Major tornado outbreak

[ny biker]

Cincinnati, Nashville, parts of Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, etc.

Tune in to weather reports now if you're anywhere in that area. Nashville is currently under warning -- take cover now. Cincinnati airport has been evacuated.

Sheriff's office says Marysville, IN is "completely gone."

Hoping everyone is okay.

[zoom-zoom]

This photo showed up on FB a couple of hours ago...apparently from the Memphis area:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/418321_3346651076293_1569288950_32972883_352830966_n.jpg
I think I see 2 funnels in there... :(

[Owlie]

Cincinnati, Nashville, parts of Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, etc.

Tune in to weather reports now if you're anywhere in that area. Nashville is currently under warning -- take cover now. Cincinnati airport has been evacuated.

Sheriff's office says Marysville, IN is "completely gone."

Hoping everyone is okay.
Thanks.

Roadtrip, check in, please!

The Dayton area's under a tornado watch. I think the worst of it missed my immediate area. I do need to go call my dad. The lack of "CHECK WEATHER NOW!" phone calls worries me a little.

[ny biker]

I just read something about funnels inside a giant funnel.

Awful.

[zoom-zoom]

How sad is this...I'd never heard of Marysville, IN, so I googled and found a Wiki page. Until today their wiki would have had no info...now there's just this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marysville,_Indiana).

Heartbreaking. And I have friends in other areas who are pretty terrified by the forecasts for their area. We are staying in because they are predicting 2-5" of snow and wind gusts of 55-65mph, which would make for bad driving conditions with 0 visibility after dark.

We've not really had Winter this year...it sure is going out with a fight.

[Tri Girl]

I'm so sorry for all the deadly storms they've been having the last couple days. Thoughts go out to everyone up there. ((hugs))

[Koronin]

Most of my family lives in north east Ohio (near Youngstown for those who know where that is otherwise it's right between Cleveland, Oh and Pittsburgh,PA) and I knew the storms were headed that way. For us whatever we get will be sometime tomorrow if it makes it here. Charlotte is supposed to get hit overnight, at that point we'll have a better idea of what is headed towards us. Hope all that are in it's path stay safe.

[Owlie]

Most of my family lives in north east Ohio (near Youngstown for those who know where that is otherwise it's right between Cleveland, Oh and Pittsburgh,PA) and I knew the storms were headed that way. For us whatever we get will be sometime tomorrow if it makes it here. Charlotte is supposed to get hit overnight, at that point we'll have a better idea of what is headed towards us. Hope all that are in it's path stay safe.

As far as I know, northern Ohio got mostly rain.

[indysteel]

We dodged the worst of it in central Indiana.
If you don't already have one, get a weather radio.

[Becky]

If you don't already have one, get a weather radio.

Any recommendations? We've only had it less than a year, but our cadillac Midland radio no longer receives a signal. I'm not happy.

On a more important note, my heart goes out to those affected by these recent storms. I'm afraid of the weather-related implications of this mild winter....

[bmccasland]

Yesterday's tornado in Harrisburg Illinois missed my aunt & uncle's house by a couple of blocks.

Hope everyone has a nice quiet spring after this.

[marni]

my heart goes out to any one living in or near any tornado zones. between the droughts, the wildfires, the snow and blizzards, the rains and flooding and now the tornado, it surely seems like Mother Nature is a bit P*****.

Hope everyone survives.

marni

[ny biker]

Any recommendations? We've only had it less than a year, but our cadillac Midland radio no longer receives a signal. I'm not happy.

On a more important note, my heart goes out to those affected by these recent storms. I'm afraid of the weather-related implications of this mild winter....

I haven't tried it, but this should be guaranteed forever by LL Bean, and it gets good reviews.

http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/70657?feat=radio-SR0

[OakLeaf]

Scary stuff. In particular and in general. Sending good thoughts out to all those affected.

As far as weather radio, whatever kind you get, make sure it can accept an external antenna - then get one and use it. Many don't accept one. If you live in hilly terrain, in heavy forest or on the wrong side of certain buildings, you may find that without an external antenna, your radio can only receive signal from the weather stations on the lee side of your prevailing winds. Not a whole lot of good to be getting the alerts fifteen minutes after the storm's passed you. If you're in a valley you may not be able to get any signal at all without an external antenna.

[Bike Chick]

Yesterday's tornado in Harrisburg Illinois missed my aunt & uncle's house by a couple of blocks.

Hope everyone has a nice quiet spring after this.

Beth, I had no idea you have family here. Harrisburg, Illinois, is 25 miles from me and is home to my husband's parents, sister and nephews and families. Two of my stepchildren live in neighboring towns. Everyone is ok, thankfully. The entire area has pulled together to offer assistance and the devastation and personal accounts are just mind-boggling.

The tornados that swept through the country yesterday set the sirens off at my workplace around 11:45 am and the entire building spent the next 30 minutes in the hall. The tornado in Harrisburg is a reminder that we live in tornado alley. I would say that we are used to it but I don't know if you ever get used to the feeling you get when the sirens go off or a warning's been issued.

