Saragossa F3 Tornado Coverage ABC 33/40 - 11/10/2002

[@EquusStorm]

Had been very interested in weather since Hurricane Opal in 1995, but this terrifying night fully cemented it. I was about about a mile south of the Carbon Hill F3, and just north of the Saragossa F3. Lots of family and family friends lost their homes, with several fatalities very close to home. I live on a plot of land hit by the Saragossa F3 now and see its impacts on a daily basis even this many years later. Lots of random tin, pots and pans, utensils, etc. still scattered through the woods from homes obliterated by the storm a few doors down.

[@orangejoe204]

Spann the Man, doin what he do. Suspenders of Power activated.

[@GravyHucker]

What if I told you Spann gives the Suspenders power?

[@ShamarDavis2017]

Thank you for uploading this video.

[@pfair03]

Man John Oleshoe is a G he’s been spotting for a hot minute

[@Ally_Rayne6]

Reminds me of the 1998 Tioga/Broome/Delaware Counties Tornado on May 31st. Was rated anywhere from an F-0 to F-3 tracked almost 63 miles!

[@aaronspringborn34]

Also James, over all the years in the ABC 33/40 region what towns and cities who unfortunately who got hit by the most tornadoes?

[@AshtainOneal45]

Mostly Tuscaloosa and Jefferson counties

[@jordensharp36]

Hwy 69 Corridor Cullman county

[@MarksKicksOnRoute66]

Interesting how he let his counterparts do much more coverage back then.

[@jamesgentry13]

So Carbon Hill got hit TWICE?

[@AshtainOneal45]

It hit a small community called Kansas which is between Carbon Hill and Eldridge.

[@aaronspringborn34]

Question in general how often to mutiple tornadoes hit the same town on the same day?

[@jamessimms415]

Aaron Springborn Cordova for one in Apr 2011

[@ILoveOldTWC]

This is NOT a high shear/low cape event, like others that time of year can be.

[@fgossage]

Right. Evening soundings from Birmingham and Jackson observed CAPE values of 2500-3000 j/kg that evening. If anything, it was the low-level shear that could've been just a little stronger. It was still high for sure, but had low-level helicity values been 100-150 m2/s2 higher, we may have been talking about tornadoes above F3 intensity in Mississippi and Alabama that evening.

[@lennyven9938]

I remember this, I was only 6 years old then

[@mitchlee7478]

I was 2.

[@vibrantgleam]

@@mitchlee7478 I wasn't even born

[@christinajones9584]

i take weather serious but i see ppl standing out in bad storms or they run from them or they dont take the warnings serious

[@stevejrshade3426]

There are many who panic, and also many who assume oh I'm fast enough I know what I'm doing, when little do they realize it can change speed and direction and shift its track without warning. You definitely want to locate the southwest flank of the storm if your chasing although

[@lukebaer3099]

32:40 they couldn't help out a little if there are people hurt instead of just film?

[@DeAngeloStevens]

I was 13 in 2002

[@thatrideboisecret9873]

0:01 "and was the longest track tornado in Alabama (72.6 miles)." The fact that when this was uploaded it was still wrong is hilarious to me.

[@thatrideboisecret9873]

For the record, this was uploaded in 2015. The longest track Alabama tornado is actually now Hackleburg, with a track of 132 miles.