FSMweather Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Ewww. That BETTER stay outta Desoto,MO. I have family there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrasher Fan Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Ewww. That BETTER stay outta Desoto,MO. I have family there. Passed just south of De Soto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSMweather Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Thank goodness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Whoever is running LZK right now, there are strong couplets on both cells in NW AR and showing up from both SGF and SRX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-5 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Scanner reports of damage to a trailer park in Branson with injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrasher Fan Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 the southern storm looks much healther than the north one in Ark. probably needs a TOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrasher Fan Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Stay safe tonight folks. I got to get some sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Ok heard from a few people, it's most likely not my moms trailer park, but there's lots of lines down in that area, phones aren't working. The damage path doesn't start until about 500 yards down the highway from her. I did notice possibly a small couplet going over that area but I didn't take time to compare it to BR and by the time I thought to it was off radarscope already. I think all is ok. Haven't heard how the rest of Lebanon faired. The boat plant may have been struck I'm not sure, it was also struck by a tornado in November 1995. Sent from my iPad HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Ok heard from a few people, it's most likely not my moms trailer park, but there's lots of lines down in that area, phones aren't working. The damage path doesn't start until about 500 yards down the highway from her. I did notice possibly a small couplet going over that area but I didn't take time to compare it to BR and by the time I thought to it was off radarscope already. I think all is ok. Haven't heard how the rest of Lebanon faired. The boat plant may have been struck I'm not sure, it was also struck by a tornado in November 1995. Sent from my iPad HD Is that the "tracker" plant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Ok heard from a few people, it's most likely not my moms trailer park, but there's lots of lines down in that area, phones aren't working. The damage path doesn't start until about 500 yards down the highway from her. I did notice possibly a small couplet going over that area but I didn't take time to compare it to BR and by the time I thought to it was off radarscope already. I think all is ok. Haven't heard how the rest of Lebanon faired. The boat plant may have been struck I'm not sure, it was also struck by a tornado in November 1995. Sent from my iPad HD Great news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Is that the "tracker" plant? Tracker Marine it's right above the 44 shield here. Sent from my iPad HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Friend on Facebook saying there is damage near the Walmart and lowes in Lebanon, on the south side, near the airport. Mainly cosmetic. Lots of signs and trees down. Sounds like it was an RV park hit near Bennett Spring, not a mobile home park. Sent from my iPad HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I heard earlier that there were a lot of boats blown around in Lebanon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I heard earlier that there were a lot of boats blown around in Lebanon. I don't know if you remember the storm 11/95 but was a 70 degree day, followed by a tornado and 3" of snow. I was 10 and that got me hooked on the weather. My mom was actually stuck in that storm driving home from work. Sent from my iPad HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 This was definitely a dynamic setup. Springfield released several Mesoscale Convective Discussions tonight: .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1258 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012/ DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS WILL RACE THROUGH THE AREA THROUGH 5 AM. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. REFERENCING SPC/S MESOANALYST PAGE...MLCAPE IS NEAR 1000 J/KG WITH 0-1KM AND 0-3KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITY NEAR 750 M2/S2. GIVEN 925MB WINDS OF 50KT AND 850MB WINDS OF 70KT (AS MEASURED BY THE 04Z SPECIAL KSGF SOUNDING)...THE SRH VALUES PRODUCED ARE LIKELY REPRESENTATIVE. RUC REPRESENTATION OF LOW LEVEL CAPE ESTIMATES VALUES ARE 100 J/KG. THIS COMBINED WITH THE HIGH SRH VALUES IN THE LOW LEVELS WILL MAINTAIN AN ELEVATED TORNADO RISK WITH THE BOW ECHO SIGNATURE THAT IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS ANY OTHER LINE SEGMENTS THAT BECOME FAVORABLY ORIENTED WITH THE WEST/SOUTHWEST 0-3KM SHEAR VECTORS. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL WILL REMAIN AN ELEVATED TO SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0215 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012/ A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES TO RACE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH 5 AM. