2011-04-09 NOW: NE/IA/KS/OK/MN/SD

[Michael Riedl]

Can not get to any NWS office under the Central Region Headquarters branch. Servers are bogged down it appears, can't get to any damage reports.

 

[Eric Whitehill]

No issues connecting to anything here. Once you know, you Allisonhouse.

Just talked to Bill Doms, he's seen quite the show.

 

[Heidi Farrar]

Reed/Joel/Chris are on a new tornado south of Early, IA. Large stovepipe near Arthur lifted prior to this new tornado developing.

 

[Michael Riedl]

No, chase streams don't have any connection to the NWS CR webfarm.

That's why he said AND the NWS websites.

Chase streams are incredibly slow right now, probably why he made that comment.


Anyways, Mike Ratliff had/has an excellent view.

http://www.severestudios.com/cgi-bin/player.pl?username=mike.ratliff&uid=532

 

[Andrew Stoller]

Sac City IA is in the direct path of the tornado on the ground that's on Mike Ratliff's stream. Nice couplet.

 

[Michael Riedl]

Wedge on the ground last I saw. Ratliffs stream stopped and he was in some serious hail when it stopped.

 

[Timothy Schaffer]

Timmer is trailing it. Still a wedge.

Marcus Hick's is in a very risky position.

 

[Eric Whitehill]

Just talked to Doug Kiesling, he has a large wedge north of Sac City near Nemaha. He told me he's stopped counting the number of tor's he's seen tonight.

 

[Scott Hammel]

Mike Brady might have a wedge on his stream right now...
http://www.chasertv.com/api/static_pages/lite/172_mike-brady.php

 

[Michael Riedl]

Reed Timmer Via Twitter

reedtimmerTVN Reed Timmer
Just got in south side of wedge. Winds probably gusting above 120. Had to back down into a ditch. I need the Dominator!

source

 

[Eric Whitehill]

Bill Doms has another one - Multivortex near Fonda.

 

[BBauer]

A few minutes ago WHO-tv reported chasers/spotters still confirming tornado on the ground approaching the Pocahontas area...They gave props to storm chasers/spotters for the ground truth given today.

 

[Michael Riedl]

Two strong hook echos within 20 miles of each other.

Don't see that too often.

 

[Max Remund]

Hello all. First post. I've been following these storms on radar for a couple hours. The local news here in KC just showed damage in Mapleton. Looked pretty rough.

 

[BBauer]

Hook just north of St. Joseph's. Reported tornado on ground