Weeralarm V.S. # 12 Extreem weer - Take me back to Oklahoma

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Op woensdag 18 januari 2012 12:22 schreef Frutsel het volgende:

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Southern Tornado damage
Severe storms and tornadoes ransacked the South Sunday night into Monday, destroying homes and claiming lives.

The storms have been producing golf ball-sized hail and wind gusts greater than 60 mph. There have been 21 tornado reports from the strongest storms.

In Arkansas, tornadoes were reported in Cleveland, Dallas, Lonoke, Prairie, Arkansas and Crittenden, Ark. Overnight, tornadoes were also reported in Chickasaw and Lauderdale, Miss., and Dickson, Tenn.

Deadly tornadoes struck Alabama early this morning, including the Tuscaloosa, Ala., which is an area still cleaning up from a large and devastating tornado that struck in April of 2011. Strong winds ripped the roof off of a home in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Tornadoes touched down in parts of Jefferson County, Ala., as well. According to local news, at least four people have been killed and others have been injured.

In Jefferson, one of the tornadoes destroyed several homes in the Paradise Valley area around 4 a.m. ET.

"The tornadoes should be dying down this morning as they head eastward into Georgia," according to Expert Senior Meteorologist Henry Margusity.

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Yesterday's deadly Clay, Alabama tornado rated an EF-3
A damage survey by the NWS confirmed that the tornado that hit Clay, Alabama yesterday, killing two and injuring over 100, was a strong EF-3 tornado with 150 mph winds. A second EF-3 tornado with 140 mph winds touched down yesterday near Koffman, Alabama, and tore off the roof of a house and a barn. These are the only two EF-3 tornadoes of the year so far. There have been no EF-4 or EF-5 tornadoes yet. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has placed portions of Southern Texas in their "Slight Risk" region for severe weather today, and portions of East Texas and Western Louisiana in the "Slight RIsk" region for Wednesday, and a few isolated tornadoes are possible in Texas and Louisiana over the next two days.

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Are January Tornadoes Rare?

Tornadoes in January may sound out of the ordinary, but they are actually not unusual. Over the past three years, the average number of tornadoes in January is 17.

In the severe storm outbreak from this past Sunday into Monday, there was a total of 27 tornado reports. However, some of these reports were likely multiple sightings of the same tornado, so the actual number of tornadoes will be lower.

"Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia can have a severe weather season that starts as early as January," according to Expert Senior Meteorologist Dan Kottlowski.

These states are the heart of a zone referred to as "Dixie Alley," which spans from the Deep South to the Ohio Valley and is known as another hotspot for twisters besides "Tornado Alley."

"Thunderstorms commonly form when warm, humid air clashes with cooler, dry air. Since the Deep South gets plenty of humid air from the Gulf of Mexico, while getting drier air from the Plains, tornadoes can form," said AccuWeather.com Expert Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.

"Dixie Alley" is thought of as the only region of the country that has three severe weather seasons during the fall, winter and spring.

"However, it is still rare for multiple tornado outbreaks in January," pointed out Kottlowski.

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Indication of Early or Bad Severe Weather Season?

"Deep cold air has not reached the Deep South yet, so the severe weather season is early," said Kottlowski.

Without cold reaching all the way into the Deep South, Gulf water temperatures are warm. Any time the wind turns out of the south, warm and humid air is easily drawn across "Dixie Alley." High humidity sets the stage for thunderstorms violent enough to produce tornadoes.

Unless deep cold air reaches the Southeast, there are probably going to be more early season severe weather outbreaks capable of producing tornadoes.

"The overall potential for tornadoes for 2012 looks the same as last year," stated Kottlowski. In 2011, there was above-normal tornadoes with a total of 1,725.

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2 killed, 100 injured in Alabama storms
Rare winter tornadoes and other severe storms struck Alabama Monday, killing two people, injuring 100 others and destroying about 170 homes, officials said.

Gov. Robert Bentley declared a state of emergency for the state's 67 counties, authorizing the state Emergency Management Agency and other agencies to assist communities and assess damage, The Birmingham News reported.

The News said 21 tornadoes were reported in Alabama and about a half-dozen tornadoes had been reported in Arkansas.

Authorities identified the victims who died -- both near Birmingham -- as Christina Nicole Heichelbech 16, of Clay, and Bobby Frank Sims, 83, of Alliance.

The house where Heichelbech lived was leveled and her body was found in debris next to the family's pool. Her parents, Darrell and Carol Heichelbech, were taken to a hospital. Their 13-year-old son wasn't injured.

Sims had been inside his manufactured home when a storm hit and the structure was thrown 200 feet from its foundation, authorities said. His body was found about 50 feet from the foundation. His wife was taken to a hospital.

Alabama Power spokeswoman Hallie Bradley said the storms uprooted numerous trees and brought down utility poles and power lines, knocking out power to about 25,000 customers, CNN reported.

By noon Monday, 15,100 customers remained without power, most of them in the metropolitan Birmingham area.

Parts of Alabama were still recovering from devastating April tornadoes that killed 248 people, injured more than 2,000, destroyed 7,800 homes and wrecked some entire communities.

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... NORTHEASTERN WALLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 845 AM CST

* AT 829 AM CST... THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR MONAVILLE. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF STAGECOACH... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE TORNADO WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE CONROE DAM... PINEHURST AND MAGNOLIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM FOR THE WARNED AREA.

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PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF... LOCAL POLICE... OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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Arklatex Region at Risk For Severe Storms

Severe thunderstorms will erupt over central and southeastern Oklahoma and northeastern and central Texas later today.

The same storm bringing a raging snowstorm from Denver to Omaha is the culprit behind the dangerous thunderstorms.

Major cities, including Oklahoma City, Dallas and San Antonio, are at risk for damaging thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.

The threats of the storms include damaging wind gusts, hail, downpours and lightning. A few of the strongest storms could also spawn a tornado.

Motorists who travel along the I-20, I-35 and I-40 corridors should prepare for blinding downpours and potentially threatening storms.