1/7/08 NOW: OK, KS, AR, TX, MO, LA, IA, IL

[Sam Sagnella]

The Springfield supercell is still very intense as it exits the city.

The storm that Bart is on near the Butterfield area is also quite intense and is still tornado-warned; Springfield, your night is far from over. Keep monitoring the situation closely. The second storm's 'area of interest' looks to pass just south of the first's.

 

[Michael O'Keeffe]

Tornado on the ground near I44 NE of Springfield heading toward Lebanon, MO. This is insane!!! I hope everyone is aware of the situation at hand as more cells explode over NE Oklahoma.

 

[Scott Udell]

House reported destroyed just outside of Strafford, NE of Springfield on I-44.

 

[Chad Cowan]

Damage report from earlier WI tornado:

0415 PM TORNADO 3 NE NEW MUNSTER 42.61N 88.19W
01/07/2008 KENOSHA WI EMERGENCY MNGR

STATE HIGHWAY 50 AND COUNTY HIGHWAY O. 12 HOMES
DESTROYED...SOME WITH NOTHING BUT FOUNDATIONS LEFT. LARGE
TREES DOWN. ONE THREE-FOOT ROUND OAK TREE DOWNED WITH A
SMALL TRAILER WRAPPED AROUND IT.

Springfield looks in line to get hit by two more TOR warned storms over the next hour. Hopefully the previous storm cycled and the tornado lifted before it hit the city. The storm is now wrapped up even more and according to velocity scans, looks like it may be producing about 5 nw of Marshfield.

Northeast OK, southern MO and extreme southeast KS look to be the primed for tornadic activity as the strong forcing finally enters the picture.


EDIT: SPC went 10% hatched tor probs!

 

[Michael O'Keeffe]

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 !!!

I hope this isn't what it sounds like!

 

[Sam Sagnella]

[FONT=lucida sans typewriter, lucida console, courier]723 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

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

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

AT 718 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO TRACK A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF JAMES RIVER AND WEST BYPASS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
STRAFFORD BY 735 PM CST.
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIR GROVE BY 740 PM CST.

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


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[FONT=lucida sans typewriter, lucida console, courier]TORNADO EMERGENCY for springfield. Large and dangerous tornado affecting a major city with over 150k residents. Turn on your prayer beacons and aim them at SGF, pronto.
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[Karen Politte]

Oklahoma is now a legitimate player in this unfolding outbreak, as the surface flow did indeed back and storm-relative helicity values went up accordingly ahead of the approaching upper jet support. Go figure!

Several cells in progress across eastern/northeastern OK and a slew/mess of interlaced tornado warnings accompany them. I see no real reason why the remainder of Oklahoma would not unzip - and I would think that most of western/central AR will be under the gun overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning as a result of the developing activity moving out of OK.

KL

 

[Jordan Hartley]

Tornado Emergency for the town of Springfield, Mo. Long-track devestating tornado on the ground headed for Springfield. Also trained spotters reporting tornado in the town of battlefield, mo.

 

[Scott Udell]

My dad says that KY3 (I'm pretty sure that's the one) just went off the air. My folks are on the northern edge of the tor-warned storm in Lawrence county, but are just getting gentle rain right now.

 

[David Stearle]

Sirens going off at my house just between Siloam Springs Ar and Gentry Ar. Looks like another storm coming through now. Hope it misses the house.

 

[beaudodson]

Numerous reports of towns with damage across Southwest Missouri. Several towns apparently have been hit more than once. Local media saying homes have been destroyed in a number of towns. Sounds like several significant tornadoes tonight.

 

[Jordan Hartley]

In the last 20 min the supercells in SW Missouri cycled and now look amazing. The signitures on these beast are insane. Springfield still under the gun with the next cell moving in from the SW.

 

[Sam Sagnella]

Here's the latest radar out of the dangerous SGF-area storm.

Tornadic storm #3 now entering Greene County; stay below ground for at least the next 30 min if you can read this.

 

[Jacque Tiegs]

I just heard Kenosha WI got hit pretty hard...my son lives there and I can't reach him..

 

[Karen Politte]

SPC mentioning a possible PDS Tornado box coming in E MO.

It would make sense - but then again it would've made sense three hours ago if we had had any inkling as far as what was in store. With how busy the local radio stations are relaying the reports and new warnings - it's almost warranting the NWS just going live on NWR ala May 3rd.

Thanks for the new images, Sam! I agree with you - anybody living in the southern portions of MO that are getting affected by these storms may as well hunker down for the whole night or find a good shelter if they haven't already. From all of the reports etc. - these storms mean business. Big, fat, tornadic business.

KL