The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
-Psalm 19:1

Do you know that God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?
-Job 37:15



Showing posts with label severe weather in south Georgia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label severe weather in south Georgia. Show all posts

Friday, January 22, 2010

Crazy January Weather!

I have gotten away from posting on Friday's, but with all the relatively near tornado activity yesterday, and the severe weather we had locally, I feel like an update is in order. Today, we have beautiful blue clear skies.

The big story was the well-covered (EF2 rated) tornado in Huntsville, AL yesterday, fellow Southern Weather Brigade members were chasing the cell as it moved across northern Alabama, until Mike had to leave to take care of his fatherly duties. JB and Mike parted ways, neither watching the cell anymore. Unfortunately, that's when that stubborn cell decided to produce a tornado. Photo of Huntsville tornado as captured by LeAnn Shady Reid, Mike's neighborPoor Mike, his neighbor was actually taking pictures of the tornado from her front porch, since it passed his house within a mile. Holy cow, that sounds like my kind of luck! Poor Mike and JB. So close. I won't even bother posting coverage, as it would pale in comparison to what Mike has posted on his blog, with extensive continuing coverage of "the one that got away." Seriously, check out Mike's blog.

It was a very active storm day. The rotating cell that had once been tornado warned and then approached us, just missing to the south, caused downed power lines in my county. The same system moved across Florida and wreaked havoc all over the northern part of the state. This morning, I noticed that tornado warnings were being issued near Cocoa Beach (which has generated a tornado report for today). All in all, I would like to commend the Storm Prediction Center and the National Weather Service for being on the ball. Job well done, guys!You see the damage report dots on the graphic above. You can click on the map for a detailed list of the storm reports, including several tornado reports in Arizona and California. Crazy January weather.

Be safe.
~Dewdrop

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Oh, the weather outside is frightful... well, not to me.

SKY WATCH FRIDAY time! Welcome all sky fans!!! I truly appreciate your visit and comments. I might not have time to respond to you, but I will try my best to visit!!!

Our hosts: Klaus Sandy Sylvia Wren Louise Fishing Guy

Thanks, also,to Dot and Tom, who were instrumental in the success of this blogging event. You should definitely come fly with us! I don't really have time for Sky Watch Friday, but it's a hard habit to break. Today I will post my favorite lightning shot, in honor of our thunderstorms today. Incidentally, as I typed that thunder rumbled. I have a lot of weather to dicuss, so let me just get to it. Currently, much of south Georgia, a portion of southeast Alabama and north Florida are under a tornado watch, meaning conditions are favorable for tornadogenesis.The watch was issued at 8:25AM, and it is expected to last until 4PM today. I am sure the watch window will change shape during the course of the day.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

SCTD SUSTAINED STORMS AND A FEW SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALONG WSW-ENE ORIENTED CONFLUENCE ZONE EXTENDING FROM THE NERN GULF OF MEXICO INTO S GA LATER TODAY. AS BOUNDARY LAYER CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DESTABILIZE ON SRN SIDE OF SYSTEM... AND AS REGION COMES INCREASINGLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF EXIT REGION OF 100+ KT WLY HI LVL JET...POTENTIAL MAY INCREASE FOR EMBEDDED LEWPS/SMALL BOWS WITH DMGG WIND AND ISOLD TORNADOES.
Already, areas of the MCS are being highlighted for rotation and doppler indicated tornadoes are causing the National Weather Service to vigilantly offer tornado warnings. Currently, there are two warnings, and one of those cells is on track for us. I will keep one eye on radar while I work hard on spending Obama-bucks. Of course, I also have my SAME loaded weather radio on alert, to warn me of anything nearby. This same system, yesterday and last night has spawned 14 tornado reports across Texas and Louisiana. Be mindful of rapidly changing conditions. Try not to go out in it, and keep your weather radios handy!!! Also, remember, Turn Around, Don't Drown.™

Oh, did I mention that I broke my garage door today?? Grr... me and mechanical things lately...


10:00 Severe thunderstorm warning Lowndes county with rotation getting stronger from the looks of it.










Be safe!
~Dewdrop

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Weather gone wild

More unfortunate news from Haiti this morning, their strongest aftershock yet, struck at 6:03AM, with a 6.1 magnitude, just 35 miles from Port-au-Prince, not far from the original major earthquake 8 days ago. I haven't heard reports about how the already dangerous state of Port-au-Prince's structures were impacted or if any rescue workers were impacted, which is my first thought, but it is clear that they continue to need all of our prayers.

