Severe Weather - Week of May 22 Sunday thru Thursday

[vbhoutex]

Flight http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live ... am=stream3

Some property looks as if it was unearthed

I would rate the damage in Joplin worse than in Tusca.

I must agree that at least the areas that are being broadcast from are at least as bad as if not worse than Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. Not into comparisons here, just trying to wrap my head around it all again. The weather this year continues to be bizarre imo. As I told my wife, I wonder what is to come next? And I don't even want to think about the possibilities for tomorrow.

[Tireman4]

Flight http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live ... am=stream3

Some property looks as if it was unearthed

I would rate the damage in Joplin worse than in Tusca.

I must agree that at least the areas that are being broadcast from are at least as bad as if not worse than Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. Not into comparisons here, just trying to wrap my head around it all again. The weather this year continues to be bizarre imo. As I told my wife, I wonder what is to come next? And I don't even want to think about the possibilities for tomorrow.

Neither do I. Neither do I. Sigh.

[CrazyC83]

I don't even want to think but I have to about some of the nightmare scenarios, like an EF5 tornado hitting the downtown of a major city at the height of rush hour...

[Tireman4]

I don't even want to think but I have to about some of the nightmare scenarios, like an EF5 tornado hitting the downtown of a major city at the height of rush hour...

Good gosh I hope not.

[Bunkertor]

Flight http://www.cnn.com*********hLive/live.h ... am=stream3 has ended

Some property looks as if it was unearthed

I would rate the damage in Joplin worse than in Tusca.

I must agree that at least the areas that are being broadcast from are at least as bad as if not worse than Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. Not into comparisons here, just trying to wrap my head around it all again. The weather this year continues to be bizarre imo. As I told my wife, I wonder what is to come next? And I don't even want to think about the possibilities for tomorrow.

I can remember of the time around 1999. People back then questioned when a major city will be struck again. Astonishingly a City in Germany had an answer. Now after Parkersburg, Greensburg, Tusca, Joplin, and another town i forgot, it seems terror has gathered pace.

[bvigal]

So why would people stay in a walmart store and die when the siren was blasting for 15 minutes?

[CrazyC83]

So why would people stay in a walmart store and die when the siren was blasting for 15 minutes?

Many probably believed it was a false alarm. It was only a radar-indicated tornado until about 5 minutes before it hit and was fairly weak until just before entering the city.

[bvigal]

So why would people stay in a walmart store and die when the siren was blasting for 15 minutes?

Many probably believed it was a false alarm. It was only a radar-indicated tornado until about 5 minutes before it hit and was fairly weak until just before entering the city.

sad.

[bvigal]

so... did anyone figure out where to find the tornado warning that was issued?

[Bunkertor]

It was a typical Sunday night at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri -- until a killer tornado slammed into it. Afterward, patient X-rays were found 70 miles away ( CNN )

That reminds me of a flag from a OK Golf-Club that had been carried a similar distance ´99.

[srainhoutx]

so... did anyone figure out where to find the tornado warning that was issued?

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
517 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
 
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.
 
* AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR RIVERTON...OR 4 MILES NORTH OF BAXTER SPRINGS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BAXTER SPRINGS...CLIFF VILLAGE...DENNIS
  ACRES...DIAMOND...DUENWEG...DUQUESNE...FIDELITY...GALENA...IRON
  GATES...JOPLIN...LEAWOOD...LOWELL...REDINGS MILL...RIVERTON...
  SAGINAW...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...SHOAL CREEK ESTATES...SHOAL CREEK
  ESTATE AND SILVER CREEK.
 
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 13 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THIS TORNADO.



[CrazyC83]

so... did anyone figure out where to find the tornado warning that was issued?

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
517 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
 
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.
 
* AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR RIVERTON...OR 4 MILES NORTH OF BAXTER SPRINGS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BAXTER SPRINGS...CLIFF VILLAGE...DENNIS
  ACRES...DIAMOND...DUENWEG...DUQUESNE...FIDELITY...GALENA...IRON
  GATES...JOPLIN...LEAWOOD...LOWELL...REDINGS MILL...RIVERTON...
  SAGINAW...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...SHOAL CREEK ESTATES...SHOAL CREEK
  ESTATE AND SILVER CREEK.
 
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 13 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THIS TORNADO.



It appeared to first touch down around 5:35 pm, and was fairly weak until about 5:40, just before it hit the city. It was too late to issue a Tornado Emergency, as the first warning that had a confirmed touch down was when it was already in Joplin.

[Dave]

Found this one too srainhoutx

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073   
WFUS53 KSGF 222209 
TORSGF 
MOC097-222300- 
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0030.110522T2209Z-110522T2300Z/ 
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 
509 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A 
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... 
  WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... 
 
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT. 
 
* AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF CARL JUNCTION...OR 6 MILES EAST OF     
COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF   
PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...ASBURY...ATLAS... 
  BROOKLYN HEIGHTS...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...LAKESIDE...NECK 
  CITY...NORTHEASTERN JOPLIN...OAKLAND PARK...ORONOGO...PURCELL... 
  WACO AND WEBB CITY. 
 
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 18 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY 
THIS TORNADO. 
 
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE   
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE. 
 

http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KSGF/1105222209.wfus53.html

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
158 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 157 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 24 MILES WEST OF
RAVENDEN...OR 34 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE CHARLES STATE PARK...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POCAHONTAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH.

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
147 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHERN OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTH CENTRAL SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT.

* AT 145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF BRANDSVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST
PLAINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ALTON...BRANDSVILLE...GREER...
KOSHKONONG...ROVER...THOMASVILLE...WILDERNESS AND WINONA.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

[CrazyC83]

CNN: at least a high-end EF4, still surveying - may have been EF5

[Bunkertor]

btw.: Why are there so few videos of the Joplin Tornado ?

[srainhoutx]

Found this one too srainhoutx

Here's another later statement Dave...

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
542 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

MOC097-222300-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110522T2300Z/
JASPER MO-
542 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
JASPER COUNTY...

...A TORNADO WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FOR NORTHERN
NEWTON...SOUTHEAST CHEROKEE COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTIES...

AT 538 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
JOPLIN...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GALENA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...ATLAS...BROOKLYN
HEIGHTS...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...LAKESIDE...NECK CITY...
NORTHEASTERN JOPLIN...OAKLAND PARK...ORONOGO...PURCELL AND WEBB CITY.

INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 18 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THIS TORNADO.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.




[Dave]

Found this one too srainhoutx

Here's another later statement Dave...

Got it Steve....got active tornado warnings again as seen above & thunderstorms working their way into Indiana now. Looks like I'm going to be busy this evening.

[Dave]

RANDOLPH AR-LAWRENCE AR-
222 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...

AT 222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELEVEN POINT...OR
20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLACK ROCK...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POCAHONTAS...
ELM STORE...ELEVEN POINT...WARM SPRINGS...MIDDLEBROOK...BRAKEBILL...
INGRAM...HAMIL...ELKINS PARK...STOKES...BROCKETT...ENGELERG...BIRDELL
AND SHARUM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH.