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

[#NoPoles]

BI, awesome pic!!! guess i missed all the excitement!!!

[SouthernNJ]

I certainly would not want to be in the path of this storm. Likely very large hail

and destructive winds with it at the least, perhaps a tornado as well.

[Crazieman]

Anyone else seeing this west of ICT? The squall line is separating into descrete cells.

[SouthernNJ]

Potentially more than one tornado now. A couple of circulations present.

The line that has formed near the OK/KS border also contains a few

weaker circulations, but certainly not as impressive.

[Indystorm]

Anyone else seeing this west of ICT? The squall line is separating into descrete cells.

With the level of low level helicity those storms are entering as they progress eastward I wouldn't be surprised.

[JoMo]

* AT 746 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE

TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS

DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARION...AND MOVING EAST AT 55

MPH.

AT 749 PM CST...THE POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE TORNADO IS HIGH!

[Buckeye05]

Yeah it does look like it is transitioning into discreet mode.

[Dunkman]

* AT 746 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE

TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS

DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARION...AND MOVING EAST AT 55

MPH.

AT 749 PM CST...THE POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE TORNADO IS HIGH!

Looking at the radar I'd have to agree, the whole damn cell is rotating.

Additionally, there's some 100 kt. winds at 5000 feet on the edge of the storm. If those get pulled down on occasion it's gonna seem like a tornado to someone.

[andyhb]

Highly populated areas in that thing's path if it holds together.

[brettjrob]

What a line of sups along the cold front. None look imminently dangerous at the moment (besides the long-track northern one), but still awfully impressive for FEB.

[Indystorm]

Svr warning for straight line winds in excess of 70 mph for the cell approaching Arkansas City in new warning.

[Buckeye05]

Council Grove storm is looking really scary now.

[tornadotony]

Council Grove storm is looking really scary now.

Not really. The velocity signature has backed off quite a bit from what it was.

[Buckeye05]

Not anymore at least. TOR warning dropped as well.

[JoMo]

Whoops forgot something..

AT 847 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE

TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE

WINDS AROUND MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARKANSAS CITY...OR

15 MILES SOUTH OF WINFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

[SouthernNJ]

Residents in and around Topeka should prepare immediately

for Damaging Winds.

[on_wx]

Whoops forgot something..

AT 847 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE

TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE

WINDS AROUND MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARKANSAS CITY...OR

15 MILES SOUTH OF WINFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

At the bottom of the warning -- must be 80-90mph winds

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND

SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE

ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE

OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE

LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL

TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

[FSMweather]

I have a hard time believing that line is going to drop far enough south to affect our area in western Arkansas.

[JoMo]

I have a hard time believing that line is going to drop far enough south to affect our area in western Arkansas.

Haven't looked at the models in a bit but they did show it filling in farther south around midnight earlier.

[andyhb]

I have a hard time believing that line is going to drop far enough south to affect our area in western Arkansas.

Given that the line already stretches south of Enid, OK, I'm not so sure about that.

[JoMo]

At the bottom of the warning -- must be 80-90mph winds

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND

SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE

ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE

OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE

LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL

TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

Yep, it was 70-80 MPH on latest warning.

[brettjrob]

I have a hard time believing that line is going to drop far enough south to affect our area in western Arkansas.

HRRR says it won't be long until it extends down to the Red.

And I can personally guarantee it will fill in past my latitude (just S of I-40) within 5 min. of the front clearing my apartment.

[Indystorm]

It's not often we see 0-1km helicity values of 900 to 950 such as in ne OK at present. I for one am glad that richer low level moisture thus far has stayed to the south.

[FSMweather]

Interesting. I wonder if the 2 hours of sunlight we had earlier around noon will affect any of these storms?

[JoMo]

Someone weaken this thing... thanks

* AT 927 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE

TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG

BALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AROUND 80 MPH. THIS STORM

WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEDAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

[FSMweather]

Big hail and 80mph winds do not mix well,lol. We had a bad storm in April 2008 like that but with baseball size hail. Most of the people in our town still have dents in their cars.

...starting to notice some precipitation forming in central and southern OK.

[SmokeEater]

Cell heading for Joplin eventually may need a TW. The couplet will miss Joplin to the north though.

[JoMo]

Is that a bookend trying to form?

[wxsmwhrms]

Is that a bookend trying to form?

Looks like it.

[andyhb]

Dual-pol showed a strong TDS signature over Harveyville, KS...with reports of significant damage/people trapped, no tornado warning on it.