Live severe weather coverage for Alabama with James Spann, Taylor Sarallo, and Brian Peters. At least six tornadoes touched down during this event with two fatalities and a number of injuries.
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@manda603 жыл бұрын
Today is Jan 7, 2021. James' professionalism and calm voice is what we need on a day like today.
@ThatOneHockeyDude2 жыл бұрын
Aug 14,2022 for me
@Chironex_Fleckeri4 жыл бұрын
Had a tornado in OH tonight. I've been watching James Spann broadcasts for the past few days, so I knew exactly what to do! Got my helmet, got my boots on, got my whistle, and got into cover as soon as the warning went up.
@youthanasia87674 жыл бұрын
I’m always following strong looking storms on RadarScope from my house in Florida to see if any show rotation. If I see any storm in or near Alabama I’m immediately looking for Sir James coverage. He is a boss and legend. I’ve rewatched that awful outbreak coverage he did in April 2011(Jason too can’t forget him. He was in studio for a day straight helping) Dude was on top of every incoming storm two to three tornados on the ground at a time. It might have been a struggle with that area getting hit the day before and power outages already all over Alabama, but James was like a tornado air traffic controller owning them like a boss. Since that day I became a huge fan of his, and have a new appreciation of weather and fascination with tornados and the coverage. You have a friend, and fan in Florida. I wish you would be my local weatherman in Tampa for hurricane coverage! Bless you Sir.
@janblackman62043 жыл бұрын
Thank you from Vinemont
@excitedpatsfanwx6813 жыл бұрын
The power was out from the first round of storms that had came through that morning
@thecitizen68604 жыл бұрын
So as so.eone who loves weather.... this happend on my birthday. I was glued to the tv all day.
@stacysmom38254 жыл бұрын
It’s 10:40pm, I have a big assignment due at 11:59pm, and I have barley started it, and I am watching this
@TheJingles0074 жыл бұрын
I know I'm not alone in this, but after seeing what happened April 27th, 2011, knowing that improvements were implemented like community storm shelters makes me so happy. And it seeming like the vast majority of communities have them, which is awesome.
@mikebridges72943 жыл бұрын
Way back in the 60s and 70s I can remember as a kid, sitting in Community Storm Shelters (often) in Oklahoma during tornado warnings, and I have no idea if this is still correct (of course during this pandemic there are different rules) however, the shelters were in local Libraries and even some Fire Stations. Even once this pandemic passes, a return to usage of existing Community Shelters will certainly be slow at best. Saying that, it behooves us all to become mates with people who have personal Tornado Shelters or, at the very least have basements or even in a dire situation.... root cellars that are made in the side of a natural slope and have a strong, lockable door (I remember spending some time in those during tornado warnings when we lived in the Country). In our early years of our marriage (early '80s), my ex and I lived in a couple of different mobile homes...as did my mother....and the last place a person wants to be in during a tornado emergency is a mobile home. THANKFULLY, we lived those early years in a part of Oklahoma (far Eastern part) that wasn't prone to tornadoes like other parts like Southwestern, Central to Northeastern of the State....especially the area in the infamous Tornado Alley.
@bkriegel954 жыл бұрын
Was watching this live from Minnesota. The imagery on Radar Scope looked very scary.
@AnythingGoes694 жыл бұрын
I was watching it too, I was watching the large tornado over The town of Columbia
@supertornadogun16904 жыл бұрын
Literally was doing the exact same thing.
@jadenebacher93654 жыл бұрын
Actually same
@sarjim43814 жыл бұрын
How does James know the names of every road, crossroad community, and church? It's like he's lived everywhere in W and central Alabama. I live in Barbour county and, thankfully for us, this was an event that affect mostly that corridor from Demopolis to Huntsville, the traditional dangerous tornado corridor.
@thetechiesworld4 жыл бұрын
James says he travels all the backroads when he goes to visit schools, which helps to learn the little local features of the communities which can be beneficial during tornado coverage. James has a very photographic memory for sure! Sadly, many meteorologists are not like James and do not travel outside of the imitate metro area or always take the major highways. I've seen some broadcasters struggle when tornadoes are over areas they don't know in their own market and they have to rely on the radar's street level mapping to assist them.
