Posted on 02/05/2008 3:29:46 PM PST by 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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I read that the polls closed early in Memphis and some of these other areas. I wonder if that affected the outcome much?
You are kidding, right? No, guess I shouldn’t be surprised. That’s just sad. Did the police go home or not enough manpower to stay at the mall?
hail and heavy wind in Fairview
Really sad!!! We have people losing their lives!
tornado on the ground in Fairview
Where is Fairview?
West of Nashville
nashville is in for a dead hit
Supercell has rotation on it’s backside
Southwest of Nashville
Thanks. Sounds like prayers are really needed.
nashville is in for a dead hit
Supercell has rotation on it’s backside
0254 8 S GIDEON PEMISCOT MO 3633 8991 UNCONFIRMED. REPORT OF TORNADO COMING ACROSS POLICE RADIO. (PAH)
0256 8 W PARKIN CROSS AR 3526 9069 TORNADO ON THE GROUND 8 MILES WEST OF PARKIN (MEG)
Brentwood sirens going.
Thanks. Sounds like prayers are really needed.
My understanding is that there is another line behind this one, too.
This bodes ill for tomorrow for me(I live near DC). We could use the rain, but tornadoes we do not need.
Not kidding. It’s on the Commercial Appeal website. Guess the cops are too busy directing traffic, helping to free trapped people, etc.
The next line should be more of a damaging wind/hail event.
Sounds like total chaos down there tonight. And Nashville is next.
There is a hockey game going on in downtown Nashville. Tornado reported on the ground inBrushy community?
Tornado Warning for Shelby County again right now...sirens going off. This second line coming from Arkansas appears meaner than the first line. On Channel 5 they are showing the strike that was 6-10 miles West of me...This has been a bad night.. A trailer park in Theo, West of Corinth, was leveled.
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