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Re: Holy not quite 1/8/07 TX/-Springfield, MO Tornado Outbreak,

#181 Postby Ed Mahmoud » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:44 pm

Ed Mahmoud wrote:I added the SGF this morning when it became obvious that was where the severe weather risk was centered. I'll go edit the thread title to Mississippi Valley/Great Lakes.


Thread title edited.
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#182 Postby Coredesat » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:45 pm

Reports of hail 2.75" in diameter near Springfield.
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Re: -Springfield, MO Tornado Outbreak, Miss Valley/G'Lakes

#183 Postby KatDaddy » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:46 pm

Very intense supercells. This is quite an amazing tornado outbreak. I feel for Springfield as a 3rd supercell is on the way. A very dangerous night for many.
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#184 Postby MiamiensisWx » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:47 pm

It's very amazing that Wisconsin possibly experienced a strong (+EF3) tornado a few hours ago during this event in January.
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#185 Postby Coredesat » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:55 pm

000
NWUS53 KSGF 080153
LSRSGF

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
753 PM CST MON JAN 07 2008

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0745 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E STRAFFORD 37.27N 93.06W
01/07/2008 WEBSTER MO AMATEUR RADIO

SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNED AT MILE MARKER 91 ON
INTERSTATE 44.
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Re: -Springfield, MO Tornado Outbreak, Miss Valley/G'Lakes

#186 Postby simplykristi » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:56 pm

Springfield is a one of the largest cities in MO. It seems safe to say that coverage needs to center there. If anyone is interested, here's a link to a stream from KTTS-FM in Springfield: http://player.streamtheworld.com/jbroad ... IGN=KTTSFM

There's a wall cloud in Republic right now.

Kristi
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#187 Postby CrazyC83 » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:57 pm

New PDS watch issued...
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Re: -Springfield, MO Tornado Outbreak, Miss Valley/G'Lakes

#188 Postby RL3AO » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:57 pm

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
750 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

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

WESTERN AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS
WESTERN ILLINOIS
SOUTHWEST THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 750 PM UNTIL
500 AM CST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT
SMITH ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES NORTH OF ALTON ILLINOIS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.
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Re: Holy not quite 1/8/07 TX/Southern Tornado Outbreak, Batman

#189 Postby Ed Mahmoud » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:57 pm

Ed Mahmoud wrote:
Ed Mahmoud wrote:I am picking Springfield, MO as my tornado pick city, during the evening hours today

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OK, I was about 500 miles off from a week ago, but I wouldn't rule out an upgrade to moderate, for Southern MO and Northern Arkansas.


WRF trickling out now, we shall see...



I have no training or experience, and I thought an upgrade to moderate was required...
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#190 Postby CrazyC83 » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:58 pm

SEL5

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
750 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

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

WESTERN AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS
WESTERN ILLINOIS
SOUTHWEST THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 750 PM UNTIL
500 AM CST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT
SMITH ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES NORTH OF ALTON ILLINOIS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 1...WW 2...WW 3...WW 4...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
ALONG PREFRONTAL CONFLUENCE ZONE EXTENDING ROUGHLY ALONG THE I-44
CORRIDOR FROM NE OK INTO E CNTRL MO. APPROACH OF OK/TX PANHANDLE
UPR VORT AND ASSOCIATED STRENGTHENING LLJ...AND ABSENCE OF STRONG
LOW LEVEL LINEAR FORCING...SHOULD MAINTAIN FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR
DISCRETE TO SEMI-DISCRETE STORMS. GIVEN INTENSE DEEP SHEAR OVER
REGION AND SLIGHT BACKING OF NEAR-SFC FLOW ALONG CONFLUENCE
LINE...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR TORNADOES...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG.
THE GREATEST THREAT SHOULD SPREAD SLOWLY ENE FROM NE OK AND SW/S
CNTRL MO THIS EVENING...AND REACH THE MO/IL BORDER AREA AFTER
MIDNIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045.


...CORFIDI


SEL5

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
750 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

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

WESTERN AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS
WESTERN ILLINOIS
SOUTHWEST THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 750 PM UNTIL
500 AM CST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT
SMITH ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES NORTH OF ALTON ILLINOIS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 1...WW 2...WW 3...WW 4...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
ALONG PREFRONTAL CONFLUENCE ZONE EXTENDING ROUGHLY ALONG THE I-44
CORRIDOR FROM NE OK INTO E CNTRL MO. APPROACH OF OK/TX PANHANDLE
UPR VORT AND ASSOCIATED STRENGTHENING LLJ...AND ABSENCE OF STRONG
LOW LEVEL LINEAR FORCING...SHOULD MAINTAIN FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR
DISCRETE TO SEMI-DISCRETE STORMS. GIVEN INTENSE DEEP SHEAR OVER
REGION AND SLIGHT BACKING OF NEAR-SFC FLOW ALONG CONFLUENCE
LINE...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR TORNADOES...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG.
THE GREATEST THREAT SHOULD SPREAD SLOWLY ENE FROM NE OK AND SW/S
CNTRL MO THIS EVENING...AND REACH THE MO/IL BORDER AREA AFTER
MIDNIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045.


...CORFIDI


Note: Click for Watch Status Reports.