Back here, we have a relentless weather pattern, which is inundating much of the country with one type of weather or another. A series of low pressure systems is parading its way across the country moving in off the Pacific. A powerful storm that hit the Southern California coast this afternoon caused at least one tornado, four water spouts and winds of up to 80 mph, according to the National Weather Service.Strong low pressure systems are dumping record rainfall on California, causing incredibly dangerous landslides and threats of more, as more rain moves in. As if that's not bad enough, southern California actually reported 3 tornadoes, including one in Los Angeles. Apparently, the turmoil in the water (20' waves) caused some water spouts which moved inland.

GOLETA SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CA
RADIO STATION KCOY IN SANTA BARBARA REPORTED A SHERIFFS DEPUTY SPOTTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE OCEAN MEADOW GOLF COURSE NEAR ISLE VISTA AROUND 1030 AM...ROOF DAMAGE (LOX)

HUNTINGTON BEACH ORANGE COUNTY, CA
TORNADO SPOTTED ON PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY JUST SOUTH OF ANDERSON STREET. THE FUNNEL CROSSED THE HIGHWAY AND HEADED NE. A BLACK LIMO WAS LIFTED UP AND AN SUV WAS FLIPPED (SGX)

HUNTINGTON BEACH ORANGE COUNTY CA
PROBABLE (Interesting wording) TORNADO IN HUNTINGTON BEACH. BOATS UPLIFTED AND DAMAGED IN THE HB HARBOR. DAMAGE TO BUILDING IN AREAS. CAR FLIPPED 16400 PCH. (SGX)
Neither San Diego, not Los Angeles's Weather Service Office reference the tornado at this time.

Local Storm Reports
Los Angeles
San Diego
Unfortunately, that same system is now causing treacherous blizzard conditions in the mid-west, with ice storms and just a huge mess. For us, down in the south, this all spells out severe weather potential.

For today, much of the central Gulf states are under a slight risk for severe weather with a mentionable tornadic threat. The area of risk stops short of my area with a new threat bumping into tomorrow's forecast.




Anyone within the green outlined area, should be mindful of rapidly changing conditions. The second graphic depicts the probabilities for tornadoes.

I am keeping a closer watch on tomorrow. Before you ask, NO! I WILL NOT BE CHASING! It's payroll day for me, so I will be stuck at my desk, missing out on all the fun, but the wording has me intrigued.You see, though it looks like instability will be lacking, south Georgia and north Florida look like the ripest areas for action. As in, if anything is going to happen, it is most likely to occur in my neck of the woods. I'll break down the discussion.
...SERN AL...SRN GA AND NRN FL...

AN MCS (mesoscale convective system-large rotating storm system) SHOULD BE IN PROGRESS OVER THE SERN STATES EARLY THURSDAY WITHIN ZONE OF ISENTROPIC LIFT (warm air overriding cold air. Lift is a key element of thunderstorms.) WIDESPREAD CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION SHOULD LIMIT MLCAPE (low instability- due to limited heating potential, cloud cover) TO WELL BELOW 1000 J/KG EAST OF ONGOING STORMS...BUT PARTIAL CLEARING WILL BE POSSIBLE FARTHER DOWNSTREAM ACROSS FL AND SRN GA (we might HERE have just enough break in the clouds to allow for the heating to destabilize things, instability is another key element for thunderstorms). STORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE SRN END OF THIS MCS WILL EXPERIENCE AN INFLUX OF RICHER LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE (the third and final ingredient of thunderstorms.) AND THEREFORE SHOULD HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF BECOMING ROOTED NEAR THE SURFACE. STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR (a fourth ingredient making conditions ripe for tornadoes) ACCOMPANYING THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A THREAT OF SUPERCELLS AND BOWING STRUCTURES WITH DAMAGING WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE AS ACTIVITY DEVELOPS EWD. HIGHER PROBABILITIES MAY BE NEEDED IN LATER OUTLOOKS IF IT BECOMES MORE APPARENT THAT THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL UNDERGO SUFFICIENT DESTABILIZATION.
So, basically, all the ingredients for potential tornadoes in south Georgia (north Florida) are lining up for tomorrow. If we get a clearing in the sky, watch out! That's the only ingredient that is needed to trigger a significant event.

