It looked like the cell that spawned the Jonesboro tornado, had cycled a tornado at least once more before that one. But the ArkDoT video of the particular Jonesboro one, was impressive. From a stationary highway cam, it showed a thin rope grow into a swiftly moving, decent sized cone looking tornado and it appeared to still be growing and throwing debris as it moved off screen, throwing debris and power flashes in the outer area of Jonesboro. The rate at which it was growing, looked impressive. It was in a small frame of reference and was gone very quickly with it being close to the cam and speeding along, yet grew intense in seconds.
Very unfortunate that it all happened in an area with lots of buildings and possibly people. Everyone was probably watching the Iowa area near the warm front and low and waiting on the Illinois area to see what might happen, when the dagger was out ahead of the cold front in a somewhat messy line. Most people knew there was a threat along that long line, but the show was fixated on the moderate risk vicinity for hours/days. Luckily only a few minor injuries have been reported in that area. It looked like it may have been more of a commercial, restaurant, service industry/highway exit hotspot area. Or at least next to it. COVID-19 may have saved some people today.
