May Severe Weather

WxFreak wrote:Well, the front is still going to be hanging around for several more days--going back and forth over the area. Still a chance for more interesting weather. Hope it just stays away from a certain campground in the Smokies.

We need rain so bad in our area, I am getting concerned about drought here.

Adam2014 wrote:There was a tornado touchdown in franklin,TN. Lawrenceburg has been spared again for the time being. We had a lot of anvil debris that choked the storms of instability. Storms have indeed fired away from the frontal boundry which is incredible to see. Like WxFreak said they are firing around the old outflow boundry.

My friend that lives in Franklin just texted:

Dude....Becky said the tornado hit the park next to our house!!! Flipped a bunch of cars and injured a mom and her kid!

He's out of town on business travel and was reporting what his wife heard. Crazy.

Just a few rain drops here. I am sure glad I have not put alot of $$$ into my yard. No weeds but mostly burmuda grass. The way this year is going. If you have a sprinkler and fescue grass. You are going to go broke by the end of summer. There want be any grass growing or leaves left on trees at this rate. My neighbor is already complaining about his water bill to keep his yard nice and green. In the summer months it runs $350-$450 a month. Usually for a couple of months (July/August). He said way to early for these high bills already. My yard is barely growing. In past springs I was mowing twice a week. Very worried about these dry conditions already.

Parts of Sevier Co. had baseball size hail with the early afternoon cluster of thunderstorms that developed over Knox Co and moved southeast. Damage to cars pretty extensive over parts of Sevier Co according to WBIR. Dodged a bullet with that one.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
153 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0130 PM HAIL GATLINBURG 35.72N 83.49W
04/26/2012 E2.75 INCH SEVIER TN LAW ENFORCEMENT

Adam2014 wrote:

WxFreak wrote:Well, the front is still going to be hanging around for several more days--going back and forth over the area. Still a chance for more interesting weather. Hope it just stays away from a certain campground in the Smokies.

We need rain so bad in our area, I am getting concerned about drought here.

Looks like you have the better chance of rain today--you are still south of the front.

WxFreak wrote:

Adam2014 wrote:

WxFreak wrote:Well, the front is still going to be hanging around for several more days--going back and forth over the area. Still a chance for more interesting weather. Hope it just stays away from a certain campground in the Smokies.

We need rain so bad in our area, I am getting concerned about drought here.

Looks like you have the better chance of rain today--you are still south of the front.

I still haven't bought into it yet, I imagine they will fire to the south of my area.

Fixing to go moderate out in KS

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0602
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0616 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF CNTRL-ERN KS AND FAR WRN MO

CONCERNING...OUTLOOK UPGRADE

VALID 271116Z - 271215Z

THERE WILL BE A CATEGORICAL UPGRADE FROM A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK
OVER CNTRL-ERN KS AND FAR WRN MO FOR THE UPCOMING 1300Z DAY 1
CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK. CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED REGARDING A GREATER
THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS POTENTIALLY CAPABLE OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES
AND LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA.

..SMITH.. 04/27/2012

I wish I could be there right now...

Hatched area for Tors



Hail

ef 2 hit just 23 miles south of me yesterday, while i was at work... chester co.. houses were damaged pretty good...just confirmed today by nws.

This could spell trouble in the long range...that would be a strong cold front that runs into an almost tropical one

As long as we're not blown away by a tornado/squall line, I'm all for strong cold fronts. Keep that Bermuda High outta here.

nice storms starting to fire along a boundary in east okie n east texas...one near tulsa just a little earlier had some nice rotation with it. it was tornado warned.

Gatlinburg hail storm