Cloud Stalker: Tornadoes/ Be prepared

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Tornadoes/ Be prepared

55 Dead, even after NWS predicted this days in advance. How many of the people that lost there lives had weather radios? How many deaths could have been avoided if people listen too the weather. If I had a system like that coming towards me I would have prepared the family ether staying the night in a safer home or Sleep in a safe room; Basement, tub closet. I'm not saying none of the victims didn't do that, it just seems with the ample warnings casualties shouldn't of been that high.
So sad.
It seems most of the damage was caused by a long track Tornadoes some stayed on the ground for a distance of 30 to 50 miles.
One in Arkansas burned through 5 counties. Amazing.
31 one people were killed in Tennessee, 13 in Arkansas, 7 in Kentucky and 4 in Alabama. Again My prayers are with all of you!If you want to hep th victims in the southDEWDROP has links on her blog, she also has links with more information on the catastrafy in he south. Thank you Dew!
Anybody who reads this and you don't have a weather radio go out and buy one there not expensive and they can save your life!! Plus watch the weather it changes everyday and anything could happen!! Be prepared!!
Jess
Cloud Stalker

1 comment:

Dewdrop said...: Thanks for the link, Jess!! Great blog!; February 8, 2008 at 11:32 AM

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HAIL (3/4 inch or greater)

Hail can cause significant damage to your vehicle, break windows and damage roofs of homes and businesses.
Hail can cause significant bodily injuries such as broken bones and even blindness if wind blown.
Softball (4.5 inches) sized hail was reported in Lake Wales, Florida on March 30, 1996.
Haildrifts, up to four feet deep of dime to nickel sized hail, occurred in low-lying areas near Zephyrhills, Florida on January 29, 1997.
Hailstones the size of softballs can fall at speeds faster than 100 mph

supercell

Supercells derive their rotation through tilting of horizontal vorticity (an invisible horizontal vortex) caused by wind shear. Strong updrafts lift the air turning about a horizontal axis and cause this air to turn about a vertical axis. This forms the deep rotating updraft, the mesocyclone.
A cap or capping inversion is usually required to form a downdraft of sufficient strength. The cap puts an inverted (warm-above-cold) layer above a normal (cold-above-warm) boundary layer, and by preventing warm surface air from sinking too far, allows one or both of the following:
Air below the cap warms and/or becomes more moist
Air above the cap cools
This creates a warmer, moister layer below a cooler layer, which is increasingly unstable (because warm air is less dense and tends to rise). When the cap weakens or moves, explosive development follows.
In North America, supercells usually show up on Doppler radar as starting at a point or hook shape on the southwestern side, fanning out to the northeast. The heaviest precipitation is usually on the southwest side, ending abruptly short of the rain-free updraft base or main updraft (not visible to radar). The rear flank downdraft, or RFD, carries precipitation counterclockwise around the north and northwest side of the updraft base, producing a "hook echo" that indicates the presence of a mesocyclone.