Virtual Storm Chase 2

[Paul Sherman]

Live Streaming for you all

http://player.streamtheworld.com/jbroadcast/?CALLSIGN=KTTSFM

[WhiteFox]

Hot off the press:

1 N Strafford [Greene Co, MO] nws employee reports TORNADO at 06:30 PM CST -- power line flashes reported. possible tornado.18:32

2 N Purdy [barry Co, MO] trained spotter reports TORNADO at 06:34 PM CST

Edited January 8, 2008 by WhiteFox

[Cookie]

thanks paul!

Its great to hear as its happerning!

Edited January 8, 2008 by cookie

[WhiteFox]

Strafford is very close to Springfield:

Purdy to the South West; heading towards Springfield? A bit to go....

Edited January 8, 2008 by WhiteFox

[Cookie]

they just said on the link that paul posted that a house has been destroyed!

[Cookie]

this link could be usefull.

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

Edited January 8, 2008 by cookie

[WhiteFox]

Another one for MO:

N Marshfield [Webster Co, MO] emergency mngr reports TORNADO at 06:53 PM CST -- tornado on ground just north of marshfield

Pretty nasty storm cells indeed.

[Cookie]

thanks for the update white fox, I wish I could stay up longer and listen but I better go to bed,

keep up the updates.

[WhiteFox]

thanks for the update white fox, I wish I could stay up longer and listen but I better go to bed,

keep up the updates.

I'm just thinking about going to get some dinner!

BTW, Marshfield is just up the I44 on the first image I posted, so the same storm, if not the same tornado...

[Cookie]

another tornado reported on highway 14

[WhiteFox]

Another report much closer to Springfield and heading towards the city:

Nw Clever [Christian Co, MO] trained spotter reports TORNADO at 07:06 PM CST -- on 14 hwy. debris spotted in air.

Going back to earlier image, Clever is just SW of Springfield:

[Cookie]

are you in the us at the moment white fox?

[WhiteFox]

Oklahoma is now starting to get into the act:

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

TORNADO WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

711 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

CENTRAL MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 708 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES

are you in the us at the moment white fox?

I am indeed. Way down in Corpus Christi in Southern Texas at the moment. In the Central Time Zone so it's all 'live' for me. Currently it's 22oC here in Corpus!

[Cookie]

I am indeed. Way down in Corpus Christi in Southern Texas at the moment. In the Central Time Zone so it's all 'live' for me. Currently it's 22oC here in Corpus!

ahh wasnt sure with you'r town names in you'r profile!

its a very cold 2.5ºc

[WhiteFox]

As real-time as it gets!

GREENE MO-

720 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR GREENE

COUNTY...

AT 718 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO TRACK A TORNADO

OBSERVED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF JAMES RIVER AND WEST

BYPASS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

STRAFFORD BY 735 PM CST.

7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIR GROVE BY 740 PM CST.

ANYONE IN OR NEAR SPRINGFIELD SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW !!!

THE TOWNS OF TURNERS AND BASSVILLE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE

DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.

[Cookie]

Take care mate and keep up the gud updates

[WhiteFox]

Could be some bad news from this one tomorrow:

...THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD...

Hoping it doesn't score a direct hit.

Latest radar from Springfield:

[NL]

Warnings springing up everywhere and the situation is reported to be getting worse..!!!

Injuries now being reported.

[WhiteFox]

Warnings springing up everywhere and the situation is reported to be getting worse..!!!

Injuries now being reported.

Very nasty down there now.

HIRD TORNADIC CELL MOVING INTO SPRINGFIELD - THIS IS A NEW WARNING

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

TORNADO WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

736 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 845 PM CST.

* AT 732 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY

DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARIONVILLE...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST

OF AURORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...

REPUBLIC BY 745 PM CST.

8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATTLEFIELD BY 750 PM CST.

WILLARD AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD BY 800 PM CST.

9 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRAFFORD BY 810 PM CST.

FAIR GROVE BY 815 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF BOIS D'ARC...GLIDEWELL...EBENEZER AND BASSVILLE ARE ALSO

IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE

DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.

