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Mass casualty incident reported after tornado hits Amazon distribution center in Illinois - Officials are confirming there are fatalities at the Amazon facility in Edwardsville following Friday night’s severe weather.
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Last night was terrifying. I live in the South and last night I was minding my business, not really thinking the storms would be any worse than your typical thunderstorm, when all of the sudden I heard the tornado sirens blasting and my phone suddenly started screaming about seeking shelter immediately. Power outtage shortly after that, loud gusts of wind 10 mins later. The lightning was the scariest (but also coolest) part, it was non-stop flashing with HUGE long strikes that made the sky look like a giant spider web. It was so bright it looked like daytime outside every time it flashed. Never seen that kind of lightning before. Grabbed my cat after the wind really picked up and ran to the bathroom. For a hot minute I thought I might actually die, was praying like crazy, and I'm not even religious.
Thankfully the tornado just missed my town. Power was out most of the night. I consider myself damn lucky.
I'm pretty used to sudden tornadoes out here but this was something else. I have friends and family all over TN and KY, and almost all of them have been impacted by these tornadoes. 2 tornadoes touched down directly where my family members live, and I still haven't heard from one of them. My uncle finally texted me back this morning after everyone's been trying to get ahold of him; dumb ass said "Just woke up. There was a tornado? Wow, that explains why my power's out lol". Just glad he's okay.
Pretty sure my cousin is okay, the tornado that hit his town is only reporting injuries, not deaths. But still, can't help but worry
Hopefully he's just sleeping and blissfully unaware like my uncle was.
Thankfully the tornado just missed my town. Power was out most of the night. I consider myself damn lucky.
I'm pretty used to sudden tornadoes out here but this was something else. I have friends and family all over TN and KY, and almost all of them have been impacted by these tornadoes. 2 tornadoes touched down directly where my family members live, and I still haven't heard from one of them. My uncle finally texted me back this morning after everyone's been trying to get ahold of him; dumb ass said "Just woke up. There was a tornado? Wow, that explains why my power's out lol". Just glad he's okay.
Pretty sure my cousin is okay, the tornado that hit his town is only reporting injuries, not deaths. But still, can't help but worry
Hopefully he's just sleeping and blissfully unaware like my uncle was.
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I am not seeing any word on Shelbyville. The last report I can find was from 10 hours ago reporting a tornado on the ground in Shelby County moving Northeast at 60 MPH. A reporter was on the ground in Bowling Green on the south end of the State along that same longitude and the area there looked pretty fucked up.
It's looking like this thing just did an entire wedge across the entire State and didn't stop until it hit the mountains.
It also fucked up most of the States around Kentucky too, so any outside response will have to come from the East Coast. If you are in this area, don't expect the lights to come back on for a week at the EARLIEST. It's probably going to be at least two days before the utilities are even able to start.
"Edit" scratch that, looking at the power outages it seems some counties are red but most completely blue. Maybe a few days unless you are in Warren County. Y'all are fucked.
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A few tornado warnings came through my part of Illinois but the actual tornadoes went a bit south of me. A branch fell out of one of my trees, bounced the deck off the master bedroom, but didn't hurt it, and put small hole in my patio's roof when the wind was gusting. Twas a fair blow.
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Thanks, will keep trying to find more info but what I've found so far it looks like the direct impact was just south of Shelbyville.
After years of moving around the south it is nice to be back in my mountain domain. Not that we don't get winds, a derecho through the valley can still fuck things up, but tornadoes don't really get the rotation they need. I felt like the weather was going to turn, too much warm air coming in right on the heels of s cold air system that brought snow just a few days ago?
I'm sure a lot of people in the south grew up hearing the same refrain I did - "red sky at night, sailors delight; red sky at morning, sailors take warning"
Well this was a pic I found submitted to a local station in ky yesterday morning
After years of moving around the south it is nice to be back in my mountain domain. Not that we don't get winds, a derecho through the valley can still fuck things up, but tornadoes don't really get the rotation they need. I felt like the weather was going to turn, too much warm air coming in right on the heels of s cold air system that brought snow just a few days ago?
I'm sure a lot of people in the south grew up hearing the same refrain I did - "red sky at night, sailors delight; red sky at morning, sailors take warning"
Well this was a pic I found submitted to a local station in ky yesterday morning
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Most buildings will have a strengthened area that can serve as a tornado shelter. Most often the interior bathroom section. But warehouses are almost universally steel truss roof construction. Big empty boxes with fairly soft roofs. They can't withstand a tornado. Well the walls can. The roof can't. They don't design for them because tornados are a one in a million event.
