[WeatherOp]

It may not have been the biggest, but dang it left a mark. In Enterprise, Al a EF3/EF4 tornado barreled through the heart of town destroying houses and hitting a school killing 8 or so students.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/02/tornado.enterprise/index.html

What it looked like.



My view of it. I was watching the storm of GRLevel 3 in awe, knowing what was going on at the the surface as the tornado rolled through Enterprise and surrounding areas.



All in all, most likely 5 EF3's or greater touched down(including the Enterprise tornado) from MO to Ga, killing over 20 people and causing massive damage. With Spring Tornado season just starting I expect more of this type of damage and destruction to come.

It is also important to note, this is the first EF3 or greater to hit the Alabama in 5 years, and the first EF3 or greater to hit the state in 8 years during the Spring.

[neo_hermes]

looks like the Enterprises Shields didn't hold up....

[IceFire]

Was watching those on radar while we were worried about the freezing rain.  Its actually been a bit of a 'perfect storm' around here. With the 25cm of snow already on the ground, plus all the rain and freezing snow we got with this system that spawned the tornadoes in the south, and now a deep freeze is coming again AND we're experiencing a gas shortage crisis...the roads are a mess. There are abandoned cars (ran out of fuel) all over....

[achtung]

We got out of school today.  Wonder why?

The creeks got dirty.

[WeatherOp]

Was watching those on radar while we were worried about the freezing rain.  Its actually been a bit of a 'perfect storm' around here. With the 25cm of snow already on the ground, plus all the rain and freezing snow we got with this system that spawned the tornadoes in the south, and now a deep freeze is coming again AND we're experiencing a gas shortage crisis...the roads are a mess. There are abandoned cars (ran out of fuel) all over....

I think the low got down to 977mbs which is extremely low for a inland cyclone, and par with a Cat 2 hurricane.

We got very lucky for the risk that was out. All in all there was tornadoes rate 5 EF3. But had junk convection not formed we could have seen far more than that with major cities such as Birmingham, Atlanta and Jackson right dead in the crosshairs.

[WeatherOp]

Someone posted this up out of the great plains the day before it hit Alabama and Georgia.



They are still considering what to rate it. BTW, that was a strong built house.

[WeatherOp]

Tornado damage in Georgia, including one where the tornado ripped the pavement off the road.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/html/torfotos3107.shtml