Massive Tornado Has Hit Multiple Towns In Kansas

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/today.html ^ | May 5, 2007

[silentknight]

Damage being reported for over 100 miles. Reports of dozens of injuries and missing people. Damage to numerous towns from one large tornado or a series of large tornadoes. Tornado tracked from south of Greensburg, Kansas and is still going as of 2 a.m. this morning near Claffin, Kansas.

Reports of dozens of homes destroyed. Many people still trapped.

Red Cross is opening a number of shelters.

Ambulances being called in from over 100 miles away.

Reports of fatalities.

NWS reports the tornado was over one mile wide. Numerous reports of damage swaths of 1/2 mile to one mile wide.

[bd476]

More updates from KSN live webstream:

Charter's Corner and Adam's Corner - Tornado Warning people should be in shelter.

Moving towards Nickerson North - tornado passing through Charter's Corner and Adam's Corner

North of Abbeyville - very "good" rotation on Doppler

From dumpsterbaby's earlier thread link:

[bd476]

Large very dangerous tornado moving towards Willowbrook, may be increasing threat also as it appears on Doppler to be moving towards Hutchinson area

Breaking: 4th and Centennial in Hutchinson - brief touchdown confirmed and reported by National Weather Service

New Tornado Warning: Very large dangerous tornado

NE Reno County
Rice County
McPherson County

[bd476]

NOAA National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center

[geopyg]

You sure rite purdy!

I hope that you would send this to someone in Greensberg when the proper time comes, it is a very nice tribute. Of course - your second paragraph could be used either way - with a steadfast Mayor standing on the shattered band stand concluding with “and we WILL rebuild....”

[No Blue States]

Jarrel Texas was hit by an F5 in 1997, nothing left but the foundations...they rebuilt and the 2005 census shows 1,408 tough people.

Americans rebuild, I predict Greensburg will.

[No Blue States]

The rain these supercells are dropping is incredible, 200 miles west of me between San angelo and Abilene, Texas one storm has dropped 5-7” and golfball hail since this afternoon, including a funnel cloud.
The storm has practically parked in the same area since about 2pm.
Ive noticed in Kansas and Ok the rain totals reach 12” in some areas. Equal to a tropical storm total.

Im glad the dry line is expected to stay west tonight and away from DFW.

Prayers up for those in the path of these storms.

(Texas) AT 639 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERTZON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR ARDEN BY 710 PM CDT

[bd476]

Thank you for the updates, No Blue States. Prayers extended for everyone in the path of these storms.

[Dust in the Wind]

"Breaking: 4th and Centennial in Hutchinson - brief touchdown confirmed and reported by National Weather Service"

I googled this and it shows near Plum St. or just off of Walnut in Hutch. I called a cousin who lives about 8 blocks northeast of there and they are fine. Didn't seem too concerned, said they had been "watching".

Thanks for all the prayers, I have many extended family in Reno, Kingman and Harper counties area.

[Eye of Unk]

Langdon [Reno Co, KS] emergency mngr reports TORNADO at 05:30 PM CDT — tree and limb damage 1.5 miles south of langdon...and also 3 miles northeast of langdon.

[bd476]

There's an updating National Weather Service map which shows a couple of confirmed tornado reports in Texas here.

[bd476]

There's an updating National Weather Service map which shows a couple of confirmed tornado reports in Texas here.

[bd476]

Here's a captured updated Doppler Radar image I got from the KSN WeatherLab site. I uploaded it to tinypic so it wouldn't slow down the thread.

You can't see the finer details on this which the metereologists on KSN have been showing but you can see the latest band of storms heading East.

When there is a dark red area next to a bright green band, that is what the metereologists call a very high rotation area with very high and imminent tornado potential.

[bd476]

After I posted the report, KSN said that the touchdown at 4th and Centennial was actually located just outside of Hutchinson; said that NWS had placed 4th and Centennial, where the touchdown occurred, inside of Hutchinson. Either way, looks like Hutchinson was safe. :)

Prayers for your family and friends in Reno, Kingman and Harper Counties.

[bd476]

Eye of Unk wrote: "Langdon [Reno Co, KS] emergency mngr reports TORNADO at 05:30 PM CDT — tree and limb damage 1.5 miles south of langdon...and also 3 miles northeast of langdon."

That doesn't sound good. Hopefully sirens are working in all areas tonight. There were reports that some sirens were not working late last night and early this morning.

Also today KSN lost TV audio after a lightning strike. Their live webstream was not affected though by the lightning strike. Suddenly I heard cross-talk between the KSN metereologist and the KSN news anchor saying that they'd lost TV audio. Internet live webstreaming continued.

[Dust in the Wind]

"KSN said that the touchdown at 4th and Centennial was actually located just outside of Hutchinson; "

That is what my cuz stated. Thanks.

[Eye of Unk]

Leavenworth [Leavenworth Co, KS] law enforcement reports HAIL of quarter size (E1.00 INCH) at 07:53 PM CDT —

These are posted comments from www.stormvista.com that I am passing along, myself I am in boring weather state of Alaska.

[No Blue States]

The Fort Stockton, Tx area is going to have a rough night looks like. A tornado nearly stationary and base ball hail.

AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAKERSFIELD...OR ABOUT 29 MILES NORTH OF SANDERSON. THIS TORNADO WAS NEARLY STATIONARY ON US HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 452 AND 460. HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE IS POSSIBLE AS WELL WITH THIS STORM.

Looks like that San angelo storm to my west isnt going to get in my neck of the woods so Im putting the kids to bed.

It was good to see on the news that the watches have shifted to the east of Greensburg, finally.
The main risk there seems to be flooding now.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

This comparison stands out:

[Eye of Unk]

I know I am going to catch flak on this but I get the feeling certain parts of Iran are going to look like these pics as well soon unless they shape up.

[bd476]

TORNADO WARNING
TXC105-070530-
/O.NEW.KSJT.TO.W.0058.070507T0429Z-070507T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1129 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CROCKETT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1126 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF US-190 AND HIGHWAY 137...OR ABOUT
15 MILES SOUTH OF BIG LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
THE INTERSECTION OF US-190 AND HIGHWAY 137 BY 1130 PM CDT...
THE INTERSECTION OF US 190 AND HIGHWAY 163 BY 1215 AM CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR ROOM.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
WESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3109 10166 3081 10156 3086 10096 3108 10097

$$