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Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:01 pm to Raz4back
Casualties for sure on I-40
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:01 pm to Raz4back
So sad. I remember the Joplin and Bridgeton/Maryland Heights tornadoes like they were yesterday. Always sad to see destruction close to home. My thoughts and prayers are with all those affected.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:02 pm to mizzoukills
Stay safe Arkansas
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:03 pm to Prof
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Please tell me those weren't buildings. Please.
Probably a mixture of debris carried by the storm and cars/big trucks. Other than at the exits there aren't many buildings on 40 in that area.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:03 pm to The_Joker
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Looks like cars. Which is worse.
This just keeps getting worse.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:03 pm to AGoodTexan
There are currently 9 confirmed fatalities.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:04 pm to LBC
God bless them all, that is terrible!
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:04 pm to BallHawg10
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:06 pm to BallHawg10
quote:heart breaking. prayers to all in the area.
Video
Warning, this is a bit graphic.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:07 pm to Pigfeet
Holy shite man. April 27 as a whole can eat a bag of dicks.
Prayers sent to those in Arkansas. Looks like tomorrow might get rough in our area.
Prayers sent to those in Arkansas. Looks like tomorrow might get rough in our area.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:08 pm to Pigfeet
Why the hell would you drive towards something like that?
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:08 pm to Pigfeet
Wow from seeing the wedge to pitch black in less than two minutes. Dear God.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:09 pm to Pigfeet
That's an incredible video
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:09 pm to weagle99
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Why the hell would you drive towards something like that?
The path it took, in that area, it is possible to be driving through and never see it.
There is also a spot where truckers pull over to sleep.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:11 pm to weagle99
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Why the hell would you drive towards something like that?
The general public associates funnel clouds like they get out west with tornadoes. Most have no idea what a wedge tornado looks like and have never been taught how to identify the kind of tornadoes this region gets. It's one reason the South has so many casualties. It's also difficult for people to judge distance.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:13 pm to DaleDenton
This is a screenshot I took from the radar image out of Little Rock. It shows wind velocity at the base of the storm as it moved out of Mayflower and into Vilonia. The green areas you see are winds moving towards the Little Rock radar, the red areas are winds moving away from the radar. (The radar in this image is that black hole to the west of Sherwood) When the green and red shaded areas touch, there is rotation, when they wrap around each other, that is usually a good way to confirm that there is a tornado on the ground. In this photo, there is a sandy brown area where the red touches green, that is showing due to wind velocities being so strong, that the radar cannot provide a totally accurate measurement of wind speed in the storm.
In this screencap, the winds moving towards the radar (green) were measured around 90 kts, and winds moving away from the radar (red) were measured around 65 kts.
90 knots = 103.570 mph wind speed (round up to 104)
65 knots = 74.8 mph wind speed (round up to 75)
Combine the two and the wind speed that was recorded was around 180 mph.
EF-4 wind speeds are 166-200 mph
EF-5 wind speeds are 200+ mph
The time I took this screen shot, the winds were at least EF-4 level, however they may have been much stronger (high end EF-4, or EF-5 level) as they moved through Mayflower.
Prayers to all those affected.
In this screencap, the winds moving towards the radar (green) were measured around 90 kts, and winds moving away from the radar (red) were measured around 65 kts.
90 knots = 103.570 mph wind speed (round up to 104)
65 knots = 74.8 mph wind speed (round up to 75)
Combine the two and the wind speed that was recorded was around 180 mph.
EF-4 wind speeds are 166-200 mph
EF-5 wind speeds are 200+ mph
The time I took this screen shot, the winds were at least EF-4 level, however they may have been much stronger (high end EF-4, or EF-5 level) as they moved through Mayflower.
Prayers to all those affected.
This post was edited on 4/27/14 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:14 pm to Prof
Prayers sent, god bless them poor people who have been affected by this.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:17 pm to wstorie44
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:20 pm to AGoodTexan
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