Tornado Outbreak April 29-May 2, HIGH RISK AR, TN, MS

[Bunkertor]

Lil Rock is about to get pounded again

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1005 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ANNIEVILLE...OR 13 MILES WEST OF LAKE CHARLES STATE PARK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ANNIEVILLE...ATTICA...BLACK ROCK...IMBODEN...POCAHONTAS...PORTIA...
RAVENDEN AND LAKE CHARLES STATE PARK.

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1009 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NASHVILLE...DIERKS...
EAST CENTRAL SEVIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1008 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
LOCKESBURG...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DIERKS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH. A LARGE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED EARLIER WITH THIS STORM
NEAR WINTHROP. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PROVO...CENTER POINT OR NASHVILLE
COMMUNITIES...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CENTER POINT AND CORINTH...

[cycloneye]

While all of this dangerous event is going on,TWC is showing a movie. But storm2k has minute by minute information so I can forget about TWC.

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1012 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
SOUTHEASTERN HOT SPRING COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
NORTH CENTRAL OUACHITA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1012 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SPARKMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPARKMAN...
OUACHITA...
CARTHAGE...
FAIRVEIW...
WILLOW...
CARTHAGE...
LEOLA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

[Texas Snowman]

Rotation couplet strengthening and moving towards East End again - that's where fire station was destroyed.

TV met says funnel cloud just seen near Sardis SW of East End...

[Texas Snowman]

Little Rock National Airport activating tornado plan for the second time this evening...

[Dave]

RANDOLPH AR-LAWRENCE AR-
1025 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL LAWRENCE AND CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTIES...

AT 1026 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR IMBODEN...OR 7
MILES NORTH OF BLACK ROCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ATTICA...
BLACK ROCK...IMBODEN...POCAHONTAS...POWHATAN...RAVENDEN...INGRAM...
HAMIL...STOKES...BROCKETT...BIRDELL...SHARUM...FENDER AND
LESTERVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1027 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
JACKSON COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
NORTHWESTERN WOODRUFF COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
EASTERN INDEPENDENCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1027 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RUSSELL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSONPORT...
NEWPORT...
DIAZ...
TUCKERMAN...
GRUBBS...
SWIFTON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

[Dave]

South of Little Rock again

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1027 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
SOUTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
EAST CENTRAL HOT SPRING COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1027 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LEOLA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERIDAN...
JEFFERSON...
REDFIELD...

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1031 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1031 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MAYNARD...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POCAHONTAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIGGERS...
CORNING...DATTO...KNOBEL...MAYNARD...PEACH ORCHARD...REYNO AND
SUCCESS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

[Dave]

HOWARD AR-
1029 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR HOWARD
COUNTY...

AT 1026 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTER POINT...OR 6
MILES SOUTH OF DIERKS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WHILE THE CITY OF NASHVILLE IS NOT DIRECTLY IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...
STRONG WINDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN THE CITY OF NASHVILLE. MUDDY FORK IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
IF YOU LIVE IN THE CENTER POINT OR MUDDY FORK COMMUNITIES...TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE
STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...
MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

&&

[Dave]

From KTHV Little Rock

Several possible tornadoes have been sighted throughout Arkansas. Storm Prediction Center has put Arkansas at a high risk of tornadoes until 7 a.m.

Arkansas Emergency Managment is confirming 3 dead in Van Buren County, 25 people seriously injured within the county in Scotland. Cars are in ditches, power lines are down and most of the community is without power.

Three homes have been destroyed in the Shady Grove area.

Officials are continuing to assess the damage.

Storms in northern Dallas County are moving into southern Grant County.

There is a strong rotation near Garland County.

A storm is moving into southern Dallas and Clark counties.

Damage also has been reported in Pulaski County, where the Arkansas State Police reported sightings of tornadoes in Culpepper, near Wrightsville and on Interstate 440 near Galloway Friday night. I-530 is also blocked near Pratt Road. Pulaski Dispatch reports home damage along 365 South around Wrightsville.

A new tornado warning has been issued for the tornado in White County; there is an extreme southern White County tornado near Beebe going near Searcy. Viewers must still take extra precaution, as the tornado is "rain-wrapped," and you will not be able to see it coming.

