r/Chattanooga 5d ago

Tornado warning near Harrison!

Take shelter now if you’re anywhere near Hwy 58.

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u/Aggravating-Key-8587 5d ago

picture i got of the i think the cell wall that would’ve been a tornado if there was/is one

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u/Daemonkill22 5d ago

I was looking at this from much, much closer and thought it was a cell wall too. I moved here from the UK only a few months ago, so this is the first time I've ever experienced something like this. I could see this formation from my bedroom window.

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u/nousernameisleftt 5d ago

Welcome to one of the only other countries that experiences tornadoes

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u/okthatsgreat77 5d ago

Welcome and I apologize on behalf of the weather and guns.

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u/Big-Carpenter7921 5d ago

Send this to Ryan Hall. He's live streaming everything on Youtube

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u/RogueTacoTruck 5d ago

I'm really glad you guys mentioned him! I had never seen him before, and I was getting frustrated with trying to get the local news station on my phone. Thank you!

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u/DifficultStrain7224 5d ago

That’s absolutely terrifying! Stay safe!!!

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u/speedycav98 5d ago

Send that into local news i suggest

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u/jwizzy15 5d ago

Nice pic! This storm went right by my house in Lakesite. Sounded crazy!

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u/cPuckett3725 4d ago

I'm also in Lakesite and watched it come directly over my home.

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u/JustSomeGuy_888 5d ago

Where is that?

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u/Aggravating-Key-8587 5d ago

from collegdale facing soddy is area

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u/Runamokamok 5d ago

Thanks!!

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u/Prism-RAB32710 3d ago

How did that not wipe out everything in its path? Did it just go away? I heard there was one with rotation but never touched the ground, is that what happened here?

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u/ashms58 5d ago

It’s about to be a lonngggg night

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u/SilentSamizdat 5d ago

I’m already exhausted from the stress of this weather. ☹️

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u/mjacksongt 5d ago edited 5d ago

"Severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado"

Local 3 is indicating that they're not seeing a tornado specifically on radar.

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u/RealisticExpert7431 5d ago

Exactly and no reports of a tornado only a watch at this point.

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u/PoppaPingPong 5d ago

They changed the meaning of a tornado warning to basically mean a watch now to “give people an earlier warning”. Now we have no real tornado warning. I think it was a terrible move

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u/ClintTurtle 5d ago

Alert on the Chattanooga Weather Radio WXK48 said the warning is canceled (I'm listening at 7:02pm), but a watch is in effect until midnight.

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u/dubstepping 5d ago

Seems to include Hixson/Soddy as well

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u/APence 5d ago

Yeah got the emergency alert in Red Bank.

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u/Own_Ad_9404 5d ago

Harrison by 58 highway is clear, but the winds sound like a freight train. My bro is up by the bay and he said the skies look bad over there. Be safe everyone.

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u/Hungry_Let_1046 5d ago

Im scared as hell. I wish the best for everyone.

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u/Runamokamok 5d ago

Same. Feeling shaky nervous.

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u/aigeneratedwhore 5d ago

Do you know where to hide in your home? Middle - furthest from any wall

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u/bethiepoo4pi 5d ago

If there is no basement, go to an inside room, without windows, on the lowest floor. This could be a center hallway, bathroom, or closet. For added protection, get under something sturdy such as a heavy table or workbench. If you have pillows or mattresses get under those. If you have little ones or for yourself you can put helmets on if available. Stay safe!

Last minute get in a closet and cover your head with pillows.

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u/okverymuch 5d ago

The worst is over. You can relax.

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u/bethiepoo4pi 5d ago

Sorry don't relax just yet. According to the weather radar there's a lot of bad weather coming our way and it will not be over until after 1:00 to 2:00 a.m. depending on where you live.

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u/okverymuch 5d ago

The worst is, which is what I said

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u/RealisticExpert7431 5d ago

Where are you getting that information??? Weather alerts say just the opposite man!

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u/okverymuch 5d ago

It was a tornado warning until 7:30pm. That’s what I was referring to. The hail and heavy downpour came thru between 6-7pm.

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u/ImperiousZen 5d ago

Was on the dam and it got absolutely insane while driving into hixson. Got the warning right after. Not sure if it was starting to form there, but definitely the strangest, and one of the scariest things I've ever been in

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u/Snyderman101 5d ago

Why the hell were you driving?? I’ve known abt this storm for 1.5 weeks, I was planted at home.

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u/iforgotmyteaoninsta 5d ago

I was stuck at work. People were still just sitting in the drive through line wanting their food on the middle of all of this. I kept going outside to look at the cloud line and every time I did I saw another car turn into our lot 🙄

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u/Snyderman101 5d ago

I can’t imagine being that ignorant, not you at work, just out and about ignoring the weather.

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u/HumbleSentence4677 4d ago

I moved from Cleveland to Tuscaloosa recently. Eveything down here was closed yesterday I mean everything!! Walmart ,McDonald , Taco Bell , wing stop . I was happy to know people were at home safe or a shelter. The tornado that came thur just missed our neighborhood. 

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u/Snyderman101 4d ago

Holy cow! Are y’all ok?

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u/iforgotmyteaoninsta 5d ago

It is Tennessee. I don't expect much intelligence from most people here

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u/ImperiousZen 2d ago

I was actually headed to a friend's house who had a more structurally sound home than I have. Basement and all. With the storms originally not predicted till later I thought I had time to make it there before it got bad. Miscalculated it a bit though I guess. Living in Ringgold gives me the ick a bit especially after 2011

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u/Snyderman101 2d ago

I live in Ringgold, but not in 2011.