Be safe,
~Dewdrop

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Tornado warning headed my way

LINGERING THREAT FOR MARGINAL SEVERE STORMS OR EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA. WW -- WHILE NOT IMMINENT -- COULD BECOME NECESSARY AHEAD OF ONGOING/BROKEN CONVECTIVE LINE.
It's headed this way. Not showing rotation though. Looks like hail.

Tornado watch close to home

When they said this system would likely "squall out", they meant it! The tail of this monstrous blizzard forming low spans from Massachusetts into the Gulf of Mexico. It's a thin shred of a line, but embedded within it are ferocious winds, heavy rain, lightning, and a potential for tornadoes. Currently, there is a wild couple of tornado watch boxes covering portions of the southeastern US,specifically, Georgia and South Carolina.The one closest to my proximity is an oddly shaped watch box, which stops just to my north. We did have some clearing this morning, where I actually saw the moon, and the temps started out in the 70's. That gives the much needed heated to offer up the instability. The squall breaks apart just to our west, but I think potential might exist for isolated supercells ahead of the line. People located within the general vicinity of the red boxes need to be mindful of rapidly changing conditions and be ready to get into a safe spot, should the need arise.

Have a safe day!
~Dewdrop

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Action in South Georgia

Meso Mike has deployed to the red dot. We just got the EAS for the rapidly approaching cell. There is still some opportunity for blow up with continued gulf feed interaction with the front.

0715 PM CDT THU OCT 15 2009

AREAS AFFECTED...SRN GA

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY

THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS A BRIEF TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SRN GA TONIGHT. A WW IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
Mike is going to the southeast to try to get ahead of it.

Significant weather alert...
1014 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR BERRIEN...COOK...
LANIER AND LOWNDES COUNTIES...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

AT 1013 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RAY CITY...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
NASHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKELAND BY 1035 PM EDT.

WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
~Dew

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Some may be severe

Well, I talked about the expected rain in the southeast today several days ago, and here we are. It appears that much of the front has already passed through the Atlanta area this morning, dropping more rain on already saturated and overflowing rivers. Another round of rain is in the forecast this afternoon, with much less rain expected than originally expected... thankfully.

VERTICAL SHEAR WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR ORGANIZED BOWING SEGMENTS AND/OR EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS TODAY. POOR LAPSE RATES AND WARM/MOIST PROFILES ALOFT WILL REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR BOTH INTENSE UPDRAFTS AND DOWNDRAFTS...LEAVING ONLY A MARGINAL THREAT FOR STRONG WINDS AND A BRIEF/WEAK TORNADO.
Yes, lovely, a rainy mess with a few brief/weak (no doubt rain-wrapped) tornadoes.

Actually, it looks like Kentucky is getting hammered right now with some strong storms. They are still recovering from their summer flooding. At least it's fast moving. If you're anywhere east of the Mississippi, be vigilant about rapidly changing conditions.

Have a blessed day!
~Dewdrop

Monday, August 10, 2009

Show me the bacon!!

Well, we had a wallop of a weekend, starting with a late afternoon hefty thunderstorm with reported hail and flash flooding. I didn't witness the hail personally, but I sure tried to... I did experience the urban flash flooding though, which I promptly called into the weather service. I don't know if they ever issued a severe warning, but things definitely got severe in Lowndes County on Friday afternoon, smack dab in the middle of town, during "rush hour" on a Friday afternoon. There were some severe storm reports in this area:

2014Z 1.00" hail
1 W LAKELAND LANIER GA

2050Z 1.00" hail
VALDOSTA LOWNDES GA
NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN CENTRAL VALDOSTA.

2050Z
VALDOSTA LOWNDES GA
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE BAY TREE STREET NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY.
So, the sky looked like this...The roads looked like this... (I just held the camera and took a few shots. We were going very slowly over the flooded roads.)... and the tree looked like this...... oh, here's the hail captured by Haley (how ironic), which she described as seeming smaller than 1.5"... (THANK YOU, HALEY!!)... So, that was Friday afternoon...

While I am talking about weather, I should mention that a Cape Verde wave, off the coast of Africa has been given a medium likelihood of development into a tropical cyclone. I just recently posted a detailed blog about August hurricanes. Realize that Andrew got his start as a mid-August Cape Verde storm. Stay tuned. We could very well have the birth of Ana before us.
CONDITIONS STILL APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM...AND IT COULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THERE IS A MEDIUM CHANCE...30 TO 50 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
Yes, 99Invest has a good shot, better than any others since the season began. Granted, this will become TD 2, since we had the one depression in May.

