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Mess to the West
Numerous severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings extend across eastern Arkansas into the Memphis area and up into Kentucky tonight. It is a rough night in Memphis tonight. You can see the polygons of a couple of tornado warnings over … Continue reading
New Tornado Watch Mississippi/Tennessee
The storm over northeastern Mississippi has weakened and is no longer a threat to be severe. It has broken into three parts and continues slowly north northeastward. It looks like it will stay to the west of Alabama. Some moderate … Continue reading
Keeping Eye on Mississippi Storm
The large storm complex over northern Mississippi passing north of Aberdeen is showing a high probability of severe hail, possibly as large as grapefruit size (4 inches). We hope that it will weaken as it moves into Northwest Alabama, but … Continue reading
Ominous Radar Signature South of Little Rock
Tornado warning for storm south southwest of Little Rock… Thanks to Kevin Laws from the NWS for sending me a radar color table that mimics the one in the NWS AWIPS display. When I upgraded my GR Level III software … Continue reading
East End AR Damage
The Fire Department at East End, AR was destroyed by a tornado earlier tonight. Fortunately all the firefighters and some of their family members were ok, but the building and some of the equipment was destroyed. East End is 15 … Continue reading
Eastern Mississippi Storm
Heads up Northwest Alabama… The storm passing northwest of Starkville has had a tornado warning on it. It is moving northeast and will affect Northwest Alabama around 11 p.m. It will affect areas from northern Lamar or Marion County Lots … Continue reading
From Jim Cantore’s Twitter Account…
Tornado Threat in Western Alabama Overnight?
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0433 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0905 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010 AREAS AFFECTED…NRN/ERN MS…WCNTRL AL CONCERNING…SEVERE POTENTIAL…WATCH POSSIBLE VALID 010205Z – 010300Z TSTMS HAVE DEEPENED ALONG NRN EDGE OF RETURNING LLVL GULF/CARIBBEAN MOISTURE ACROSS NRN/ERN … Continue reading
St. Louis Under the Gun
The Cardinals are playing the Reds tonight at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. KMOV in St. Louis is streaming live and reports that people in the stadium are being advised to seek shelter in the concourse areas. This is mainly … Continue reading
Reports From Arkansas
Some reports from Arkansas… …8:23 p.m….tornado confirmed on the ground near Culpepper in Van Buren County. …Likely tornado passing just east of Little Rock. Passed very close to the LIT airport. Suspected tornado is in the I-440 River Bridge area. … Continue reading