WOUS64 KWNS 080144
WOU5

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 5
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
750 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

TORNADO WATCH 5 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

ARC005-007-009-015-033-047-049-071-083-087-089-101-129-131-143-
081100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0005.080108T0150Z-080108T1100Z/

AR
. ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BAXTER BENTON BOONE
CARROLL CRAWFORD FRANKLIN
FULTON JOHNSON LOGAN
MADISON MARION NEWTON
SEARCY SEBASTIAN WASHINGTON


ILC005-013-027-051-061-077-081-083-117-119-121-133-135-145-149-
157-163-189-081100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0005.080108T0150Z-080108T1100Z/

IL
. ILLINOIS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BOND CALHOUN CLINTON
FAYETTE GREENE JACKSON
JEFFERSON JERSEY MACOUPIN
MADISON MARION MONROE
MONTGOMERY PERRY PIKE
RANDOLPH ST. CLAIR WASHINGTON


MOC007-009-015-017-019-027-029-035-043-051-055-057-059-065-067-
071-073-077-085-091-093-099-105-109-113-119-123-125-127-131-135-
137-139-141-145-149-151-153-157-161-163-167-169-173-179-181-183-
186-187-189-203-205-209-213-215-219-221-223-225-229-510-
081100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0005.080108T0150Z-080108T1100Z/

MO
. MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

AUDRAIN BARRY BENTON
BOLLINGER BOONE CALLAWAY
CAMDEN CARTER CHRISTIAN
COLE CRAWFORD DADE
DALLAS DENT DOUGLAS
FRANKLIN GASCONADE GREENE
HICKORY HOWELL IRON
JEFFERSON LACLEDE LAWRENCE
LINCOLN MADISON MARIES
MARION MCDONALD MILLER
MONITEAU MONROE MONTGOMERY
MORGAN NEWTON OREGON
OSAGE OZARK PERRY
PHELPS PIKE POLK
PULASKI RALLS REYNOLDS
RIPLEY SHANNON SHELBY
ST. CHARLES ST. FRANCOIS ST. LOUIS
STE. GENEVIEVE STONE TANEY
TEXAS WARREN WASHINGTON
WAYNE WEBSTER WRIGHT


MISSOURI INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE

ST. LOUIS CITY


OKC001-021-041-061-077-079-091-097-101-121-135-145-081100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0005.080108T0150Z-080108T1100Z/

OK
. OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAIR CHEROKEE DELAWARE
HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE
MAYES MCINTOSH MUSKOGEE
PITTSBURG SEQUOYAH WAGONER


ATTN...WFO...LZK...TSA...SGF...PAH...LSX...





Note: The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area. The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

SAW5
WW 5 TORNADO AR IL MO OK 080150Z - 081100Z
AXIS..100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
25SW FSM/FORT SMITH AR/ - 30N ALN/ALTON IL/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 85NM E/W /27SW FSM - 35NE STL/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045.

LAT...LON 35069644 39319191 39318818 35069291

THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU5.


Watch 5 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.
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#191 Postby JonathanBelles » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:58 pm

Anyone in the TOR watches or to the east of them should be on watch all night.
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#192 Postby CrazyC83 » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:59 pm

Is this the first time a PDS watch was issued on top of only a slight risk?
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Re: -Springfield, MO Tornado Outbreak, Miss Valley/G'Lakes

#193 Postby Beam » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:59 pm

Jesus, Springfield is just getting ROLLED. how many tornado warnings is that for Greene County so far tonight? Three? And there are still more coming?

If this is a sign of things to come in 2008, then I'm gonna be doing a lot of armchair storm chasing. Hopefully some of the non-armchair variety, too.
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Re: -Springfield, MO Tornado Outbreak, Miss Valley/G'Lakes

#194 Postby Category 5 » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:59 pm

We have one that sounds like an EF4.
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#195 Postby Coredesat » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:00 pm

000
NWUS53 KMKX 080020
LSRMKX

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
620 PM CST MON JAN 07 2008

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0415 PM TORNADO 3 NE NEW MUNSTER 42.61N 88.19W
01/07/2008 KENOSHA WI EMERGENCY MNGR

STATE HIGHWAY 50 AND COUNTY HIGHWAY O. 12 HOMES
DESTROYED...SOME WITH NOTHING BUT FOUNDATIONS LEFT. LARGE
TREES DOWN. ONE THREE-FOOT ROUND OAK TREE DOWNED WITH A
SMALL TRAILER WRAPPED AROUND IT.


000
NWUS53 KMKX 080046
LSRMKX

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
646 PM CST MON JAN 07 2008

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0453 PM TORNADO 3 N KENOSHA 42.63N 87.82W
01/07/2008 KENOSHA WI LAW ENFORCEMENT

17TH COURT AND 15TH STREET IN KENOSHA.WINDS FROM POSSIBLE
TORNADO CAUSED SECOND STORY OF APARTMENT BUILDING TO
COLLAPSE.
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#196 Postby Cyclone1 » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:01 pm

That's characteristic of a solid EF4, maybe an EF5...
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Re: -Springfield, MO Tornado Outbreak, Miss Valley/G'Lakes

#197 Postby Bunkertor » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:01 pm

simplykristi wrote:Springfield is a one of the largest cities in MO. ....

Kristi


A phonecaller on this channel reported 2 large funnelclouds, but no TD ( out of those ) so far.
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#198 Postby CrazyC83 » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:02 pm

Cyclone1 wrote:That's characteristic of a solid EF4, maybe an EF5...


I'd say EF4.
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#199 Postby RL3AO » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:03 pm

Absolutly incredible. This would be a large outbreak if it were May. Historic outbreak in January.
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#200 Postby CrazyC83 » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:03 pm

Can the SPC go up to a higher level outside the normal times?
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