The Thread About Weather

[Maggie-Doodle]

From the news and weather I have heard this morning, it looks like we will be under the gun in a few hours...everybody stay safe and listen to the weather channel..it could be a rocky ride before long! Strong shelter will probably be a must!

[jmb]

Keep your eye to the sky and be safe.

[virgo]

So where is Noway tonight? :smt118

Now, I could have sworn that Fuzzis said she wanted a nice, strong man to keep her and Cobbler company. Where does noway fit into this equation? :smt118 :)

[virgo]

Hawk, it looks like most of it is going north of you. Hell, it's coming right at me!

And me!!! Yikes. I just thought it was supposed to rain. Looks like we might be getting some of the bad stuff!

Keep your eye to the sky and be safe.

You too!

[jmb]

This (http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/) is a good site to see what damage has already been reported and kind of let you know what may be coming your way. Click on the map to bring up text reports. I refer to it quite often when storms are threatening.

We're supposed to have rain all day and possibly rain and snow tonight, but nothing serious.

[Kitty]

It is starting to rain here in my little corner of Oak Grove.

[noway]

Not a drop of rain in HAttiesburg...

[fuzzis]

Not a drop of rain in HAttiesburg...

There has been some rain at my house...in Hattiesburg.

fuzzis

[LipsofanAngel]

ummm, if there is a tornado coming this way... im in the second floor of an apt. What should I do?

[aether]

ummm, if there is a tornado coming this way... im in the second floor of an apt. What should I do?

go tot he lowest floor if you can and find and interiror room with little or no windows..if no find the same in your apat...like a bathroom..get in the tub and cover up with something...blanket or mattress

[Kitty]

Not a drop of rain in HAttiesburg...

It's been somewhat scattered rain... I understand there was some heavy rain on Highway 49 North between Hattiesburg and Rawls Springs earlier this morning.

[LipsofanAngel]

well now my apt looks like a tornado came through.... i emptied out the hall closet... had so much junk in there. got blankets and pillows ready... i need a xanex.

[LipsofanAngel]

Channel 7 cut out... anyone know where those tornadoes in Lamar cty. were headed or where they're at? Don't know If I need to be in the closet yet...

[aether]

its around purvis...we might be in the clear

[aether]

..a Tornado Warning Remains In Effect Until 1100 Am Cdt For Lamar
County...

At 1032 Am Cdt...national Weather Service Doppler Radar Continued To
Indicate A Tornado. This Tornado Was Located Near Purvis...or About
9 Miles South Of West Hattiesburg...moving Northeast At 40 Mph.

The Safest Place To Be During A Tornado Is In A Basement. Get Under A
Workbench Or Other Piece Of Sturdy Furniture. If No Basement Is
Available...seek Shelter On The Lowest Floor Of The Building In An
Interior Hallway Or Room Such As A Closet. Use Blankets Or Pillows To
Cover Your Body And Always Stay Away From Windows.

[LipsofanAngel]

I hope Aaron and SB are okay.

Rain is blowing sideways here and the building is creaking BAD! omg, why did my roomate have to be out of town this weekend. I hate being alone in bad weather :(

[noway]

Yep its raining in hburg now.. pouring down.. scanner is real active car wrecks hwy 98 east perry county, hwy 98 west columbia, hwy 589 north of purvis

[aether]

youre gonna make it...we're here for ya...:)

[LipsofanAngel]

Ijust wanna be okay in the apt! I'm terrified.

[noway]

They usm siren is going off.... sounds like Hail in hburg

[wilebill]

Tornado sirens are going off.

[LipsofanAngel]

dear Lord. Im pouring sweat cuz there's no air vent in this closet!

[LipsofanAngel]

so it's passed away from Oak Grove/ Lincoln Rd. extension area? okay, I just heard on ch 7 that Lamar Cty one was cancelled... Got the TV turned way up so I can hear it in my little closet :)

[SoMissTV]

Yeah, let us know when you come out of the closet.

Tee-hee-hee.

[LipsofanAngel]

I knew that was coming SoMiss...

[PathFinder]

We're getting pounded in Petal

[wilebill]

I don't see the tornado radar signature any more.

[Bahlk]

Yea, it's pretty bad out in Petal now.

