Tornado in GBurg yesterday!

[Tubaboy]

Hey Guys,

Yesterday a small tornado, F0, possibly F1 went through my apartment complex, 100 feet to the left, it knocked down a tree on 5 cars, a BMW, Mercedes, Honda Accord, Nissan Pathfinder (who had a driver in the car when it fell!), and Ford Focus. It also knocked down 5 to 6 more trees along the way on that path, one hit a building, and another one hit the front of an Oldsmobile. About 100 feet to the right of my building, 2 more trees were knocked down.

Behind my apartment are some woods, and looking through it you could see several knocked down trees. Luckily no injuries were reported, and my car was fine! :) Hehe

This is the tornado that prompted the warning for Frederick county & Howard County.

I was talking to my girlfriend on the phone when the storm hit, and went around shutting the windows cuz of the rain, when I noticed it.

I really wish that MD had tornado sirens, as I had no warning to this tornado till 5 minutes after it struck hehe.

Anyways, I hope nobody in MD-NECO had damage related to this tornado.

Paul

[Patrick]

Man, glad you persevered through the storm well. No harm to you or your kitty and hopefully the apartment either. :biggrin:

[Andy]

I really wish that MD had tornado sirens, as I had no warning to this tornado till 5 minutes after it struck hehe.

Being that small of a tornado, it would have been impossible to foresee it to give you that 5 minutes warning...
Best chance of predicting a twister is merely a broad guess that the conditions will be right. Severe storm warning issued, and thats it.
Be on the look out, pretty much...custom_images/emoticons/shocked.gif

Even with the latest Doppler technology, all meteorologists can do is watch for the classic eye hook to start develop in a supercell thunderstorm. One the see it, they can post warnings to counties in it's potential path. The problem is, this is all done AFTER a tornado is formed/ or is in the immediate process. There is yet a way to predict when and where it will happen.:(
But they're working on that!;)

Glad to hear you and your kitty is OK! :)

[Tubaboy]

Yeah I realize that tornados are often hard to predict. However the conditions were present such that at least a Tornado Watch should have been issued.

On average a person gets 11 minutes warning about an incoming tornado storm.

My girlfriend is a meterologist and she agrees that there should have been a watch, but since the tornado was the first to come out of the storm, that a warning until it had already started was to late. All well.

Just sucks for those people.

Paul

[Andy]

Definitely should have been a Tornado Watch! :mad:

[ChrissyT]

I always wanted to chase them, it would be kinda fun I think:biggrin:.

Maryland has been getting hit alot lately with these storms. The best way to protect yourself is to watch the weather for storms and when you see a super cell storm put yourself on alert until technology can catch mother nature. ;)

100% : a) sexy
b) trouble
c) innocent
* d) all of the above

[MercMobile]

I really wish that MD had tornado sirens, as I had no warning to this tornado till 5 minutes after it struck hehe.

Being that small of a tornado, it would have been impossible to foresee it to give you that 5 minutes warning...
Best chance of predicting a twister is merely a broad guess that the conditions will be right. Severe storm warning issued, and thats it.
Be on the look out, pretty much...custom_images/emoticons/shocked.gif

Even with the latest Doppler technology, all meteorologists can do is watch for the classic eye hook to start develop in a supercell thunderstorm. One the see it, they can post warnings to counties in it's potential path. The problem is, this is all done AFTER a tornado is formed/ or is in the immediate process. There is yet a way to predict when and where it will happen.:(
But they're working on that!;)

Glad to hear you and your kitty is OK! :)Andy... that's probably the smartest thing I have ever read on NECO. :biggrin:

[Icefury]

I agree very smart, I know when they put out Sever T-Storm Warnings that I start watching for swirling clouds and a green greyish sky and etc... Scares the crap out of me, but I would love to chase too, Greg and I have looked into those packages they offer and might do it one day.

Glad to you and your kitty came out ok !!!!!

Marianne

[MercMobile]

Man.. can't you guys keep your damn storms to yourself????? That storm you guys had is moving up here.. now I'm in a tornado watch.. I've had T-Storms all day, lost power like 4 times, LOTS of rain.. ... and now they're calling for marble sized hail! :(

[Andy]

Meteorology has always fascinated me.
I've always just soaked up as much info as I could...:biggrin:

[yssupkat]

i actually had an offer to skydive in the eye of a hurricane. the plane flies into the eye and you jump while in the eye. it was going to be so neat until the pilot got scared and called it off :shrug: