December 16, 2019 Live Severe Weather Coverage

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December 16, 2019 Live Severe Weather Coverage - ABC 33/40

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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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@manda60 3 жыл бұрын

Today is Jan 7, 2021. James' professionalism and calm voice is what we need on a day like today.

@ThatOneHockeyDude 2 жыл бұрын

Aug 14,2022 for me

@Chironex_Fleckeri 4 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.

@youthanasia8767 4 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.

@janblackman6204 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you from Vinemont

@excitedpatsfanwx681 3 жыл бұрын

The power was out from the first round of storms that had came through that morning

@stacysmom3825 4 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

@thecitizen6860 4 жыл бұрын

So as so.eone who loves weather.... this happend on my birthday. I was glued to the tv all day.

@tracyfrederick5606 3 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.

@TheJingles007 4 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.

@mikebridges7294 3 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.

@weatherdude5129 4 жыл бұрын

I was watching from South Dakota on the weather channel

@localhamiltrash 3 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!

@bkriegel95 4 жыл бұрын

Was watching this live from Minnesota. The imagery on Radar Scope looked very scary.

@AnythingGoes69 4 жыл бұрын

I was watching it too, I was watching the large tornado over The town of Columbia

@supertornadogun1690 4 жыл бұрын

Literally was doing the exact same thing.

@jadenebacher9365 4 жыл бұрын

Actually same

@mikebridges7294 3 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.

@sarjim4381 4 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.

@thetechiesworld 4 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.

@sarjim4381 4 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.

@Anubis424242 4 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.

@plazmatter 4 жыл бұрын

The legend

@jimbograves1576 4 жыл бұрын

James actually lived in Demopolis in the late 80's & early 90's. He owned the local radio station there.

@matthewjames2015 4 жыл бұрын

Watching from Tulsa, Oklahoma!

@ThatOneHockeyDude 2 жыл бұрын

8:38 I like how they get a notification during a weather coverage lol

@richardddecker656 2 жыл бұрын

Greensboro? Reminds me of that EF 5

@chriscampbell6453 4 жыл бұрын

I was watching from Tennessee

@brandonbaril4516 4 жыл бұрын

ChrisTheONE1 Franklin, TN here.

@chriscampbell6453 3 жыл бұрын

Claiborne county TN

@tffurry2862 3 жыл бұрын

Jackson TN here

@dewaynestandridge 4 жыл бұрын

I was watching from Arkansas

@guywilliams5687 3 жыл бұрын

27:44 *even if your old as dirt like me lol*

@joshgalka9414 4 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@CentralILWx 4 жыл бұрын

I am watching from Illinois

@christophermusso 4 жыл бұрын

Also watching from IL (Belleville)

@dougbadgley6031 4 жыл бұрын

Central Indiana here.

@TheJingles007 4 жыл бұрын

Minneapolis here

@kodymcpheron5619 4 жыл бұрын

Southern Illinois here!

@StormChasersofOhio 4 жыл бұрын

Give storm chasers night vision goggles

@carriemoorehead3973 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I just mentioned it in the comments it will help them out a lot

@brvfd822 3 жыл бұрын

The lightning would be blinding.

@alexgilbert2786 2 жыл бұрын

Well done

@stormygal8296 3 жыл бұрын

A shot for every time he says BIBB county, lol!!

@shanewarne9700 3 жыл бұрын

Wait was this guy from the APRIL 27 2011 TORNADO??!!

@killersopinion1829 3 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! 👍🇺🇸⚜⚜⚜

@mottar524n 3 жыл бұрын

@Killer's Opinion: What time stamp did you hear that?

@killersopinion1829 3 жыл бұрын

@@mottar524n Edited to include timestamps & fixed the verbiage on a couple of quotes.

@kjbeautifulcemeteries2095 3 жыл бұрын

idk i love listening to James 😊😊😊😊👍👍

@Einlanzer83 4 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

@peachxtaehyung 4 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

@peachxtaehyung 4 жыл бұрын

Oh and also he was looking for a damage path mostly so of course he would be heading away from the tornado

@GravyHucker 3 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.

@carriemoorehead3973 3 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??

@justie1220 3 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.

@excitedpatsfanwx681 3 жыл бұрын

That and it wouldn’t help the meteorologists on tv

@johannsantiago6801 3 жыл бұрын

I dont remember this?

@Braylon_sweat 3 жыл бұрын

We had one on the same day 2019 in Alexandria Louisiana, EF3

@Dcwest0616-the-best-on-youtube 4 жыл бұрын

and it’s fricking december.......

@spannwx 4 жыл бұрын

Dcwest 0616 December is the core of the late fall/early winter tornado season in Alabama.

@TheJingles007 4 жыл бұрын

Brian Peters always wants to help but has no filter for irrelevant information lol

@ricomalone1144 2 жыл бұрын

He always giving out relevant info. Where are your from?

@keithubert5227 4 жыл бұрын

@donaldthomason4588 4 жыл бұрын

This chaser sucks, James has to tell him where to go. Keep up the great work James!

@peachxtaehyung 4 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...

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@oma2635 3 жыл бұрын

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