Major tornado outbreak Sunday...the aftermath..

[conestogo_flood]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/04/03/m ... index.html Scroll down to Indiana, there is a video of fans fleeing the NCAA with the tornado sirens blowing, the winds causing damage and what not.

[bvigal]

that's amazing!!!!!!!!!

[thunderchief]

the foxnews video is amazing.

the first few minutes shows frame homes wiped clean, and cars thrown about like toys. Thats an F4... at least. I normally dont hype on intense ratings but that damage is amazing.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Maybe even a f5 by the looks of things.

[CrazyC83]

If so, it would be the first confirmed F5 tornado in the 21st Century...I personally think it was an F4, but they just need to find one solid structure completely blown away for it to be declared an F5.

[thunderchief]

I think it also might depend on the distance those cars were thrown... we will see.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
407 PM CDT MON APR 3 2006

...PRELIMINARY TORNADO SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS
FROM 2 APRIL 2006 EVENT...

NWS SURVEYS ARE STILL ONGOING IN A NUMBER OF AREAS OVER
CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THESE SURVEYS IN COMBINATION WITH EMERGENCY
MANAGER DAMAGE SURVEYS AND SPOTTER/EYE WITNESS SIGHTING
INFORMATION HAS CONFIRMED THE OCCURRENCE OF 12 TORNADOES
...AS THIS TIME.

NOTE THAT THIS IS ONLY PRELIMINARY BEGINNING TORNADO
INFORMATION. AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES
AVAILABLE...LATER UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED.

BEGINNING
TIME COUNTY LOCATION RESULT

546 PM SANGAMON NEW BERLIN PRODUCED DAMAGE
NWS SURVEY

546 PM SANGAMON LOAMI PRODUCED DAMAGE
CONFIRMED BY SPOTTER

556 PM SANGAMON 2 NORTH OF CHATHAM PRODUCED DAMAGE
NWS SURVEY

558 PM SANGAMON SOUTHWEST SPRINGFIELD PRODUCED DAMAGE
(STARTED NEAR KOKE MILL NWS SURVEY
AND WABASH)

614 PM CHRISTIAN TAYLORVILLE PRODUCED DAMAGE
NWS SURVEY

622 PM MENARD GREENVIEW NO DAMAGE
CONFIRMED BY SPOTTER

630 PM MACON EAST OF NIANTIC PRODUCED DAMAGE
CONFIRMED BY
SPOTTER

701 PM DEWITT 2 NORTH NORTHEAST WELDON NO DAMAGE
EYE WITNESS
SIGHTING

708 PM MCLEAN SOUTH OF TOWANDA NO DAMAGE
CONFIRMED BY
SPOTTER

710 PM WOODFORD 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF KAPPA
PRODUCED DAMAGE
NWS SURVEY

715 PM CHAMPAIGN URBANA
(BRIEF TOUCH DOWN ON OAK STREET,
WEST OF ASSEMBLY HALL, SOUTH OF
KIRBY AVE) NO DAMAGE
CONFIRMED BY
2 U OF I POLICE

725 PM CHAMPAIGN FLATVILLE PRODUCED DAMAGE
SURVEY DONE BY
COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGER


ERNEST GOETSCH
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
330 PM CDT MON APR 3 2006

...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY KENTUCKY TORNADO...

THE FOLLOWING IS THE PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR A
PORTION OF THE TORNADO TRACK IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY KENTUCKY. SPECIAL
NOTE: THIS TORNADO TRACK IS ONLY A SEGMENT OF THE TORNADO THAT
AFFECTED PARTS OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY ON THE NORTH SECTION OF
HOPKINSVILLE.

* EVENT DATE: SUNDAY APRIL 2, 2006.

* EVENT TIME: APPROXIMATELY 845 PM CDT.

* EVENT TYPE: F3 TORNADO.

* EVENT LOCATION: TORNADO BEGAN NORTH OF GRACEY ALONG THE GRACEY
SINKING ROAD NEAR SHURDAN CREEK. THE STORM WAS TRACKED IN AN
EASTWARD DIRECTION CROSSING HIGHWAY 1349 NEAR SHURDAN CREEK...
PRINCETON ROAD NEAR INTERSECTION OF EVERETTS ROAD...AND TO HIGHWAY
109 NEAR MUDDY FORK CREEK.

