Significant Severe Weather Outbreak Possible 04/26-30/2014

[Cyclenall]

That stream I posted showed a pic of extreme damage near Maumelle (east) AR!!! Maybe EF4 damage if I were to guess.

[Ntxw]

Could easily be an EF4+.

I agree, images out of there are devastating. Looks like Vilonia is next, bless those people.

[apocalypt-flyer]

Vilonia is about to get bulldozed. This is bad.

[ravyrn]

A couple of chasers were on I-40/feeder road in Mayflower. All the trees were stripped and saw some tractor trailers/campers blown off the interstate. Saw a demolished building also.

[RL3AO]

[apocalypt-flyer]

Mayflower:

[Cyclenall]

The powerful tornado is over Vilonia right now.

[Cyclenall]

TORNADO WARNING
ARC023-045-145-280130-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0012.140428T0056Z-140428T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
756 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR EL PASO AND FLOYD...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN WHITE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
EAST CENTRAL FAULKNER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CLEBURNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 752 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO WITH REPORTS OF
DAMAGE. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF VILONIA...OR
13 MILES NORTH OF LITTLE ROCK AFB. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE
STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR EL PASO AND FLOYD. TAKE COVER NOW.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
SEARCY... VILONIA... GRAVEL HILL...
CROSBY... SIDON... ROMANCE...
OTTO... LETONA... JOY...
FLOYD... EL PASO... CENTER HILL...
ARMSTRONG SPRINGS... ALBION...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!

&&

LAT...LON 3522 9168 3503 9221 3512 9228 3542 9184
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 236DEG 44KT 3512 9213

$$

44
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Unreal.

[CrazyC83]

Agreed, this looks like at least an EF-4 based on damage pics.

[cycloneye]

Massive.

[Bunkertor]

Pft, what a debrisball, Cycl

[CrazyC83]

SEL3

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 103
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
755 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
WEST TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 755 PM
UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF POPLAR BLUFF
MISSOURI TO 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 97...WW 98...WW 99...WW
100...WW 101...WW 102...

DISCUSSION...A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AR WILL
SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD INTO WATCH AREA. LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL CONTINUE
TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING...MAINTAINING THE RISK OF ISOLATED
TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER CELLS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...HART

[RL3AO]

[Bunkertor]

Mid South Storm Chasers trafficjammed NNW of the Emergency area

[Cyclenall]

The tornado is confirmed still on the ground, near Highway 64 and Hwy 5. Some injuries being reported.

[RL3AO]

May be starting to cycle. Lets hope.

[CrazyC83]

The Mayflower-Vilonia cell seems to be splitting and cycling now. Probably occluded up but a second circulation likely forming.

[CrazyC83]

SPC AC 280100

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0800 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

VALID 280100Z - 281200Z

...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SVR TSTMS CENTERED ACROSS CENTRAL AR...

...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER WRN MO AND MUCH OF AR AND
VICINITY...

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ARCING FROM ERN NEB/IA SWD TO
NERN TX/NRN LA/MS...

...SUMMARY...
WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT A LARGE
PORTION OF THE CENTRAL U.S. THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS -- WITH THE RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH
SEVERAL TORNADOES. THE AREA WHERE THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE
WEATHER -- INCLUDING A COUPLE OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY VIOLENT
TORNADOES -- WILL PERSIST REMAINS CENTERED ON ARKANSAS...AND
NORTHWARD INTO WESTERN MISSOURI.

...MO/AR AND VICINITY...
WIDESPREAD STRONG/SEVERE STORMS -- INCLUDING SEVERAL SUPERCELLS --
CONTINUE ATTM ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AHEAD OF A SURFACE
TROUGH/DRYLINE...WITH THE MOST INTENSE CELLS OCCURRING OVER
CENTRAL/NRN AR NWWD ACROSS WRN MO. IN PARTICULAR...A LARGE
SUPERCELL LIKELY PRODUCING A LARGE TORNADO IS MOVING JUST NORTH OF
LIT ATTM...NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF A ROUGHLY E-W SURFACE BOUNDARY
BISECTING THE STATE.

1000 TO OVER 2000 J/KG MIXED-LAYER CAPE EXTENDS FROM FAR ERN KS/WRN
MO SWD ACROSS ALL BUT FAR NERN AR...SUPPORTING THE ONGOING
CONVECTION. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT APPEARS POSSIBLE ON WRN FRINGES
OF THE ONGOING STORMS LATER THIS EVENING -- ACROSS MO/AR AND
POSSIBLY AS FAR SW AS NERN TX -- AS AN 80-PLUS KT MID-LEVEL JET
STREAK ROTATES EWD ACROSS THE ARKLATEX INTO AR/SERN MO OVERNIGHT S
OF THE NEARLY STATIONARY MID-LEVEL LOW OVER NWRN KS/SWRN NEB. WITH
SHEAR TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS THIS JET SPREADS
ATOP SELY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW...EXPECT THE SEVERE RISK -- INCLUDING
POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES TO EXTEND WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

...IA/IL/WRN KY/WRN TN/MS...
WIDESPREAD -- BUT PRIMARILY ELEVATED -- STORMS AREA EXPECTED IN AN
ARC ALONG AND E OF THE MS VALLEY TONIGHT...AS A LOW-LEVEL JET
INCREASES/VEERS WITH TIME. ALONG WITH RISK FOR A FEW STRONGER WIND
GUSTS...HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS AS CONVECTION
INCREASES ACROSS THIS AREA THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT.

..GOSS.. 04/28/2014

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[Cyclenall]

Extreme damage reported near Vilonia by that huge tornado (prelim). Looks like they got hit again 3 years later.

[Alyono]

could the debris ball be less defined because it is in between towns?