[LipsofanAngel]

We're getting pounded in Petal
No offense, but GOOD- my petal friend was not being very sympathetic when I was in tears on the phone with him telling him I was scared.

[noway]

Calming down in hattiesburg.. I would bet we had 5 inches of rain around 49 & hardy st

[aether]

so it's passed away from Oak Grove/ Lincoln Rd. extension area? okay, I just heard on ch 7 that Lamar Cty one was cancelled... Got the TV turned way up so I can hear it in my little closet :)

im right around the corner and its cleared a lot...youre clear to come out for air...:)

[Bahlk]

Ok, the rain is not blowing sideways in Petal anymore. My front yard is flooded though

[LipsofanAngel]

Does anyone know for sure what areas were affected in Laurel... They said there was a "devastating tornadao in Laurel".... Was this closer to Ellisville? Or further north?

[fuzzis]

We're fine. The front yard and street are flooded. I'm hoping that we're done with the whole rain thing because if we're not, my car is going to be in trouble. As is, the water is about two inches or so from the bottom of the car. (the yard always floods)

fuzzis

[maxim]

Oak Grove near McMahon Rd. getting lighter and rain lessening. Take deep breaths, Lips... almost done.

[LipsofanAngel]

I think we're fine now... I'm "out of the closet". Sebastian had fun... he found an empty duffle bag and went to sleep in it. Now he's fascinated watching the rain. Is this supposed to be the worst to come through today? Or we expecting anymore rough cells later on? Got it on weather channel, but they haven't said yet.

[maxim]

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=dgx&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=yes

Watch it in near real time. About a 6 minute delay in the loop.

[maxim]

I think we're fine now... I'm "out of the closet". Sebastian had fun... he found an empty duffle bag and went to sleep in it. Now he's fascinated watching the rain. Is this supposed to be the worst to come through today? Or we expecting anymore rough cells later on? Got it on weather channel, but they haven't said yet.


Looks like this is mostly it. Maybe more out of range of the radar I'm watching.

[noway]

Im hearing a tornado touched down in sandersville..(jones county)

[rockholic4life]

The Weather Channel was just talking about the storms in the area and did say there was a tornado reported in the Laurel area. Also said forrest county was still under a tornado warning. That's all i heard.

[maxim]

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/Conus/full_loop.php

Big but interesting...

[fuzzis]

Moved the car into the backyard...very, very carefully. Water up to my calves, and the rain is still pouring here. Now Cobbler is making that I-gotta-pee-mom-I-gotta-pee noise. *sigh*

fuzzis

[Kitty]

Lips-- it's time like this that we all need to make sure we are wearing our big girl panties. :)

I've been riding out the storm by myself, too.

[LipsofanAngel]

haha Kitty- that's true. I'm a big baby though in bad weather. Always have been.

[Kitty]

The Weather Channel was just talking about the storms in the area and did say there was a tornado reported in the Laurel area.

Yes, they said a tornado was spotted between Sharon and Sandersville.

[rockholic4life]

Just found this, not really any info about the tornado in Laurel really, but it was on the HA page.http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070414/NEWS01/70414003

[Sir Mickey Mouse]

Does anyone know for sure what areas were affected in Laurel... They said there was a "devastating tornadao in Laurel".... Was this closer to Ellisville? Or further north?


Hey folks... my internet and cable and satallite and everything have been down. Where in Laurel is the damage? I have no clue... just got everything back up. All I can say is that I live between Hwy. 15 north and the North Laurel shopping center, so my neighborhood is here! Got VERY dark... and stormed like crazy with sirens going off. If the tornado tracked from Hebron to Sandersville than it was VERY near me. Any info is appreciated! I don't want to be one of those nosey folks in the way just to go looking.

[noway]

Weather channel reporting another tornado warning for forrest county... Reports from jones county a tornado was reported but no reports of damage

[LipsofanAngel]

Are Halo and IGID out working today? Hope them, and all other LE are safe.

[Tully Mars]

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/Conus/full_loop.php

Big but interesting...

Freakin' awesome link...thanks for that. :-D

[noway]

Flash Flood warning for forrest county and tornado warning until 12 pm developing storm...

[LipsofanAngel]

yeah, it's pickin back up again here in OG...

