The Storm Prediction Center has posted a Slight Risk of severe weather for the remainder of tonight in these areas:
NE Texas
North half of Louisiana
Arkansas
Most of Missouri
All of Illinois
Almost all of Wisconsin
Extreme NW Mississippi
West edge of both Tennessee and Kentucky
Within that Slight Risk is an Enhanced Moderate Risk for these areas:
Most of Arkansas
SE half of Missouri
Most of Western Illinois
This includes the cities of Rockford, Quincy, St. Louis, Little Rock, Springfield (both Illinois and Missouri). The biggest danger seems to be across Southern Missouri and North and Central Arkansas.
There have been 12 Tornado Warnings issued since 7:00 this evening and 6 of those were from the NWS in Little Rock. Warnings have also been issued in at least 5 states, including Wisconsin, Missouri, Florida (Jacksonville) and Oklahoma.
DAMAGE REPORTS
Considerable damage from a tornado this evening at Willow Springs, Missouri. A tornado was on the ground just before 8:00 p.m. at Conway, Arkansas.
For Saturday and Saturday night, the SPC has a Slight Risk over thousands of square miles including these areas:
East Texas
All of Arkansas
Louisiana (except extreme SE)
Mississippi (except coastal area)
Most of Tennessee (except extreme east edge)
All of Kentucky
South 1/3 of Illinois
South 1/2 of Indiana
All of Ohio
Extreme West Pennsylvania
West half of West Virginia
NW and West/Central Alabama
The Alabama outlook is generally along and west of a line from Scottsboro to Birmingham to Livingston.
Just before 8:00 tonight, a long line of very strong thunderstorms loaded with lightning extended from the NE edge of Texas, across NW Arkansas, most of Western Illinois to near Milwaukee and Green Bay in Wisconsin.