The Saline County storm is now moving into southern Pulaski County and is restrengthening around Russenberger Road, Woodyard Road and Ironton Cut Off Road.

A shelter has been set up at East End Elementary for residents to take cover. Officials are still checking houses in the East End area. There is significant damage to their only fire department. No injuries or deaths have been confirmed as of now in Saline County. Mobile home damage has been seen. Reports are coming in of people trapped due to roads being blocked. A gas station and a church in the community has reported damage.Downed power line and trees are also being reported.

Debris is being reported near I-40. No details yet are available to clarify where.

A Conway County family is alive after their house collapsed in the storm, but there are no injuries. Damage has been reported in Sunnyside near Center Ridge.

Center Ridge itself is being reported as the hardest hit in the county by Stewart Nelson, a police information officer with Conway County Sheriff's Office. Another home has been destroyed with some family members missing, according to first responders. Parts of Highway 9 are reported being damaged. Trees are blocking the roadway; there are also reports of a mobile home being damaged near Woolverton Mountain.

Quarter-sized hail being was reported in Russellville.

The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office is reporting some damage and roads blocked in the Scotland area. The Low Gap Road area is reporting some damage. The sheriff's office also first reports knowing of 2 injuries, 1 being severe, although they are unclear on the details at this time.

Hail measuring 1.75 inches in diameter was reported in Sevier and Washington counties.

Fifty-one counties in Arkansas are under a tornado watch until 2 a.m. Saturday.

(Copyright 2010 by Today's THV and The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

[Texas Snowman]

Judge (guessing county judge) reports on Fox16.com that eight injured were taken to the hospital from East End, one was reported to be in critical condition.

Also a report of a child struck by lightning tonight in Arkansas.

[CrazyC83]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0435
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1043 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010

AREAS AFFECTED...EXTREME NERN TX/EXTREME SERN OK/CENTRAL-ERN AR/MO
BOOTHEEL

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 118...

VALID 010343Z - 010445Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 118 CONTINUES.

DANGEROUS TORNADO SITUATION CONTINUES ACROSS SWRN-SRN INTO CENTRAL
AND ERN AR...WITH LONG-TRACK...STRONG TORNADOES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
AND REMAIN LIKELY THROUGH THE LATE EVENING TO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT
HOURS.

IN ADDITION TO TORNADIC SUPERCELLS LOCATED ALONG THE COLD FRONT OVER
SWRN AND NERN AR...REGIONAL RADARS SHOWED SEVERAL /4-5/ DISCRETE
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS TRACKING NEWD FROM DALLAS COUNTY AR TO JACKSON
COUNTY AR. THESE LATTER STORMS ARE LOCATED ALONG A PRE-FRONTAL
CONFLUENCE ZONE. ENVIRONMENT ACROSS PDS TORNADO WATCH 118 REMAINS
VERY CONDUCIVE FOR TORNADOES GIVEN MODERATE INSTABILITY...STRONG LOW
LEVEL /SFC-1 KM 30-40 KT/ AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR /40-60 KT/...AND
LOW LCLS /500-800 M/.

..PETERS.. 05/01/2010


ATTN...WFO...PAH...MEG...JAN...LZK...SHV...FWD...

LAT...LON 36448959 34789037 33519127 33019215 32899422 32999528
33749532 34259450 34789364 34879325 35689269 36479203
36448959

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1043 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
WESTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1043 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A TORNADO 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALDENBURG...OR 10 MILES
EAST OF BRADFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BAY...
GREENFIELD...JONESBORO...TRUMANN...WALDENBURG AND WEINER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!

.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

[Dave]

Decent Bow shaping up west of Paducah KY & Evansville IN.

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1055 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1054 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CARTHAGE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARTHAGE...
TULIP...
MILLERVILLE...
DEER CREEK...
LEOLA...
SHERIDAN...

[Dave]

South of Little Rock NWS:

[Dave]

JACKSON AR-INDEPENDENCE AR-
1101 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN INDEPENDENCE AND EASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...

AT 1100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TUCKERMAN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.