@sarjim43814 жыл бұрын
@@thetechiesworld It's amazing to watch him when there are multiple tornadoes and he reports on each one like his house is just down the street. Like James, I'm a ham radio operator, and I'm usually doing Skywarn storm spotter control, with hams reporting in from all over SE Alabama. There's no way I could do that without a detailed street level map open on one monitor.
@Anubis4242424 жыл бұрын
This is the reason that I watch his coverage all the time, even though I live in Michigan. At some point in my life, I would love to become a meteorologist just like James. If given the opportunity, I would want to do the job the same way he does. Even if I ended up being half as good as he is, that would be a success.
@plazmatter4 жыл бұрын
The legend
@jimbograves15764 жыл бұрын
James actually lived in Demopolis in the late 80's & early 90's. He owned the local radio station there.
@tracyfrederick56063 жыл бұрын
I was in that Brent Tornado. My grandparents were taking us to a restaurant there. We came up the road was full of debris. We picked up a girl and took her for help. Her mother was trapped in the house. It was terrifying. To this day the smell of fresh pine smells like tornado.
@localhamiltrash3 жыл бұрын
Today is May 3rd 2021, Im watching this after last night's events, knowing that James is trying to keep everybody in his veiwing area safe. As a 7th grader hoping to be a meteorologist, James is a role model to me. Keep on keeping on James!
@weatherdude51294 жыл бұрын
I was watching from South Dakota on the weather channel
@mikebridges72943 жыл бұрын
When lines of severe thunderstorms begin bowing (like during towards the end of this video), a gust front develops, and the more pronounced the bend (bow) the stronger the winds. I was watching a video last night involving a TV Station's Weather Center in Dallas that was monitoring severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in the Dallas Metro, and there was a long line of severe storms that had a wicked bow and on the radar you could actually see....in a light grainy green....a very strong gust front well ahead of the line of storms themselves. That was fascinating to see, and I'm not sure I have ever seen that before or, I just didn't pay attention as I was pretty used to severe Spring Weather whilst living in Oklahoma (where I was born and raised) and Missouri (pretty much where I lived throughout my 30s). It was Missouri where we encountered for the first and only time, softball sized hail!! The siding on one side (thankfully it was an end side that had a single window) of the house was obliterated with giant holes! The roof also took a beating (of course) and thankfully both vehicles were in the garage. That was extremely scary and we lived in a place that was nothing more than a little village in the Mark Twain National Forest, so there was no Tornado Siren, and based on the hail and the associated very high winds and how it looked as though everything not nailed down was being sucked in by a straight line wind, and the eventual debris that fell from the sky.....we were damn bloody close to a tornado!! One night during a massive lightening episode that I have never seen on that level before, with cloud to ground strikes all around, our TV antenna took a direct hit and even though we unplugged all of our appliances before going to bed, our Central A/C didn't fare as well, and the power surge knocked the A/C off and the heating came on! This was during a hot Summer night mind you lol. It of course destroyed our Heat Pump and, the almighty BOOOM that followed the strike nearly shook us out of bed!! The next sound we heard was the screams of our daughters as they ran down the hallway to our bedroom lmao.
@killersopinion18293 жыл бұрын
"Hangin' in there like a rusty fishhook." 31:08 "Tighter than a tick's backside." 38:35 "Hangin' in there like a hair on a biscuit." 54:25 "If you put a batting helmet on me, it's like...a cocktail dress on a hog." 1:09:40 This man speaks my language! 👍🇺🇸⚜⚜⚜
@mottar524n3 жыл бұрын
@Killer's Opinion: What time stamp did you hear that?
@killersopinion18293 жыл бұрын
@@mottar524n Edited to include timestamps & fixed the verbiage on a couple of quotes.
@matthewjames20154 жыл бұрын
Watching from Tulsa, Oklahoma!
