NWA got some light rain this morning, but the storm front split and weakened as it approached the area.
Last county in Mississippi shaded in green in the NE sector. Its pretty wet. I just hope the red doesn’t move over here and goes NE of here. In the past Arkansas is just a day’s notice of what we are going to get.
Hopefully this won’t escalate to a PDDS (pretty darn dangerous situation).
Weather Channel is APOPLECTIC nothing much has happened.
If I was cynical I would think they WANTED problems so they could push the man made global warming/climate change agenda.
Lets hope they get a break and a WWA occurs. (Weatherman Wrong Again)
A somewhat more readable version:
Urgent - immediate broadcast requested tornado watch number 100 nws storm prediction center norman ok 335 pm cdt sun apr 27 2014
The nws storm prediction center has issued a
* tornado watch for portions of southwest and central arkansas extreme southeast oklahoma
* effective this sunday afternoon and evening from 335 pm until 1100 pm cdt.
...This is a particularly dangerous situation...
* primary threats include... Numerous tornadoes expected with a few intense tornadoes likely widespread large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter likely scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80 mph possible
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles north of de queen arkansas to 50 miles east northeast of pine bluff arkansas. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (wous64 kwns wou0).
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
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.
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Other watch information...Continue...Ww 95...Ww 96...Ww 97...Ww 98...Ww 99...
Discussion...Discrete storms are beginning to develop along the dryline near the red river in se ok...While other convection is expected to develop farther s in ne tx the remainder of the afternoon. These storms will move enewd into the warm sector and mature...And will encounter an increasingly favorable environment for tornadoes in ar. Low-level shear is very strong along a residual outflow boundary across central ar...And the low levels will slowly warm and moisten in the wake of earlier convection. Discrete supercells moving into this environment will have the potential to produce long track...Strong/violent tornadoes well into the evening.
Aviation...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 24035.
(Converted using this site: http://convertcase.net/ )
Why do weather services persist in pretending we still live in the age of the Teletype?
There’s a storm southeast of Dallas right now that looks worse than those in Arkansas.
There are reports from spotters that there are multiple large tornadoes on the ground between Nevada, MO and Joplin, MO. Scary.
My prayers go out to the people of Arkansas and everyone affecting by this weather....
So far a big nothing here in southwest Arkansas. According to the Weather Channel we should have been destroyed a dozen times over today. I don’t want to be destroyed even once, but the Weather Channel folks are a bit much.
KY3 TV (Springfield MO) website is reporting 2 dead in Quapaw OK
Tornado hits Joplin MO area
Baxter Springs KS has storm damage
White County Police http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/ctid/180/web God be with them
Praying for all being impacted by this whole severe weather outbreak and it is not ending tonight sadly....
My sister in law just called from the Vilonia area. They had 10 people who spent about an hour in the storm room. … which is tiny. When they came out they found that all the neighbors had been hit, but the tornado skipped around their farm. Three years ago this same area got hit, and their barn was totaled.
I have dear friends who live in the path just south of Villonia, Arkansas. I called and immediately got a busy signal. One witness said everything in that area was destroyed and he could hear screams. Prayers for all the people going through this.
Stay safe guys. I miss living in the area, but sure don’t miss tornado season.