Cullman County Alabama Area Tornado (Rain-Wrapped) 19 March 2018
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- The tornado is rain-wrapped in the darker cloud observed past my shop building. Standing on my front porch near Smith Lake. The warning siren is approximately 150 feet from my house and is ear shattering. This is approximately 5 minutes before it entered the city of Cullman. Minutes before it was preceded by another tornado along the same general track. Preliminary reports indicate light - moderate damage with very extensive hail damage in an area just south of the city of Cullman, Alabama as well as the city itself. Over 200 cars totaled at the local Nissan dealership. This same storm has caused extensive damage in Jacksonville, Alabama. Support teams (Mutual Aid) are now deploying to the university there and the surrounding areas. Nothing more than rain and hail at my house. No damage. The link is a screen shot of the weather radar taken during this video. The purple is the hail core which went on to cause millions of dollars in damages. The black circle depicts the location of the tornado as it traveled from north-west to south-east. The purple represents the likely massive amount of hail. imgur.com/3Gjz09x
Here's a link showing the tornado from an opposing look-angle. • Tornado in Morgan Coun...
I remember hearing this during the 2011 tornado. Still gives me chills
Exact location where this siren is located?
I think it’s on his farm.
Get used to hearing it if youre in Alabama, its every month at least
Update. The fire station has been dismantled and the property came back to us. The siren remains in place but belly up. And I now have my hearing back.
You should keep it. Never know when you might need it!
Holy crap those echoes, hope everyone was ok.
That is a Whelen Vortex R4
Really Cool Ambiance!
I here a extremely low toned siren doing fast wail, what it is it?
If referring to the other siren in the background, I mentioned it in a reply I believe. No one has ID'd it here but I'm fairly certain it's the same model. Miles away with mostly forest it must penetrate therefore the sound should be muffled. I do know its location and the "horn" is the same as mine.
@@logan1572 its ok I just leaned its a low toned 450hz toned fast wale from a whelen vortex specifically 4004
well its a name guess but im sure for the 450hz
@@logan1572 it is a vortex r4 heard. Cullmans system contains mostly vortex sirens in more rural areas
@@seanjuth k
That's rare to hear a Whelen in attack mode. When it comes to storms, attack usually means that there's large hail in it.
As the siren blasts and rotates, it's very eerie no matter how many times you've been through it. Though only certain areas are under threat, the sirens activate county-wide which is pretty dumb. And having one erected next to your house ain't a bunch of fun (lol).
I understand when having a siren near you would be unpleasant, but on days like yesterday it proved its worth by alerting people to danger before it happened.
It does however it's very antiquated and technologically-deprived and outdated. For example, if an area 10 square miles is in the path of possible danger, the entire county (755 square miles) gets the warning sirens. 99% of the citizens in the clear are freaking and the 1% who are in danger are outdoors pointing at the sky (lol). They could "sound" the sirens based on the "polygons" issued by the National Weather Service which is much more precise. But they take the lazy way out.Folks who get warning for their locations (electronic devices) receive those based on the NWS polygons. Much more accurate and safe.
Sirens were designed for folks outdoors. Very common for those indoors to not hear a siren at all. Especially in rural areas. And that doesn't even factor in the lack of maintenance on them which is expensive.
Weather radios and electronic devices are the way to go if the goal is to maximize human safety. But regarding accuracy, NOAA weather radio warnings are barely any better than sirens except you can hear it on your nightstand in the middle of the night. They do use Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) technology that "can" be a little more area-specific, but pale in comparison to polygons which can actually narrow an endangered area down to a city block. No comparison. Electronic notifications and streaming are the only way to go. Lastly then I'll stifle, we experienced a very deadly and massive tornado outbreak on 27 April 2011. By far, the most lives saved were do to social media, specifically Twitter and Facebook.
That’s all good but..I wanted to see a TORNADO!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂
Attack Mode. Great description.
I was talking to my friends who lives in Cullman about who's tornado siren is creepier and Callman's takes the cake easily I live in Dothan and I've never heard a siren like that
That echo gives me chills
Very eerie.
There's a video of these sirens going off during a night time tornado warning
@@F5Storm1 link?
