Severe Weather Thread

Update:

As long as this thread is stickied perhaps we should us it as the Severe Weather Thread. Please feel free to post severe weather watches and warnings when necessary.


Update - Day 2 Afternoon:

TSTMS HAVE RAPIDLY INCREASED IN INTENSITY ACROSS ERN AR AND NRN MS. THE ENVIRONMENT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY FAVORABle DMGG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND PERHAPS A FEW TORNADOES. A WW WILL LIKELY BE COORDINATED SOON WITH LOCAL FORECAST OFFICES.

DISCUSSION...NRN SEGMENT OF MCS MOVING ACROSS AR HAS FRAGMENTED ACROSS CNTRL AR...AND IS PROGRESSING NEARLY DUE EWD ACROSS ERN AR.

ADDITIONAL MORE DISCRETE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS NRN MS. VWP DATA FROM NQA SHOWS FAVORABLY BACKED SFC WINDS WITH VEERING IN THE 0-1 KM LAYER...RESULTING IN 0-1 SRH NEAR 150 M^2 S^-2.

ADDITIONALLY...BREAKS IN CLOUDINESS HAVE RESULTED IN TEMPERATURESHEATING UP INTO THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S F...RESULTING IN AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. THIS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL AND DMGG WINDS...AS WELL AS TORNADOES ESPECIALLY WITH DISCRETE STORMS. A WW WILL BE COORDINATED SOON

Update - Day 2 Morning:

Arkansas, SW Missouri, and Tennessee in path of violent t-storms.




Update - Night 1:

Over 90 reported dead in OK. Weather Service reporting that Table Rock Lake, MO, Branson, MO, Harrison, AR...soon to be hit by what appears to be a tornado on radar. Take shelter immediately...the announcer actually said if you are in a mobile home, get into your car and drive north or south because you will die if you remain in your home.

Earlier:

F5 reported just outside of Oklahoma City. 50 + dead and rising.

Storm track has the storm arriving in Missouri (Joplin) at approximately 8:00 PM, Springfield, MO not long after.

This storm is a killer.