Posted on 04/10/2009 9:18:25 AM PDT by janetjanet998
Thanks for that link.
AP report says “nine injured” but didn’t say where.
I’m guessing in the Murfreesboro area.
Family lives in subdivision just off of Compton Rd (Esquire).
AP report says “nine injured” but didn’t say where.
I’m guessing in the Murfreesboro area.
A Very Bad Tornado Outbreak Underway (Tenn area- Video from Accuweather)
The Blackman community (Murfreesboro) got hit and cars and trucks overturned on I-24. One death reported.
The damage tracks from a tornado might be a mile wide, max. There were about 140 tornados in that outbreak. The vast majority of the region did not suffer catastrophic damage. Compare that to the complete obliteration of a region that would happen if there was another New Madrid-level quake in the Missouri bootheel - you would have major damage in St. Louis, Little Rock and Memphis and many smaller cities. That's a much more difficult recovery scenario.
RGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 134
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
340 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN GEORGIA
FAR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 340 PM UNTIL
1000 PM EDT.
..THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
DISCUSSION...INTENSE MID/UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED JETS WILL
CONTINUE TO FOCUS OUTBREAK OF SUPERCELLS EWD ACROSS WW THIS EVENING.
VERY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE FOR LARGE...DAMAGING HAIL ALONG
WITH POTENTIAL FOR LONG-TRACKED/DAMAGING TORNADOES. TORNADO THREAT
WILL BE ENHANCED ALONG AND SOUTH OF WEDGE SURFACE FRONT OVER GA/AL
COUNTIES WITHIN WW.
It is hailing at my house and sounds like gunfire. It is raining so hard I can barely see across the street. We do not need another tornado hitting in this area. Guess I should get off the computer but it is not lightning here. Looks like it may cause trouble where my granddaughter and her family lives.
Hope they are OK. Compton Road is near the areas reported hit. My SIL reported Osborne Lane and it’s about 1/4 mile from Compton.
Chattanooga metro in trouble
Channel 5 just showed “Thompson Lane” at Esquire, but they probably were at Compton at Esquire. It’s Thompson lane on the east side of US 231 and Compton on the west. Lots of property damage, but no injuries reported. Local law enforcement are asking people to stay off cell phones because they are having trouble communicating. I suspect cell towers may be down, and I know electricity is out. My brother could not get his cell phone to work to call us.
Are you anywhere near Spring City? My son and about 150 other kids/parents from his high school are on a working mission trip at the Cedine Camp. They are constructing new dormitories for the camp. They are scheduled to head back to IL tonight.
Yeah heard from two of them that were not home (they were at a house near the river on Sulphur Springs Rd. Still no word from my father-in-law - don’t know if he was home or what.
Thanks for that update. They live on Ravenel, which is in that subdivision. From the reports it seems there must have been more than one funnel.
Spring City is getting hit right now. If you go to weather.com and put in my zip code (37737) Spring City is almost straight west of Maryville, right on the front edge of the red part of the storm. (A fairly loose looking part of the system)
Re: post 75
Do you have any more info. about the Spring City, TN area?
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