* PEAK WIND: ESTIMATED 180 MPH.

* AVERAGE PATH WIDTH: 700 YARDS.

* PATH LENGTH: 10 MILES...REST OF PATH WILL BE REVIEWED TOMORROW.

* INJURIES: 22.

* FATALITIES: NONE.

* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE: STORM TRACK IS A CONTINUOUS PATH. AT LEAST 6
HOMES TOTALLY DESTROYED. SCORES OF HOMES RECEIVED VARIOUS DEGREES
OF DAMAGE. LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF TREES DOWNED...SNAPPED OR UPROOTED.
THIS IS A PRELIMINARY REPORT WITH FURTHER DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TO BE
CONDUCTED TOMORROW, APRIL 4TH.


f3 reported 2 more to make this a outbreak.

[badger70]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/04/03/midwest.tornadoes/index.html Scroll down to Indiana, there is a video of fans fleeing the NCAA with the tornado sirens blowing, the winds causing damage and what not.

Here's the direct link:
mms://wmscnn.stream.aol.com/cnn/us/2006 ... thr.ws.wmv

[CrazyC83]

What is the link for the Hopkinsville tornado confirmation? I can't find it on the PAH site.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Here is where I got it...

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php ... d=1117069&

[jkt21787]

This is unconfirmed and still very preliminary, but WREG here in Memphis through NWS MEG said the Dyer County TN/Newbern tornado was F3. It was widely considered to be the strongest tornado of the day.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAMS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN THE QUAD CITIES INITIALLY DETERMINED THE FOLLOWING... EVENT SYNOPSIS/OVERVIEW: AT LEAST THREE TORNADO TRACKS AND ONE STRAIGHT LINE WIND EVENT ARE CONFIRMED WITH DAMAGE TO TREES AND BUILDING STRUCTURES. NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE DAMAGE WILL BE PROVIDED IN A LATER REPORT WHEN THE STORM SURVEY TEAMS RETURN.

BELOW ARE THE CURRENT AVAILABLE SPECIFICS OF THE FOUR EVENTS..

. TORNADO 1...WASHINGTON IOWA TORNADO * F2 INTENSITY * PATH LENGTH 1 MILE OR GREATER WITH SOME DAMAGE TO THE TOWN * FURTHER DAMAGE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED SHORTLY

TORNADO 2...NORTHWEST MCDONOUGH COUNTY ILLINOIS (3 MILES SOUTH OF BLANDINSVILLE TO 3 MILES NORTH OF GOOD HOPE) * F1 INTENSITY * 12 MILES IN LENGTH * UP TO 1/8 MILE IN WIDTH (700 FEET) * NUMEROUS DAMAGE TO AREA TREES...BUILDING STRUCTURES * FURTHER DAMAGE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED SHORTLY

TORNADO 3...NEAR TERRE HAUTE ILLINOIS (HANCOCK COUNTY) * F0 INTENSITY * BRIEF TOUCHDOWN * NEAR INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 94 AND 96 * NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE

STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE NEAR BUSHNELL ILLINOIS (MCDONOUGH COUNTY) * ESTIMATED 70 TO 80 MPH * NUMEROUS DAMAGE TO AREA TREES...BUILDING STRUCTURES * FURTHER DAMAGE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED SHORTLY * PATH WIDTH AND LENGTH UNKNOWN

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 435 PM CDT MON APR 3 2006

..TORNADO SURVEY COMPLETED IN WHITE COUNTY TODAY TODAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK IDENTIFIED A TORNADO TRACK IN WHITE COUNTY FROM THE STORMS THAT OCCURRED SUNDAY EVENING. THE TORNADO TRACKED FROM 1.5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ARMSTRONG SPRINGS TO 5 MILES NORTH OF SEARCY. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 6.3 MILES LONG. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS F2 ON THE FUJITA SCALE...WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 140 MPH. TWO MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED AND SEVERAL OTHER MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED. SEVERAL HOUSES WERE DAMAGED. A SELF STORAGE WAREHOUSE WAS DAMAGED...AND THREE OTHER BUSINESSES WERE DAMAGED. SEVERAL DOZEN TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. POWER LINES WERE DOWNED. A NUMBER OF VEHICLES WERE BADLY DAMAGED. SOME OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

[jkt21787]

Still prelim but initial F3 rating for Newbern is confirmed, nothing on Marmaduke here...

