gotta love the FMJ reference at 1:33:08

These meteorologists deserve Emmy’s for this coverage. Legendary. 🫡👍🏼

Whatever profession you want to do, kids, approach it with as much passion and toughness as Mr Spann, and you’ll be alright.

3:33:00 - 4:11:00 was when the Rainsville EF5 occurred, ripping through a good portion of Northeast Alabama into Georgia and causing 25 deaths, yet there clearly wasn’t word about that tornado occurring. The radar near Rainsville was down, causing inaccurate data, and was overshadowed by the Birmingham tornado.

3:01:15 I wonder how many calls James Spann got from principals that day? I would imagine not a lot because they knew they would get chewed out by the Master. Spann and Gary England in OKC are weather gods (small g).

One Word:: Taylor

28:36 it down on the ground

Props to that Ford logo for staying there

They make a scale based on damage and say this isnt f5. System is flawed

As a huge size of hail that is falling and destroying your trees in your pool water bouncy

Pensacola hit code red around 11:00 pm I remember stepping out into the wind from a hotel thinking holy shit ! Changed the whole look of the area. You could see a mile into the woods from the tree damage

Jason did a fantastic job because that morning storm was no joke at all.

2:34:42. The Dead Man has just walked into Tuscaloosa. I remember watching this stream live and at that point when Jason said Multiple Vortex Tornado. First thing that came to my mind was Jarrell.

First tornado in cullman starts at 27:58

4:07:15 when he says this, you know you're cooked

when i heard of tornadoes in bama on this day media reports said little to nothing in regards to Bama being ravaged….and ravaged…and ravaged. The focus was on University. THIS should have been TELEVISED on ALL CHANNELS nationwide. I GUARANTEE that, no matter WHAT stations were airing…THIS would have gotten better ratings AND THE NATION would have been in COMPLETE COLLECTIVE READINESS to ASSIST in ANY WAY we could have ASAP in ALL AFFECTED STATES. I have refererred MANY people, friends, family, coworkers…all GOOD PEOPLE and REAL AMERICANS to this video…this event…and most…im talking about DOZENS OF GOOD AMERICANS that were ADULTS when this happened….and they DIDNT EVEN KNOW THIS HAPPENED. its time to get REAL AMERICANS to CONTROL OUR MEDIA and EVERYONE IVE TALKED TO AGREES.

I love Spann. He is an amazing meteorologist, and I believe he's an amazing man too. Why would anyone hate him? He reads these so comically though. This man has saved countless lives too, earning my respect forever.

Something about the way he will kneel on the ground to show the audience the exact details just goes to show how dedicated he is to the job

Watching this in 2024. When I was a kid(in the 70s) my dad was the weather alert system. The warnings wouldn’t come until after the tornado was already past. When the weather was bad, dad would keep an eye on the skies and tell us when to go to the basement. We have come so far…

i sleep to this video on regular basis

13 years later and I still can't believe this was real

Tornados are fascinating and horrifying at the same time.

Every 40 years. In 2011 it happened again in less than 30 days.

20 YEARS THIS SEPTEMBER 16TH 2024

0:24 imagine every hailstone at that moment was 10 inches across

I LIVE IN COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI WE DIDN'T HAVE NO TORNADO JUST HEAVY RAIN THAT DAY

James Spann cant tell you where every single plug wall outlet is in Alabama.

Who’s here due to hurricane beryl

James Spann does not express a lot of emotion but when you hear him say "are you kidding me?" or "mmm" in response to something, that means it's bad

James Spann: "tornado emergency for Cullman County'' the last thing James Spann wanna to say.

4:36:47, who named that town 💀💀💀

I really didn't like their radar at the time of this outbreak. I was comparing the tornado paths with the radar velocity. They have nicely updated it since.

THE GIANT WASN’T THIRSTY WAS HE CHILDREN NO

THE GIANT WASN’T THIRSTY WAS HE CHILDREN NO

THE GIANT WASN’T THIRSTY WAS HE CHILDREN NO

THE GIANT WASN’T THIRSTY WAS HE CHILDREN NO

THE GIANT WASN’T THIRSTY WAS HE CHILDREN NO

That Reform tornado around the 42-43 minute mark followed a similar track to the Cordova EF4 on April 27th, 2011

First!!!!.!

People like to give the weatherman's job a bad wrap. I can tell you. It is so hard to perfectly predict the weather. James is one of the greats simply because of how good of a man he is and how much he cares for the community of Alabama. I know he felt bad for the gridlock that these people were suffering through.

3:01:10 At this moment, James Spann gives one of the best one-liners in the history of weather broadcasting. He's willing to take the heat from principals and teachers if their kids aren't at school. What I love about James Spann is that his one goal is to keep people safe. He did it the best he could on 4/27/2011, and I know he was deeply saddened about those who lost their lives that day. He is a true hero, and one of the greatest meteorologists of all time.

Start at 26:45 At 3:40 p.m. CDT, the Reform/Fayette Tornado would touch down about 1 mile west of the center Reform, AL (technically in city limits). This long-tracked tornado would be on the ground for over 1 hour. Strongest damage was in NW part of Reform, AL, on 4th Avenue NW and also on 9th Avenue NW. Rating: EF2 Max Winds: 115 mph Width: 600 yards Total Miles: 31 miles (1 hour 6 minutes) Average Speed: 28 mph Counties: Pickens/Lamar/Fayette Counties Start: 0.8 mile West of Reform, AL. Just E of the 7th Avenue SW & 11th Avenue SW intersection or West of Elementary School. End: 6 miles E/SE of Bluff, AL, at 4:46 p.m. CDT. Just W/SW of U.S. Hwy 43 & Housh Chapel Road intersection.

Jason Simpson is VERY good. He is experienced and knowledgeable.

Is spann retired

This event underperformed on what was predicted for a HIGH Risk. There would be no more tornadoes in the viewing area after they went back to regular programing after the 8:35p.m. update. The highest rated Tornado in the viewing area was EF2 (Chilton, CO) Regarding overnight and next day...no tornadoes touched down in the viewing area. Most activity remained to the SE part of Alabama.

Jesus Christ Died for all yalls sins believe in him and you will be saved (not forcing my beliefs just sharing the love of God) 🙏❤️

2:06:46 I am just completely baffled look at the STI (Significant Tornado Index) 17.5

I like storms and somewhat severe thunderstorms but I really do hate Storms at night, it may be cool seeing the lightning but still scares me. couple days ago, we had a Tornado Warning that was 6 miles from my location, all we had was strong winds and loud thunder

I live in Nebraska and I was watching this on the weather channel omg just seeing the size of that tornado that hit the university of Alabama is still just chilling in 2024! I hope this weather men got awards for their coverage of this tornado outbreak!

I could hardly watch this; when she sang Amazing grace there at the end, I just broke down, crying like a baby. This special with James Spann? This right here? Touched my soul in ways that I will never know or comprehend even to this day.