[LipsofanAngel]

5 homes with water in them in Lamar Cty according to weather channel...

[PathFinder]

Lamar and Forrest Co back under Tornado Warning...Looks like Round 2

[fuzzis]

OK...that was too close. Lightning right outside the door.

I was good until now. Now I'm not good.

fuzzis

[Sir Mickey Mouse]

LOL don't they say to get away from electronics when there is striking lightning nearby?

[LipsofanAngel]

LOL don't they say to get away from electronics when there is striking lightning nearby?
yeah, thank goodness for laptops that can be carried in to the closet if need be :)

[fuzzis]

Just to annoy noway...Cobbler is alternating between being in my lap and being half in her crate, licking at her water bottle, which will make her have to go out again.

fuzzis

[No-Halo]

NWS just issued another Tornado Warning for Forrest County.

[noway]

Just to annoy noway...Cobbler is alternating between being in my lap and being half in her crate, licking at her water bottle, which will make her have to go out again.

fuzzis


I have been so worried about cobbler Im glad to hear she is okay... poor poor cobbler... :smt105

cobbler if you need to pee..pee on mommy :smt105

[PathFinder]

NWS just issued another Tornado Warning for Forrest County.

Are you having to work out in this today??

[noway]

NWS just issued another Tornado Warning for Forrest County.

nohalo that was 30 minutes ago... :smt105 :smt105

[virgo]

Gosh. I hope you guys make it through ok. Just lots of rain up here in Louisville. Keep me posted!

[No-Halo]

Are you having to work out in this today??
Luckily not, I'm home this weekend and all the neighbors are here at my house weathering the storm. Thanks Pathfinder. :)

[No-Halo]

nohalo that was 30 minutes ago... :smt105 :smt105
The other one was 30 minutes ago Noway, they just reissued another one for the cell thats fixing to come through.

[IGID]

Women in Petal on Country Park Dr. claims tornado hit her house. 11:30 a.m.

[Sir Mickey Mouse]

The Laurel tornado is still on the ground, according to The Weather Channel. It's in Alabama now. Long track...

Love TWC on Saturday mornings because of the Mississippi team. Both anchors are from here, so we get lots of good weather coverage.

[IGID]

Power lines down, trees down. Country Park unpassible..

[virgo]

The other one was 30 minutes ago Noway, they just reissued another one for the cell thats fixing to come through.

LOL. He's such a know-it-all, isn't he? :) :smt118

[PathFinder]

Luckily not, I'm home this weekend and all the neighbors are here at my house weathering the storm. Thanks Pathfinder. :)

Yea..we've been catching hell over here...my folks are driving over from Pike Co. This week they closed on a house on Sunrise Rd. here in Petal. About 30 min ago the previous owners called to let them know that the roof took damage and water is pouring down the chimney. Needless to say, this is not how they wanted to spend their Saturday.

[No-Halo]

LOL. He's such a know-it-all, isn't he? :) :smt118
Yeah, he just needs to say 10-4 on the radio and leave the reporting to us. :smt118

[No-Halo]

Yea..we've been catching hell over here...my folks are driving over from Pike Co. This week they closed on a house on Sunrise Rd. here in Petal. About 30 min ago the previous owners called to let them know that the roof took damage and water is pouring down the chimney. Needless to say, this is not how they wanted to spend their Saturday.
Sorry to hear that Pathfinder. :(

[IGID]

Yea..we've been catching hell over here...my folks are driving over from Pike Co. This week they closed on a house on Sunrise Rd. here in Petal. About 30 min ago the previous owners called to let them know that the roof took damage and water is pouring down the chimney. Needless to say, this is not how they wanted to spend their Saturday.That's where the tornado hit.

[virgo]

No tornado in Laurel....

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070414/NEWS01/70414005

[No-Halo]

It looks like the second cell is entering Forrest Cty on the southside of Hattiesburg and tracking NE towards Petal.

[Sir Mickey Mouse]

No tornado in Laurel....

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070414/NEWS01/70414005


HAHA That is hilarious. I wonder if some redneck on a radio saw a cloud... "Hey Jim Bob! There's a nader over here!!!" And now it's made national news on The Weather Channel and CNN.

