Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Deadly Tornado Strikes Georgia, Severe Weather Outbreak 1-29/1-30 2013

On January 29th, the Storm Prediction Center had issued a moderate risk for a big chunk of the mid-south with the primary threats being damaging winds and strong tornadoes.  Numerous tornado watches were issued and most of the severe weather started Tuesday evening and ended Wednesday evening.  All-in-all Tuesday had 324 reports (image, left) with most of those being damaging winds, although 13 tornado reports were recorded.  One fatality occurred last night, as a man allegedly tried to take shelter in a shed and was killed.   A deadly tornado stuck the town of Adairsville, Georgia this morning leaving at least one dead and several more injuries.  The storm was embedded within a squall line and was moving extremely fast when it hit the town.  Before this fatality today, the US had set a record for most days without a tornado-related fatality with 220 days, since records had been kept in 1950.  Check out the INSANE video (below).   This was a classic high shear/low instability
http://www.waterdamagenationwide.com/deadly-tornado-strikes-georgia-severe-weather-outbreak-1-291-30-2013/

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