Historic outbreak Sunday: The aftermath

[Gorky]

Interesting that the Jefferson Citty Cell is on a direct course for Callaway Nuclear Power Plant I hope it isn't tornadoing when it gets there :O

[SamSagnella]

New tornado emergency out for rural Wright County MO, where a potentially strong/violent tornado is tracking through.

[Gorky]

Tornado Watch 79 out for Indiana. This is for the cell that tracked through the entire length of Missouri and Illinois... The storm is looking very healthy again on radar.




Anyway I'm going to call it a night.. Will catch up later today... It's statrting to get light here already

[CrazyC83]

By morning this thing could be in New York State at this rate...

[Brent]

0830 PM TORNADO SPRINGFIELD 39.78N 89.64W
03/12/2006 SANGAMON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT

*** 19 INJ *** 19 INJURIES REPORTED IN SPRINGFIELD.
SEVERAL HOUSES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR LEVELED... SEARCHES
UNDERWAY FOR OCCUPANTS. MUCH OF CITY WITHOUT POWER.
DAMAGE FROM EARLIER STORM... TIME IS ESTIMATED DUE TO THE
SCOPE OF SITUATION.

[weatherlover427]

Yet another watch out, this time it is a severe thunderstorm watch...

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 82...CORRECTED
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
220 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

CORRECTED FOR CST INSTEAD OF CDT

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
LAKE MICHIGAN

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 220 AM UNTIL 900 AM CST.

HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF
LONEROCK WISCONSIN TO 15 MILES NORTH OF MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 77...WW 78...WW 79...WW
80...WW 81...

DISCUSSION...AS SURFACE LOW OVER SERN IA LIFTS NEWD...WARM ADVECTION
OVER WARM FRONT ACROSS NRN IL AND APPROACHING JET MAX SHOULD
INCREASE AND INTENSIFY THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE ACROSS SRN WI. STRONG
DEEP LAYER SHEAR COMBINED WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES ABOVE THE STABLE
BOUNDARY LAYER WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS WITH HAIL THE
PRIMARY THREAT.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...IMY

[conestogo_flood]

SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:57 AM EST MONDAY 13 MARCH 2006.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR:
=NEW= WINDSOR - ESSEX - CHATHAM-KENT
=NEW= SARNIA - LAMBTON
=NEW= RODNEY - SHEDDEN - WESTERN ELGIN COUNTY
=NEW= STRATHROY - KOMOKA - WESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL
POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS.

[WindRunner]

SPC reports only list 2 fatalities from these storms - that is VERY lucky considering the large cities that tornadoes moved through or near. Kansas City, Sprinfield, IL, Springfield, MO, Branson, Jefferson City, Columbia, MO, and if we can count Sedalia as large (becaus it isn't small), that as well.

[Cyclone Runner]

News Reports are listing nine dead in Missouri alone by either tornado or high wind damage.

St Mary, Perry Co, MO 2
Urich, Henry Co, MO 1
Sedalia, Pettis Co, MO 1
Marionville, Lawrence Co, MO 1
Moberly, Randolph Co, MO 4

[Cyclone Runner]

Morgan County, MO has just reported 3 deaths, so now the death toll is 12 in Missouri. Reports are coming in of many injuries in Illinois and Arkansas and unconfirmed deaths as well.

St Mary, Perry Co, MO 2
Urich, Henry Co, MO 1
Sedalia, Pettis Co, MO 1
Marionville, Lawrence Co, MO 1
Moberly, Randolph Co, MO 4
Gravois Mills, Morgan Co, MO 3

[conestogo_flood]

Mayor Davlin: Springfield storm damage is 'just unreal'
Last Updated 3/13/2006 4:53:31 AM


Mayor Tim Davlin said this morning he expects that "every square inch of Springfield" will have suffered some effect from the storms that ravaged the city Sunday night.

"The closest I've seen to this is the ice storm (of March 1978); it's just unreal," Davlin told sj-r.com shortly before 3 a.m. from the city's Emergency Operations Center.

Davlin made his assessment after taking a drive through the city, including the heavily hit MacArthur Boulevard area, this morning.

Davlin said he is proud of how the EOC operated, located in the basement of Municipal Center East, Sunday night and into Monday morning. Authorities from local, state and federal government and other agencies converged on the center to coordinate emergency response throughout the city.

City Water, Light and Power officials were continuing work on restoring power to Springfield, and electricity was returning in pockets. Davlin said the city's main power generators, the Dallman and Lakeside power stations, were back in service. But the large amount of downed power lines throughout the city could mean a wait of a day or more for some residents to see electricity again, the mayor said.

Davlin did urge residents to stay inside their homes if they can due to the danger of power lines on the ground. To report power outages in Springfield, call CWLP's electricity repair phone line at (217) 789-2121.

[WaitingForSiren]

Wow, I cant believe those 107 tornado reports. What an amazing outbreak, and Im so glad I finally got to follow a major outbreak. Tracking that hook echo as it entered Springfield was amazing.






Wow, even i am surprised that my forecast verefied very well.

