No more 30's?
This morning's low here at the house was 39. We recovered well and ended up with a high of 77.
Have we seen the last of the 30's in Alabama? I think so, at least for most of us in the state.
tornado warning in Marion County.
west out of Cullman. Our goal was to get our kids out of harm's way before the storm hit. She wasn't sure she would make it. She did, and I was thankful. As she and I were talking, I heard reports of damage out of Winston County from fellow storm chaser, Brett Adair, who was streaming live video back to James Spann at ABC 33/40. My concern now was for the students in Cullman County who would be in buses as a mesocyclone with a possible tornado was headed their way.
know that I was thinking about leaving at 1:00. I emailed my boss, who, after asking me if I was storm chasing and showing concern for my children, graciously allowed me to take leave. I was relieved to learn that my ex wife had gotten our children to shelter ahead of the storm. Credit is due her for driving them to three separate shelters as they dodged three tornado-warned mesocyclones Friday afternoon.
listening to Spann and Jason Simpson on FM 97.3, as well as looking at the sky and the radar on my laptop, that it would be safe to drive two miles further north to exit 310.
I entered Marshall County at Arab and continued all the way to Guntersville Lake. I stopped there and took video and photos of the storm as it passed about 6-10 miles northwest to northeast of my location. I learned today that the storm produced two small EF0 tornadoes while I observed it 6-10 miles away. Although I could clearly see the rotation, the wall cloud and tornado were wrapped in rain. I did see an increase in cloud to ground lightning output that probably coincided with the tornado touchdowns.
weaken turned out to probably be an illusion. In northeastern Cullman County, the storm was a bit further away than the rest of the route. The wall cloud was there and at times it seemed quite large. It makes me wonder if there would have been a large wedge tornado if there had been just a bit more directional shear near the surface. Thankfully, that did not happen.
being run by a mother and her adult daughter. They were gracious enough to allow me to charge the battery on my laptop. The daughter told me she was a single mother of a nine year old boy who was scared of storms. My suggestion to her was to educate him as much as possible. She wanted to know how to get James Spann to speak at her son's school. I suggested that she ask his teacher to email Mr. Spann. She was financially very poor so I suggested that she take her son to the library and that they read everything they can about weather and storms.
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