'Long night ahead': NWS forecaster tells local planners

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Dyersburg Emergency Operations Communications Director Mark Grant talks to city schools superintendent Lloyd Ramer and police chief Terry Ledbetter and Capt. Steve Isbell at the EOC teleconference on Thursday morning.

National Weather Service forecaster Andy Sniezak told city and county officials at teleconference on Thursday to "expect a long night."

The leading edge of the storm is expected to move into north Northwest Tennessee "about 3 p.m. until well into the night," said Sniezak.

Tornados are expected to form due to the instability caused by a warm front with temperatures rising from the low 70s to almost 80 degrees forecast running against a cold front.

"That combination means to expect all kinds of severe weather, including tornadoes," said Sniezak.

The teleconference was hosted at the Emergency Operations Center at 10:30 a.m. Dyersburg police, fire, street and sewer departments attended, as did city schools superintendent Lloyd Ramer.

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May God be with everyone of us tonight through these storms. I hope that all of you have a plan put together for your familys safety.

-- Posted by Fenderplayer78 on Thu, Apr 10, 2008, at 3:00 PM

Better hunker down!

-- Posted by Hogmom on Thu, Apr 10, 2008, at 8:19 PM

Looking at this picture the only thing that comes to mind is, "Snacks, we need lots of snacks since I am going to be in this building most of the night."

-- Posted by tellitlikeitis on Thu, Apr 10, 2008, at 10:38 PM

Well as i said yesterday, you can not forecast severe storms with any accurcy 12-24 hrs in advance, and it looks like the people in picture are well fed?

-- Posted by sid36us on Fri, Apr 11, 2008, at 5:32 AM

Once again, some of our fellow bloggers take the opportunity to make negative comments about a photo of some of our emergency personnel instead of looking at the simple fact that our officials were in the process of preparing for a night of possible tornadic weather that could have brought further devistation to this already hard hit community. Clearly, if they want to back up a truck full of Krispy Kreme, potato chips, hotdogs, etc., then by all means do so, but I'm darn happy someone is sitting in front of that radar and in direct contact with the NWC to push the warning button that, in turn, could save many lives.

-- Posted by humm on Sun, Apr 13, 2008, at 10:05 AM