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

SmokeEater

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Ed Lizard

Ed Lizard

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Confirmed...

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1120 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012

KYC123-179-291630-

/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120229T1630Z/

LARUE KY-NELSON KY-

1120 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EST FOR

SOUTHWESTERN NELSON AND EASTERN LARUE COUNTIES...

AT 1115 AM EST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR THE FAIR GROUNDS AND

HIGH SCHOOL IN LARUE COUNTY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR

LEAFDALE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...

HODGENVILLE...

GLEANINGS AND NEW HAVEN...

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Turner Team

Turner Team

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Here are some pics of the Branson damage from my local station:

http://www.4029tv.co...908/detail.html

Here are a lot more on KY3's site covering several of the locations hit last night: http://www.ky3.com/g...64.photogallery

Based on those pictures, imo it will probably be rated a high end EF2 or a low end EF3. There is alot of EF1 damage though.

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patrick7032

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1120 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012

KYC123-179-291630-

/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120229T1630Z/

LARUE KY-NELSON KY-

1120 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EST FOR

SOUTHWESTERN NELSON AND EASTERN LARUE COUNTIES...

AT 1115 AM EST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR THE FAIR GROUNDS AND

HIGH SCHOOL IN LARUE COUNTY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR

LEAFDALE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...

HODGENVILLE...

GLEANINGS AND NEW HAVEN...

Here is a pic from WAVE3 in Kentucky along with a few SRM images.

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lester

lester

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KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-010245-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

245 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012

...STRAIGHT-LINE WIND CAUSES DAMAGE IN PITTSBURG...

* DATE...02-28-2012

* LOCATION...PITTSBURG, KS

* ESTIMATED TIME...1058 PM

* ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...120 MPH

* PATH LENGTH...1 MILE

* FATALITIES...0

* THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION WAS DETERMINED BY A NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING

FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE STORM DATA.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT STRAIGHT-

LINE WINDS OF 100 TO 120 MILES PER HOUR OCCURRED NEAR PITTSBURG

KANSAS...CREATING A ONE MILE PATH OF DAMAGE FROM CENTENNIAL DRIVE

AND HIGHWAY 160 TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF

THE CITY OF PITTSBURG, KANSAS. A MOTEL WAS SEVERALLY

DAMAGED...SEVERAL BUILDINGS HAD ROOF DAMAGE...AND A NUMBER OF

POWER POLES AND TREES WERE DOWNED.

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Jonbo

Jonbo

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Yikes, 100-120mph straight line winds.

The one somewhat minor positive of this event is at least it hit at night. It sounds bad to say it but with this going through downtown Branson, there was little to no people on the streets or inside for a show, etc... and the fact that the picture above for example shows commercial buildings just completely collapsed or in some cases severely damaged if more people were inside.

Not trying to downplay the fact fatalities occurred because of it being at night still, but just thinking out loud about how this event played out.

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lester

lester

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...PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION FROM FEBRUARY 29TH STORMS

IN MADISON COUNTY MISSOURI...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM HAS DETERMINED THAT

THE DAMAGE PRODUCED IN MARQUAND IN MADISON COUNTY MISSOURI EARLY

THIS MORNING WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO. LARGE OAK TREES WERE FOUND

UPROOTED AND DAMAGE TO ROOFS WAS CONSISTENT WITH EF-1 DAMAGE ON

THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. THE TEAM IS CONTINUING TO TRACK THE

TORNADO DAMAGE PATH AND THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH IS UNKNOWN AT THIS

TIME.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A VERY PRELIMINARY REPORT...SO INFORMATION

ABOUT THE PATH AND INTENSITY MAY CHANGE. A FULL REPORT WILL BE

ISSUED LATER TONIGHT.

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B-Rent

B-Rent

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I can't share albums on mobile, but if you look up Laclede County Office of Emergency Management on facebook, they have storm damage pics of from Lebanon.

I also found out, even though I called her and told her there was a tornado on the ground, they didn't think the threat was great enough to head to the community shelter.

Sent from my ADR6400L

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JoMo

JoMo

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City of Joplin: ‎10 of our finest are heading to Branson, returning the favor as their PD came to our aid in our time of need; we wish them well.

City of Joplin: We've reached out to Harrisburg, IL as well. Possible EF-4 in that southern Illinois community.

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JoMo

JoMo

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Buffalo storm:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

650 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012

...EF-2 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN EXTREME EASTERN POLK AND DALLAS COUNTIES

NEAR BUFFALO...

* BEGIN LOCATION...5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF HALFWAY.

* END LOCATION...2 MILES EAST OF BUFFALO.

* ESTIMATED BEGIN TIME...1158 PM CST 2/28/2012.

* ESTIMATED END TIME...1212 AM CST 2/29/2012.

* MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-2 TWO MILES SOUTH OF BUFFALO.

* ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...115 MPH TO 120 MPH.

* ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...75-100 YARDS.

* PATH LENGTH...10 MILES.

* FATALITIES...1.

* INJURIES...12.

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR BENNETT SPRING...

* BEGIN LOCATION...1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF BENNETT SPRING.

* END LOCATION...1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF BENNETT SPRING.

* ESTIMATED BEGIN TIME...1222 AM CST 2/29/2012.

* ESTIMATED END TIME...1226 AM CST 2/29/2012.

* MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1.

* ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 TO 105 MPH.

* ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...50-75 YARDS.

* PATH LENGTH...0.25 MILES.

* FATALITIES...0.

* INJURIES...0.

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN LACLEDE COUNTY BETWEEN PHILLIPSBURG AND

LEBANON...

* BEGIN LOCATION...2 MILES NORTHWEST OF PHILLIPSBURG.

* END LOCATION...1 MILE SOUITHEAST OF LEBANON.

* ESTIMATED BEGIN TIME...1218 AM CST 2/29/2012.

* ESTIMATED END TIME...1230 AM CST 2/29/2012.

* MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1.

* ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 TO 105 MPH.

* ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...150 YARDS.

* PATH LENGTH...11 MILES.

* FATALITIES...0.

* INJURIES...1.

* THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION WAS DETERMINED BY A NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL

REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

STORM DATA.

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andyhb

andyhb

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City of Joplin: ‎10 of our finest are heading to Branson, returning the favor as their PD came to our aid in our time of need; we wish them well.

City of Joplin: We've reached out to Harrisburg, IL as well. Possible EF-4 in that southern Illinois community.

Yup, it's an EF4, deadliest in IL in awhile too.

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CapitalKid

CapitalKid

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City of Joplin: ‎10 of our finest are heading to Branson, returning the favor as their PD came to our aid in our time of need; we wish them well.

City of Joplin: We've reached out to Harrisburg, IL as well. Possible EF-4 in that southern Illinois community.

I greatly respect Joplin, not only for how you all handled the tornado and its aftermath, but also for how you all aid others in their time of need. That's very honorable in my book. You live in a great city, JoMo.

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gusfront

gusfront

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Our city of Joplin Mo is definitely to stubborn to stay down when beaten up in a fight like that ef-5 , and we definitely like to repay others for any help or anything given to us we are a very appreciative city and people Capital Kid .. thanks for the compliments there friend..

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OceanStWx

OceanStWx

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Sigh...

Excellent example of the power of dual-pol, and excellent use of it by SGF. It's one of the only ways we can have (nearly) direct measurement of what is happening on the ground. I like how they incorporated it into the warning text as it was impacting Branson. Despite having no visual on a tornado, spotters reported power flashes and dual-pol had a clear tornadic debris signature, and SGF was able to say they had high degree of confidence that a tornado was on the ground and doing damage.

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