[noway]

It looks like the second cell is entering Forrest Cty on the southside of Hattiesburg and tracking NE towards Petal.


no--halo are you on some sort of time delay..:smt102

[metal protector]

wdam is reporting over 2". Looks like my rain gauge in petal says 3".

What is everyone else getting?

[IGID]

South Forrest County, look out in the next hour hour and a half.

[IGID]

Lots of roads flooded and closed in Petal.

[No-Halo]

wdam is reporting over 2". Looks like my rain gauge in petal says 3".

What is everyone else getting?
No guage here MP but I know it's a bunch.

[LipsofanAngel]

I'm sure this is obvious... but the USM "Black and Gold" football has been cancelled. I'm assuming the basebal game will be too.

[carsalesguy]

i drove thru the whole cell this morning- left hattiesburg @ 7:45, rain from hburg to collins, then collins to mendenhall, hard downpour- then when i hit rankin county line it turned black. a 1:15 min ride turned into 2:30 hours-

as soon as i parked the grand prix, it cleared up here- bright sunny skies here in brandon, ms.......

[LipsofanAngel]

Bad flooding... the Jr. Food Mart off 7th St. had people in waist deep water n front it.... according to a genius friend of mine that was out driving. (he says waist deep, so maybe to their knees).

[No-Halo]

Bad flooding... the Jr. Food Mart off 7th St. had people in waist deep water n front it.... according to a genius friend of mine that was out driving. (he says waist deep, so maybe to their knees).
7th and 25th has always been a severe flash flooding spot, it can get really bad there.

[Kitty]

yeah, thank goodness for laptops that can be carried in to the closet if need be :)

The laptop also works well while sitting in the most interior room of my home--AKA the hall bathroom. :)

[Sir Mickey Mouse]

A friend of mine was flying back from Denver last night... he was sitting in a regional jet (smaller plane) on the runway during all that Dallas stuff last night. He said never been in anything like it... the plane, still on the ground and stopped, was raising and moving from wind and he said the baseball sized hail was slamming into it... sounded like nothing he has heard. Then, flight cancelled... so he flew in this morning and got it again in Jackson.

[metal protector]

if anyone goes out, get pictures.

[IGID]

Looks bad bad still in La. heading to South Forrest.

[carsalesguy]

Brandon, MS as of about 4 mins. ago----- i'm at the brandon exit right off of I-20




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[carsalesguy]

the last pic, west is to the right, east towards meridian to the left, and hattiesburg will be somewhere in the horizion

[No-Halo]

Brandon, MS as of about 4 mins. ago----- i'm at the brandon exit right off of I-20





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Go to the "Thread About Nothing" for your reply so we can stay on topic here Cargoob. :)

[carsalesguy]

mom and dad's house off 40th ave flooded- just talked to my mom. we had dug a french drain a few years back, and they built a retaining wall back in the yard yesterday, but it didn't keep the water out. flooding in the master bedroom, hall, and laundry rooms

[LipsofanAngel]

Sorry to hear about that Carboy... and you too Pathfinder about your parents house.

[carsalesguy]

i just asked mom if she wanted me to come down, and she said no. haha- then why call me?

[Baloo]

Sorry to hear about your parents house Carsalesguy...

I hope that everyone else is alright down there... We need the rain, but not like that! Has anyone heard how long it is supposed to last? I am still in the arctic where it is still snowing...

[noway]

Just heard on my weather radio that there are some individuals in Hattiesburg being evacuated by boats from their flooded homes. Does anyone know which areas these are?


QM I havent been able to keep up with the scanner much but it sounds like the w 4th st area west of weathersby..

maybe no halo can tell us in a few hours that it has stopped raining and give us an update on flooding :smt105

[No-Halo]

QM I havent been able to keep up with the scanner much but it sounds like the w 4th st area west of weathersby..

maybe no halo can tell us in a few hours that it has stopped raining and give us an update on flooding :smt105
I hear Comedy Central is looking for a weather forecaster, go for it Noway!! :clap:

[carsalesguy]

michelle says that the lower half of our street where they burned the houses down is flooded.......so i'm going to assume that it would be the area of sis circle, etc......

i have a friend over there, but he's not answering the phone right now-

[LipsofanAngel]

Hail and strong rain over here now...