…strong winds on the back of the low, with a recet gust to 62 mph at McLean, Texas, site of yesterday’s tornado. McLean is near Amarillo.
…at 2:38 p.m….a funnel cloud was reported in Monticello, Arkansas…over the southern part of the state.
…a new Tornado Warning was just issued for Desha and Lincoln Counties in Arkansas. This is for the same storm that produced the funnel cloud near Monticello. It is showing increasing signs of rotation on the Doppler Radar velocity display.
…numerous winter storm watches, warnings and advisories over a wide area from the Northern Plains to the Mid-Atlantic states. An ince storm is in progress across parts of Iowa. Nearly an inch of ice was just reported from Stanley, IA, with three inch limbs down. But thankfully, the freezing rain had changed over to all snow…
…high wind advisories extend from the Central Plains down and across over to Alabama, Tennessee and eastern Kentucky
…Guadalupe Pass near Midland just reported a gust to 74 mph…
…In Alabama, winds have gusted as high as 31mph at Shoals and Decatur. We recorded a 28 mph gust at Birmingham. The wind is playing havoc with the high school tennis tournament at Spain Park.