...PRELIMINARY MID SOUTH STORM DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS FROM THE MAJOR
TORNADO OUTBREAK OF APRIL 2 2006...

A COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH THE MID SOUTH SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. WARM MOIST AND HIGHLY UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF THIS
COLD FRONT RESULTED IN THUNDERSTORMS WHICH RAPIDLY BECAME SEVERE
AND PRODUCED TORNADOES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL IN MEMPHIS HAVE BEGUN STORM DAMAGE
ASSESSMENTS ACROSS THE MID SOUTH WITH ADDITIONAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS
TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY.

PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE DYER COUNTY TORNADO:

A STORM DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM SURVEYED THE DAMAGE ACROSS DYER
COUNTY ON MONDAY. THIS TORNADO WAS A CONTINUATION FROM THE TORNADIC
THUNDERSTORM IN CARUTHERSVILLE MISSOURI AND TRAVELED FOR 18 MILES
BEFORE DISSIPATING IN NEWBERN TENNESSEE (DYER COUNTY). PRELIMINARY
F-SCALE ASSESSMENT RATES THIS TORNADO AT A STRONG F3 TORNADO WITH
ESTIMATED WINDS AROUND 200 MPH. NUMEROUS HOMES WERE DESTROYED WITH
ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE NOTED. THERE WERE 15 FATALITIES WITH THIS
STORM AND ONE INDIVIDUAL STILL NOT ACCOUNTED FOR.

PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE GIBSON COUNTY TORNADO:

AFTER THIS TORNADO DISSIPATED...ANOTHER TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN GIBSON
COUNTY TENNESSEE JUST EAST OF YORKVILLE AND MOVED THROUGH DYER AND
THEN THROUGH BRADFORD. TORNADIC DAMAGE WAS RATED A F1 ON THE FUJITA
SCALE WITH UP TO F3 DAMAGE IN BRADFORD...ESPECIALLY ON TAYLOR ROAD
JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 45. THE STORM CONTINUED EAST THROUGH WEAKLEY
AND CARROLL COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE WHICH WILL HAVE A STORM DAMAGE
ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED ON TUESDAY.

ANOTHER TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A SECOND SUPERCELL
UNRELATED TO THE DYER COUNTY SUPERCELL. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST
SOUTH OF THE OBION COUNTY LINE AND JUST NORTH OF WEATHERFORD. THIS
TORNADO THEN MOVED SOUTHEAST TRACKING APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES AND
DISSIPATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CHINA GROVE ROAD AND HIGHWAY
105. PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS RATE THIS TORNADO AS AN F3 ON THE
FUJITA SCALE WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 200 MPH AND A WIDTH OF UP TO
ONE HALF MILE. SEVERAL HOMES WERE DESTROYED WITH MANY AUTOMOBILES
TOSSED AND THROWN INTO FIELDS. EIGHT FATALITIES WERE REPORTED IN
BRADFORD WITH APPROXIMATELY 50 INJURIES.

PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF HAYWOOD COUNTY TORNADO:

ANOTHER TEAM SURVEYED DAMAGE FROM A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM IN
BROWNSVILLE TENNESSEE. THIS TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AN F2 ON THE
FUJITA SCALE WITH A WIDTH OF 30 YARDS AND LENGTH OF THREE QUARTERS
OF A MILE.

FUJITA TORNADIC DAMAGE SCALE

F0.....60-73 MPH...LIGHT DAMAGE
F1....73-112 MPH...MODERATE DAMAGE
F2...113-157 MPH...CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE
F3...158-206 MPH...SEVERE DAMAGE
F4...207-260 MPH...DEVASTATING DAMAGE

[MiamiensisWx]

Any information on the Dyer County potential F-4 tornado? Has the NWS got any new information on it?

[jkt21787]

Any information on the Dyer County potential F-4 tornado? Has the NWS got any new information on it?

See above. F3

[MiamiensisWx]

Thanks!

[tornadotony]

It's being circulated on two boards that the media is reporting that the tornado that struck Marmaduke, AR, was at least F4, and possibly F5.

[MiamiensisWx]

Looks like we definately have at least two F-4 tornadoes (Dyer County, Tennessee, and Marmaduke, Arkansas).