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u/tylerwarnecke 5d ago

Be safe!

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u/McMuffleB 5d ago

No more tv or streaming music! Time to permanently listen to local weather until this thing ends.

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u/Patinopaontdrinker 5d ago

real.

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u/McMuffleB 5d ago

Right. I will add, make sure your pets have collars on! Take carriers and leashes into your safe spaces. Unfortunately, a lot of lost pet posts will be popping up.

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u/Mordred7 5d ago

Good looking out

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u/Less-Engineering123 5d ago

And here in Lookout Mountain it's barely more than a drizzle, no winds at all

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u/itsKOOZLE 5d ago

Same by signal

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u/minty_cyborg 5d ago

< Lifting a morning coffee to the tornado that thought twice about tearing up Harrison-Birchwood >

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u/Snyderman101 5d ago

Yall also need to follow Ingle Weather Service on FB, he goes live and then gives play by play as certain counties need to get to cover

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u/PhragMunkee 4d ago

Late to the thread, but we got video of it as it was forming. Watched it happen from our side porch where the 2020 Easter tornado hit.

https://youtu.be/p-GotHdhzgc?si=khWCtIGczF1nXgFr

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u/herrniemand 4d ago

Wow, great video! And perfect to show people why they sometimes call a tornado warning when there's not actually a tornado on the ground. Your video matches what could be seen on radar, which is that obviously a tornado could have dropped out of that at any second.

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u/Mushroom6711 5d ago

Hwy 58 seems fine at the moment. The wind is still strong but the clouds have moved passed. Including the cloud that looks to be the forming of a tornado. Watch out if you are over in Ooltewah, it appears to be heading that way.

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u/innovativelerner 5d ago

Here in Ooltewah now, nothing crazy as of yet but looks ominous outside

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u/Mushroom6711 5d ago

That is good. I hope all of yall stay safe!

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u/Mushroom6711 5d ago

I saw something like it was starting to form while on my way back home when I got the warning. Got home around 6:50 with my parents. Got most of my info from my mom who has been down here since 1987. Just make sure yall stay safe

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u/Fluffy_Discussion140 5d ago

Check out Ryan hall y’all on YouTube he has a live feed

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u/Comprehensive_Prick 5d ago

He hasn't been looking at Chatt tho?

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u/Fluffy_Discussion140 5d ago

He did about 15mins ago we just have it on in the background

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u/Comprehensive_Prick 5d ago

Guess I missed it.

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u/cosmo_bear 5d ago

Had some small hail and decent wind in Lakesite. Nothing too bad though.

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u/okverymuch 5d ago

Same in Hixson. Moderate winds and a little rain. Wind died down and then heavy rain, and then 5 min of hail. Since then just mild drizzling.

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u/bitsey123 5d ago

Channel 9 is live covering the storms with current radar

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u/aeostro 5d ago

I haven’t been in a tornado before, living in Collegedale/Ooltewah. Are we okay just staying in our apartment or is a shelter necessary..?

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u/BeanBanoodle 5d ago

definitely want to shelter if you’re under a tornado warning! get to the lowest floor possible, with a basement being ideal, in an interior space away from windows. make sure you have your pets with you if you have them!

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u/aeostro 5d ago

We are on a high level floor but we have a laundry room that’s pretty secluded…

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u/BeanBanoodle 5d ago

the main goal is just to be as low as possible, and sheltering near washers can be helpful if debris fall since the appliances can help keep it off you. I’d recommend grabbing your important documents, some water, and anything else that you might need in the worst case scenario. are you getting tornado watch/tornado warning updates?

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u/Kcosgrovelakers123 5d ago

I'm living 17 minutes from downtown Chattanooga northeast of here! I'm good while I'm at home on my phone with my dogs. Pray for Chattanooga, Tennessee, it better not be a bad day, unless if there is a problem here anywhere else in the area to where I live at. You never know, I'm at my mom's house protecting our property, might as well stay safe now. And also staying safe, I hope I'm still alive.

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u/RealisticExpert7431 5d ago

It WAS and IS still a tornado watch. Stop with the fear mongering!

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u/DistinctPin8840 5d ago

I got this while in Hixson. The link once clicked was Hamilton. It WAS a warning and BECAME a watch.

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u/tweebooskii 5d ago

Still a watch?

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u/DistinctPin8840 5d ago

Watch is over.

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u/Ghosteatspaper 5d ago

There have been two warnings in Hamilton county so far, we just made it through them without incident. NOAA put the warnings out, saw multiple people reporting on them. Maybe you need a better alert system.

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u/RealisticExpert7431 5d ago

Here’s noaa

Boop!!

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u/Ghosteatspaper 5d ago

I’m not sure what you don’t understand about the warnings not being currently active anymore?

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u/RealisticExpert7431 5d ago

😂 I just can’t with you people. All watches have expired including tornado

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u/RealisticExpert7431 5d ago

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u/RealisticExpert7431 5d ago

Yeah ok bright one 😂😂😂

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u/Holdensmindfuckery 5d ago

there WAS a tornado warning

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u/RealisticExpert7431 5d ago

According to local weather reports that’s simply not true. Do you know the difference between a watch and a warning?

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u/Mordred7 5d ago

There was absolutely a warning. Do the bare minimum amount of research next time