[brunota2003]

hey...just heard that 60% of the buildings on University of Kansas campus have been damaged...no classes today obviously...

[Skywatch_NC]

hey...just heard that 60% of the buildings on University of Kansas campus have been damaged...no classes today obviously...

And may not be for a few days...early "spring break" for those students.

[brunota2003]

interesting article...haventy read all of it yet though...:

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Swarms of tornadoes killed at least 10 people across the Midwest, shut down the University of Kansas and damaged so much of Springfield, on Monday that the mayor said "every square inch" of town suffered some effects.

The violent weather started during the weekend, part of a line of storms that stretched from the southern Plains up the Ohio Valley, and continued Monday.

Fierce wind raked Springfield early Monday, causing more damage in a city that had been struck by a tornado the night before. Powerlines were down across city, trees uprooted and windows blown out.

Nineteen people were treated for minor injuries, and police were searching homes and businesses early Monday for other victims, said city spokesman Ernie Slottag.

Mayor Tim Davlin said he expected "every square inch of Springfield" will have suffered some effect from the storms.

"It's just unreal," Davlin said early Monday from the city's Emergency Operations Center.

Most major roads into the city were closed and one man was reported missing after his home was destroyed. The roof was torn off a Springfield Wal-Mart store.

The tornado that struck Springfield on Sunday had made a two-hour pass through central Illinois, striking a series of counties. The Scott County, Ill., sheriff's department confirmed that a tornado touched down in Manchester, a town of about 300 people, although there were no immediate reports of injuries.

"It's a mess over there," said Scott County sheriff's department dispatcher Rosann Lindsey. "A lot of buildings are down over there."

That length of time on or near the ground made the twister "a highly unusual event," said National Weather Service senior forecaster Ed Shimon in Lincoln.

The Chicago area also was struck by high wind, with gusts to 70 mph reported in suburban Tinley Park, and roofs were blown off several apartment buildings in suburban Bridgeview. Localized flooding was reported in the Chicago and Quad Cities areas.

Missouri was hardest hit by the weekend storms, with at least nine people killed and hundreds of homes and businesses destroyed or damaged. Hail as big as softballs pounded parts of Missouri.

Bobby Ritcheson, 23, said he watched as a neighbor was killed south of Sedalia, Mo.

"The trailer came down right on top of her," Ritcheson said from a Sedalia hospital where he had taken his pregnant wife out of concern she might be going into labor.

Homes were destroyed along a path of more than 20 miles south of St. Louis, officials said.

Missouri authorities reported four bodies found in the rubble of homes near the north-central town of Renick, two people killed when a tornado hurled their pickup truck beneath a propane tank about 80 miles south of St. Louis, the woman killed near Sedalia and another found dead in Henry County. In southwest Missouri, a 63-year-old man died early Monday from injuries suffered when a twist hit near Marionville.

Another storm victim was found in Indiana.

University of Kansas Provost David Shulenberger said classes were canceled Monday because of safety concerns about debris falling from roofs. The Lawrence campus was littered with trees, roof tiles and window glass.

Two trees fell through Rhonda Burns' mobile home in Lawrence early Sunday.

"If the wind had shifted that tree just a few inches, I wouldn't be talking to you," she said.

High wind lifted a cargo container off the airfield at Kansas City International Airport and blew it into several vehicles.

Tornadoes also touched down Sunday in Oklahoma and Arkansas, and heavy rain flooded roads in Indiana.

In northeastern Oklahoma, a tornado destroyed 25 to 50 homes near the town of Oaks, said Mike Miller, spokesman for the Cherokee Nation. At least 12 people were taken to a hospital, Miller said.

Several dozen homes were heavily damaged by a tornado in northwestern Arkansas.

"It was over before you knew it," said Greg Kospar, 41, of Bentonville, Ark. "The house is gone."

[6SpeedTA95]

Springfield Ill and Springfield Mo both took some hard hits yesterday

[6SpeedTA95]

Wow, I cant believe those 107 tornado reports. What an amazing outbreak, and Im so glad I finally got to follow a major outbreak. Tracking that hook echo as it entered Springfield was amazing.






Wow, even i am surprised that my forecast verefied very well.

Yes next time push it about 40 more miles to the west so we get some reasonable rain

Storms blew up right over us and we ended up with 2 one hundredths at the local airport...not really enough

[6SpeedTA95]

Morgan County, MO has just reported 3 deaths, so now the death toll is 12 in Missouri. Reports are coming in of many injuries in Illinois and Arkansas and unconfirmed deaths as well.

St Mary, Perry Co, MO 2
Urich, Henry Co, MO 1
Sedalia, Pettis Co, MO 1
Marionville, Lawrence Co, MO 1
Moberly, Randolph Co, MO 4
Gravois Mills, Morgan Co, MO 3

4 possible deaths in oklahoma as well...two of which in delaware county

[isobar]

That supercell that tracked from MO-IL-IN makes you realized how the 1925 Tri-State was possible and could someday be repeated.

[CrazyC83]

That truly was one wild night! Yet the outbreak is not over yet - back to storm watch today from central Ontario to Alabama and Mississippi.