Major tornado outbreak Sunday...the aftermath..

[tidesong]

As long as we're sharing F5 pics, here are pictures from the Barneveld, Wisconsin F5 that hit in 1984, and is the reason for my fear of storms.

Pictures: http://www.wx-fx.com/bphotos.htm
Story and links: http://www.wx-fx.com/barnevld.htm

[CrazyC83]

That looks a lot like Marmaduke...more like an F4 than an F5...

[bvigal]

That looks a lot like Marmaduke...more like an F4 than an F5...

Those are some pics! But, I think they look much, much worse than any I've seen of Marmaduke.

[Extremeweatherguy]

That looks a lot like Marmaduke...more like an F4 than an F5...

Those are some pics! But, I think they look much, much worse than any I've seen of Marmaduke.

I agree. They are certainly worse.

[jkt21787]

Final surveys are released from Memphis and the regional team called in. All F3 ratngs will stand.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Even the powerful one was only a f3? WOW CAN"T believe that. Also there is now 53 confirmed which means it ties March 12th.

[CrazyC83]

Final surveys are released from Memphis and the regional team called in. All F3 ratngs will stand.

Where are the final surveys? I still see preliminary.

[jkt21787]

Final surveys are released from Memphis and the regional team called in. All F3 ratngs will stand.

Where are the final surveys? I still see preliminary.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
400 PM CDT WED APR 5 2006

...FINAL ASSESSMENTS OF THE TORNADO DAMAGE FROM THE MAJOR TORNADO
OUTBREAK ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH FROM THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 2 2006 TO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OF APRIL 3 2006...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL IN MEMPHIS ALONG WITH COORDINATION
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAVE COMPLETED THEIR
SURVEY OF THE TORNADO DAMAGE ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL
OF MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE.

THE FIRST TORNADO WAS THE LONGEST TORNADO TRACK ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH
AND IMPACTED RANDOLPH...LAWRENCE...AND GREENE COUNTIES IN ARKANSAS...
AS WELL AS DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT COUNTIES IN MISSOURI AND THEN MOVED
INTO DYER AND GIBSON COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE:

IT APPEARS THAT THE PARENT SUPERCELL FIRST PRODUCED A TORNADO THAT
FIRST TOUCHED DOWN A JUST WEST OF RAVENDEN IN SHARP COUNTY ARKANSAS
AND THEN MOVED INTO RAVENDEN (LAWRENCE COUNTY) AS AN F0 TORNADO WITH
A 200 YARD PATH. SEVERAL WOODEN AND METAL SHEDS WERE DESTROYED...
ALONG WITH A ROOF OF AN OLDER HOUSE BLOWN OFF. FROM THERE THE TORNADO
APPEARED TO MOVE THROUGH IMBODEN AND THEN SKIPPED ON ITS WAY TO JUST
SOUTH OF POCAHONTAS. F1 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ONE MILE SOUTH OF
POCAHONTAS NEAR ROAD 67 AND ARKANSAS 90...WITH A WIDTH OF 300 YARDS.
SEVERAL HOMES WERE DAMAGED WITH ONE ROOF COMPLETELY GONE. FROM THAT
POINT THE TORNADO REMAINED ON THE GROUND AS IT MOVED EAST TOWARD
LAFE...WITH GENERALLY F0 TO F1 DAMAGE OBSERVED ALONG THE PATH. AS THE
TORNADO MOVED INTO LAFE IT BEGAN TO WIND UP AND PRODUCED F1 TO F3
DAMAGE UNTIL THE TORNADO REACHED MARMADUKE. IN MARMADUKE THE TORNADO
REACHED MAXIMUM WINDS OF 200 MPH...A STRONG END F3 ALONG WITH WIDTH
OF HALF A MILE TO THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE. SOME OF THE DAMAGE IN
MARMADUKE INCLUDED NUMEROUS HOUSES DESTROYED...ALONG WITH 15 RAILROAD
CARS WERE LIFTED OFF THE TRACK AND BLOWN OVER. THERE WERE 50 KNOWN
INJURIES WITH 5 OF THOSE INJURED IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

FIVE MILES EAST OF MARMADUKE...2 WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WERE
FLATTENED AND A NEW CAR THROWN 80 YARDS. AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED
EAST...IT APPEARED TO WEAKEN IN STRENGTH TO A F1 WITH JUST SCATTERED
DEBRIS AND LARGE POWER POLES DOWN ALTHOUGH THE SIZE OF THE SYSTEM
REMAINED LARGE AS IT PASSED THROUGH DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT COUNTIES.
THE DAMAGE PATH APPEARED NEAR THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE WIDE AT TIME
ESPECIALLY AS IT APPROACHED CARUTHERSVILLE MISSOURI. AS THE TORNADO
MOVED INTO THE TOWN OF BRAGGADOCIO MISSOURI...IT STRENGTHENED BACK
TO A F2 TORNADO. THERE WERE 2 INJURED AND 1 ELDERLY LADY KILLED AS
THEY WERE TRYING TO RUN FROM THE TORNADO.

THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO CARUTHERSVILLE AS A F3 TORNADO AND PASSED
THROUGH THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CITY AND DAMAGED ALMOST EVERY HOME
AND MANY WERE RENDERED UN-INHABITABLE. THERE WERE 64 INJURIES...
ALTHOUGH NO FATALITIES. AS THE TORNADO PASSED INTO THE CITY THE WIDTH
OF THE TORNADO WAS HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE WIDE AS IT PASSED
OVER I-55.

