janetjanet998 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 since this overlapped 3 sub forums perhaps a thread in the main forum would be better? lets start things off with the prelim SPC reports more tornado reports will be added as time goes on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 A number of towns very hard hit by this outbreak, Harrisburg, IL being the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 A number of towns very hard hit by this outbreak, Harrisburg, IL being the worst. speaking of NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 204 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ***PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...ASSESSMENT ONGOING*** THE FOLLOWING IS AN INITIAL REPORT IN...FROM A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT ONGOING FOR THE CITY OF HARRISBURG IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. * EVENT DATE - WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 29 2012 * EVENT TIME - 456 AM CST * EVENT TYPE - PRELIMINARY EF4 TORNADO * EVENT LOCATION - SOUTHERN PART OF HARRISBURG * PEAK WIND - ESTIMATED 170 MPH * AVERAGE PATH WIDTH - ESTIMATED 200 YARDS * DISCUSSION/DAMAGE - STRIP MALL NEAR WAL MART SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING DAMAGE...INJURIES AND FATALITIES WILL BE ADDED TO THIS PRELIMINARY REPORT...AS WILL PATH LENGTH. AS OF RIGHT NOW...THE LATEST IS 6 DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Harrisburg EF4 is the first February EF4 tornado in Illinois since 1959. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Tornado in Beau's area rated EF2 with a 26 mile path length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozarkwx Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 People react to disasters in all sorts of ways, but what happened today in Branson was unique. In my Facebook feed at 530 this morning was a post from a tourism official in Branson stating "We are open for business." A later city news release stated stated "there was a brush with a tornado." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguy3107 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Harrisburg EF4 is the first February EF4 tornado in Illinois since 1959. It has been unbelievable ever since 2011 began. What's been amazing to me is that with every severe weather episode, some town or city takes it right on the chin. I've been following outbreaks for years......there are countless reports year after year as well as confirmed tornadoes that never harm a soul, yet in the last year and a half its been one train wreck after another. Simply amazing and makes you wonder what's gonna happen Friday or with the next after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Another prelim. survey out of Harrisburg, winds upped to 180 mph: PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 847 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...HARRISBURG TORNADO...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...ASSESSMENT ONGOING... THE FOLLOWING IS AN UPDATE FROM A NWS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT ONGOING FOR THE FEBRUARY 29 HARRISBURG ILLINOIS TORNADO. * EVENT DATE - WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 29 2012 * EVENT TIME - 456 AM CST (HARRISBURG) 451 AM CST (CARRIER MILLS) * EVENT TYPE - EF4 TORNADO * FATALITIES - 6 CONFIRMED * INJURIES - APPROXIMATELY 100 * PEAK WIND - ESTIMATED 180 MPH (ADJUSTED UPWARD FROM 170 MPH EARLIER ESTIMATE. BASED ON ADDITIONAL DAMAGE) * AVERAGE PATH WIDTH - 250 YARDS * TRACK LENGTH - 7 PLUS MILES FROM 1 MILE NORTH OF CARRIER MILLS TO 2 MILES EAST OF HARRISBURG ALONG HIGHWAY 13. *** NOTE THE DAMAGE TRACK HAS ONLY BEEN SURVEYED TO 2 MILES EAST OF HARRISBURG AND LIKELY EXTENDS FURTHER ENE. AN NWS SURVEY TEAM WILL RESUME SURVEYING THIS AREA THURSDAY*** * DISCUSSION/DAMAGE - OVER 200 HOMES AND ABOUT 25 BUSINESSES WERE DESTROYED OR HEAVILY DAMAGED...INCLUDING A STRIP MALL ON THE EAST SIDE OF HWY 45. AT LEAST 10 HOMES OR OTHER BUILDINGS WERE LEVELED...WITH SEVERAL HOME STRUCTURES DISPLACED FROM THEIR FOUNDATIONS. HUNDREDS OF LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH MANY POWER LINES DOWN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 353 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ..DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR STODDARD COUNTY THE FOLLOWING IS THE PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR STODDARD COUNTY. * EVENT TYPE.........EF3 TORNADO * EVENT DATE.........WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 29 2012 * EVENT TIME.........UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME * EVENT LOCATION.....STARTED .5 MILE WEST OF ASHERVILLE TO 2 MILES WEST OF BELL CITY. * PEAK WIND..........140 MPH * AVG. PATH WIDTH....550 YARDS * PATH LENGTH........21 MILES * INJURIES...........UNKNOWN * FATALITIES.........1 FATALITY MALE * DAMAGE DETAIL......OVER 50 STRUCTURES DAMAGED, ALMOST HALF ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. MOST OF THE BUILDINGS WERE MOBILE HOMES, BARNS, OUT BUILDINGS. OTHER HOUSES SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, BUT 2 SITE- BUILT HOMES WERE SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. 1 COMPLETELY DESTROYED, THE OTHER SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED. * SURVEYORS.......PAT SPODEN/SHANE LEUCKE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 312 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS EF1 TORNADO OCCURRED IN EASTERN DEKALB AND WESTERN WHITE COUNTIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED THAT DAMAGE OCCURRING IN EASTERN DEKALB COUNTY AND WESTERN WHITE COUNTY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO. A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 90 MPH INDICATES THAT THIS TORNADO WAS AN EF1. TORNADO DAMAGE BEGAN ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF SMITHVILLE ALONG HIGHWAY 83 AND ENDED ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPARTA IN WHITE COUNTY MAKING THE DAMAGE PATH APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 200 YARDS. DAMAGE MAINLY CONSISTED OF DOZENS OF SNAPPED OR UPROOTED TREES. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF CENTER HILL LAKE WHERE A HOME ON STILTS WAS BLOWN OVER AND DESTROYED RESULTING IN A FATALITY. OTHER DAMAGE CONSISTED OF MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AND TREES BLOWN OVER ONTO STRUCTURES. SOME SMALLER BARNS AND SHEDS WERE DAMAGED AS WELL. THERE WAS 1 CONFIRMED FATALITY AND NO OTHER KNOWN INJURIES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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