Severe Weather Potential - Thursday 9th - Sunday 12th April

[Dave]

Just breaking here for a few minutes. Tried to call into SIL's place but no answer. Betting phone lines are down. Will try again later, leaving phone lines & cell open for EMS traffic right now.

[Texas Snowman]

On the backside of all of this, plenty of destruction too from this wicked spring storm system.

Sunset, Texas (I have a good friend, a taxidermist, who lives just east of there) was severely damaged today with WFAA.com reporting a couple of dozen homes being wiped out. Stoneburg, just to the north, also had plenty of wildfire damage. Homes also burned near Archer City, Texas and a couple of businesses burned near Electra, Texas.

I read somewhere that Parkland Hospital in Dallas is treating a couple of burn victims including a Montague County man who reportedly had to run for his life after the flames advanced (I think the report said his truck exploded). And a fireman in Oklahoma was being treated in an Oklahoma City hospital after being burned.

In Oklahoma, it's pretty bad too. I-35 has been closed with other highways (one has had a 6 1/2 mile fire burning on both sides of it). Lindsay had a dozen structures burn, Choctaw about 20. More than a dozen wildfires were burning at one point in Carter County with a lot of damage and evacuations reported. And NewsOk.com is still reporting 100 homes destroyed or damaged in Midwest City.

[Dave]

LINCOLN LA-BIENVILLE LA-JACKSON LA-
1128 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
JACKSON...BIENVILLE AND LINCOLN PARISHES...

AT 1125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRYCELAND...OR 14
MILES WEST OF GRAMBLING...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO EARLIER IN CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES.

THE TOWNS OF CLAY AND OAK GROVE AND ANSLEY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO.

[srainhoutx]

Impressive cuplet WSW of Monroe.

[Dave]

LINCOLN LA-BIENVILLE LA-JACKSON LA-
1142 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
JACKSON...BIENVILLE AND LINCOLN PARISHES...

AT 1141 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN
SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF SIMSBORO...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GRAMBLING...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
QUITMAN...BARNET SPRINGS...CHAUTAUQUA SPRINGS AND RUSTON

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1148 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN JACKSON PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RUSTON...GRAMBLING...
SOUTHWESTERN OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1147 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
GRAMBLING...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO EARLIER AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KELLEYS BY MIDNIGHT CDT...
CARTWRIGHT BY 1210 AM CDT...
EROS AND INDIAN VILLAGE BY 1215 AM CDT...
OKALOOSA...CADERVILLE AND MINERAL SPRINGS BY 1220 AM CDT...

[Dave]

Word from sister in law, they have shingles off, 2 trees down, but no one hurt. She said she had no idea about the rest of the area, many tree's down was all she knew + power outages.

[Texas Snowman]

Word from sister in law, they have shingles off, 2 trees down, but no one hurt. She said she had no idea about the rest of the area, many tree's down was all she knew + power outages.

Glad to hear that she is ok.

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1203 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHERN CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EUDORA...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1203 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 21 MILES WEST OF
EUDORA MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EUDORA BY 1225 AM CDT...
7 MILES SOUTH OF CHICOT JUNCTION AND 8 MILES NORTH OF GASSOWAY BY
1230 AM CDT...

[Texas Snowman]

Saw a report (on another forum) of one possible fatality in Mena, Ark. where major damage is reported.

Any word on DeQueen where another direct hit was reported earlier tonight?

[Dave]

Date: Apr 09 231600 EDT
Type: TSTM WND DMG
City: BOSSIER CITY
County: BOSSIER
State: LA
Source: NWS EMPLOYEE
Details: MARGARET DRIVE AND GILBERT DRIVE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

[Dave]

I haven't picked any thing up on DeQueen from here...at least yet.

[Texas Snowman]

Just saw a report on KSLA's Web site of a report of four people injured in a trailer park in DeQueen hit by high winds or a tornado.

One two-story structure in Cass County, Texas also reportedly had its second floor blown off.

[Dave]

Looks like we're starting to get a little closer to my territory now..still has to get to Louisville district though...

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1210 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1210 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MARBLE
HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MILLERSVILLE BY 1220 AM CDT...

[Texas Snowman]

KFSM in Fort Smith/Fayetteville has a story where it is reported by Mena residents that multiple buildings were destroyed, the County Courthouse took a direct hit, and the hospital was reportedly damaged badly enough that patients were being evacuated from it.

[Dave]

I'm going to grab a couple hours of sleep just in case I get an early morning wakeup call. Night!

[Texas Snowman]

A Fayetteville, Ark. TV reporter says that the downtown area of Mena looks like it was "put into a blender and spit out."

A blogger on a TV site reports that there is significant damage to at least 1/3 of the city. Another said just about everything north of the KCS (?) railroad was severely damaged.

[Duddy]

I'm hearing from some people on another site also say that atleast a third of the city is destroyed. They say that by the looks of the neighborhoods, that there has to be many fatalities.

[Duddy]

Also heard that in Shreveport a mentally ill woman is wondering the streets covered in chocolate. Atleast that's what the officer thinks he smells.

Tree on fire due to down lines near a funeral home.

[Brent]

Amazingly, the Shreveport supercell is STILL going over 4 hours later!

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
226 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF REDWOOD...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 226 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OAK RIDGE BY 240 AM CDT...
7 MILES NORTH OF YOUNGTON BY 250 AM CDT...
PHOENIX BY 255 AM CDT...
7 MILES NORTH OF BROWNSVILLE BY 305 AM CDT...
FLORA AND 6 MILES NORTH OF POCAHONTAS BY 320 AM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.

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

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.