[Calderon]

brettjrob, on May 10 2008, 09:31 PM, said:

Currently on SE side of Stuttgart... can confirm very severe and widespread damage, unfortunately... was rain-wrapped as it went thru as we were 2-3 miles behind it and couldn't see a thing.

Chris was right. Lord help em!

[ArkieOkie]

brettjrob, on May 10 2008, 08:31 PM, said:

Currently on SE side of Stuttgart... can confirm very severe and widespread damage, unfortunately... was rain-wrapped as it went thru as we were 2-3 miles behind it and couldn't see a thing.

Oh man. God be with them.

[BeauDodson]

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/s1/sbcp.gif

[HoHNYWX]

Sam Sagnella, on May 10 2008, 09:24 PM, said:

I just back from one of my best friends' graduation ceremony, but my buddy Joe who lives in Miami, OK (pronounced my-AM-uh) just called, and he witnessed two tornadoes earlier. One of those was the one that destroyed Picher, OK before crossing into MO.

This is not his pic, but one submitted to KTUL-TV of the same tornado.

Apparently, most of the town is gone.
http://www.ktul.com/...508/518665.html

In a weird coincidence, here is a story published today on the government buyout of Picher: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24555711/

[BeauDodson]

ALthough I could still be proven wrong - I believe my suspicions about the bust potential in Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas are becoming more clear. The new PDS box. Instability is non-existent in these areas. Mostly severe thunderstorm warnings now. You can see from the CAPE above - there has been a bowl/dip in this area ALL day long. The earlier convection totally killed the bigger risk in these areas. CAPE and instability was much greater in Southwest MO and East OK. The storms continue to move into a more stable atmosphere. Still several hours to go and will certainly be curious to see if a stronger squall line forms later this evening as the low continues to deepen.

So far so good though in the northern part of all of this mess.

Edit: Now the storms will start dropping tornadoes

[Calderon]

Some good news. the storm that dropped the tornado near Marianna has weakened to just SVR warned, and not TOR. Apparently the merging is really affecting storms, except for the Stuttgart sotrm. that storm will stay south and its moist south flow will remain intact.

St. Charles is currently getting ripped a new one apparently. Next towns are Elaine and Lundell, AR, crossing MS River, Friars Point and Clarksdale, MS

[gkrangers]

Pope County

Not good.

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[BeauDodson]

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/650/sfsdffy6.jpg

[IndianaWeatherOnline]

451
WFUS53 KLSX 110136
TORLSX
ILC157-MOC186-110200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0026.080511T0134Z-080511T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
834 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 831 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR BLOOMSDALE...OR ABOUT
10 MILES WEST OF STE. GENEVIEVE...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MODOC...
KELLOGG...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER
NOW!

LAT...LON 3814 8997 3798 8993 3796 9028 3804 9029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 249DEG 32KT 3801 9021

[Dan1195]

Very bad evening. Appears we have already had two hits on centers of population, Picher, OK and Stuttgart, AR with (likely) violent tornados. No mention of fatalities in Stuttgart yet but with apparent lack of lead warning time would be very concerned.

If the story by HoHNYWX is correct Picher will likely just be abandoned, still sad to hear about the deaths of course.

[BeauDodson]

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/s1/srh3.gif

[IndianaWeatherOnline]

Descent couplet with the tornado warned storm out of the St. Louis area

[jntkwx]

Dan1195, on May 10 2008, 09:30 PM, said:

Well if the reports are mentioned trees down in Stuttgart, maybe we can hope it was not a violent tornado.

Unfortunately....
01:22:00 UTC 1 E Ricusky, AR Large tornado produced significant damage in the town of Stuttgart. Delayed report. Reported by ViolentPlains.com
01:14:00 UTC 1 E Ricusky, AR Moderate damage in the town of Stuttgart, AR large Tornado on the ground. Tracking down hwy 130. Reported by KC5GLA.

[psualum95]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
834 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 831 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR BLOOMSDALE...OR ABOUT
10 MILES WEST OF STE. GENEVIEVE...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MODOC...
KELLOGG...

[AskewRacing]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
834 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

ARE YA KIDDIN ME??????

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 831 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR BLOOMSDALE...OR ABOUT
10 MILES WEST OF STE. GENEVIEVE...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MODOC...
KELLOGG...

[Calderon]

HoHNYWX, on May 10 2008, 09:35 PM, said:

In a weird coincidence, here is a story published today on the government buyout of Picher: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24555711/

Looks like the only money to be used now, will be a sadder debris cleanup.

[AskewRacing]

Very tiny blod of red is causing a Tornado warning wow

[BeauDodson]

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
839 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

.UPDATE...
SURFACE COLD FRONT WAS OVER EXTREME WESTERN MISSOURI AT 01Z...JUST
EAST OF A KANSAS CITY TO JOPLIN LINE. 21Z RUC RACES THE FRONT
EASTWARD ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY BY 09Z. SURFACE BASED
INSTABILITY IS STILL LACKING OVER OUR REGION...WITH SBCAPES BARELY
REACHING 200 J/KG ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. IT APPEARS UNLIKELY
THAT SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...AS
CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW WILL IMPEDE THE NORTHWARD PROGRESS OF A WARM
FRONT VICINITY OF I 40. THEREFORE...MAIN SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD
SHOULD BE ELEVATED HAILERS. VERY STRONG MID LEVEL WIND FIELDS
ASSOCIATED WITH POWERFUL 500 MB SHORTWAVE WILL FAVOR SOME ELEVATED
SUPERCELLS AND RISK OF ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS.

POTENTIAL FOR A STRONG WIND EVENT APPEARS TO EXIST LATE TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY. ISALLOBARIC CONTRIBUTION WILL BE SIGNIFICANT DUE TO THE
EXTREMELY FAST MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT. 21Z RUC SHOWED 850 MB WINDS
AROUND 60 KNOTS BY 09Z. WHILE MIXING HEIGHTS WILL NOT BE THAT
HIGH...THESE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS SUGGEST THAT WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA MAY BE MET. WIND GUSTS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH ARE BEING REPORTED
BEHIND THE FRONT OVER ERN KANSAS/FAR WEST MISSOURI. A WIND ADVISORY
MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE FORECAST AREA LATER TONIGHT OR SUNDAY.

&&

[gkrangers]

Dan1195, on May 10 2008, 09:37 PM, said:

Very bad evening. Appears we have already had two hits on centers of population, Picher, OK and Stuttgart, AR with (likely) violent tornados. No mention of fatalities in Stuttgart yet but with apparent lack of lead warning time would be very concerned.

They had a long lead time. The name of the town wasn't in the warnings, but the county was warned for a long time before the tornado hit. There was no issue with warning lead time.

[Pilot_Guy]

A note off Alabama WX/ABC 33-40

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