2008-04-03 NOW OK/TX/ARK

[Patrick Romans]

Little Rock news is streaming live now, still playing baseball there in spite of it all.

 

[Ron_Jarrell]

Amateur radio into LZK reporting tornado is on the ground I-30 near Benton AR ... power flashes reported as well.

 

[Darrin Rasberry]

Saline county reporting damage according to the FOX16 broadcast. This storm appears to be falling apart, so hopefully that's the end of this storm's story before the remnants roll over the Little Rock area.

 

[Chad Cowan]

LZK radar having problems right now, very large ENE-WSW oriented data fold (correct word?) cutting right through the storm. Don't take this as a sign the storm is weakening as it is directly over the site, look at higher tilts.

 

[Brandon Smith]

I did manage to find a live controlable webcam in downtown Little Rock. Rain is coming down pretty good with numerous lightning strikes.

http://69.151.127.250/home/homeJ.html

 

[Jordan Hartley]

I thought I saw a donut hole on Fox16. Is it falling apart or are we dealing with this storm being on top of the radar out of Little Rock?

 

[CraigFisher]

Yep the storm is getting on top of the radar site, getting pretty funky returns.

 

[Matthew Havin]

Potential tornado damage reported from multiple sources. Unfortunately, storm has taken a jog more northeasterly, aiming the storm across the western Little Rock metro area. Hopefully the storm continues the short-term weakening trend, but the radar is not telling the whole picture with the proximity and storm orientation.

 

[Brandon Smith]

For those who can't get any of the news stations to stream, a local news radio station is putting the coverage from one of the stations over the air.

Edit: Looks like they decided to play the Sean Hannity show instead of severe weather coverage.

 

[Charles Kuster]

Dr. Greg Forbes just said that the radar is not telling the whole story since the storm is so close to the radar and there is a lot of ground clutter with all of the buildings. You can still see where the tornado might be on radar, however. Looks like it might be about 5 miles SW of downtown Little Rock (as of 9:49 CDT.) Hopefully the tornado is not still on the ground.

 

[Darrin Rasberry]

Storm east of Paris, Texas looks like it is starting to hook out. As I type this, I see it's now TOR. Again, KSRX is down for me, so it's frustrating to not get a clearer look at this storm.

 

[Danny Neal]

Yeah, the Fox 16 Met. keeps saying the storms weakening based on radar......a false sense of security. Storm is directly over LZK

 

[Alex Lamers]

TVS at 10 pm had max delta v of 127 knots and max shear of 365 /ks...higher than I've ever seen.

Hopefully it's an abberation.

AJL

 

[cstrunk]

KATV is streaming live and reporting that a tornado has reported.

www.katv.com

*Edit - Now reporting that they are unable to confirm that tornado is currently on the ground.

*Edit - Reporting damage in Cammock Village.

 

[Alex Lamers]

Per 1009 pm SVS, tornado was reported on the ground at 955pm at Cammack Village. That rotation tracked almost right over the radar site. Good couplet at 66ft off the ground as it did.

AJL