Hunt or be Hunted Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 (edited) Yesterday we had a storm blow into our town, Didn't look bad on radar... But man was I wrong. We had about 70 MPH wind here I was at, at the time. Then someone called me and told me that Honeywell took a hit with huge winds. Went out there right after the storm left. They did take a hit. While they are on strike, They stayed in 2 sheds. The wind picked both up, Tossed em to the other side of the road and smashed them. I'm uploading a pic of one of them now. Then North ave. Took a huge hit. broke over 10 poles, all lines are down, trees uprooted, Smashed a car, a boat, and a truck. More then likely a tornado hit that area... Dad has been out since 1 PM yesterday (Hes a linemen for the city here) Worked all last night, all today. And more then likely all tonight.. And then flooding.. Boy are we in for it! They said if it gets much worse, We could go back to the flood of 1937.. The river crested at 63 feet. And they are calling for it to crest it 57 feet.. It will break the record from the 97 flood here... think that one was at 53 feet or something like that. Here is the pic of one of the sheds.. Edited April 24, 2011 by Hunt or be Hunted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhunter39 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 (edited) was anyone hurt ?? was there any kind of warning ??? , your first month on the job and your already slacking off :nono:. jk Edited April 24, 2011 by birdhunter39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted April 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 So far no reports of anyone being hurt, And yes we did have a tornado warning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Wow that looks bad! Saw on CNN there was breaking news yesterday morning of a crazy wind storm that ripped through the St. Louis area, I take it this is the same storm? They said they didn't think it was a tornado, haven't heard any more whether if it was or wasn't an actual tornado. Sure left some destruction behind it though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted April 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 The one that hit St Louis, Was not the one that hit here. And the one there was a tornado. Here's a video YouTube - TORNADO HITS LAMBERT AIRPORT "ST. LOUIS" TWISTER CAUGHT ON FILM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 I live 30 minutes from Lambert. Worst storms in many years with more expected Monday. God must be watching over us all because no one has died. Several subdivisions have been leveled. The reports I heard is there were multiple tornados, not just one. My town got hit with marble size hail, but no tornados. Flooding is the most widespread problem right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyman Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 I live 30 minutes from Lambert. Worst storms in many years with more expected Monday. God must be watching over us all because no one has died. Several subdivisions have been leveled. The reports I heard is there were multiple tornados, not just one. My town got hit with marble size hail, but no tornados. Flooding is the most widespread problem right now. I work in Granite City and it skipped right over the Steel Mill while i was at work and hit Pontoon Beach. Saw streets flooded in Staunton that I have never seen flooded. Crazy stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 I live 30 minutes from Lambert. Worst storms in many years with more expected Monday. God must be watching over us all because no one has died. Several subdivisions have been leveled. The reports I heard is there were multiple tornados, not just one. My town got hit with marble size hail, but no tornados. Flooding is the most widespread problem right now. Same here. I live about 40 miles from the airport. We lucked out and it went right over us. We never got the bad winds or hail Friday, but just east of Highland, where I live, got quite a bit of damage. Our storm sirens went of three times on Friday and once on Thursday. With the amount of damage from the storms last week it's a miracle that there were no fatalities or even serious injuries that I've heard of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Glad to hear no one was hurt there. Lot of damage here from last weeks wind and we are about to see another round over the next two days. Towns around us there were tens of thousands without power. Our power was only out for about 5 hours here, but my sister in law was without for more than 48 hours. We have at least 2 dozen trees down around our propety, have seen several very large oaks uprooted and several trees snapped in half. Never did hear a confirmed number, but talk that the winds here were 80+ mph straight line winds and no confirmed tornado reports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Its that time of year... Those things can catch you off guard quickly. We had some serious weather late last week. I have video of crazy rotation over the house. Crazy thunder and lightning too. We have had serious rains for the past several days too. Everything is flooded... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted April 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 My town is fixing to declare a state of emergency. Flooding is getting out of hand, Sandbagging outta this world right now. Came in to grab something to eat, Then heading back out, Gonna be a long week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Sorry to hear that Jeramie. Hope the flooding ends but afraid if your forecast is anything like ours it is not by any means over. Have not heard about any damage yet, but we had a tornado confirmed on the ground here earlier today, that system tracked through right behind us. I saw rotation about a 1/2 mile west of us, but it was above the treeline not touching the ground. Listening to the radio the timeline was right on track with the confirmed tornado. Same system spawned at least one more tornado in the county to the east of us. As of right now things are not looking so great. Temp here dropped about 15 degrees when the storm rolled through. Was down to 58 degrees at 2:45 this afternoon, about an hour later it was back up to 70 and the sun is out now. Calling for another round of severe weather again around midnight here. I need to get some pics of the wind damage here. Never seen anything quite like it, so widespread. Flooding unfortunately is gonna be bad around here too I am afraid. Everything is saturated on high ground with water standing, all that water has got to go somewhere. Here is the latest from the national weather service for this area: ... FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN EAST ARKANSAS... CRAIGHEAD... CRITTENDEN... CROSS... LEE... MISSISSIPPI... PHILLIPS... POINSETT AND ST. FRANCIS. IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI... ALCORN... BENTON... COAHOMA... DESOTO... LAFAYETTE... MARSHALL... PANOLA... PRENTISS... QUITMAN... TATE... TIPPAH... TISHOMINGO... TUNICA AND UNION. IN WEST TENNESSEE... CARROLL... CHESTER... CROCKETT... DECATUR... DYER... FAYETTE... GIBSON... HARDEMAN... HARDIN... HAYWOOD... HENDERSON... HENRY... LAUDERDALE... MADISON... MCNAIRY... SHELBY... TIPTON AND WEAKLEY. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS... IN COMBINATION OF THE 1 TO 3 INCHES THAT HAVE ALREADY FALLEN MAY LEAD TO TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES AT SOME LOCATIONS... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Rain finally quit last night. However, we are back on alert for more tornadic storms. Yay..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 We had a good cell push thorugh last night at about 11:30. My neighbor called and woke us up to let us know that there was a possible tornado headed our way. NWS was saying it was to our west about 15 miles. So I woke the wife and son and we hopped in the truck and drove south out of the path. Beings we live in a mobile home, I didn't want to take the chance of staying. The tornado never touchdowned but the cell had good rotation it in according to NWS and local Doppler radar. Strong winds, quarter size hail and some much needed rain is what we got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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