Aftermath

After a long long day it has finally came to an end. The TVST send out their thoughts and prayers to everyone that was effected by the tornadoes across the Deep South on Saturday the 24th. As most of you may know 3 very large and devastating tornadoes touched down on Saturday, 1 in LA/Miss that done considerable damage in the town of Yazoo City, 1 in Walker County Alabama as considerable damage was reported in Parrish and Cordova, and 1 in Marshall and Dekalb Counties in Alabama in Which this tornado first touched down in Albertville and went through Geraldine and close to Fort Payne. Like many chasers out there I to was having radar troubles. My radar kept dropping which is not a good thing during a major sever weather event like we had. The damage photos below are from the Welti community of Cullman County Alabama Where an EF2 destroyed some chicken houses, this same tornado just about 1 hr earlier slammed into me and my wife on corridor X in Walker County completely wrapped in rain not knowing it was there because I had no radar. The sirens in Walker County sounded after We was hit by the massive wall of rain. The Church bus you see was carrying members from Asbury UMC back from a religious retreat when it was struck in Albertville (estimates have it at 1/2-3/4 mile wide). This tornado hit close to home as my wife and I are memebers of Asbury UMC and knew everyone on board including my Sister-in-law. All are well just a little shaken up. Numerous tornadoes touched down across Central and North Alabama and the NWS survey team are in the field today. I will post their findings as soon as they are available.