STORM2K

...TORNADO EMERGENCY...

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR DYER COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNIONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS REPORTED TO
HAVE CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN PEMISCOT COUNTY MISSOURI.

DYERSBURG IS NEAR OR IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 830 PM CDT INCLUDE...
UNIONVILLE...
BRADLEYTOWN...
DYERSBURG...

.IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3613 8965 3595 8967 3591 8930 3611 8928

OH DEAR!! HOPE EVERYONE IS SAFE!!

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
846 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

...TORNADO EMERGENCY...

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR HENRY COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 842 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES WEST OF PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS TRACK WILL TAKE
THE TORNADO OVER OR NEAR PARIS. THIS IS POTENTIALLY A MAJOR KILLER
STORM.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 900 PM CDT INCLUDE...
PARIS...
SPRINGVILLE...

This is a potentially deadly storm with the potential of a deadly major tornado potential. It has shown signs of strengthening over the past few minutes.

Jim

Very very bad.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
906 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

...TORNADO EMERGENCY...

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR DYER COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 902 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADIC
THUNDERSTORM TO BE OVER ROELLEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

POLICE REPORTED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A HOUSE IN DYERSBURG
AND DEBRIS COVERED HIGHWAY 104 AND THE HIGHWAY 51 BYPASS ON THE WEST
SIDE OF DYERSBURG.

TATUMVILLE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 915 PM CDT.

.IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3612 8933 3595 8937 3592 8925 3610 8915

$$

2 confirmed dead in Pemiscot County, Missouri.

Man that is really horrible.

It's quite unusual to see a system produce such vigorous tornadoes in mid October....those were some very impressive tornadic supercells that moved across SE Missouri into western Tennessee; also one that ripped across NE Mississippi into NW Alabama and south central Tennessee.

It looks stormy again tomorrow, and may be farther south with another strong shortwave....maybe an early "secondary" season tornadic event for Alabama and western Georgia (something we don't normally worry about until November

PW

SouthernWx wrote:It's quite unusual to see a system produce such vigorous tornadoes in mid October....those were some very impressive tornadic supercells that moved across SE Missouri into western Tennessee; also one that ripped across NE Mississippi into NW Alabama and south central Tennessee.

It looks stormy again tomorrow, and may be farther south with another strong shortwave....maybe an early "secondary" season tornadic event for Alabama and western Georgia (something we don't normally worry about until November

PW

Well who knows what will happen perry. Hopefully it will not be to bad.

K.C., one good thing on our side in Georgia.....the atmosphere isn't as loaded with moisture as areas slammed today. I saw dewpoints into the 70's in Mississippi and western Tennessee....while here in metro Atlanta, it's been more like upper 50's-lower 60's.

Still, a storm system this strong and a history of destructive tornadoes bears watching....even in a normally very quiet month such as October.

PW

From what I have noticed, Octobers have been getting stormier over the past few years.

We had a tornadic thunderstorm come through here right before Halloween in 2002. The September before that, we had a major tornado go through Indiana