Be sure and scroll down and see Brian’s post which explains just how unusual this early, early severe weather outbreak is. Here is the latest:
* In the last few hours, five Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and two Tornado Warnings have been issued by the NWS in Little Rock.
* A number of Severe Thunderstorm Warnings from the Shreveport office.
* Several Flash Flood Warnings in Central and Northern Indiana.
* At 8:40 this morning, a tornado was reported one mile SE of Appleton in NW Arkansas. Trees and power lines are down along with structural damage to homes. There may have been some injuries. A few minutes later, the same storm struck one mile west of Jerusalem, Arkansas. Tree are down there along with additional structural damage.
* Several reports of hail 3/4 to 1 inch in diameter in the NE corner of Texas.
SEVERE REPORTS 24 HOURS ENDING AT 6:00 AM TODAY
37 tornadoes
74 high wind
105 reports of hail
The reports were over Eastern Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, South Michigan and extreme SE Wisconsin near Milwaukee. Missouri had the most reports. There were two fatalities in Green County Missouri and 6 injuries.
CURRENT TORNADO WATCH
It goes until 4:00 this afternoon for the following areas:
Most of East and South Arkansas
Part of extreme West Kentucky
Extreme SE Missouri
Extreme NW Mississippi
Extreme West Tennessee
SLIGHT RISK AREA NEXT 24 HOURS
North Louisiana
NW half of Mississippi
East Arkansas
West half of Tennessee
West 2/3 of Kentucky
Very NW tip of Alabama
11:00 AM POSITION REPORTS
Line of thunderstorms from East/Central Texas to near Texarkana, Shreveport and Little Rock on across the Missouri boot heel into Southern Illinois, Central and Northern Indiana and extreme NW Ohio. The line is moving toward the east.
LATE REPORT–ANOTHER FATALITY
One person has been reported dead in Pope County Arkansas this morning. That brings the total to three, counting the two fatalities in Missouri late yesterday.
