Historic outbreak Sunday: The aftermath

#781 Postby **CrazyC83** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:26 pm

I just sent out e-mail letters congratulating the news sources that we used yesterday for their amazing coverage in such an unprecedented situation. It is especially amazing considering these are not major markets, and they put the national mainstream media to shame with it!!!

willamfm@uiuc.edu - for WILL-AM (who did most of the coverage in Central Illinois)
joshdeberge@komu.com - for KOMU-TV (who did most of the coverage in Central Missouri)

conestogo_flood · #782 Postby **conestogo_flood** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:29 pm

Two tornadoes reported in Webster County, Mississippi today.

SamSagnella · #783 Postby **SamSagnella** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:31 pm

there's a separate thread for today's outbreak

#784 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:37 pm

What was the official tornado count yesterday?

SamSagnella · #785 Postby **SamSagnella** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:38 pm

won't be known for several days -- unofficial count is over 100, but that is an overestimate by probably at least 40.

SamSagnella · #786 Postby **SamSagnella** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:12 pm

See below post.

https://www.youtube.com/user/senorpepr · #787 Postby **senorpepr** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:31 pm

fact789 wrote:was that from a tornado? almost cat 2 winds

No, it was from a downburst/microburst.

https://www.youtube.com/user/senorpepr · #788 Postby **senorpepr** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:33 pm

#789 Postby **simplykristi** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:38 pm

I cannot recall a day like yesterday ever. I have never seen nonstop severe weather in my region ever. I was born in 1964 and have been tracking weather since I was 11 years old.

KU's main campus in Lawrence cancelled classes today due to 60% of the buildings on campus being damaged. I will be in Lawrence on March 26th so will take a look around then to see what the damage is like.

Kristi

#790 Postby **simplykristi** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:39 pm

Hats off to the KCTV5 weather team for its coverage all day long yesterday. I believe that all the TV coverage saved a lot of lives yesterday, folks.

Kristi

#791 Postby **CrazyC83** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:50 pm

TV and radio coverage definitely saved countless lives.

Shame on the national media, though, for leaving everyone in the dark...

#792 Postby **Aslkahuna** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:06 pm

Seeing the report from Whiteman AFB brought me back to an April night in 1964 when I worked a similar storm and followed the hook all of the way in. The only difference being that the storm in 1964 passed over the Base instead of just south of it.

Steve

#793 Postby **Aslkahuna** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:17 pm

To better locate Whiteman AFB, it's in Johnson County MO about 3 miles or so south of Knob Noster or 10 miles east of Warrensburg and 20 miles west of Sedalia. It's home to the B-2 Stealth Bombers.

Steve

#794 Postby **CrazyC83** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:18 pm

Tornado confirmations:

Springfield, MO - F3
Fordland, MO - F2
Hartville, MO - F3
Gravois Mills, MO - F2

MiamiensisWx · #795 Postby **MiamiensisWx** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:21 pm

Are there any photos from the Sedalia area on tornado damage?

#796 Postby **CrazyC83** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:25 pm

Not that I know of at the moment.

#797 Postby **simplykristi** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:30 pm

You can check out some of the local TV station websites and the KC Star for storm photos and damage.

http://www.kansascity.com/ (Kansas City Star)
http://www.kctv5.com/
http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/
http://www.ljworld.com/ (Lawrence KS Journal-World

Kristi

conestogo_flood · #798 Postby **conestogo_flood** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:16 pm

Y'all credit your local news stations and radio stations for on air live coverage for saving lives.

Here in Canada, they don't do that. They may announce on the radio about a tornado warning, but there is no EAS. Some TV stations have crawls, but that is it. In the event of a major tornado outbreak here, with F3-F5 tornadoes, which has happened, there would be a lot of deaths. One, people don't take the tornado threat in southern Ontario seriously. Two, there is no warning system except for The Weather Network. Three, lack of major tornadoes in Ontario since the 1985 outbreak= severe weather is a distant memory.

Unfortunately, it's going to take a big tornado in a city here to bring everyone back into the habbit. Though, big tornadoes are rare in southern Ontario, our last F4 was 1996, and still it hit open fields and a small hamlet.

A tornado outbreak is our worst case scenario.

So please, hundreds of people read these posts, you can do something. I have talked with our local met, and he doesn't see the need for any media coverage unless it is a major tornado nearing Kitchener/Waterloo. But still, we have no storm spotters, no radar like the USA, and no education on tornadoes.

Ontario sees 15-20 tornadoes per year, most F0/F1, usually 2 or 3 F2, and the odd F3.

#799 Postby **CrazyC83** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:41 pm

That is what scares me too. A major outbreak anchored by an F5 tornado in even a mid-sized community is definitely a disaster waiting to happen. The last major killer tornado in Ontario was an F4 in Barrie in 1985 (and Barrie was much smaller then - 45,000 compared to 130,000 today).

Generally, the EC warnings are good and reliable, but except for TWN, the media ignores them!!!