745PM radar:

Still plenty of nasty looking echoes on there!

Warnings now up in Michigan:

TORNADO WARNING FOR...

NORTHERN GRATIOT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

SOUTHERN ISABELLA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

NORTHEASTERN MONTCALM COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

[Roger J Smith]

Probably most at risk would be the Champaign-Urbana region (this also a city of over 100,000 with University of Illinois campus) and Kankakee to its north, in other words 50-100 miles south of Chicago. Some tornadic cells on radar heading that way now. Event should reach far western Indiana before dying out around 04-05z.

[WhiteFox]

The Southern end of the system has exploded in the past hour. On the radar there was very little over OK an hour ago; now there is a very sharp line of storms.

Discussion over posible outbreaks over Eastern OK and Arkansas later tonight:

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

745 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...

THE ENVIRONMENT AHEAD OF THE BROKEN LINE OF SUPERCELLS

IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE

FOR TORNADOES THIS EVENING. STORM-RELATIVE HELICITY

TO 1 KM RANGES FROM AROUND 250 M2/S2 NEAR THE STORMS

TO NEAR 400 M2/S2 IN OUR EASTERN COUNTIES IN ARKANSAS...

WITH THE MAX VALUES IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY NEAR

500 M2/S2.

HODOGRAPHS SHOW THE OCCASIONAL RIGHT MOVEMENT THE CELLS

HAVE SHOW INCREASES THE THE MID-LEVEL STORM-RELATVE FLOW

...FURTHER ENHANCING THE TORNADO POTENTIAL AND PERHAPS

A LONGER-TRACK TORNADO.

ALL INTERESTS IN NORTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND

IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AHEAD OF THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE

TO A HIGH STATE OF READINESS.

PDS issued for tonight (Particularly Dangerous Situation); highly unusual for early January:

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

750 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

WESTERN AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS

WESTERN ILLINOIS

SOUTHWEST THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 750 PM UNTIL

500 AM CST.

...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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT

SMITH ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES NORTH OF ALTON ILLINOIS. FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 1...WW 2...WW 3...WW 4...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY

ALONG PREFRONTAL CONFLUENCE ZONE EXTENDING ROUGHLY ALONG THE I-44

CORRIDOR FROM NE OK INTO E CNTRL MO. APPROACH OF OK/TX PANHANDLE

UPR VORT AND ASSOCIATED STRENGTHENING LLJ...AND ABSENCE OF STRONG

LOW LEVEL LINEAR FORCING...SHOULD MAINTAIN FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR

DISCRETE TO SEMI-DISCRETE STORMS. GIVEN INTENSE DEEP SHEAR OVER

REGION AND SLIGHT BACKING OF NEAR-SFC FLOW ALONG CONFLUENCE

LINE...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR TORNADOES...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG.

THE GREATEST THREAT SHOULD SPREAD SLOWLY ENE FROM NE OK AND SW/S

CNTRL MO THIS EVENING...AND REACH THE MO/IL BORDER AREA AFTER

MIDNIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045.

...CORFIDI

Edited January 8, 2008 by WhiteFox

[NL]

The storm front is over 900 miles long..!!

13 reported tornadoes, this figure is sure to go up

as the night goes on, reports of whole streets levelled.

Lookis like a typical May set up, highly unusual..

Edited January 8, 2008 by NL

[WhiteFox]

3 deaths reported in Webster County, MO. I guess it was inevitable given the conditions. Supercells continue to train close by; unbelievable train of storms so far. Yet another tornado warning issued for Greene County which is about the fourth or fifth so far...

2045 doppler from Springfield; yet another supercell on the doorstep...

[Paul Sherman]

Incredible Set Up Yesterday, with 36 Reported Tornadoes in the Link below, A few Fatalities unfortunately. Seems the MO (Missouri) Supercell was the most damaging. I would say about 10-15 of those were actual Tornadoes with Multiple Reports from many of them.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/today.html

Paul Sherman

[Cookie]

The storm front is over 900 miles long..!!

over 900 miles! gee wizz.

I take it has all calmed down now.