Stebo Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 We are even luckier that the cell didn't track about 12-15 miles SE right through Little Rock proper. Oh yeah definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Sure would love to get a good scan on that mammoth cell west of Lufkin Texas. Looks pretty beastly on the edges of some of the 88Ds. It has access to the best parameters around this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Sure would love to get a good scan on that mammoth cell west of Lufkin Texas. Looks pretty beastly on the edges of some of the 88Ds. It has access to the best parameters around this evening. yeah, this thread would be a page or two longer if it weren't for that radar hole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 yeah, this thread would be a page or two longer if it weren't for that radar hole Use the Shreveport or Fort Polk radar site. I have it pretty clearly on simuawips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Use the Shreveport or Fort Polk radar site. I have it pretty clearly on simuawips. yeah, but it's been dropping tornadoes for hours without being close enough to get good velocity scans...shreveport and fort polk are too far away to see the bottom levels of the storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Better than nothing.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Better than nothing.......... that totally misses the point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Patrick Marsh about historic Arkansas tornadoes in light of tonights events. Some interesting facts/stats in there. http://www.patricktmarsh.com/2011/04/historical-arkansas-tornadoes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 The Weather Channel reporting one death in Vilonia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 The Weather Channel reporting one death in Vilonia. Twitter saying now there may be as many as 7 victims in Vilonia? Cantore received a tweet from someone in AR but is trying to confirm the source. This is very UNCONFIRMED, but what twisted soul would make something like that up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Twitter really can give breaking news...check out Cotton Rohrscheib on Twitter... "I Can't Describe This. There's an 18-wheeler in a tree." And here's a picture of the storm in Vilonia (from Twitter): http://twitpic.com/4pmcz5 Another photo here from Twitpic as the storm entered town, from Brandon Dayberry: http://twitpic.com/4pk96q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Twitter really can give breaking news...check out Cotton Rohrscheib on Twitter... "I Can't Describe This. There's an 18-wheeler in a tree." And here's a picture of the storm in Vilonia (from Twitter): http://twitpic.com/4pmcz5 That is a fairly impressive picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.B. LaForce Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I threw this together, pretty amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 That is a fairly impressive picture. what do you see in that photo? it looks like an impressive area of lowering, but i can't resolve any significant details in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 what do you see in that photo? it looks like an impressive area of lowering, but i can't resolve any significant details in it. I am basing the picture as being under the Meso and that being the tornado, I suppose it is tough to say, as its a fairly grainy picture. However using the assumption it would be fairly impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 KTHV... http://www.todaysthv.com/news/article/154770/2/5-deaths-reported-along-with-injuries-damage-across-Arkansas Arkansas Department of Emergency Management spokesman Tommy Jackson says two people have died Monday in the central Arkansas town of Vilonia, where a tornado likely ripped through the area. The Vilonia fire chief says 50-60 people unaccounted for after storms hit central Ark. community Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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harlequin Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 ARKANSAS (KTHV) -- Emergency officials in Arkansas have confirmed four more storm-related fatalities, bringing the death toll to nine statewide. Major Andy Shock with the Faulkner County Sheriff's Department has confirmed that four people were killed in the small town of Black Oak. Black Oak is located 10 miles southeast of Vilonia. Arkansas Department of Emergency Management spokesman Tommy Jackson says two people died in Vilonia, where a tornado likely ripped through the area. The Vilonia fire chief says 50-60 people unaccounted for after storms hit central Ark. community In northwest Arkansas, emergency officials say a man and a woman died after floodwaters swept their car off the road in Madison County and another woman died near after her car was swept off the road in Washington County. That woman's 11-year-old son survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenEagle Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Everyone is accounted for in Vilonia, according to Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe. He expects the death toll to remain at 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GoldenEagle Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Has it been determined how long the Vilonia tornado was on the ground for? My understanding is that it was coming up I-40 and turned east. My house is just south of Conway, along the interstate, so I am thankful that it turned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MidwestChaser Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 230 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ..TORNADO FROM THE EVENING OF APRIL 25TH CONFIRMED IN VILONIA PRELIMINARY REPORT...TORNADO DAMAGE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN VILONIA ARKANSAS. AS OF THIS HOUR...THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN SEEN SO FAR HAS BEEN RATED AT AN EF2 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE SURVEY CREW OF JOHN ROBINSON...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST...AND RENEE FAIR...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE...HAS SAID THE SURVEY WILL CONTINUE IN THE AREA AND THE RATING MAY BE UPGRADED IN THE FUTURE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 113 NOUS43 KPAH 052113 PNSPAH ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-052315- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 413 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2011 ...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR FT. CAMPBELL, KY... THE FOLLOWING IS THE FINAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR FT. CAMPBELL, KY. * EVENT TYPE.........EF3 TORNADO * EVENT DATE.........TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011 * EVENT TIME.........1:05 AM CDT * EVENT LOCATION.....CAMPBELL ARMY AIR FIELD NORTH TO SOUTH SIDE OF INTERSTATE 24. * PEAK WIND..........145 MPH * AVG. PATH WIDTH....250 YARDS * PATH LENGTH........2.5 MILES * INJURIES...........NONE * FATALITIES.........NONE * DAMAGE DETAIL......ONE BUILDING STRUCTURE DESTROYED WAS RATED FOR 90 KNOTS (104 MPH) WINDS. SEVERAL VERY LARGE AND HEAVY CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE AT THE CAMPBELL ARMY AIR FIELD. LARGE DOORS TO THESE BUILDINGS, WHICH WERE RATED FOR 100 KNOTS (115 MPH) TO AS MUCH AS 125 KNOTS (144 MPH) WINDS, WERE BLOWN IN. SEVERAL OTHER SMALLER BUILDINGS RECEIVED MINOR TO MAJOR DAMAGE. NUMEROUS HEAVY VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED, WITH AT LEAST 3 FLIPPED OVER. IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE AIRFIELD, ACROSS FARMLAND, SEVERAL DOZEN TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED, 2 BARNS WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED, 3 POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN, AND SOME SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF A HOUSE. EYEWITNESS/VIDEO ACCOUNTS: A SECURITY GUARD WITNESSED THE TORNADO DURING 2 SEPARATE ILLUMINATIONS PROVIDED BY LIGHTNING. THE SECURITY GUARD'S VEHICLE WAS MOVED BACKWARDS APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET DURING THE TORNADO. A SECOND SECURITY GUARD ALSO WITNESSED THE TORNADO. TWO SECURITY CAMERAS RECORDED THE TORNADO'S PASSAGE AS WELL. ONE CAMERA SHOWED WINDS BLOWING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS OVER AN APPROXIMATE 30 SECOND TIME INTERVAL. SURVEYORS.......SHANKLIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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