Weather Alert (Shelby County, TN area)

http://www.wmctv.com/ ^ | 2/5/2008 | WMCTV

[Ingtar]

TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 521 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR... DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 521 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WALLS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF HORN LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LYNCHBURG...SOUTHAVEN...WHITEHAVEN... SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS...DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS...OLIVE BRANCH...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS...SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS... FRAYSER...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE... BARTLETT...ELLENDALE... MILLINGTON... LAKELAND...EADS...ARLINGTON AND SOMERVILLE.

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

.IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES... EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.

LAT...LON 3531 8921 3474 9011 3491 9026 3495 9024 3496 9027 3513 9011 3512 9008 3514 9006 3518 9006 3540 8984 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 229DEG 48KT 3494 9012

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[halo66]

Pretty rare...they only issue if a large tornado has been observed and is about to affect a large city or population center.

[Cedar]

Didn’t know Oxford had one.....have you heard how serious? I have friends who live there.

[stlnative]

Here are the tornado reports - count is up to 11 now

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/last3hours.html (keep refreshing the screen)

2300 N OLA YELL AR 3503 9322 TORNADO ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OLA. TREE LIMBS DOWN AND A BARN DAMAGED. (LZK)

2303 ARLINGTON SHELBY TN 3528 8966 TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 70 AND HIGHWAY 385. (MEG)

2316 1 N WONDERVIEW CONWAY AR 3533 9273 A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND NORTH OF WONDERVIEW. (LZK)

2316 CLEVELAND CONWAY AR 3542 9271 DEBRIS IN AIR (LZK)

2316 GASSVILLE BAXTER AR 3628 9249 SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO MOVING AWAY FROM GASSVILLE TOWARD MOUNTAIN HOME. (LZK)

2323 HORN LAKE DESOTO MS 3496 9004 TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN HORN LAKE. (MEG)

2335 SOUTHAVEN DESOTO MS 3497 9000 DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF GOODMAN ROAD AND AIRWAYS. (MEG)

2336 3 ENE WHITEHAVEN SHELBY TN 3503 8998 ROOF BLOWN OFF OF PINNACLE AIRLINE HANGER AT MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PLANES WERE MOVED. AIRSTAIRS MOVED 100 YARDS. MOVED A 737 AIRPLANE A FOOT. (MEG)

2342 CLINTON VAN BUREN AR 3558 9245 SPOTTER WATCHING TORNADO IN TOWN OF CLINTON (LZK)

2345 5 SW GERMANTOWN SHELBY TN 3504 8985 HOMES DAMAGED NEAR PLEASANT RIDGE AND PLEASANT GROVE ROADS ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF MEMPHIS. (MEG)

2359 10 NW OXFORD LAFAYETTE MS 3446 8965 DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 101 AND 7...NEAR COUNTY ROAD 1032...AND A CATEPILLAR BUILDING DAMAGED. (MEG)

[halo66]

Storm spotters are currently tracking a ‘large and extremely dangerous tornado’ in Dancyville, TN, heading for Hillville, Belle Eagle and Holly Grove. This, obviously, is an very dangerous, potentially lethal situation for Haywood County, TN. If the tornado stays on its current path, it will tear into Jackson, TN in less than fifteen minutes!!!

[Semper911]

Maybe the mods went on a taco bell run.

This sounds like a major event, and we could at least have it pinned in breaking for a while.

[Strategerist]

There seems to have been a tornado that started north of Oxford, but didn’t hit Oxford.

[halo66]

Agree. This needs a ‘breaking’ banner

[Cedar]

Thanks so much! I know people in so many of those places. Conway, Clinton, Arlington, Oxford, Germantown, Memphis. My goodness. Hope everyone’s ok.

[Cedar]

Thanks, Strat. Lots of students there at Ole Miss, of course. Hopefully things ok.

[Palladin]

Oh, no—not Jackson again. They got it bad a couple of years ago.

Son-in-law works in Jackson, but he would be home by now...please, God.

[Strategerist]

For whatever reason some component of the mods are weird about having anything weather-related in breaking, particularly if it isn’t weather in California.

[halo66]

Yeah...Jackson is a magnet for tornadoes.

[halo66]

That is strange???

[Cedar]

WMC says damage at a Southaven High School.

Trees down at Collierville-Arlington Rd. Emergency crews having hard time getting to damage. Major damage to several large homes in the area. So far no injuries reported.

[stlnative]

here are the current watches (hot zones) with radar maps and info

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/

[Semper911]

Yeah, better to wait until later tonight when there are actual news stories of death and destruction, rather than warn people now.

[Cedar]

WMC saying it’s headed towards Jackson, possibly north Jackson.

[Palladin]

Not good. There are flimsy old houses in the poor part of town. That’s where deaths occurred last time.

[Strategerist]

Well, I think they’re annoyed by some people having posted on every tornado warning in the midwest over the years (and there are hundreds of those, 75% of which have no tornadoes) so anything regarding tornadoes is just sort of lumped together as irrelevant.

[stlnative]

Atkins AR reporting 4 deaths (unconfirmed at this time)