More bad weather for West and Middle TN. 02 and 03 April 2025 Edition.

[TNMTBik3r]

35 minutes ago, Alleycat72 said:

Great. One on the ground headed for us.

The tracks I saw showed it south of me (off of Bear Creek) in the Culleoka area then crossing i65.

Hope everything missed you!


Until just 45-60ish minutes ago it had been clear and dry all day on this side of town. First rain drops hit around 6:25.

[btq96r]

44 minutes ago, jhc77 said:

NashSevereWx is my go to on X and YouTube. 

They're a fantastic source.  Highly recommend anyone use them for what they need to know in a hurry.

[Alleycat72]

8 minutes ago, TNMTBik3r said:

The tracks I saw showed it south of me (off of Bear Creek) in the Culleoka area then crossing i65.

Hope everything missed you!


Until just 45-60ish minutes ago it had been clear and dry all day on this side of town. First rain drops hit around 6:25.

If radar was correct, passed 1200 yards from us. 

[gun sane]

3 hours ago, jhc77 said:

NashSevereWx is my go to on X and YouTube. 

Ryan Hall, Y'all is a YouTube mainstay for a lot of weather junkies, too.

[gregintenn]

I ain’t sure we didn’t just have one go right over the house. It was a weird looking cloud roaring like a giant diesel engine. If so, I’m pleased to report it wasn’t on the ground.

[Thearmededucator]

Spent the weekend at the Atoka BBQ FEST. don’t think I’ve ever been that wet. 
 

Road closures and phone killed by falling in the water made the trip home take 3x longer. I finally had to use my HAM radio to figure out where I was, lol

[Frog4aday]

Have been watching Max Velocity Weather on youtube since Weds night and learned so much about weather & tornadoes in a short period of time. What I really appreciated was his big picture approach. Anywhere a new tornado warning showed up (like Wisconsin & Michigan!) he showed it and discussed what drove the warning. And the places that were hot, spawning actual tornadoes, he was on them before a tornado formed and could tell you when the funnel cloud was on the ground based on debris signature in the radar. Wild.

 

Weds there were 29 tornado warnings at several points during the night and he was working overtime to keep up with them all. It was mind-blowing to me, and heartbreaking, to see all the places getting hit with actual tornadoes, like Lake City, AR, and Selmer, TN (both EF-3s).

 

Last night (Saturday) was our time to 'be on alert' as the storms from New Albany, MS, were working their way north & west spawning tornadoes along a path toward our home. God was good (to us) and pushed it east and Florence, AL, took the hit instead (so sorry Florence & Muscle Shoals peeps!)

 

The point being, Max Schuster ( https://www.youtube.com/c/MaxVelocityWX/videos ) at Maxvelocitywx was live streaming a constant barrage of info for hours each day (63 hours total over last eight days) to try and warn people & keep them safe. I knew when I should be worried & sheltering 'for real' vs. there is just a warning but conditions just aren't right for a tornado based on tons of weather data and variables he was monitoring.

 

Next time there is a 4 out of 5 or 5 out of 5 severe weather risk for your area (red or orange shaded area on the local weather map), check his youtube channel to see if he is live streaming. He was amazing and really informative. He would tie into weather cameras all over the place and used storm chaser live footage as well. We all literally saw the Lake City, AR, tornado form & touch the ground in real time on his feed. Then it quickly grew un size & intensity before our eyes. Fascinating & terrifying all at the same moment.

Edited Sunday at 09:54 PM by Frog4aday
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