@@neonflashsparkotron5435 look up night time Cullman tornado sirens
These are the exact same sirens when the 2011 EF-4 tornado struck Cullman Alabama on April 27, 2011 during the 2011 super outbreak
Yep. Same as 2011. Could have reached out and grabbed it or so it appeared.
Those sirens are eerie
Had them again last light for about 3 hours or so intermittently. A house trailer totally destroyed a little north of me. One of those deals where it was a "small chance" of twisters. I normally listen to the tv with the volume set on 14. With the siren I need to hit 90 to hear the meteorologist.
I was wondering about that hopefully nobody got hurt
two adults one 7-year old, one 3-week old infant hospitalized. "Non-life threatening injuries" reported. "Only" an EF1 but looked like a bomb exploded. Stormy as I type this.
Correction / Update: Local news this evening reported it was a mother and the 2 children. The 7 year old was found face down in the yard and the baby remained clutched in the mother's arms from the get go. Tornado has now be rated as an EF2.
My friend and his gf live in Athens his gf had some close calls in 2011 with the EF5 and the EF3 in 2014.
My name is Logan too btw lol
It’s kinda weird how that that is that a Whelen Vortex is doing a fast wail instead of an Alert
I don't know. That's how they all are here.
an R4 doing fast wail which is aparently used as a tornado warning signal in this area
I was in New Orleans during this. I watched the news at our hotel and I was scared of a tornado heading our way. Thankfully it didnt
Im serious
Nice, a whelen doing fast wail!
Lol. Can't believe the number of people who have an interest in "sirens" and such. The only purpose of the horn now is as a perch for local hawks. Good enough for me.
@@logan1572 lol xd
Very nice Vortex
Whelen 4004 doing fast wail tone
Off and on, most on, for about 1 1/2 hours or so. Sitting approximately 12 ft from the tv with full volume, I can barely hear it as the horn rotates toward my house. I reckon the ol' Whelen 4004 works as designed. lol
You bet. I was fortunate enough to capture the local weatherperson's map live on TV during the tornado warning. I also captured the map from my smartphone weather app. It was confirmed. Wish I could post the maps here . Let me see if I can post the pics to a new youtube. If successful, I'll post the link.
Here's the maps youtube link. Not great but I "over-achieved" posting these (lol). ruclips.net/video/d8lBk4hMofA/видео.html
In the background the "other" siren is audible. Looking at the video, its location is approx 2 miles (straight line distance) to the right. Goodness, you guys know your sirens.
For sure it's a vortex
For clarity, I was nowhere near being in the path of the tornado. Additionally, though the following link shows April instead of March, it appears to originate from a position just north of the Cullman county line in the neighboring county of Morgan, showing a bit of definition to the funnel as it moves to his left. Relative to the storm, if I was at the 7 o'clock position, it appears he was somewhere between 11 and 2 o'clock. ruclips.net/video/d4npNNliWJg/видео.html
Hopefully we can get this thing out of your yard soon.
Votex putting in the work
Whats this location? i live near there i recognize it
Oh wait thats that shop on county road 222 south of Logan
Just south of Guthries Crossroads heading to the lake (Major Miller's).
Was this the day the hail storm came through Cullman?
It sure was. Glad I wasn't in that mess.
Where’s the tornado?!
Sorry Jerry. It was rain-wrapped or concealed from my angle. Here's a link to a video showing the tornado from the opposite angle (other side of tornado). ruclips.net/video/d4npNNliWJg/видео.html
Eerie echo.
the noise tho
Weird tornado siren. But that beat is LIT tho! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Ha. I was dancing to it! lol
It was 1900 yards wide, a 30 mile path width and rated EF3.
Thanks. I had seen earlier the NWS upgrade. to an EF3. Had no idea it was a tad over a mile wide. Goodness!
Get in the basement
Why did you say it was tornado video? Waste of data here
John Brightleaf as stated. It was a warning. Its rain wrapped as well. Probably couldnt see it. Use you're eyes to read the description. Also if your trolling dont pull the "i-fell-victim-to-a-troll" card.
It said rain-wrapped idiot
F5Storm1 - it was worthless click bait, moron
John Brightleaf then get over it crybaby
2 snarky punks mad because water on glass and some clouds does not a weather video make.
You did the smart thing, standing outside was very intelligent. NOT
Clearly you did not read the description. It says 5 mins before and the siren was sounding. Looks who's stupid now.