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ravyrn wrote:I just checked out Denning and the surrounding communities on Google Map Street View. Most of the structures in the areas are mobile homes or old wooden buildings, many with aluminum roofs.
Joplin, Missouri (CNN) -- The tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, Sunday killed 124 people, authorities said Tuesday, in what was the deadliest single U.S. tornado since modern record-keeping began 61 years ago.
An estimated 750 people have been treated at area hospitals, said Joplin City Manager Mark Rohr,
Roughly 8,000 structures within the city of Joplin were damaged, Rohr said, citing a Federal Emergency Management Agency report. A previous estimate had put the number of buildings damaged or destroyed at 2,000.
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1257 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS EASTERN
MISSOURI...EASTERN ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...WESTERN
TENNESSEE...WESTERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA.
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0439 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI...MID MISSISSIPPI...AND LOWER OHIO VALLEYS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS
OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI...MID MISSISSIPPI...AND LOWER OHIO VALLEYS
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA
WESTERN KENTUCKY
CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN TENNESSEE
SURROUNDING THE GREATEST RISK AREA...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
FROM LOUSIANA NORTHEASTWARD TO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT
LAKES.
THE STRONG JET STREAM DISTURBANCE IN PART RESPONSIBLE FOR
YESTERDAY'S TORNADO OUTBREAK IN THE PLAINS WILL CONTINUE EAST INTO
MISSOURI LATER TODAY AND INTO ILLINOIS BY EARLY THURSDAY AS ITS
ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT MOVE FROM EASTERN KANSAS TO
NEAR ST LOUIS.
WARM...MOIST SOUTHERLY WINDS STREAMING NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE LOW
WILL UNDERCUT A BAND OF FAST...COOL...WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY JET STREAM
FLOW.
AS SURFACE HEATING OCCURS LATER TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM
ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT PROGRESSING EAST ACROSS THE OZARKS
AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. OTHER STORMS MAY FORM ALONG A
STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING EAST FROM THE LOW INTO ILLINOIS AND
INDIANA.
CONDITIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
LONG-LIVED ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE STRONG...
FAST-MOVING TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.
THE STORMS MAY EVOLVE INTO AN EXTENSIVE BAND THIS EVENING...WITH AN
ASSOCIATED THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND...HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND INTO
PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATER TONIGHT.
STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS DEVELOPING
SITUATION. THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE
WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER
TODAY.
..CORFIDI.. 05/25/2011
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