2/05/08 NOW: OK/TX/AR/MO/LA/MS/IL/KY/TN/AL/IN/OH

[Doug Lee]

The news station reported Hardy but it could have been somewhere else. Maybe Hardin County??

Most likely that is Hardin, a town just NW of Pine Bluff. Someone posted earlier that storms had fired up to the W or NW of Pine Bluff. My map of AR also shows a town named Hardy up near the AR/MO border, but I don't think that any storms threatened that area.

 

[mark plate]

yeah,so im wondering if theres 6 fatalities in AR then..3 in Hardy and 3 in atkins..hm..or just 3..hopefully the lesser..guess we'll see

I've heard 4 in Atkins from the Pope County sheriff, so if Hardy had 3, that unfortunately would make 7 total.

 

[mark plate]

Most likely that is Hardin, a town just NW of Pine Bluff. Someone posted earlier that storms had fired up to the W or NW of Pine Bluff. My map of AR also shows a town named Hardy up near the AR/MO border, but I don't think that any storms threatened that area.

The Atkins storm hit Hardy...

 

[Dave Gallaher]

Storm heading into Williamson County with two TVS' current path will take it right over KOHX.

Big hook on this one, just east of Centerville, TN.

 

[Kevin Statler2]

So then..it might be 7..man i hope not..

 

[David Draun]

The northernmost cell in that cluster is heading toward Ft. Campbell, KY, and Nashville, TN looks like it is in big trouble, especially the south side. It seems Nashville has gotten hit 3 times in the last 15 years.

 

[HAltschule]

Yes...double TVS structure supercell headed directly for the city of Nashville, TN. Movement at 55 MPH>

 

[jladue]

It looks like the Hickman county, TN storm is devolving into a more LP type storm. The forward flank core is getting longer with time and the VIL is going down a bit. This reminds me of the Sweetwater, OK supercell on 05 May 2007 as it passed west of Arnett. I suspect the storm is moving into somewhat more stable air. Tornado threat is still significant though and these storms can take a long time to dissipate as the updraft slowly elongates and leans over with time. Any tornado ought to be more visible now viewed from the southwest and backlit by lightning.

 

[Patrick Marsh]

The Nashville supercell took a jog to the north and is on a direct path for downtown Nashville.

 

[Dave Gallaher]

Make that a triple TVS, with the meso itself cranking at 43/ks and baseball hail. Pegram is right in the path--I lived there a couple years in the 1980s...

Edit---
Wow--large BWER on BR2 and 3 scans---it's almost a tornadocane.

 

[Justin E. Reed]

My grandma in Nashville confirms Tornado Siren activation has occured. Currently on track to pass south of Downtown, but close, if not over KBNA, Nashville Int'l Airport. It will pass NW of my hometown, Murfreesboro. Frequent in-cloud lightning my mom has said there, these storms are so electrical, its causing alot of anvil lightning. The storm has an apparent debris echo, South of Fairview. The Franklin and Brentwood areas are loaded will multi-million dollar homes, estates, and manors. Sirens are screaming in both cities as well.

 

[Scott Lincoln]

I guess i'm just not seeing this triple couplet. It looked like there might briefly be two mesos at the lowest radar elevation, but now I'm seeing just one big strong circulation on L2 data.

 

[Dustin Wilcox]

I guess i'm just not seeing this triple couplet. It looked like there might briefly be two mesos at the lowest radar elevation, but now I'm seeing just one big strong circulation on L2 data.

Exactly what I am seeing, looks like a possible debris reflectivity ball on this thing.

 

[Scott Lincoln]

Doubt its a "debris ball". Radar is at 4500ft there, and it looks like its coming down from above... maybe a DRC. Also appears to be too rural in that area. The area is actually behind the rotation. For the OKC debris ball case the highest reflectivity was right at the center of the rotation.

 

[Justin E. Reed]

A large funnel cloud was reported a few minutes ago near Bon Aqua, or about 5-8 miles SW of Fairview. This storm continues to look intense, I'm almost 100% positive that there is a large tornado on the ground, due to the intense "debris echo". Baseball hail is also likely.