THIS TORNADO THEN LEFT CARUTHERSVILLE MISSOURI AND TRAVELED ANOTHER
18 MILES BEFORE DISSIPATING JUST EAST OF NEWBERN TENNESSEE (DYER
COUNTY). THIS STRONG F3 TORNADO HAD WINDS AROUND 200 MPH. NUMEROUS
HOMES WERE DESTROYED WITH ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE NOTED. THERE
WERE 16 FATALITIES WITH THIS STORM.

A SECOND TORNADO THAT ORIGINATED FROM THE ORIGINAL PARENT SUPERCELL
TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF YORKVILLE TENNESSEE (GIBSON COUNTY) 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
TENNESSEE...ESPECIALLY ON TAYLOR ROAD JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 45. THE
STORM CONTINUED EAST THROUGH WEAKLEY AND CARROLL COUNTIES IN
TENNESSEE. AFTER THE TORNADO PASSED THROUGH BRADFORD IN GIBSON COUNTY
THERE WAS SPORADIC DAMAGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF CARROLL COUNTY
WITH WORST AFFECTED AREAS 5 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MCKENZIE. DAMAGE
HERE INCLUDED NUMEROUS TREES DOWNS...GRAIN SILOS DESTROYED AND POWER
LINES DOWNED. A RATING OF F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE WAS GIVEN TO THIS
TORNADO. DAMAGE CONTINUED INTO BENTON COUNTY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS DETAILS ON THE DAMAGE TRACK EAST OF CARROLL
COUNTY.

THE THIRD TORNADO WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A SECOND SUPERCELL THAT HAD
FORMED FROM THE ORIGIANAL SUPERCELL AND THEN MADE A QUICK RIGHT HAND
TURN AND TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF THE OBION COUNTY LINE AND JUST
NORTH OF RUTHERFORD. THIS TORNADO THEN MOVED SOUTHEAST TRACKING
APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES AND DISSIPATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CHINA
GROVE ROAD AND HIGHWAY 105. THIS TORNADO WAS RATED AS A 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.

A FOURTH TORNADO BEGAN IN WOODRUFF COUNTY IN ARKANSAS 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MORTON OR ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF THE PENROSE COMMUNITY
IN WOODRUFF COUNTY AND ENDED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARKIN IN CROSS
COUNTY. THE TORNADO REMAINED IN WOODRUFF COUNTY FOR LESS THAN HALF A
MILE AND THEN MOVED INTO CROSS COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WENT ON TO STRIKE
THE FITZGERALD CROSSING COMMUNITY SOUTH OF WYNNE AND VILLAGE CREEK
STATE PARK. A NUMBER OF HOUSES WERE DESTROYED OR DAMAGED ALONG WITH
MOBILE HOMES...FARM SHOPS...AND GRAIN SILOS. HUNDREDS OF TREES AND
POWER LINES WERE DOWNED. SEVERAL PARKED EIGHTEEN WHEELERS AND CARS
WERE OVERTURNED. A RATING OF F3 WAS GIVEN TO THE TORNADO WITH
ESTIMATED WINDS OF 200 MPH. THERE WERE 5 INJURIES IN CROSS COUNTY.
AFTER EXITING THE PARKIN AREA...F0 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED INTO
CRITTENDEN COUNTY BEFORE LIFTING JUST EAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. THANKS
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK FOR THEIR HELP WITH THE
PATH OF THE STORM.

THE FIFTH TORNADO ORIGINATED FROM A SUPERCELL THAT MOVED ACROSS SOUTH
HAYWOOD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE. A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF
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. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE HICKORY TRAIL SUBDIVISION
AND OCCURRED AROUND 1030 PM. THERE WAS PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE TO
APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN HOMES. ONE HOME WAS MOVED OFF OF ITS FOUNDATION
WHILE ANOTHER HOME WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED WITH ITS DEBRIS SWEPT CLEAN
OFF OF THE FOUNDATION. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

THE SURVEY TEAM ALSO NOTED AREAS OF STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE NEAR
THE TOWNS OF WHITEVILLE...TOONE...SILERTON AND DANCYVILLE IN
HARDEMAN...FAYETTE...SOUTHERN HAYWOOD...AND MCNAIRY COUNTIES IN
TENNESSEE. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED AROUND 730 PM. A FEW HOMES RECEIVED
MINOR DAMAGE WHILE IN THE DANCYVILLE AREA...A MOBILE HOME THAT WAS
TIED DOWN WAS OVERTURNED. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE IN EXCESS OF 90
MPH HERE.

[bvigal]

jkt21787, thanks for posting the report!

[therock1811]

Even the powerful one was only a f3? WOW CAN"T believe that. Also there is now 53 confirmed which means it ties March 12th.

Now 68 which passes March 12 according to NOAA.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

At wik they say 53 for April 2nd which tied March 12th. Where did you get the info for the 68 tornadoes on April 2nd.

[therock1811]

I just saw it on the NWS main page. Here's the direct link to the story:
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2605.htm

[Extremeweatherguy]

on TWC they said 64 tornadoes for April 2nd and they also said that there were only 49 tornadoes on March 12.

[CrazyC83]

They may be using the "reported" tornado count for that. 52 is the confirmed count at this point, based on the NWS sites. (Two tornadoes were actually one long track, so the 53 dropped to 52)