I plan on doing my dadgum best! 😃
First storm has fired SW of Little Rock. The event has begun.
Hey SVD ... are you chasing tonight? If so, stay safe out there!
The tornado watch has already been extended eastward, with the southeastern point being Tupelo, MS and extending NE through Nashville and beyond Louisville. It does not include any NW Alabama counties yet.
Dam Scooba. That's one hell of an update. Thx
Nasty storm near Jonesboro. Well defined hook and a tornado warning. It's moving toward the NE very rapidly.
From Little Rock to Cape Giardeau getting plastered. With a 2nd line developing behind that. Gonna be an eventful night for Jackson north
The storm that just went north of Leachville, AR, is a monster. If you have any family or friends in the path of this storm tell them to get to shelter now. This is a violent tornado.
Watching Ron Childers, NBC Memphis, and his radar was showing dark maroon for that area, which they said they had not seen that color storm in at least a couple of years. Just a minute later it was showing a white area within the maroon. Ron said it was because the storm intensity was so severe that the radar could not assimilate it. Wow!
Chasers on the storm reporting it has hit a nursing home. I'm hoping not a direct hit.
But yeah, it's pegging out radar values. The storm has had its own mesoscale discussion issues for it saying it is expected to remain on the ground for a considerable amount more time. It's in a perfect environment.
Nursing home update, per a Craighead County official. This is so far, as search & rescue is ongoing ....
2 Deceased
5 Major Injuries
20 Trapped in Basement
This includes Residents and/or Staff.
Now, it is being reported a nursing home, in Trumann, AR was hit, by a tornado, as well. And, as it crossed I-55, it tossed semis off the road. Hearing of catastrophic damage, in the MO boot heel, from possible EF4 or 5 tornadoes, but no confirmation on that yet.