National Weather Service: Denning, Ark., Destroyed By Tornado

4029tv.com ^ | 5/25/2011

[kingu]

National Weather Service: Denning, Ark., Destroyed By Tornado

POSTED: 12:29 am CDT May 25, 2011 UPDATED: 12:43 am CDT May 25, 2011

FORT SMITH, Ark. -- The National Weather Service is reporting that a large, dangerous tornado has destroyed the town of Denning, Arkansas, in Franklin County, just south of Altus.

The tornado hit the area about 12:15 a.m., and it continued to the northeast. Spotters reported that this large tornado was up to a mile wide at one point just before it struck Denning.

40/29 News reporter Kelly Johnson said there was lots of structural damage in the Denning area, with live power lines down in the area, and no access into Denning from the north side of town.

[ichabod1]

I bet they have police scanners though. Maybe an alert could be sent over those frequencies.

[thackney]

And I was wondering how you could be here for that many years and not recognize the name.

Cheers

[Trick or Treat]

I was watching the same guy yesterday over the internet as the tornados were in OKC. He kept using the word “tornado” as a verb. I’ve never heard “tornadoing” before.

[metmom]

You can't hear the sirens with 120-200 mph winds, hail and rain (& debris)coming at you. I don't care where you are. That is what happened in OK on Sunday. People couldn't hear the sirens until it was too late.

If conditions are that severe, nobody has any business NOT being in a safe shelter. People should automatically presume the worst. There's hardly much difference between those conditions and a tornado anyway. And they need to hear sirens????

[katiedidit1]

Thank you for posting that..guess I have been on the defensive as I read a blog that slammed the people in Joplin for living there. They never mention where they live and I know there are problems in almost every state. Noted many that were critical were brothers.

[thackney]

I think the map at post 51 would be a great response to any faulting those that lived in Joplin.

[kcvl]

Those conditions don't start out like that. They come up very quickly especially if the tornado is surrounded by a blanket of rain & hail as the one in OK on Sunday. There was no time for them to go anywhere except to take cover in the best place they could find. It didn't do much good because everything was wiped out in a F5 with 200+ mph winds.

F5 - Incredible tornado: 261-318 mph:

Strong frame houses lifted off foundations and carried considerable distances to disintegrate; automobile sized missiles fly through the air in excess of 100 meters; trees debarked; steel re-inforced concrete structures badly damaged.

[kcvl]

Greensburg, Kansas, devastated by an F5 category tornado on May 4, 2009

[rlferny]

Most of Oregon is fly-over country. There a few counties that control the state. It’s a pretty conservative state once you get out of Portland. See the results of our last govenor’s election. All read except one or two counties.

http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/results/oregon

[kcvl]

F5 Oklahoma tornado May 3rd, 1999

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trr5HG6swKg

[taxcontrol]

Prayers for the town and a call to all Christians to motivate their churches to help with the relief effort. Freepers, talk to your Deacons, Bishops, Priests and Pastors and see if there is something your Church can do for the tornado victims.

I also hope and pray that during the rebuilding, homes are constructed with solid walls (bricks, cement blocks, compressed earth blocks or ICF). At the very least, the homes are reconstructed with a safe room. Lets face it, 2x4 stick construction is not as safe as other options.

[thackney]

F5's have been known to tear the paving off the roads.

http://www.wjla.com/blogs/weather/2011/05/mississippi-ef-5-tornado-dug-up-ground-debarked-trees-video--10767.html

[kcvl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5VRPgybP2M&feature=related

[katiedidit1]

However...when the army corp of engineers breached the levee so it would not flood Cairo, ILL but flood the farmlands in MO...is this house flood proof? natural or man enforced disasters will still impact living underground. What part of the USA would you live in that is free of crime, illegals, tornadoes, hurricanes and for me an important factor over abundance of libs? also, if flooding takes place..your roof could be damaged:) mudslides?

[katiedidit1]

Did Oregon vote for Obama?

[ichabod1]

One man said the tornado SOUNDED like a siren.

[ichabod1]

good point.

[katiedidit1]

Oregon voted for Obama...56% of the vote

[cyn]

prayer bump for all those affected by these tornadoes... such devastation! :o(

[Mr. Jeeves]

Within 72 hours, devestating tornadoes kill over 90 people -- which is rare, when so many people die.

COINCIDENCE?

If so God is a terrible bowler - he missed the White House this time just as badly as he missed Judge Greer with all the Florida hurricanes back in 2004. :)