#800 Postby **CrazyC83** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:45 pm

Springfield IL tornado confirmation: MULTIPLE tornadoes hit the area.

Storm Survey Results: Two F2 Tornadoes in Springfield on March 12

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
900 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006...
PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS...
AN ASSESSMENT TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN SURVEYED THE DAMAGE FROM A TORNADO THAT STRUCK SPRINGFIELD DURING THE EVENING OF SUNDAY MARCH 12. THE FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS...THE FIRST TORNADO CROSSED INTERSTATE 72 NEAR MILE POST 92 AROUND 820PM. IT ENTERED THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR COCKRELL LANE AND CONSTITUTION...TRACKING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST. THE TORNADO WAS ABOUT 300 YARDS WIDE AND PRODUCED F2 DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUSINESSES FROM CONSTITUTION TO VETERANS PARKWAY AND LINDBERGH BLVD. THE TORNADO WIDENED TO ABOUT 0.4 MILE WIDE AS IT CONTINUED TO TRACK TOTHE EAST NORTHEAST SOUTH OF WABASH AVENUE...BETWEEN VETERANS PARKWAY AND CHATHAM ROAD. THE TORNADO WIDENED FURTHER...TO JUST OVER ONE HALF MILE WIDE FROM THE VILLAGE OF JEROME TO WESTCHESTER BLVD. THEDAMAGE WAS RATED AS F2 ALONG WABASH AVENUE BETWEEN CHATHAM ROAD AND MACARTHUR BLVD. THE TORNADO THEN WEAKENED SLIGHTLY...PRODUCING F1 DAMAGE...AS IT TURNED TO THE NORTHEAST...NEARLY PARALLEL WITH THE NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILROAD TRACKS. THE DAMAGE PATH REMAINED NEARLY ONE HALF MILE WIDE. THE WIDTH OF THE TORNADO DECREASED TO ABOUT ONE QUARTER MILE AS IT STRENGTHENED AGAIN...AND TURNED TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR ILES PARK AND IN VICINITY OF OAK AND MYRTLE STREETS...BETWEEN 6TH AND 9TH STREETS. THE DAMAGE WAS RATED AS F2 IN THESE LOCATIONS WITH ROOFS BLOWN OFF OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND GARAGES SEVERELY DAMAGED. THIS TORNADO DISSIPATED JUST NORTH OF 9TH STREET AND SOUTH GRAND AVENUE. THIS FIRST TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD FOR NEARLY 5.5 MILES...FOR APPROXIMATELY 6 MINUTES BETWEEN 820 PM AND 826 PM. THE ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS WITH THIS F2 TORNADO WERE AROUND 120 MPH.

A SECOND TORNADO DEVELOPED AS THE FIRST TORNADO WAS DISSIPATING...AROUND 825 PM. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT ONE QUARTER MILE NORTH OF THE BUNN PARK GOLF COURSE AND TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST. THE STRONGEST DAMAGE WAS BOUNDED BY 15TH STREET...CORNELL AVENUE...SOUTH GRAND AVENUE...AND POPE AVENUE. SEVERAL HOMES HAD ROOFS TORNOFF...WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO POWER POLES AND LINES...ALONG WITH NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES. THE TORNADO WAS ABOUT 300 YARDS WIDE AND WAS RATED AS AN F2. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS OLD ROCHESTER ROAD...SINGER AVENUE...AND COOK STREET FROM WHITE CITY BLVD TO A BLOCK EAST OF DIRKSEN PARKWAY. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED I-55 AT THE CLEAR LAKE AVENUE INTERCHANGE...CAUSING DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES IN THE AREA...AND OVERTURNING A SEMI TRUCK. THIS TORNADO DISSIPATED NEAR OLD ROUTE 36...ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE VILLAGE OF CLEAR LAKE. THIS SECOND TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR NEARLY 4 MILES...FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES BETWEEN 825 PM AND 830 PM. THE ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS WITH THIS F2 TORNADO WERE ALSO AROUND 120 MPH. INFORMATION REGARDING ADDITIONAL TORNADOES THAT OCCURRED IN SCOTT COUNTY...MORGAN COUNTY...RURAL SANGAMON COUNTY...LOGAN COUNTY...AND POSSIBLY MACON COUNTY...AND DE WITT COUNTY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE WHEN SURVEYS ARE COMPLETED.

FUJITA SCALE
F0 40 MPH TO 72 MPH
F1 73 MPH TO 112 MPH
F2 113 MPH TO 157 MPH
F3 158 MPH TO 206 MPH
F4 207 MPH TO 260 MPH
F5 261 MPH TO 318 MPH

DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM MEMBERS
CHRIS MILLER WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
CHRIS GEELHART HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL TECHNICIAN
MIKE HARDIMAN METEOROLOGIST
ED MARTIN ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS ANALYST
BOB RESIDE SPRINGFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT

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