tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684151770662764217.post1862162510170080749..comments2024-01-10T00:25:29.819-06:00Comments on The Original Weather Blog: Aerial Footage of Tuscaloosa Tornado Damage of 4-27-11Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684151770662764217.post-40751192272570203792011-05-01T16:34:23.772-05:002011-05-01T16:34:23.772-05:00Planet Pink, it is likely the suction and/or winds...Planet Pink, it is likely the suction and/or winds associated with the tornado itself. Part of a roadway was removed near Smithville, MS in the tornado (which was rated EF-5) that took place there on this past Wednesday.<br /><br />I have seen cases like this in the past as well, but only with the very strongest (top 1 or 2%) of all tornadoes (which is obviously what we were dealing with last week for sure).Rob Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951148913701306704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684151770662764217.post-39536014235566989582011-05-01T14:02:07.082-05:002011-05-01T14:02:07.082-05:00Gotcha. Wow. Even if that wasn't the case in...Gotcha. Wow. Even if that wasn't the case in this screenshot, still that's crazy. Would you speculate it's the high winds that can rip up asphalt and foundations (getting in the cracks) or is it more debris traveling at high speeds that rips it up?The Planet Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742334196908870709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684151770662764217.post-32580546727550569402011-04-30T19:58:18.109-05:002011-04-30T19:58:18.109-05:00Planet Pink, thanks for the comment.
Like Shamroc...Planet Pink, thanks for the comment.<br /><br />Like Shamrock said, yes, it is possible, but extremely rare (probably only occurs with the most violent of all tornadoes - less than 1% of the time). In fact, entire sections of roadways have reportedly been removed by one or more of the tornadoes that took place last Wednesday.<br /><br />The more I look at this particular part of the Tuscaloosa video, however, the more I'm thinking that there may in fact not have been anything on that particular pad behind the driveway in question (on the last screen shot that you pointed out).<br /><br />The more I look at it, the more I see grass/weeds instead of just plain old dirt or sand in that spot. If something substantial had been on top of it, you wouldn't expect to see so much "green" underneath it.Rob Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951148913701306704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684151770662764217.post-69770495002696928102011-04-30T15:36:27.524-05:002011-04-30T15:36:27.524-05:00Planet Pink-Unfortunately it is possible. We were ...Planet Pink-Unfortunately it is possible. We were hit by a possible EF1/EF2..they're still surveying damage-but, this tornado was much smaller than Tuscaloosa-and it uprooted and snapped HUGE maples in half. It peeled back roofs, picked up and threw a mobile home across the road....if a "weaker" tornado can do that then it isn't hard to imagine an EF5 doing what it did. Those poor people. My heart and prayers go out to them...Shamrocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684151770662764217.post-48512289635456128452011-04-30T13:42:18.087-05:002011-04-30T13:42:18.087-05:00In that last screen shot, is the FOUNDATION missin...In that last screen shot, is the FOUNDATION missing?? Is that even possible?!The Planet Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742334196908870709noreply@blogger.com