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH 5 AM. DIVING INTO VARIOUS MESOSCALE PARAMETERS...SIGNIFICANT O-1KM AND 0-3KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITY VALUES OF OVER 800 M2/S2 ARE AVAILABLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE OF CONVECTION. RUC BUFKIT SOUNDINGS AHEAD OF THE LINE CONTINUE TO INDICATE STRONG 925MB WINDS OF NEAR 50 KTS AND 850MB WINDS OF 60 TO 65KTS...WITH THIS CONTINUING TO SUPPORT OUR STRONG SRH VALUES. SPC MESOANALYSIS PAGE CONTINUES TO SHOW MLCAPE VALUES OVER 1000 J/KG ACROSS THE REGION. RUC FORECASTS OF 0-1KM COMPUTED CAPE SHOW VALUES BETWEEN 300 AND 500 J/KG JUST AHEAD OF THE CONVECTIVE LINE...WITH NEAR 1000 J/KG NOSING INTO THE EASTERN OZARKS. THESE PARAMETERS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR ELEVATED TORNADO RISK WITH BOWING SEGMENTS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL WILL REMAIN AN ELEVATED TO SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Reimer Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Based on current data, it's pretty obvious that this event has both over-performed and managed to become a high-impact event across Northern Kansas and now South Missouri/Northwest Arkansas. I just got back into the house after chasing all of yesterday and last evening in Kansas/Oklahoma, so it's going to be interesting to see what the data looked like yesterday and what we can learn from this on-going event. It's tragic to see that our 2011 trend of tornadoes impacting densely populated areas continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSMweather Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 http://twitpic.com/8q3yn7 pic of the possible tornado. Take it with a "grain of salt" as it is from twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Reimer Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I would also like to add that it might be a smart idea to refrain from trying to make "arm-chair ratings" on this or any other potential tornado. The velocity couplet was not your classic violent looking tornado. It was definitely organized and could have done something between volume scans, but with so many trees located in that part of the world, they may have had something to do with the enhanced damage. We'll see what daylight brings. If it's obvious that this was a violent tornado verses a strong tornado (Violent is EF4-EF5, Strong is EF2-EF3) then I'll gladly take my comments back. Just my two sense before that habit gets going in the coming hours. There is no doubt this was a high-impact tornado in the sense it caused substantial damage in a highly-urbanized area, but we won't know how significant it was until we get some daylight and a storm survey out there. Personally, I bet that survey won't take long to get started since it's likely going to be receiving national attention by this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 http://twitpic.com/8q3yn7 pic of the possible tornado. Take it with a "grain of salt" as it is from twitter. The Branson tornado or not, one tornado came to mind when I saw that picture: Harper, KS (May 12th, 2004). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beneficii Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 New tornado watch coming out north of Memphis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Branson had a special telethon for Joplin after the tornado that raised over $200,000 for St. Johns and Joplin Schools music program. I hope we can repay them in some way now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Daylight is going to bring lots of surprises I'm afraid. Sent from my ADR6400L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 There has been a report of a fatality in Branson and more recently major damage in Harrisburg, IL. (edit: Unconfirmed reports of a fatality in Harrisburg as well) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFusion70 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 That Nebraska warning/probable watch is for cells currently forming and moving ne into the region. I am more concerned about late this evening/early overnight for ne OK, NW AR, and sw MO since RUC sig tornado parameter is up to 8 in that region for that time period. Looks like you were spot on with this concern Joe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 There has been a report of a fatality in Branson and more recently major damage in Harrisburg, IL. (edit: Unconfirmed reports of a fatality in Harrisburg as well) Latest report is of 3 fatalities in Harrisburg. http://www.kfvs12.com/story/17042746/storm-reports-from-nws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFusion70 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 live scanner feed for the ems _ branson MO area - http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=3689 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonbo Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=610712 Video showing some of the damage in Branson. Mostly just behind a reporter but still gives a sense of the extent of the damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Any more pics or videos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Still going: 3 circulations. Sent from my iPad HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 From Fox4KC web page. Branson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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