Large wedge tornado going through Tuscaloosa

[thewiseguy]

Watch it here...

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ABC-33-40-Main#utm_campaign=synclickback&source=http://www.abc3340.com/&medium=520983

Wow this is insane...

[thewiseguy]

1. It is going through south Tuscaloosa...holy crap that thing is huge

[thewiseguy]

2. McFarland's mall...University of Alabama are in direct path of this thing

[thewiseguy]

3. Its hard to think that tornado did not kill anybody...That looked really bad

[thewiseguy]

5. Numerous homes flattened in Tuscaloosa...

[tridim]

4. Tornado alley has shifted Southerly and Easterly.

The climate is changing.

[Myrina]

12. Yep, and southern Indiana is going to turn into a rainforest or new Great Lake ...

:scared: this shit would be unbelievable if we weren't living it.

[thewiseguy]

6. Tornado just moved out of the city of Tuscaloosa...it was surreal watching it coming in

Tornado is a mile wide according to the reporter on the ground...it is going through some communities east of the city.

[thewiseguy]

7. Here is a picture of the Tuscaloosa tornado...

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[uppityperson]

8. ow

[uppityperson]

9. Another one headed in now. buck

[thewiseguy]

10. Another tornado coming to downtown Tuscaloosa...oh crap

[thewiseguy]

11. The university area got damaged big time...

[thewiseguy]

13. Total destruction to university mall and medical center in Tuscaloosa

[uppityperson]

18. news guy was talking to person @ hospital, windows blown out, on emergency power

Trying to assess the damage now.

[uppityperson]

14. For all my whining about cold and rain in pacific nw, I am SO glad to be out of tornado country

this is nuts

[thewiseguy]

15. The Tuscaloosa tornado is on track to go right through the downtown Birmingham

[uppityperson]

16. vid of the thing...

http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/Tuscaloosa-tornado-caught-on-tape-wreaking-havoc/hsK7dFmlUku5YlvteTFy6A.cspx

[malaise]

17. 45 tornadoes so far today

They're covering this on ABC now

[thewiseguy]

19. It is 74.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/today.html

[thewiseguy]

20. The tornado heading for Birmingham has wind speeds upwards of 200 miles per hour

[thewiseguy]

21. one fatality so far in Tuscaloosa according to their mayor

[thewiseguy]

22. Reports of 2 miles debris wall with the Tornado headed towards Birmingham

[uppityperson]

24. They keep talking "debris ball", all the debris in the winds moving along, hitting other stuff

breaking more down to join in more debris to hit more stuff....

[thewiseguy]

25. Everybody pray that this tornado falls apart...damn thing will go right through downtown Birmingham

[thewiseguy]

26. Debris is falling now in downtown Birmingham...

[Hannah Bell]

23. i originally read it as "large tomato wedge" .

[av8rdave]

27. OMG...Hope everyone is OK

So far, apparently one fatality in Tuscaloosa reported.

[thewiseguy]

28. They have a live webcam now for the city of Birmingham...De Ja Vu

[thewiseguy]

29. I think i can see the Tornado...

[uppityperson]

31. oh damn, did you see that!

[thewiseguy]

33. Yea that is the biggest tornado I have seen

[uppityperson]

34. Reminds me of the one that took hours to pass when I was a toddler.

bad fears of winds since then. That is huge.

[uppityperson]

30. I am so glad they are continuing to follow this, rather than showing picts of damage

get through the ones on the ground before showing what's happened.

I hate tornadoes, they fascinate me and I seriously fear them.

[thewiseguy]

32. Oh my god that is one huge tornado...the thing did not even fit in the screen...

[uppityperson]

36. Don't go gather debris now, but if you find stuff later, hang on to it. Great advice.

[Bosonic]

35. B.I.G.

[thewiseguy]

37. That thing has grown a lot bigger believe it or not

[uppityperson]

38. bigger now. whoa

[thewiseguy]

39. That tornado is just unbelievably huge

[thewiseguy]

40. I do not want to see this thing hit the city...it is arriving

[thewiseguy]

41. They have zoomed out their cam and the Tornado still does not fit the screen!

[uppityperson]

42. OK,I've never seen one that big. holy shit

[malaise]

43. Stay safe DUers

This is huge :grouphug:

[thewiseguy]

44. Oh my god I will never see something like this in my life...Oh my god...

[uppityperson]

45. cars/trucks pulling over

[uppityperson]

46. will go by airport

[thewiseguy]

47. Houses flattened in Hueytown

[thewiseguy]

48. There are buildings that are missing according to the guy in Tuscaloosa...entire shops, restaurants

[TK421]

49. I'm guessing this was a large, violent tornado n/t

[thewiseguy]

50. I think this was a F5 tornado that just hit the two major cities in Alabama...

[uppityperson]

51. I'd go with f5. It keeps going and going and going and going.

[thewiseguy]

52. They can not even talk damage since this keeps going

[uppityperson]

53. another wall cloud passing BIrmingham? Secondary, may or may not tornado. fuck

[uppityperson]

54. Birmingham airport ok, passed to north of it.

[thewiseguy]

55. Hueytown and those communities north and west of Birmingham got the worst of this

I am wondering what may have happened there.

[defendandprotect]

56. k

[thewiseguy]

57. Kudos to the weatherman...

[Bosonic]

58. Screencap of damage in Tuscaloosa

[thewiseguy]

59. Receipts and other debris from Tuscaloosa are falling 90 miles away in Birmingham...

[av8rdave]

60. My son just talked with his friends at the university

Folks on campus are all OK. Downtown, 15th/McFarland area got hit pretty badly.

[thewiseguy]

61. Damage from Tornado in Birmingham

[GliderGuider]

62. Jesus. H. Christ... nt

[maddezmom]

63. OMG...

so sad for everyone. :(

[thewiseguy]

64. Jefferson County EMA: Numerous fatalities in Pleasant grove Birmingham

[pinstikfartherin]

65. Talked to a friend in Tuscaloosa...

She states where she is that the damage is horrible. They took cover in their pantry. We couldn't get in touch with her for a while, but thank goodness she is alright.