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Which shelbyville?
And same, I'm in the disaster area. Fucking NWS woke me up last night and I was pissed, but then I walked outside and there was this freaky but calm energy in the air and it woke me right up.
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And it doesn't make sense too anyway. Building a structure to stand up to a direct hit from a tornado is not really feasible. You can do it, but then everything would resemble a bomb bunker. Avoiding people getting caught in a weak building by a twister is what the Tornado Warning is for. It's too let you know to get out of such structures and move to a secure area.
Bet big money though the Amazon warehouses supervisor chose to ignore the warning and kept the wagies waging away in their cagies. Hope Bezos catches a fat lawsuit for that.
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Good news everyone!
Tornado Warning issued for Alabama.
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Tornado Warning issued for Alabama.
National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary
The National Weather Service is your best source for complete weather forecast and weather related information on the web!
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Bowling Green tornado from the Western Kentucky University parking garage.
WKU reports there are no injuries on campus, howeverone student who was due to graduate today died at his off-campus residence (Correction: the deceased is a relative of the student). Damages are minimal, but phone and power lines are down.
Edit: WKU issued a correction, the student is not dead. It was actually a relative of the student who died.
WKU reports there are no injuries on campus, however
Edit: WKU issued a correction, the student is not dead. It was actually a relative of the student who died.
Drone footage over Bowling Green.
Shell Gas Station off Exit 28.
Drone footage from Mayfield, KY.
Remains of a church in Mayfield.
Remains of a church in Mayfield.
The remains of hangers and small planes litter Boyle County Airport near Dansville. At least 7 small aircraft have been damaged/destroyed.
Brett Adair caught photos of the tornado that hit Monette, Arkansas, crossing the I55 @ MM16.
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That Mayfield drone footage is fucking tragic.
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Adding to whoever answered you, there are also 'bouncing'/'skipping' tornadoes. These kinds go back to the funnel for some time then goes back to the ground. So you could have one barreling towards you, but it luckily 'jumps' over your town but the next poor unluckily areas unfortunately gets a sudden tornado slammed down their heads.
Their destruction also gets weird if you got hit by one but it decided to do that, like it suddenly dissipated after having its fun in one corner of your town instead of leaving a path through. Lived through one in my visit in Georgia and I slept through it (living next to trains is a bad thing for events like this) to wake up to a small random swath just...looked like they were smashed through by a truck.
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KY, sorry. I got in touch with who I was looking for, they said it didn't directly hit them but sirens were going off all night.
This shit honestly couldn't be happening at a worse time for the region either because a lot of these displaced people are going to have a hell of a time finding new long term accomodations after FEMA disaster relief or whoever shows up fucks off, even insurance payout will probably only get them a downgrade and anyone without insurance coverage is likely financially fucked.
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This is absolute carnage. God help these people.
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The tornadoes aren't over yet?Good news everyone!
Tornado Warning issued for Alabama.
National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary
The National Weather Service is your best source for complete weather forecast and weather related information on the web!
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Yeah, after looking at the storm track for a while I see how warm air was flowing up from Texas. I'm assuming that's a semi-frequent occurrence in the late fall? We had a freak tornado up here in Vancouver last month and that actually was out of the ordinary. Only the second recorded tornado in Vancouver's history.
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Never trust winds from the south.
It's quieted down a little bit where I am, though I wouldn't say things are over.
Tornado damage is so weird. One house will be flattened while the rest of the block is fine, an entire block will be trashed but one house will be untouched.
I am cautiously optimistic about the big trees on my property, but with my luck the big winds will loosen things up and on a peaceful calm day half a maple tree will land on my sage bushes.
It's quieted down a little bit where I am, though I wouldn't say things are over.
Tornado damage is so weird. One house will be flattened while the rest of the block is fine, an entire block will be trashed but one house will be untouched.
I am cautiously optimistic about the big trees on my property, but with my luck the big winds will loosen things up and on a peaceful calm day half a maple tree will land on my sage bushes.
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Tornados more or less can spontaneously spawn. You will have a bad storm, and if conditions are just right you get rotation and it touches the ground. There is a Tornado Watch alert which means bad storms with the potential to form a tornado and you have Tornado Warning! Which means an actual tornado is spotted get to shelter immediately. There is no one hour warning. They form and disipate incredibly fast. Normally as part of a line of storms.