February 5-6: Super Tuesday Outbreak... 57 dead

[HarlequinBoy]

CONFIRMED - 3 deaths in Sharp County, Arkansas

^ Any news on what town?


Nice hook in northern Lee County, Arkansas moving into St. Francis County. May approach Forrest City.

[btangy]

Three leading supercells in TN are still very strong and continue to likely produce long track and strong tornados. Overall trend should be towards weakening as the cells enter a more stable environment, but they've been cycling the last couple of hours and don't show any imminent sign of weakening.

[CrazyC83]

CONFIRMED - 3 deaths in Sharp County, Arkansas

^ Any news on what town?


Nice hook in northern Lee County, Arkansas moving into St. Francis County. May approach Forrest City.

I think it was Hardy, Arkansas.

[HarlequinBoy]

...MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IN PROGRESS ACROSS THE MID SOUTH...

THE MID SOUTH IS THE MIDST OF A MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK.
ROTATING SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES IN THE
MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA...JACKSON...NEAR OXFORD...AND MCNAIRY
AND SAINT FRANCIS COUNTIES.

THE MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SUSTAINED DAMAGE AS WELL AS THE
HICKORY RIDGE MALL. IN JACKSON...THERE ARE REPORTS OF COLLAPSED
ROOFS IN TWO WOMEN/S DORMITORIES AT UNION UNIVERSITY WITH PEOPLE
TRAPPED. SO FAR...THERE HAS ONLY BEEN ONE CONFIRMED INJURY REPORT
NEAR OXFORD.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID SOUTH THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF TORNADOES...
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS FRONT.

WE ASK THAT ALL MID SOUTH EMERGENCY MANAGERS...MEDIA PARTNERS AND
TRAINED SPOTTERS CONTACT US WITH REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER IN
PROGRESS OR PAST DAMAGE REPORTS.

[HarlequinBoy]

0802 PM TORNADO 4 SE CHERRY VALLEY 35.36N 90.70W
02/05/2008 CROSS AR LAW ENFORCEMENT

TORNADO AT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 42 AND 401

0810 PM TORNADO 2 W EVENING STAR 36.18N 90.74W
02/05/2008 GREENE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT

TORNADO IN THE OKEAN AREA NEAR HWY 90 AND HWY 34

[CrazyC83]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0169
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0807 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...SE MO...ERN AR...WRN TN...NRN/WRN MS

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 36...37...

VALID 060207Z - 060330Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 36...37...CONTINUES.

PRIMARY SUPERCELL CLUSTER IN WARM ADVECTION REGIME NEAR/NORTHEAST OF
SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL JET CORE WILL SHIFT EAST/NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD
THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY WITHIN NEXT FEW HOURS. BUT...SEVERE THREAT
WILL PERSIST FROM THE CONFLUENCE OF THE OHIO/MISSISSIPPI
RIVERS...SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...UNTIL
PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL PASSES DURING THE 03-06Z. BY 06Z...THE COLD
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SURGE INTO THE VICINITY OF THE RIVER...TO THE
SOUTH OF A SLOWLY DEEPENING SURFACE LOW MIGRATING INTO SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS/INDIANA. PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE MAY BE NEAR OR JUST EAST
OF EVANSVILLE IN...JACKSON TN...TUPELO AND JACKSON MS BY THIS TIME.

WHILE LOW-LEVEL FLOW FIELDS MAY TEND TO WEAKEN SOME...LOW-LEVEL
SHEAR WILL REMAIN MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN A RISK FOR
TORNADOES WITH CELLS WITHIN...AND JUST AHEAD OF /BEFORE MERGING
INTO/...LINE. HOWEVER...WITH A CONTINUED STRENGTHENING OF
SOUTHWESTERLY MID-LEVEL FLOW...WITH 500 MB SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 100
KT...INTO THE REAR OF LINE...DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL MAY BECOME THE
PRIMARY THREAT...AS EVAPORATIVE COOLING IN DRY MID TROPOSPHERIC
LEVELS AIDS DOWNWARD MOMENTUM TRANSPORT TO THE SURFACE.

..KERR.. 02/06/2008


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

37668922 37668801 36338795 34608861 32479006 32449188
33379215 34509170 36779043

[Bunkertor]

CNN: 80 wounded in Jackson

SPC: 30 reports so far.

[JonathanBelles]

CNN: 86 wounded in Jackson

[CrazyC83]

I'm also working at Wikipedia to get the article up and running (almost ready, should be later this evening).

[CrazyC83]

Looks like the Nashville area could be getting hard hit soon...

[HarlequinBoy]

0820 PM TORNADO 9 N WYNNE 35.36N 90.79W
02/05/2008 CROSS AR FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NINE MILES NORTH OF WYNNE OR 6
MILES WEST OF VANNDALE

0822 PM TORNADO MARMADUKE 36.19N 90.39W
02/05/2008 GREENE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT

TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN THE MARMADUKE.

0830 PM TORNADO MORRIS CHAPEL 35.32N 88.35W
02/05/2008 HARDIN TN TRAINED SPOTTER

TORNADO IN THE MORRIS CHAPEL AREA. HOUSES DAMAGED WITH
PEOPLE TRAPPED.


Marmaduke was virtually destroyed on April 2, 2006.

Significant damage at Union University and in Jackson confirmed.

Also, is the Memphis Tower Cam tornado uploaded anywhere yet?

[Coredesat]

0820 PM TORNADO 9 N WYNNE 35.36N 90.79W
02/05/2008 CROSS AR FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NINE MILES NORTH OF WYNNE OR 6
MILES WEST OF VANNDALE

0830 PM TORNADO MORRIS CHAPEL 35.32N 88.35W
02/05/2008 HARDIN TN TRAINED SPOTTER

TORNADO IN THE MORRIS CHAPEL AREA. HOUSES DAMAGED WITH
PEOPLE TRAPPED.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Looks like the Nashville area could be getting hard hit soon...

Can someone with the skills/software get a closeup radar image of the cell with a hook Southwest of BNA?

[CrazyC83]

BREAKING NEWS - Fatalities reported in Jackson

[HarlequinBoy]

1 fatality confirmed by Sheriff's Department in Fayette County, TN. (I didn't know they had a tornado? I knew they were warned though.)

People are still trapped on the east side of Memphis.

[CrazyC83]

1 fatality confirmed by Sheriff's Department in Fayette County, TN. (I didn't know they had a tornado? I knew they were warned though.)

People are still trapped on the east side of Memphis.

That might have been due to straight-line winds.

[HarlequinBoy]

Tornado Warning for Lee and Phillips County in Arkansas.. again.

Also new TOR for Crittenden and Mississippi counties.

[CrazyC83]

Memphis Commercial-Appeal: 1 death in Somerville, MS, may have been due to straight-line winds as there haven't been any tornado reports there.

[HarlequinBoy]

On Channel 5 (WMC) they said pavement was off the road near Oxford.. that may have been overdramatic though.

Good rotation SW of Nashville in Hickman County.

[CrazyC83]

Tornado confirmed NW of Memphis per WMC.