Rain started at almost exactly 10am this morning. Still raining, and is supposed to for another couple hours. It will only stop raining because the rain will turn over to snow. Do. Not. Like.
Winds should be pretty rough for a few hours. There is still some twist to the storms but nothing like earlier today. Flooding would be the greatest concern.
The only bright side is that if I sell my house tomorrow, I technically may be able to classify it as a lake front property. I think the majority of Southwest VA and East Tennessee has Flood Warnings right now.
our local paper is saying there were eight confirmed tornadoes across Middle TN Spoiler Statewide, TEMA issued 27 tornado warnings, 26 severe thunderstorm warnings, four tornado watches and six flash flood warnings overnight.The National Weather Service confirmed eight tornadoes hit Middle Tennessee. There were: • Tornado 1: An EF2 in Mt. Juliet in Wilson County. Start time was 3:25 a.m. at Glenwood Drive, end time was 3:30 a.m. at Cooks Church Road. Estimated peak wind at 115 mph, path length was 4.6 miles and path width 150 yards • Tornado 2: An EF0 from south of White Bluff in southeast Dickson County that moved to Kingston Springs in southern Cheatham County. • Tornado 3: An EF0 across the Fairvue Plantation area moving to 109 intersection in southwest Gallatin in Sumner County. • Tornado 4: An EF2 has been confirmed in Hickman County, these details will take longer to reporter because it is a wider area. NWS does not know where it started or ended. • Tornado 5: An EF0 has been confirmed in Sumner County, east of Gallatin at Bledsoe Creek State Camping Park, really close to Zeiglers Fort Road and Bledsoe Road, about 5 miles east of Gallatin. • Tornado 6: An EF0 reported a mile from tornado 5. This was a mile north of Cairo Road at 25 and Harsh Lane. • Tornado 7: An EF0 has been confirmed in Sumner Co., between Millerville and Gallatin…more details to come later. • Tornado 8: An EF0 has been confirmed in Robertson and Sumner County, roughly 3 miles Southeast of Cross Plains.
Chi Omega house has damage. Good thing most of USM kids are out of town on the coast or in New Orleans for Mardi Gras.
Currently have power here in Hattiesburg but no TV or wifi. Will try and post some pics off Twitter I saw once the wifi is back up.
Man, I fucking hate Ole Miss but I liked this. From their AD: Ross Bjork @RossBjorkAD Thoughts & prayers for our friends at USM & the surrounding Hattiesburg communities. Expand
That thing looks huge. I hope everyone is ok. Luckily USM gets off for Mardi Gras. Lots of neighborhoods in the path though. Supposedly parts of Oak Grove and Petal got hammered.
These guys are out somewhere in the damage right now. http://content.wdtinc.com/popout/index.php?M=14613&C=20643&O=10435
Already got people speculating that it might be an EF4. Iam thinking EF3 based on the photos so far. NWS Jackson will have two teams out tomorrow to do their initial assessment.
@studentprintz: Forrest County Sheriff reports 10 to 15 injuries from today's storm, none severe. #Hattiesburg #Tornado
Hardy street is closed down and looks bad as does the alumni house. Heard over 200 house were hit also I fully expect the injury toll to clime now that it's daybreak.
“@severestudios: RT @PhotoJouMATT: Extreme damage to Westminster Presb. In Hattiesburg, Ms http://twitter.com/PhotoJouMATT/status/301000717395693568/photo/1” “@NWSJacksonMS: Very prelim survey info: Tornado in the Hattiesburg area at least EF-3. Max winds 140mph in Hattiesburg, 145mph in W HBG/Oak Grove area.” “@spann: Why vehicles are a bad idea during a tornado. “@NWSJacksonMS: From our survey team in Forrest County http://twitter.com/NWSJacksonMS/status/301061389257175041/photo/1””
Upgraded EF4 with 170mph winds. 20 mile long path. NWS Jackson MS @NWSJacksonMS Updated survey info: Hattiesburg tornado upgraded to EF-4 with max winds of 170 mph (rating based on damage near Oak Grove in Lamar Co)