Severe weather now looking likely Friday afternoon through Friday night

[Bass Chaser]

Looks like one went through my hometown in W KY.

[parabrave]

About to get bad around memphis.

[parabrave]

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.

Kentucky and Illinois getting hit hard. A tornado took out an Amazon Warehouse. up to 100 trapped in Illinois.

[Dawg_Lover]

Kentucky and Illinois getting hit hard. A tornado took out an Amazon Warehouse. up to 100 trapped in Illinois.

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.

[parabrave]

Hey SVD check your radar for Paducah Ft Campbell areas. Think the storms took out their Nexrad.

[Dawg_Lover]

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.

[Dawg_Lover]

I meant 1 in northern area around Frazier.

[parabrave]

Hey DLover1 can you check your radar on that line north of Jonesboro Look like some Bows are developing.

[defiantdog]

Supposedly, the sirens were going on and off like crazy in Memphis for a little bit there.

[Percho]

Big thunder storm in Southaven, NOW

[parabrave]

How is everyone around the memphis area?

[Dawg_Lover]

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.

[parabrave]

Dam there is a bad cell SW and NW of Nashville heading for it/

[parabrave]

Bowling Green got hit real hard.

[Dawg_Lover]

Dam there is a bad cell SW and NW of Nashville heading for it/

The My Radar app says 3 different area counties are under a tornado warning until 3:15 CT.

[parabrave]

Nashville about to get a direct hit. People are still on the main drag.

[Dawg_Lover]

Nashville about to get a direct hit. People are still on the main drag.

Hopefully they get enough prior warning. Otherwise it is a recipe for disaster.

[parabrave]

Man they are going to get hit hard from Downtown to northern part along HWY 70. Can get Debris return on NWS radar

[RocketDawg]

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.

[starkvegasdawg]

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.