[Bike Chick]

Any recommendations? We've only had it less than a year, but our cadillac Midland radio no longer receives a signal. I'm not happy.

On a more important note, my heart goes out to those affected by these recent storms. I'm afraid of the weather-related implications of this mild winter....

Mine is a Midland WR-100. Inexpensive and very reliable.

[indysteel]

Any recommendations? We've only had it less than a year, but our cadillac Midland radio no longer receives a signal. I'm not happy.

On a more important note, my heart goes out to those affected by these recent storms. I'm afraid of the weather-related implications of this mild winter....

We have a Midland, too. The WR300. Have you spoken to Midland about yours?

[Catrin]

My computer was off much of the evening last night, just relaxed and read while trying not to worry about my family. They are in East Tennessee and spent much of the evening in the bathroom, but they are safe.

This doesn't bode well for a calm spring season - apparently there were 83 tornadoes yesterday for the midwest/south and the average for the entire month of March over the last 4 years was only 79 :eek: Hopefully there will be no more, or at least not as destructive. They said the violence of the storms are related to the mild winter...

No weather radio here. Perhaps that should change, I need to find an inexpensive one...

[Roadtrip]

I'm here... Very bizarre evening... Tornado touched down about twenty miles east of me.

They came at about 3pm and told us all to head home from work. This was a little worrying as I happen to work in THE most secure building in Cincy-- telecommunication trunk lines for the entire region runs thru the basement. So I headed home and got to my door just as the storm hit. Most of the devastation was in Southern Indiana... But there were 3 killed in Clermont Co Ohio... Small towns nearly wiped off the map. Just so sad.

It all blew tru so fast sun was shining a half hour after all the rain stopped.

Shannon

[skhill]

When we heard Friday morning that TWC's Jim Cantore was headed to Lexington, a lot of people here got very nervous. Then when he stopped in Louisville, we all relaxed a bit... Lexington got missed; the sirens went off once but no tornado. Which has meant that our fire department and other disaster personnel are available to help out in the towns that need it so much. Sounds like West Liberty is basically gone now, after getting clipped by a tornado on Wednesday then hit head-on Friday....

[ny biker]

I just read that a man living near Charleston, WV found mail from West Liberty, KY in his yard today. That's 110 miles away.

[Becky]

We have a Midland, too. The WR300. Have you spoken to Midland about yours?

We have the same radio, and i really liked it while it worked. I need to call Midland about it.

[skhill]

(please excuse the somewhat off-topic rant)

Not to compare degrees of tragedy, or to dismiss or downplay the suffering and destruction in Henryville, but I'm pretty hacked-off that the national media has been basically ignoring the destruction of West Liberty, KY. It's clear why: Henryville was hit early in the day, and is on an interstate only 30 miles from Louisville. West Liberty was hit in the evening, and is in the middle of nowhere, 1.5 hour drive from Lexington on a good day (and this is not a good day), on some not great roads. Still, there were at least 4 deaths, more than 75 injured, and the hospital is among the damaged buildings. Some of the downtown buildings may be salvagable, but very little is inhabitable right now. But the suffering and destruction in West Liberty is invisible to the national media...

Southern Indiana got hit hard, no doubt. But the death toll in Kentucky is already higher, and still rising...
(rant over)

[PamNY]

but I'm pretty hacked-off that the national media has been basically ignoring the destruction of West Liberty, KY.
(rant over)

There is coverage of Kentucky. Here's an AP story (http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/03/4308262/storm-death-toll-up-to-14-in-ky.html).

A Google news search turned up quite a bit -- ABC, Washington Post, Newsday (some of those may be the same AP story).

Also Reuters has a story -- the version I found quickly was brief. Here's a Courier-Journal story (http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120303/NEWS01/303030039/Tornado-cleanup-Kentucky-Indiana?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Home|s), too.

[shootingstar]

I'm here... Very bizarre evening... Tornado touched down about twenty miles east of me.

They came at about 3pm and told us all to head home from work. This was a little worrying as I happen to work in THE most secure building in Cincy-- telecommunication trunk lines for the entire region runs thru the basement. So I headed home and got to my door just as the storm hit. Most of the devastation was in Southern Indiana... But there were 3 killed in Clermont Co Ohio... Small towns nearly wiped off the map. Just so sad.

It all blew tru so fast sun was shining a half hour after all the rain stopped.


Glad that you're safe, Roadtrip.

[zoom-zoom]

Oh, this story (http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/tornadoes/story/2012-03-03/tornado-indiana-baby/53348202/1) is just so so tragic. In a weird way I almost hope she doesn't pull through...she's a tiny orphan, now. I hate to think that her future could potentially involve being bounced around foster care if she has no other relatives to take over guardianship. :(

[Koronin]

Owlie, thanks. When I spoke with my mom yesterday they were only expecting thunderstorms and high winds.

We just got rain today from those storms (no wind to speak of). My prayers to all who were effected. I have a friend on another message board (pet related one) that lives in or near Athens, GA and her home was totally destroyed by a tornado that hit there. Thankfully she, her daughter and all her pets made it through physically alright, just very scared.