My prayer goes out to the people in Mayfield, KY

[Gone]

Utter devastation from a massive tornado.

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/s...ng-buildings-police-say-loss-of-life-expected

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[Richard Cranium]

that was terrible.

 

[VANDAN]

Prayers Be with Them...

 

[sam dupont]

What do I have that I can send? What does a guy need after something like this. Tents, sleeping bags, coats?

 

[ruffcut]

Yes, reports of as many as 100 people or more in many states! Prayers for these and others in need.

 

[66Satellite47]

And to all those along the path of this tornado.

 

[Cranky]

Lots of times I think I live in a bad place for hurricanes (still think that way) but living in tornado alley scares me even more! Prayer has gone out to the people there and more will go out to them.....

 

[Budnicks]

Yeah, 5 states Ky. Tenn. Ill. Mo. Ar.
all got hit by some 12+ tornados, last evening/early AM

hopefully 'most' all our members are all safe
I just donated again to the red cross

Appears & really looked bad on the news
last I saw 70 (IIRC) dead in ky.

you guys are in our thoughts
stay safe, hopefully warm & dry too

 

[Cojohnso1]

National weather service is suggesting that this outbreak may be the longest lasting (by time) than ever recorded? Middle of the country in mid-December? Just terrible. If there are some legit donation sites? I would be interested.

 

[Don Frelier]

The governor is on the weather channel now.
A total disaster.

 

[streetmachine]

The governor is on the weather channel now.
A total disaster.

It's very sad. This was a very violent tornado. Looking at some of the damage photos I'll say at this point I say EF3 or EF4 at minimum but, if there is any EF5 damage then that's what it will get rated at. It was on the ground a long time and also from what I saw a very wide tornado as well. Some people have said the radar indicated wind gusts of over 300 mph. Think of it this way, this was in the same league as the 2011 Joplin tornado and 2013 El Reno tornado. To make matters worse this was a night time tornado (the worst) and hit when most people are sleeping. Thoughts and prayers indeed for these people.

 

[streetmachine]

Not my photos but, here are some radar captures of the Mayfield storm. The radar indicates a very defined hook echo. The purple on the radar normally depicts hail but, in this case this is debris being lofted into the atmosphere. The other photos are of the inbound/outbound wind from the storm per radar. Very intense.

 

[streetmachine]

https://forecast.weather.gov/produc...AH&product=LSR&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1

Some of the storm reports from this storm. One report states train cars knocked or thrown from the track.

 

[streetmachine]

Also, prayers for all effected and especially those in the nursing home and Amazon building.

 

[Budnicks]

Yeah, 5 states Ky. Tenn. Ill. Mo. Ar.
all got hit by some 12+ tornados, last evening/early AM

hopefully 'most' all our members are all safe
I just donated again to the red cross

Appears & really looked bad on the news
last I saw 70 (IIRC) dead in ky.

you guys are in our thoughts
stay safe, hopefully warm & dry too

The weather channel said;
A sixth state now, Mississippi too

 

[Slap Stick]

In the storm in MO which passed a few miles from here it followed the same track multiple other storms have followed in years past, two of them exactly one year to the day apart. One of these passed about two blocks from my brother's house. There have been about five storm cells in recent years following almost the same path. One hit Lambert Int'l terminal and the next year one was seen crossing airport property following the same path.
Coinkydink? Not hardly.

 

[streetmachine]

Not surprised. Here is a map of tornado paths/tracks of the United States from 1950 through 2019. https://www.spc.noaa.gov/gis/svrgis/images/tornado.png

There is a second tornado alley known as Dixie Alley or the Southern Alley. Most people aren't aware of this but, make sense given the location to the Gulf of Mexico. Where the Mayfield tornado hit is pretty much right in this area or really close. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/DixieAlleymap.png

 

[streetmachine]

In the storm in MO which passed a few miles from here it followed the same track multiple other storms have followed in years past, two of them exactly one year to the day apart. One of these passed about two blocks from my brother's house. There have been about five storm cells in recent years following almost the same path. One hit Lambert Int'l terminal and the next year one was seen crossing airport property following the same path.
Coinkydink? Not hardly.

It's wouldn't be surprising it would take a near identical path. There has been some mention that topography of land can play a role in repeated weather events and that's potentially part of the reason for it.

 

[moparedtn]

It's wouldn't be surprising it would take a near identical path. There has been some mention that topography of land can play a role in repeated weather events and that's potentially part of the reason for it.

Indeed. Topography has a LOT to do with where I am not having a recorded tornado in over 50 years.
The way the "fingers" of the Appalachians lay out in this region, storms like these lose a lot of their steam
and either skip over us, then reform on the other side - or they dissipate to lower energy events.

Those poor folks in that candle factory....good Lord. Didn't see it coming.
That was a BEAST of a storm. Was on the ground nearly 300 miles - and it was moving at nearly 60mph!
Very wide path also and although they're calling it an F4, it sure looks like F5 damage to me.
Prayers, many prayers for all those devastated.

 

[moparedtn]

P.S. From where we sit up here on the ridge at the base of one of Clinch Mountains' "fingers", we look
due west from the front porch - which was intentional when I put the place here 25 years ago.
We have about an 80 mile line of sight to the north and west as a result, meaning I can watch a lot
of the weather coming before it gets here.
I also have seen, dozens of times, severe weather headed this way get knocked down by all the updrafts
and ridges before us. It's amazing stuff.
I think I even still have a video on my YT where I show and explain this phenomena...