Looks like one went through my hometown in W KY.
Looks like one went through my hometown in W KY.
About to get bad around memphis.
Kentucky and Illinois getting hit hard. A tornado took out an Amazon Warehouse. up to 100 trapped in Illinois.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg_Lover
Yes, they showed a little video of the warehouse on Memphis station a while ago. As you said, it?s gotten bad in Memphis. There is a tornado inside the loop over the Liberty Bowl, moving towards Bartlett, Lakeland, & Arlington.Quote:
Originally Posted by parabrave
Hey SVD check your radar for Paducah Ft Campbell areas. Think the storms took out their Nexrad.
There are 3 or 4 areas of rotation, possibly on the ground, but not confirmed yet. 2 in north city, 2 in center area, & 1 in Germantown. Geez.
I meant 1 in northern area around Frazier.
Hey DLover1 can you check your radar on that line north of Jonesboro Look like some Bows are developing.
Supposedly, the sirens were going on and off like crazy in Memphis for a little bit there.
Big thunder storm in Southaven, NOW
How is everyone around the memphis area?
What I know so far, per WMC-TV in Memphis:
* No damage reported, in Memphis, yet, before the station stopped continuous weather broadcast about 1:30am.
* Did say besides tornadoes, there were indicators of strong straight line winds in different areas, including Memphis midtown, Whitehaven, & Southaven.
* So far, 5 fatalities confirmed in their viewing area. Specifically NE AR (Poinsett & Crittenden counties) and W TN (Dyer & Obion counties).
* Two nursing homes hit in NE AR, 1 in Monette & 1 in Trumann, with 1 fatality confirmed in Monette.
* Practically speaking, the Amazon warehouse, across the river from St Louis, was destroyed.
* The tornado that began near Searcy, AR, around 4 or 5 pm, was still going long after midnight CT between Louisville & Paducah, a track of over 350 miles. That will be interesting to see if that is, in fact, confirmed later.
* There was extensive damage in the MO boot heel, around Caruthersville & Hayti.
* Storms are now moving into ad across Desoto county, but weather guy did say they were not seeing any rotation yet. Yay, I will take it.
* I fear the daylight will bring a lot of bad and sad news.
Dam there is a bad cell SW and NW of Nashville heading for it/
Bowling Green got hit real hard.
The My Radar app says 3 different area counties are under a tornado warning until 3:15 CT.Quote:
Originally Posted by parabrave
Nashville about to get a direct hit. People are still on the main drag.
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Originally Posted by parabrave
Hopefully they get enough prior warning. Otherwise it is a recipe for disaster.
Man they are going to get hit hard from Downtown to northern part along HWY 70. Can get Debris return on NWS radar
Phone bulletin from the Weather Channel: "Kentucky governor says up to 100 killed after tornadoes rip through the south, midwest." No idea what his source is. Earlier he'd said up to 50, so he must be getting some really bad reports coming in.
The 50 is from one factory that took a direct hit. I think the 100 is preliminary for his state total. What happened last night will go down in history books. More then likely the record for the longest a tornado has been on the ground surpassing tri state tornado. The pictures that will start coming out this morning will be heart breaking.Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketDawg
I saw one picture, I think from Mayfield, that had a picture in the background with the bark off the tree. That's EF-5 damage if I recall correctly.
Weather Channel guy this morning said the radar was the worst he'd seen, with a difference of 280 mph between inbound/outbound readings.
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Originally Posted by Bass Chaser
Was your hometown hit, and are your family and friends alright? Hopefully it was not Mayfield. The pictures of that area make me think of Joplin, MO, years ago.
God help all affected by the storms last night and those ongoing today.
An EF-4 can strip bark from a tree but either way this was an exceptionally violent and long lived storm. I expect it to end up a 5 but that'll be up to the survey teams. It will probably get a prelim rating of a 3 with the caveat the surveys are still ongoing.Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketDawg
At 227 miles long it will be confirmed as the longest tracking on ground tornado in US history.Quote:
Originally Posted by starkvegasdawg
They'll have to confirm it was on the ground that entire time. There's been a little discussion it may have actually been two tornadoes. The first one lifted and then the storm cycled and dropped another one very soon afterwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by 99jc
Sadly the death total is looking north of 100 lives. Don't know the record on that. I can't imagine survivors suffering family member losses. Unimaginable. God Help Them All.Quote:
Originally Posted by 99jc
Especially at this time of year.Quote:
Originally Posted by OLJWales
It is Mayfield. As far as I can learn family and friends are OK. I know of one guy in my high school graduating class that was killed. Thanks for asking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg_Lover
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Originally Posted by Bass Chaser
So sorry for the devastation and loss, in your hometown of Mayfield, glad to hear your family and friends are okay.
Thank you!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg_Lover
Praying for all those affected! Hoping your family and friends are ok!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bass Chaser
Memphis did have trees down on power lines & houses. Sadly, one lady was killed when a tree went down across her home.
Thanks CC!Quote:
Originally Posted by Commercecomet24
You're welcome! I remember all to well the Easter tornadoes 2020 here in Jones county that devastated the western part of the county. It's heartbreaking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bass Chaser
One thing that's interesting to me is that the winds were blowing out of the southwest before the outbreak. Here in DFW that would mean dry air blowing in from the desert, which isn't conducive to forming tornadoes. Obviously though there was still plenty of moisture in place in that part of the country to allow a severe tornado outbreak.
Also, I read a story a little while ago from 2018 that said that a new tornado alley was forming in that exact part of the country, and the tornadoes were lasting longer and happening at night, which is exactly what happened last night. It said the center of this increasing tornadic activity was Memphis.
I continue to be interested in how much the Mississippi River affects these storms.
My hometown is not far from where the Ohio and Mississippi River connect. You also have the Tennessee River to the south.
Zero effect. The dynamics that create and feed these storms are on a much larger scale than what a river could ever manipulate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bass Chaser
Back in the 70's Ohio and KY were getting some of the worst outbreak in history.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joebob
The main thing was the high and mid level winds that were causing the instability. Friday morning they were showing the winds at 150 and 200 FL over Arkansas. I can't remember what they were but the forecaster was saying that we would see some high EF Tornados. SVD and Scooba and the new guy can explain this factor better.Quote:
Originally Posted by starkvegasdawg
To get tornadoes you have to have sufficient instability to produce the thunderstorms and sufficient persistent shear to produce sustained strong updrafts. Also need it in the correct ratios. Too much instability and not enough shear and you end up with a rainy mess. Too much shear and the storms just rip themselves apart. Also, typically need a low level jet coming in at the right angle to help produce the discrete supercells. Get too many storms in one area and they disrupt each other's inflow and outflow as well as compete for available instability and moisture. Instead of being discrete they end up forming a squall line.