4/8/2021 Plateau Tornadoes

[schneitzeit]

Gives you an idea how rare tornadoes are in places such as Morgan County

[Crockett]

we do....however yet again this was an event that was in a marginal risk zone which the general public is never going to take seriously and it is just amazing that so many have happened in marginal risk in past year....not bashing, its an observation, it has almost become common that marginal risks are having tornadoes in them lately while enhanced risks are having less of an impact than forecasted....just interesting

Not to get too technical, but it was a slight risk zone. I think everyone took the risk seriously. There were several homes destroyed but no injuries. When the warning was issued, our sheriff's department's chief deputy sent his wife to their son's house which had a basement, and he got into the crawl space beneath their home. The home was severely damaged by the storm but he wasn't injured.

[Crockett]

Gives you an idea how rare tornadoes are in places such as Morgan County

Tonight was just the ninth tornado in Scott County since 1933. The terrain protects us well. It's interesting to note how many tornadoes have impacted the same area, though. Tonight's tornado was almost the exact same route as our last tornado in 2009. Of 9 tornadoes, 4 have happened in the same valley in the Cumberland Mountains that S.R. 63 cuts through between I-75 and Huntsville. Just something about the terrain...

[Eric]

Not to get too technical, but it was a slight risk zone. I think everyone took the risk seriously. There were several homes destroyed but no injuries. When the warning was issued, our sheriff's department's chief deputy sent his wife to their son's house which had a basement, and he got into the crawl space beneath their home. The home was severely damaged by the storm but he wasn't injured.

Crawl space???  He's damned lucky.

[Bruce]

Crawl space???  He's damned lucky.

really... couldn’t picked a worse spot

[kristin]

Thankfully, most of the kids at Pleasant Hill had left for the day.  Here’s a few pictures of the damage to the school.

[Thundersnow]

Thanks for sharing, kristin.

[Crockett]

really... couldn’t picked a worse spot

There are many worse places to seek shelter in a tornado than a crawl space.

[gcbama]

There are many worse places to seek shelter in a tornado than a crawl space.

but mets do say never to go there so i get where he is coming from