TORNADO EMERGENCY: ALERT: Confirmed tornado on the ground near St. James, MN. SHARE!

[link to pbs.twimg.com] @brentnathaniel: Photo Via Power 106.3 in Watertown. 5 miles north of Minneota, MN

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Large hail, damaging winds
A tornado watch is in effect for Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri until 10pm CT
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The Weather Channel ‏@weatherchannel now
All Oklahoma counties have been removed from the #tornado watch. Parts of SE KS, SW MO still in it until 10pm CDT.
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Tornado watch issued for parts of southern Missouri, Arkansas until 5 pm CT
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Tornado warning issued in western Arkansas for Scott County until 10 am CDT
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Tornado tears through Missouri town, rips out trees

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Good evening, The Plains are lighting up today, eh? The weather should really stop teasing us with snow and below zero temperatures, or I might do something rash :) How could I not, with all the reports coming in from delicious severe weather abroad? Europe is having a mega-low impeding on Spain and France. Multiple large convective cells and flood threats.

Missouri Gov. Nixon declares state of emergency as severe weather system moves across state
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Definitely watching the skies here in Central Arkansas today. We're usually good for around five tornado warned storms per year.

EF-1 tornado damage seen in University City, Mo., according to National Weather Service storm survey team

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National Weather Service confirms tornado touched down in University City, Mo., this morning -
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8? Wow thats really bad!

Tornado warning issued for Hickory, Polk counties in Missouri until 12:45 pm CT -
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Getting our first storm here now. The worst stuff is yet to come.

The Weather Channel ‏@weatherchannel · 20 min
For more continuous updates on today's #severe outbreak, follow us @TWCBreaking or our live blog ( [link to wxch.nl] ).

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Mesoscale Discussion 0261
Concerning: SVR POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY
Issued: 14 minutes ago

Mesoscale Discussion 0260
Concerning: SVR POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY
Issued: 19 minutes ago

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1223 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

MOC085-167-031745-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140403T1745Z/
HICKORY MO-POLK MO-
1223 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL POLK AND
SOUTH CENTRAL HICKORY COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

AT 1220 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY...5 MILES EAST OF
FLEMINGTON AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A
ROTATING WALL COULD WITH THIS STORM.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELKTON.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES POMME DE TERRE LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3776 9345 3781 9348 3782 9349 3783 9348
3785 9344 3789 9337 3778 9332
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 245DEG 28KT 3780 9342

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

No one seems to have posted the updated TorCon numbers. Quite a jump—7 and 8s widespread today, and 6 and 7s widespread overnight:

Thursday, April 3

Severe thunderstorm and tornado outbreak likely in central and south MO, south half IN, southwest OH, northeast, central, and west KY, west TN, AR, southeast KS, east OK, east TX (from I-35 eastward and south to San Antonio and Galveston by evening), northwest LA.

TOR:CON Thursday forecasts:
AR north - 8
AR south - 7
IL south - 8
IL central - 6
IN south - 5
KS southeast - 5
KY west - 5
KY central, northeast - 3
LA northwest - 5
MO south - 8
MO central - 7
OH southwest - 3
OK east - 7
TN west - 5
TN north-central - 3
TX east - 5
Other areas - 1 or less

Thursday Night, April 3

Severe thunderstorm and tornado outbreak continues in central and south IL, south half IN, south OH, KY, west and middle TN, north and west-central AL, north, central, and southwest MS, north, central and southwest LA, east TX, east OK, AR, south, central, and northeast MO.

TOR:CON Thursday night forecasts:
AL northwest - 5
AR northeast - 7
AR southeast - 6
AR northwest, southwest - 5
IA extreme southeast - 3
IL south - 7
IL central - 5
IN south half - 5
KY west - 6
KY central - 5
KY east - 3 to 4
LA north, central, southwest - 4
MO southeast - 7
MO southwest, central, northeast - 6
MS northwest - 6
MS northeast - 5
MS southwest - 4
OH south - 4
OK east - 5
TN west - 6
TN middle - 5
TX east - 4
other areas - 1 or less

Tornado Watch updated to 9:00pm CDT here in Arkansas.

Oh my, things are exploding over there. Just look at those sat images in motion! Storms going up all over the place. TOR:CON 8 is no joke either. What did they have at Joplin and El Reno? It slipped my mind.

Last Edited by Snuffielover on 04/03/2014 05:27 PM