Aside from all that, my wonderful groom and I had the rare pleasure of attending a bacon party... a wha??? Yes, that's right, oink, oink, bacon party. Brittney and Cory hosted a sensational party featuring bacon. All of the guests were challenged to bring a recipe boasting the crowd favorite, BACON! Just the invite caused my arteries to plug up just a wee bit... It was awesome though, everything from bacon-wrapped steak poppers, to candied bacon, to prosciutto wrapped melons, to bacon cheeseburger sliders, to my wonderful groom's bacon ice cream... I shouldn't fail to mention, my personal favorite, the bacon choco-chip macadamia nut cookies... yummy!!! Awards were given to the best flavor and the best presentation. Thanks to handmade labels, my wonderful groom and I were awarded a ceramic big for our sweet and spicy hot bacon teriyaki sauce over watermelon. (Waiting on a shot of the prize!) What a blast that was!!!

Have a great Monday!!
~Dewdrop

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Severe threat today in south Georgia...

Well, looky, looky what the SPC has done, placing me well within an area of slight risk for severe weather. Tomorrow, it's a discussion related to my area... Thursday, another slight risk... then, a clear weekend. :D Couldn't be better timed. For today, we wording is pretty exciting:STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES...

THE STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR COMBINED WITH MLCAPE VALUES IN THE 1000 TO 1200 J/KG RANGE IS EXPECTED TO SUPPORT A SEVERE THREAT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH 30 TO 40 KT OF FLOW JUST ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER SHOULD SUPPORT A WIND DAMAGE THREAT AS THE MCS MOVES SEWD ACROSS THE REGION. IN ADDITION...0-1 KM SHEAR VALUES ARE FORECAST TO EXCEED 25 KT SUGGESTING AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT WILL EXIST WITH ANY SUPERCELL THAT CAN DEVELOP. AN ENHANCED WIND DAMAGE THREAT MAY OCCUR ESPECIALLY IF THE MCS CAN GENERATE A BOWING LINE SEGMENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE SEVERE THREAT COULD AFFECT THE FL PANHANDLE AND NRN FL BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.
Gee... I wonder what I'll be doing after work today???

In addition to severe weather, we have a serious threat of some heavy and flooding rain over the course of this week. I have heard there is a potential for anywhere from 8 to 12 inches of total rainfall, and some of these areas are already recovering from the weekend's heavy rains.

5:13 PM: Show time in Georgia...

5:26 PM: Looking worse...Tornado warning in Camilla, GA is reported by spotters to have funnels dropping from it. The path is expected to move almost due east toward Moultrie, GA, and Rick is working in Lowndes.

Have a lovely day,
~Dewdrop

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Southeast facing a 1, 2, 3 punch of severe weather

SKY WATCH FRIDAY time! Please visit Klaus, Sandy, Ivar, Wren, Louise and Fishing Guy, the team for SKY WATCH FRIDAY (click the word to link and participate!) Thanks to Dot and Tom, who were instrumental in the success of this blogging event. You should definitely come fly with us!This is a capture of a swelling cumulus cloud... I watched as the cloud swelled and grew before my eyes, climbing vertically in a hostile atmosphere, ready to explode with thunderstorm. Here is a link to a time lapse video of a thunderstorm developing, and it shows the stages of development of a thunderstorm... from fair weather cumulus to swelling cumulus to towering cumulus/cumulus congestus, where the thunderstorm has formed. Seeing lots of these cumulus towers would indicate a great deal of instability, moisture and lift, and you can expect some thunderstorms.

Today you can expect thunderstorms if you are in the southeastern US, severe thunderstorms at that... With up to 17 tornadoes now reported from Monday's severe weather outbreak, 1 reported on Tuesday, and 6 reported yesterday (the tornadoes are the red dots on the graphic, and they happened over night, one of which being the very powerful tornado near Magee, MS, which is in the Jackson metro area, and there are injuries reported, including 2 people who were sky-lifted. As Melissa pointed out in my comments section, it looks like it was a minimal EF3 with extensive damage and unknown number of injuries... It happened while they were sleeping. Gosh, I hate night outbreaks!)... the idea of three more days of severe weather potential in the south, probably has a bunch of southerners cringing... I'm sure many are weary.

Frankly round one has actually expanded the severe zone to nearly include me (should include me overnight... sigh), and as the squall line approaches, if it maintains any structure, it will impact my area and most of Georgia. In fact, the line is just about to cross into Georgia further north of me. A tornado watch is in place through the area of the present squall and just to its east, and although the line seems to have weakened as it has entered Dewvoid territory, the tornado watch will persist for the 40% moderate chance that the area will see tornadoes. Like I said though, this is only round 1 for the south.Round 2 (above) actually includes my neck of the woods as severe weather persists in the southeastern US.

THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS IMPULSE POTENTIALLY INCLUDE: 1) CONSIDERABLE TSTM DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING EARLY IN THE DAY OVER THE CNTRL/ERN GULF STATES WHICH WILL HAVE IMPACTS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE SYSTEM WARM SECTOR...AND 2) THE LOW-LEVEL MASS RESPONSE TO THIS LEAD IMPULSE. IN OTHER WORDS...LATEST MODEL FORECASTS ALL VEER AND MIGRATE THE LLJ EWD FROM THE CNTRL/ERN GULF STATES TOWARD THE SERN ATLANTIC COAST. WHILE AIR MASS WILL NOT BE PARTICULARLY UNSTABLE...WIND FIELDS WILL BE RELATIVELY STRONG AND SUPPORTIVE OF ORGANIZED/ROTATING STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS TORNADOES. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHAT IMPACTS THIS INITIAL STORM ACTIVITY WILL HAVE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WARM SECTOR.

LLJ IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN FRI NIGHT FROM NEAR THE MS RIVER EWD THROUGH THE CNTRL GULF STATES AND NWD THROUGH THE TN VALLEY. AS SUCH...KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS... THE CORRIDOR ALONG AND JUST TO THE S/SE OF THE SURFACE LOW TRACK WILL REMAIN QUITE FAVORABLE FOR LONGER-LIVED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES /SOME POSSIBLY STRONG/. THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES SPREADING EWD INTO MIDDLE TN AND AL BY 28/12Z.

DUE TO THE CONCERNS AND UNCERTAINTIES LISTED IN THIS DISCUSSION...A CATEGORICAL SLIGHT RISK WILL BE MAINTAINED. BUT...AN UPGRADE IS STILL POSSIBLE IN LATER OUTLOOKS ONCE FINER-SCALE DETAILS BECOME MORE CLEAR.
Then, it almost immediately feeds into round 3. (above)
...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...
MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH THE SIGNIFICANT HEIGHT FALLS/DYNAMIC COOLING MENTIONED ABOVE TO SUPPORT AIR MASS DESTABILIZATION OVER A LARGE REGION E OF THE MS RIVER SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY STRONG WIND FIELDS AND DYNAMIC FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL FAVOR MULTIPLE LINE SEGMENTS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS/BOWS CAPABLE OF POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND TORNADOES. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF GA/N FL INTO THE CAROLINAS AND VA ALONG/AHEAD OF COLD FRONT SURGING THROUGH THE APPALACHIANS. WIND FIELDS WILL REMAIN VERY STRONG WITH A CONTINUED THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS/BOWS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS.

AN UPGRADE TO MODERATE RISK MAY WELL BE REQUIRED IN LATER OUTLOOKS ONCE FORECAST DETAILS BECOME CLEARER. (This is Saturday, they are talking about upping to a moderate risk for severe, and guess who is planning to go storm chasing??? )
Should be a wild next few days.

9:43EDT: Looks like Enterprise, AL is under fire with a tornado warning in that area. They suffered a blow two years ago on March 1, 2007, when an EF4 caused extensive damage and stole some lives.

Incidentally, the slight risk today has expanded since my earlier post... I am officially within an area of slight risk for severe weather. Much of Georgia has been included in the area.

Thanks to the Weather Channel for sending me a link to the preliminary report from Jackson, MS, regarding the "AT LEAST AN EF3" tornado that ripped through Magee, MS very early this morning, leaving many injured, some seriously, some people missing, documents moved to other counties and dozens of structures damaged or destroyed.

Update on Enterprise, one of three wind reports today:
ENTERPRISE COFFEE COUNTY AL
SEVERAL REPORTS OF DAMAGE AROUND ENTERPRISE. SEVERAL TELEPHONE POLES DOWN...TWO CHICKEN HOUSES SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED. ONE TRAILER WITH ROOF DAMAGE.
Stay tuned.
~Dewdrop