Tornado Warning in Guilford County v.:run:

motivez · 05-08-2008, 09:16 PM

TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 912 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR... RANDOLPH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHEASTERN GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 909 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER ASHEBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 27 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FRANKLINVILLE...RANDLEMAN... RAMSEUR...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN A SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM OR IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND EXTERIOR WALLS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

Scrum · 05-08-2008, 09:18 PM

Are tornadoes common in NC?

I didn't think that area of the country usually got them.

motivez · 05-08-2008, 09:24 PM

We have them every now and again, there was a bad one in VA not too long ago.. which is like a 35-40 min drive

motivez · 05-08-2008, 09:25 PM

I'm gonna be pissed if the cable goes out in the middle of Lost

motivez · 05-08-2008, 10:29 PM

Man, shit is still heading this way

motivez · 05-08-2008, 11:25 PM

well shit, this thing is apparently heading right towards Guilford College, which is right by me... 14,000 power outages so far

so uh.. i'm shutting my computer down and fleeing into a different room

6SpeedTA95 · 05-08-2008, 11:34 PM

Storm relative velocities and gate to gate shear dont look overly impressive on the NOAA site, my shit isn't pulling in the velocities so I can't get any close up data to check shear markers...could be a tornado on the ground but probably radar indicated at this point.

6SpeedTA95 · 05-08-2008, 11:35 PM

NWS saying doppler indicated...so it hasn't been confirmed which is good. They place warnings based on doppler radar with a fair amount of safety built in so just make sure you take cover if it ispassing over your area.

6SpeedTA95 · 05-08-2008, 11:36 PM

Originally Posted by Scrum

Are tornadoes common in NC?

I didn't think that area of the country usually got them.

Yeah NC gets them every year just not as frequently as the plains states and the midwest.

motivez · 05-09-2008, 12:31 AM

They had police confirm it, some cars got blown off the road up by where my mechanic is, apparently 1 building down, no injuries though

crazy shit though, very close to here, never seen the wind that bad, even during that last big hurricane that came through

kombayn · 05-09-2008, 12:36 AM

The East Coast has tornadoes and hurricanes, the West Coast gets the Earthquakes... I'll take the one bad earthquake every now and again over that.

Linzyhop · 05-09-2008, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by kombayn

The East Coast has tornadoes and hurricanes, the West Coast gets the Earthquakes... I'll take the one bad earthquake every now and again over that.

correction the east coast gets hurricanes. the midwest gets tornadoes. very rarely if ever does the east coast get a tornado......

kinggovernor · 05-09-2008, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by kombayn

The East Coast has tornadoes and hurricanes, the West Coast gets the Earthquakes... I'll take the one bad earthquake every now and again over that.

Buffalo gets snow, and your house never falls down

6SpeedTA95 · 05-09-2008, 10:35 AM

We had a 2am tornado warning last night, those blow ass

WickedLou9 · 05-09-2008, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by kombayn

The East Coast has tornadoes and hurricanes, the West Coast gets the Earthquakes... I'll take the one bad earthquake every now and again over that.

We get nothing in the north east. Tornados are common in the midwest. Not so common around the south east and virtually unheard of in the northeast.
We had a minor twister whip through here maybe a couple of years ago. It knocked over some signs and uprooted a handful of small trees. That's about it. hurricanes typically run out of steam before they reach the mason dixon line and become just heavy rain. The only real weather problem we deal with in the north east is snow. And in NJ we don't even get much of that. I guess flooding in low lying areas is sometimes a problem, but that happens all over the country. We certainly don't get any earthquakes that cause any real damage. Up in the north east, people actually get excited for storms because we normally don't get much in the way of extreme weather.

6SpeedTA95 · 05-09-2008, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by WickedLou9

We get nothing in the north east. Tornados are common in the midwest. Not so common around the south east and virtually unheard of in the northeast.
We had a minor twister whip through here maybe a couple of years ago. It knocked over some signs and uprooted a handful of small trees. That's about it. hurricanes typically run out of steam before they reach the mason dixon line and become just heavy rain. The only real weather problem we deal with in the north east is snow. And in NJ we don't even get much of that. I guess flooding in low lying areas is sometimes a problem, but that happens all over the country. We certainly don't get any earthquakes that cause any real damage. Up in the north east, people actually get excited for storms because we normally don't get much in the way of extreme weather.

What do you consider south east? Tornadoes are very common from I 40 to the south even in the eastern states of georgia and the carolinas

6SpeedTA95 · 05-09-2008, 11:18 AM

Here's a graphic

WickedLou9 · 05-09-2008, 12:44 PM

I dunno, I guess I just never hear about them.. or the news from "Tornado Alley" tends to drown it out.

Originally Posted by 6SpeedTA95

Here's a graphic

motivez · 05-09-2008, 02:32 PM

Looks like 1 person died, few others injured.