Substantial tornado event, Tuesday 2/28 into Wednesday 2/29

[Memphis Weather]

Sigh...

[tornadotony]

Sigh...

What's the color scale on that for rho?

[andyhb]

Good god...

[Memphis Weather]

What's the color scale on that for rho?

Blues are .80 and below but I've got values below .5

[tornadotony]

Blues are .80 and below but I've got values below .5

With that distance from the radar and at S-band...that is quite bad.

[andyhb]

Very long-lived cell up north is cranking up again, btw.

[andyhb]

Fayetteville cell...not good...

[SouthernNJ]

Hopefully this storm cycles before it reaches Branson.

Shoot, it cycled too early. Just like Center Point earlier this year.

Essentially Tornado Emergency for Branson, but Springfield is not

big on using that kind of wording. May have something to do with

the tornadoes on April 2, 2006. They issued numerous emergencies

on that night, but a couple did not verify. I have yet to see them

issue one since (including Iris Road EF-4 and Joplin EF-5).

[Memphis Weather]

With that distance from the radar and at S-band...that is quite bad.

About 3,000 ft up...FWIW. New scan...TDS still going w/strong circulation. Damaging tornado in progress folks...first one that appears not simply "brief"...

[Tehidden]

Man, Ky3 missed that one, referring to it as mainly a wind threat in Branson. It makes me rather uneasy considering Ky3 is quite the popular station in this area.

[Dunkman]

Fayetteville cell...not good...

I just checked that, 110 kt. TVS...nice of them to issue a warning about 30 minutes late....that's pretty sad it's been a strong meso for awhile you could give people warning on a night when every meso has been producing. Not sure what they were thinking...

[tornadotony]

About 3,000 ft up...FWIW. New scan...TDS still going w/strong circulation. Damaging tornado in progress folks...first one that appears not simply "brief"...

How high does the TDS extend?

[Memphis Weather]

How high does the TDS extend?

At least 8,000 ft (1.8scan)...possibly to 2.4 which is 10kft.

[lester]

AT 128 AM CST...TRAINED SPOTTERS ARE CONFIRMING A TORNADO NEAR

POWERSITE DAM...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED IN THE

CITY OF BRANSON.

[Ozarkwx]

Fayetteville cell...not good...

TORNADO WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

128 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 200 AM CST

* AT 124 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A

TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESLEY...MOVING EAST AT 60

MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...

WESLEY...HINDSVILLE...CLIFTY...HUNTSVILLE...WITHROW SPRINGS STATE

PARK...FORUM...MARBLE...KINGSTON AND RUDD.TORNADO WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

128 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 200 AM CST

* AT 124 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A

TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESLEY...MOVING EAST AT 60

MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...

WESLEY...HINDSVILLE...CLIFTY...HUNTSVILLE...WITHROW SPRINGS STATE

PARK...FORUM...MARBLE...KINGSTON AND RUDD.

[Thrasher Fan]

Mature trees down...roof off of gas station in downtown Branson, MO via ham radio reports

[ATL_Militarypolice]

....

[andyhb]

KY3...that is a discrete supercell storm...jesus christ.

[andyhb]

NW AR supercell really just exploded.

[Memphis Weather]

TDS still there...1:33 scan...

[ATL_Militarypolice]

NW AR supercell really just exploded.

Yes it did...finally TOR warned as well.

[Stebo]

Very impressive signature as that cell went through Branson. Also that cell that went through Fayetteville had a strong signature as it was going through the city.

[Ozarkwx]

NW AR supercell really just exploded.

Looks like we are going to watch that one miss to the south, just after the Branson was a miss to the north.

[Memphis Weather]

Now I think its lifted...TDS and circulation disappearing...1:37 scan...

[on_wx]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

139 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON

.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.

..REMARKS..

0124 AM TORNADO BRANSON 36.64N 93.22W

02/29/2012 TANEY MO TRAINED SPOTTER

CAPRI MOTOR INN DAMAGED. WALL OF RESTAURANT DOWN. SIGN

DOWN. HIGHWWAY PATROL REPORTS POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS

HIGHWAY.

[tmagan]

Cross-section of normalized rotation as cell passed over Branson, MO.

[andyhb]

Significant damage reported near Kimberling City as well.

[Ozarkwx]

Can someone take a closer look at the at Madison CO. AR cell? Seems like it may want to head towards Harrison.

[Thrasher Fan]

- Residential structures destroyed in Branson, MO from tornado. This is from Police in Branson.

- All firefighters in Branson, MO being asked to report to their stations.

[on_wx]

Everyone is starting to tweet that residences are "completely" destroyed in Branson