Sunday 1st daily brief for tour 3

[Paul Churchley]

I am on tour 4. Just dropping in and saying hi as I will be following you all on tour 3 from my home in Cornwall.

Good luck on the chase today

[Roger J Smith]

Radar indicating possible F4-5 potential heading almost due east towards Shawnee, team consider safe zone south of Joplin-type damage path that could develop. PDS. hook echo is similar to Joplin 2011 storm.

[samadamsuk]

Stephen jones righty in the path - just trying to do a 3 point turn on a dirt road, and the feed has gone -

[robt]

That hook echo on the Shawnee storm is immense.

[samadamsuk]

2 tornadoes on the ground, 2 miles apart - not good!

[Roger J Smith]

From radar and live TV chase, wedge tornado now 2-4 miles north of Shawnee heading ENE. Looks like F3-4 on the TV footage.

[lorenzo]

Shawnee stovepipe Tornado.

[Arron]

Finally caught up with it, lights did not do us any favours in Shawnee. This thing is HUGE

[chionomaniac]

Finally caught up with it, lights did not do us any favours in Shawnee. This thing is HUGE

Can you see the other tornado to the NE?

[Stu Robinson]

reports of numarous cars that have been blown over at the juction of I40 and HW177 - about 1 mile NW of your current location.

Edited May 19, 2013 by Stuart Robinson

[lorenzo]

Finally caught up with it, lights did not do us any favours in Shawnee. This thing is HUGE

 

Stunning Pic, semi truck parked at garage like it's just another day..

[chionomaniac]

Be careful - the back end of this storm could also drop

[Arron]

Nope, we're now sat just to the NW of Shawnee watching the new area of circulation

[gavmonster]

At DFW watching the footage on the news. Looks immense! Am gutted to be going home today, but keep safe guys!!!

[Roger J Smith]

A second tornado seems to have formed now about 4 miles northwest of Shawnee moving ENE, radar has what appears to be a debris ball but not a hook echo with this. Should be all clear for Shawnee when this one moves east of the Shawnee I-40 exit.

 

Pretty certain there has been some severe damage with these various cells but thankfully they have all moved a little north of the larger town, however there are small towns and interstate traffic and businesses in the direct paths.

[Stu Robinson]

SEARCH AND RESCUE CREWS REQUESTED FOR SHAWNEE

[samadamsuk]

TN just touched down - 2 miles north of craig

sorry - prague

[Stu Robinson]

That is Prague not Craig

[icbinb]

Not sure if the team are aware, but part of the interstate may be closed, so probably best to try another route.

[chionomaniac]

Looks like EF3/EF4 damage there on News9... just terrible.

Yes awful damage to the most vulnerable - mobile home owners. 

[samadamsuk]

nace gerhart trying to get out of the way by the looks of thing

[Tom Lynch]

Where arew you Arron  we are in Shawnee and are blocked off

 

Tom

[NL]

Yes awful damage to the most vulnerable - mobile home owners. 

Reports saying every mobile home on the Shawnee reservation have been destroyed with at least one fatality.

[Tom Lynch]

yes we have been down a lot of roads where damage has been pretty significant

 

Tom

[icbinb]

Where arew you Arron  we are in Shawnee and are blocked off

 

Tom

 

According to GPS they are halfway between the 377 and the 56 junctions on the interstate.