear bomb was dropped.  It resembled pictures out of Nagasaki. Be glad nothing like that has happened to your area. 
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