[arrl-odv:33037] Tornadoes - ODV H&W
Good afternoon, Hope everyone is ok, especially the Arkansas crew. From what I gather it was far from you all, but lots of damage where it did hit. 73 Ria N2RJ
Ria, it was a horrible storm line. I live on a hill and cansee a long ways and was watching the wall cloud in the lightning. The weatherwas on TV and I was looking at the map as they pointed right at my location. Atthe very same time my iphone went off saying take cover tornado warning, andabout 5 seconds later my power went off. I had 60 mph wind (one tree down), butI think it only passed over without touching down. It touched down 40 miles northeast of me as an F1 taking the usualSW to NE path tornados take and I followed it as it proceeded on a NE path forabout 200 miles. You can draw almost a straight-line SW-NE path from my house alongthe path of destruction to Mayfield, KY that got wiped out. Some of you have heard some of my tornado stories. I live intornado alley and it’s not uncommon for them to hang out of a cloud, clip myridge line, and then go back into the cloud. I’ve had 3 confirmed tornados on ourproperty. About 40 years ago, back when I was in Section management,I was giving an ARRL Forum at a hamfest in west Arkansas 120 miles from home whena tornado hit. Our neighbor called Holly at the hotel and informed us that theycould not see our house on the ridge line and that her husband had gone tocheck on it. That sure made for a few frantic minutes waiting for him toreturn. He came back and reported that the second floor of our house was blownaway. I recall that we found debris and insulation from our home over a mileaway. That’s happened twice to ourhouse. I’ve only lost one tower due to a tornado. Thanks for checking on us. Sadly, there was loss of life inthis one and looks like the count is still going up. 73 Rick – K5UR -----Original Message----- From: Jairam, Ria, N2RJ (Dir, HD) <n2rj@arrl.org> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@arrl.org> Sent: Sat, Dec 11, 2021 1:13 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:33037] Tornadoes - ODV H&W Good afternoon, Hope everyone is ok, especially the Arkansas crew. From what I gather it was far from you all, but lots of damage where it did hit. 73RiaN2RJ_______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
GM Ria, I too dodged the brunt of the tornado outbreak Friday PM and yesterday AM. The cell believed to have spawned the twisters passed over LR and I had a good view of it from my office windows. It had the classic anatomy of a developing super cell and a very peculiar color to it as well. Last week I had an arborist remove several suspect large trees that were either in the way of the new tower project and the garage or that we had determined to be structurally weak or diseased which probably saved me some potential damage. We had 70 mph winds and three old trees on the property were blown down along with multiple limbs. Unfortunately one of the old trees claimed my EU beverage. It’s chainsaw time! Otherwise everyone here is well and mostly unscathed saved for the cleanup. Our friends to the northeast of didn’t fair so well as Rick has pointed out. The damage was staggering and from video footage, the storm had two vortices in Craighead County near Jonesboro, AR. The damage was tremendous from NE Arkansas into Tennessee and Kentucky with radar indicating debris at an altitude of 35,000 ft in the atmosphere. This one may set a new record. 73 TU David A. Norris, K5UZ Director, Delta Division Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 11, 2021, at 1:13 PM, Jairam, Ria, N2RJ (Dir, HD) <n2rj@arrl.org> wrote:
Good afternoon,
Hope everyone is ok, especially the Arkansas crew. From what I gather it was far from you all, but lots of damage where it did hit.
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GM all, At 9:32 ET Sunday, KY SM Steve Morgan W4NHO reports of offers for outside help from the amateur radio community, but recovery efforts do not currently require amateur radio support. Steve suspects those needs will surface soon. He is receiving limited reports currently. It looks like KY deaths may exceed 100. I have to Steve expressed full support from ARRL and ARES teams will be available as needed. Kentuckians are strong, resilient and resourceful. They will let us know when added resources are needed. --73, Dale Williams WA8EFK Director Great Lakes Division On 12/12/2021 9:20 AM, David Norris via arrl-odv wrote:
GM Ria,
I too dodged the brunt of the tornado outbreak Friday PM and yesterday AM. The cell believed to have spawned the twisters passed over LR and I had a good view of it from my office windows. It had the classic anatomy of a developing super cell and a very peculiar color to it as well.
Last week I had an arborist remove several suspect large trees that were either in the way of the new tower project and the garage or that we had determined to be structurally weak or diseased which probably saved me some potential damage. We had 70 mph winds and three old trees on the property were blown down along with multiple limbs.
Unfortunately one of the old trees claimed my EU beverage. It’s chainsaw time! Otherwise everyone here is well and mostly unscathed saved for the cleanup.
Our friends to the northeast of didn’t fair so well as Rick has pointed out. The damage was staggering and from video footage, the storm had two vortices in Craighead County near Jonesboro, AR. The damage was tremendous from NE Arkansas into Tennessee and Kentucky with radar indicating debris at an altitude of 35,000 ft in the atmosphere. This one may set a new record.
73 TU
David A. Norris, K5UZ Director, Delta Division
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On Dec 11, 2021, at 1:13 PM, Jairam, Ria, N2RJ (Dir, HD)<n2rj@arrl.org> wrote:
Good afternoon,
Hope everyone is ok, especially the Arkansas crew. From what I gather it was far from you all, but lots of damage where it did hit.
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