@richardddecker6562 жыл бұрын
Greensboro? Reminds me of that EF 5
@ThatOneHockeyDude2 жыл бұрын
8:38 I like how they get a notification during a weather coverage lol
@chriscampbell64534 жыл бұрын
I was watching from Tennessee
@brandonbaril45164 жыл бұрын
ChrisTheONE1 Franklin, TN here.
@chriscampbell64533 жыл бұрын
Claiborne county TN
@tffurry28623 жыл бұрын
Jackson TN here
@stormygal82963 жыл бұрын
A shot for every time he says BIBB county, lol!!
@CentralILWx4 жыл бұрын
I am watching from Illinois
@christophermusso4 жыл бұрын
Also watching from IL (Belleville)
@dougbadgley60314 жыл бұрын
Central Indiana here.
@TheJingles0074 жыл бұрын
Minneapolis here
@kodymcpheron56194 жыл бұрын
Southern Illinois here!
@guywilliams56873 жыл бұрын
27:44 *even if your old as dirt like me lol*
@dewaynestandridge4 жыл бұрын
I was watching from Arkansas
@StormChasersofOhio4 жыл бұрын
Give storm chasers night vision goggles
@carriemoorehead39733 жыл бұрын
Yes I just mentioned it in the comments it will help them out a lot
@brvfd8223 жыл бұрын
The lightning would be blinding.
@shanewarne97003 жыл бұрын
Wait was this guy from the APRIL 27 2011 TORNADO??!!
@kjbeautifulcemeteries20953 жыл бұрын
idk i love listening to James 😊😊😊😊👍👍
@Einlanzer834 жыл бұрын
Brian Peters dropped the ball that time, went completely away from the tornado/tornado signature/broad rotation area. Rain wrapped, night tornadoes are definitely hard to identify but odd he went away from it, not sure why they kept his camera up
@peachxtaehyung4 жыл бұрын
It seems he isn't using a GPS or radar cuz he was using the cloud motion for if he's near the rotation or not so maybe that's the issue
@peachxtaehyung4 жыл бұрын
Oh and also he was looking for a damage path mostly so of course he would be heading away from the tornado
@GravyHucker3 жыл бұрын
He's done that a few times in his chasing. He missed a big tornado in 2021 as he was out doing the same thing, drove totally the wrong way. Was less than a half a mile when he moved to intercept and drove several miles in the wrong direction - even as James was urging him that he was going the wrong way!
@peachxtaehyung Жыл бұрын
@@GravyHucker which video was that on?
@GravyHucker Жыл бұрын
@@peachxtaehyung March 17, 2021 event that they had. Keep in mind I am not picking on Brian in any way - we all make mistakes and chasing is a high-pressure situation if you're not trying to comment and keep live footage to a news station. I wouldn't want that responsibility when I'm out there.
@Braylon_sweat3 жыл бұрын
We had one on the same day 2019 in Alexandria Louisiana, EF3
@carriemoorehead39733 жыл бұрын
I want to mention I think that for spotters that have to chase at night why don’t they have night vision glasses or camera 🎥 that will help them out something to consider??
@justie12203 жыл бұрын
Good idea, however the lightning would render the night vision goggles fairly useless, like when you first turn the lights on after being in a dark room and you can’t see for several seconds afterwords.
@excitedpatsfanwx6813 жыл бұрын
That and it wouldn’t help the meteorologists on tv
@johannsantiago68013 жыл бұрын
I dont remember this?
@joshgalka94144 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@alexgilbert27862 жыл бұрын
Well done
@TheJingles0074 жыл бұрын
Brian Peters always wants to help but has no filter for irrelevant information lol
@ricomalone11442 жыл бұрын
He always giving out relevant info. Where are your from?
@Dcwest0616-the-best-on-youtube4 жыл бұрын
and it’s fricking december.......
@spannwx4 жыл бұрын
Dcwest 0616 December is the core of the late fall/early winter tornado season in Alabama.
@donaldthomason45884 жыл бұрын
This chaser sucks, James has to tell him where to go. Keep up the great work James!
@peachxtaehyung4 жыл бұрын
This guy's been going for like 20 years! He has trained tens of thousands of spotters! James was wanting him to go to different spots to check for damage. He otherwise knows where he is going...