IJsdammen...quote:In delen van de Amerikaanse staat Noord-Dakota is de noodtoestand uitgeroepen vanwege hoogwater. Het gebied wordt geteisterd door zware overstromingen als gevolg van onophoudelijke regenval. Verder dreigt de Missouri buiten haar oevers te treden.
Wegen en bruggen in het gebied zijn al afgesloten en duizenden vrijwilligers zijn in de weer met zandzakken om de dijken te verstevigen.
Mensen in laaggelegen gebieden zijn geėvacueerd. Ook 146 gevangenen in de hoofdstad Bismarck van Noord-Dakota moesten naar een andere plaats worden gebracht.
quote:There has been confirmation of a tornado touchdown in Magee, Mississippi, major damage and power outage reported.
quote:No fatalities were immediately reported, but authorities and rescue crews were still responding to the damaged areas north of Magee
quote:'Major damage' reported in possible Magee tornado - Possible twister also hits Madison County
Possible tornadoes struck Simpson and Madison counties early today, leaving extensive damage in their paths.
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., which gathers and releases storm reports, said the Magee Police Department reported "major damage" on the north side of Magee after an early morning tornado.
The report from the Police Department also said injuries had been reported, although the extent and number were unknown.
A woman answering the phone at the Simpson County Sheriff's Department just after 2:30 a.m. said no one was available to speak at the time, as emergency officials still were assessing the situation and "just trying to see what we've got."
Phone lines at the Magee Police Department were busy.
Joanne Culin, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Jackson, said the agency never likes to say with certainty whether damage is the result of a tornado or straight-line winds until a full assessment can be made.
However, she said regarding the Magee storm that she felt "very confident that that was a tornado."
"The signature on radar was unmistakable," Culin said.
The storm containing the possible tornado rolled through the Simpson County city around 1:45 a.m., part of an intense line of storms ahead of an approaching cold front.
Magee is located about 40 miles south of Jackson on U.S. 49.
Just after midnight, another possible tornado moved out of northern Hinds County in central Mississippi and into southern Madison County, where there were reports of roofs blown off homes in the Annandale and Reunion subdivisions. Many trees and street signs also were reported down in Madison County.
Culin said the weather service received reports that two homes in the Ashbrooke subdivision, located off Rice Road north of the Natchez Trace in Madison, were damaged as was another house near Gluckstadt.
Other damage reported early this morning as the storms marched across Mississippi from west to east included:
Three homes damaged in Madison County's Cherry Hill subdivision.
Numerous trees down and power outages along Mississippi 24 West near Woodville in Wilkinson County.
Trees and power lines down along Mississippi 28 in Copiah County.
Trees down in Utica and Clinton in Hinds County, McNair in Jefferson County, West Lincoln in Lincoln County and Monticello in Lawrence County.
A carport blown away near Raleigh in Smith County.
On Wednesday, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency reported storm damage in Lauderdale County in east Mississippi.
In that storm, two homes sustained major damage, while nine homes, one business and two barns sustained minor damage. Another business was reported to be a total loss.
MEMA and the National Weather Service urged Mississippians to stay aware of the continuing potential for severe weather through the early morning hours on Saturday.
The weather service said heavy rain, damaging wind and tornadoes will remain possible as a powerful spring storm system continues moving south toward Mississippi. Large hail is also possible, the weather service said.
"Now is the time for every family to make sure their emergency supply kit is well stocked," said Mike Womack, MEMA director. "It is also a perfect time to make sure you have a NOAA weather radio with fresh batteries."
Er is iig genoeg 'winterse'neerslag gevallen:quote:Op vrijdag 27 maart 2009 01:14 schreef Drasss het volgende:
Tevens severe weather verwacht deze nacht en morgen in het gebied Texas/Oklahoma/Kansas. Met name ontzettend veel sneeuw/blizzards. Verwachting rond 10/15cm.
Maak je ook foto's ?quote:Op vrijdag 10 april 2009 15:59 schreef Drasss het volgende:
Waren flinke bosbranden hier in Oklahoma, maar geen tornado's of onweer in de buurt... Wel in andere staten oost van mij.
Zondag op maandag grote kans op tornado's in Texax/Oklahoma/Kansas dus we wachten rustig af...
Er zijn al enkele tornado's gemeld ja. En hagel (0,75" t/m 3") is daar ook geen probleem:quote:Op vrijdag 10 april 2009 21:23 schreef Party_P het volgende:
Momenteel flink heftig weer in USA, met hoge kans op flinke tornado's en hagel met doorsnee van 3" oftewel 7,5cm
quote:Op vrijdag 10 april 2009 23:02 schreef Drasss het volgende:
Ja het is nu erg in Ten. Al 2 doden door verschillende tornado's dicht bijelkaar... en het gaat daar echt los.
Even de naam vergeten 2 posts hierboven. Als ik foto's kan maken dan zal ik ze zeker hier posten. Helaas is het vaak savonds en dan krijg je geen briljante foto's, maar misschien heb ik zondag meer geluk !
Die mooie data haal ik van het programma GRLevel3. Je kan een demo zo van hun site halen (proeftijd van 21 dagen): http://www.grlevelx.com/grlevel3/ . Er dwaalt trouwens ook nog ergens een torrent rond, zodat je geen tijds-limiet meer hebtquote:Op zaterdag 11 april 2009 00:31 schreef Burnie88 het volgende:
Tering hee, het gaat los daar! Major warnings door SPC.
I2Them2; waar haal je die mooie data vandaan?
cnnquote:A tornado descended on Murfreesboro, Tennessee Friday, killing two people and injuring another 30, an official said.
Two people were critically injured by the tornado, which hit the city, located about 30 miles southeast of Nashville, around 1:40 p.m., Donnie Smith, public information officer with the Tennessee Department of Emergency Management in Nashville said.
The search-and-rescue effort was continuing into the evening, Smith said, "so it's possible that may not be all."
Many homes were damaged, others were destroyed and power lines were down across Murfreesboro, said Randy White, a public information officer with Rutherford County Emergency Management.
The bad weather began around noon, when a band of severe thunderstorms swept across the state from the southwest, Smith said.
Elsewhere in the region, the town of Mena, Arkansas, is cleaning up after a tornado roared through, killing three people and damaging or destroying more than 100 homes, an Arkansas official said.
The town looked like a "war zone" as soldiers from the Arkansas National Guard went house to house searching for victims of the twister that hit Thursday night, said Capt. Christopher Heathscott.
About 50 soldiers also helped with security and food distribution.
Gov. Mike Beebe planned to fly over Mena on Friday afternoon.
Mena, population 6,000, took a heavy hit on the west side of town, as the storm swept through downtown before heading up state Highway 71, said Tommy Jackson from the state Department of Emergency Management.
"It looks like a war zone out here," said James Reeves, also from the department. Watch scenes of devastation in Mena »
The tornado damaged the county hospital, Mena City Hall, a middle school, churches, a library, the Masonic lodge and the courthouse -- which houses the 911 emergency dispatch center and a detention center, Reeves said. He said electricity and gas were out in the western half of the city.
Two plants at an industrial park were destroyed, said reporter Charles Crowson of CNN affiliate KTHV-TV. He said utility crews were trying to stop a gas leak there.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told Crowson the county detention center was "uninhabitable." There were 18 inmates in the jail at the time of the tornado, and they were moved to neighboring jurisdictions, he said. iReport.com: Are you there? Send photos, video
There were 24 reports of tornadoes in the area Thursday night, said CNN meteorologist Rob Marciano, and wind gusts reached more than 70 mph.
"So a significant severe weather event last night, and we expect similar action later on today, although it's all moving to the east," he said Friday morning. "It went from Oklahoma across the border toward Arkansas."
Winds will continue to be gusty until later in the afternoon, Marciano said.
As the storms moved east, thunderstorms were predicted, and there was a chance for more tornadoes. Large hail and damaging winds were predicted for the Southeast later Friday.
In Mena, officials set up three shelters, but fewer than 50 people had sought refuge in them. In this rural community, most people are staying with friends and family, Reeves said.
All three victims were elderly, officials said. A man and a woman died when houses collapsed, and another woman died after being struck by debris.
Beebe sent 30 National Guard soldiers to the town Thursday, and 20 more are expected Friday.
ghehehequote:Op vrijdag 24 april 2009 03:56 schreef Drasss het volgende:
Nogmaals een kickje. As zaterdag tot en met volgende week grote kans op severe weather. Met kans op tornado's/hagel everything... Werd ook weer eens tijd, want na 5 dagen 30 C werd het ook een beetje saai :p
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