Posted on 03/01/2007 11:54:59 AM PST by Strategerist
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 229 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007
129 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
AT 125 PM CST...REPORTS OF A TORNADO NORTHEAST OF ENTERPRISE CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BOWDEN TERRACE...OR ABOUT NEAR FORT RUCKER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... OZARK...BLACKWELL FIELD AIRPORT...EWELL AND MARLEY HILL BY 135 PM CST... MABSON...BEAMON...BROWNS CROSSROADS AND DILL BY 140 PM CST... ASBURY AND SKIPPERVILLE BY 145 PM CST...
THIS STORMS IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO GOLFBALL SIZE OR LARGER.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
Stay safe Del!!! BTW how did the dog react?
I have fox on-they are showing injured.
Ok so far. We knew to sedate him in advance. I'm still moving my work downstairs. Hopefully I can check back later. I am taking my wireless card down there with me.
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The cell just west of Tuscaloosa now appears to be forming a large hook echo. ANYONE E AND NE OF THAT CELL, TAKE COVER!
He says someone he talked too personally carried the BODIES of TWO young girls out of the high school.
It's bad.
They haven't upgraded it from hailstorm to mesocyclone on the radar feed I'm watching. Do you know the alphanumeric for the cell? E9 or M2?
CNN just reporter that an emergency worker stated that he removed the bodies of two girls out of the school.
How awful. A parent's nightmare, I am sure.
A recent article says: (snip)
Parents of students at Enterprise H.S. should go to Hillcrest Baptist Church to locate a student. A pharmacy owner on Main Street in Enterprise says Enterprise H.S. closed at 1 p.m. but he believes there are some people still trapped. The tornado hit at 1:30 p.m. (end snip)
http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=6163453&nav=menu33_3
Heard a kid being interviewed on the news channels that they intended to close the school at 1PM but held off letting people out because of the warning.
They were better off inside the school than loading on buses or just leaving the school on buses, most likely.
Stay safe, Del.
I just talked with my kid who said that (Tuscaloosa) campus PD is driving around using loudspeakers... take shelter, get inside...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,255698,00.html
Students were inside Enterprise High School at the time, and there were early reports of injuries, state and weather officials said. Police were trying to determine if any students were trapped, state Rep. Terry Spicer said. The school "appears to have been right in the path," said Paul Duval, meteorologist with National Weather Service in Tallahassee, Fla., which monitors southeast Alabama. "What we have learned so far is that there are injuries both in downtown Enterprise and the high school," he said.
Listening to one of the Enterprise radio stations online, they are saying so far no fatalities have been reported. Hope they are right.
I am watching local coverage in Dothan, they are saying "no confirmed fatalities" Prayers they are right
I grew up with him. He's a great plumbing/HVAC guy, but not so good a politician. He's a Dem.
Weather Channel reports eight students missing. Hope they're all home safe.
I0, from what I can see. It shows a vortex and is right on top of Tuscaloosa.
I just drove throUGH this storm a little over an hour ago on US 231 as it progressed towards East Montgomery. I was just hearing about it on the radio as I was driving home, about 20 miles east of Enterprise. THAT WAS TOO CLOSE.
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