Posted on 05/30/2004 8:06:06 AM PDT by dusty99999
Looks like a repeat of yesterday(91 tornadoes) expect over more populated areas...if anything..there is even more wind shear today then yesterday...High risk out with large-long track tornadoes likley
This seems to be a pretty intense year for tornadoes. The very wet April made me think we would not see an active late spring. Wonder how the hurricane season will shake out now...
Sounds like a busy couple of days ahead. Thanks to all for an interesting and highly informative discussion last night, and unfortunately, probably today.
Cf. Science_Made_Stupid, "Looks like rain mebbe, or mebbe not."
Here in Wheaton we just had a heavy downpour with moderate cloud-to-cloud lightning and thunder. Lasted 20-30 min., preceded about an hour ago by a lighter downpour. No wind. Straight down, tropic style.
I spent the time outside managing my hydraulic engineering at the southwest corner of my house. I can see why they have trouble with dams.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 331 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1150 AM EST SUN MAY 30 2004 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MUCH OF INDIANA WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1150 AM UNTIL 700 PM EST.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO 10 MILES WEST OF FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 329...WW 330... DISCUSSION...NRN IL MCS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD INTO IND LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS MAINTAINING A THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES/DAMAGING SURFACE WINDS. FARTHER S AND E... SUPERCELLS ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS ALONG DIFFUSE NW/SE WARM FRONT ACROSS CNTRL PARTS OF IND/KY. ISOLATED ACTIVITY NOW DEVELOPING IN WARM SECTOR OVER SERN IL/WRN KY MAY ALSO PERSIST AS SURFACE HEATING COUNTERACTS WARM ADVECTION LIKELY OCCURRING IN THE 800-700 MB LAYER. VERY RICH MOISTURE INFLOW AND STRENGTHENING DEEP WIND FIELDS MAY SUPPORT A FEW TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND.
The same system blew through eastern South Dakota last night--had a series of tornados spotted but fortunately little damage. Sent most of last night in the basement.
Fatalities in Missouri from yesterday. One Tornado Warning for the Paducah, KY area.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1216 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY
* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
* AT 1212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER LONE OAK...OR ABOUT 4
MILES NORTHWEST OF LONE OAK. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BROOKPORT...METROPOLIS...HEATH AND
PADUCAH
NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION! SEEK SHELTER...BY MOVING INTO A
BASEMENT...OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3698 8882 3698 8860 3716 8860 3716 8882
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA NORTHWEST ILLINOIS SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1225 PM UNTIL 700 PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF WATERLOO IOWA TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON IOWA.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 329...WW 330...WW 331...
DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO IN LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE ZONE AHEAD OF DEVELOPING NRN MO SURFACE WAVE. SURFACE HEATING COUPLED WITH FAVORABLY TIMED WITH STRENGTHENING LARGE SCALE ASCENT SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A STRONG TORNADO OR TWO IN ADDITION TO HAIL...ESPECIALLY IN SE IA.
ALL.. please only post conformed tornadoes..there will be 100's of warnings with the doppler so don't fill up the page with those..only post if there is one spotted..AR/OK about to pop too...this is going to be HUGE..bigger then yesterday..keep an eye on the indy 500
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 329...WW 330...WW 331...WW 332...
DISCUSSION...STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG SURFACE TROUGH/DRYLINE JUST SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER IN NORTHEAST TEXAS. ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE IN EXTREME UNSTABLE WHERE CAPE IS BETWEEN 4000-5000 J/KG. DEEP LAYER SHEAR HAS INCREASED DURING THE LAST HOUR OR SO TO 40-50 KT ENHANCING TORNADO POTENTIAL ACROSS THE AREA.
What are the odds this thing holds together until it reaches Cleveland, Ohio? I suspect the cold front will get close sometime overnight.
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 105 PM UNTIL 700 PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON ILLINOIS TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 330...WW 331...WW 332...WW 333...
DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS ALONG W/E OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN CNTRL MO. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY MAY ALSO FORM ALONG AXIS OF WEAK LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE WITHIN WARM SECTOR ACROSS SE MO/SRN IL. LARGE SCALE ASCENT WILL INCREASE WITH TIME AS STRONG SHORTWAVE CONTINUES FROM WRN/CNTRL KS LASTER TODAY/TONIGHT... SUPPORTING POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND.
Today? Dang. This is the second day in a row that the Robinson's schedule takes them into the nasty weather zones. Prayers for their safety as they travel to Columbia.
It has been unseasonably cool in Arkansas this month as well. We've had a few hot days, but most have been comfortable, even on the cool side earlier in the day. So much for global warming. Today has been muggy, warm and overcast. The sky looks kinda ugly.
Are you going to meet with the FReepers in Columbia tomorrow when the Robinsons are there?
North side of Spencer IN..hit by a tornado
Dusty,
It has started already. We have tornado warnings for Dubois, and Spencer Counties in Southern Indiana right now.
These warnings have just been issued. Everyone take cover in these counties.
Is the weather channel covering this? I haven't had the TV on.
;-`)
tornado outbreak in progress over a large area...very rare situation..PDS watches from IN to IA down to TX..i never seen so many..Reminds me of the Super outbreak in 1973 where an area out ahead of the main storm alos produced many tornadoes...IN/KY area is one area to watch plus the cold fornt back west from WS to TX
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