3/10/10 DISC: AR/OK/MO/KS/MS/AL/TX

[Brian Stertz]

Saw this video on the TWC and heard Cantore going on about this being the tornado. Actually looks more like a inflow tail than anything. Looks like the area of REAL interest was on the right side of the frame. Nice looking supercell though on this clip and on radar...and obviously tornadic with confirmed residential damage in Saline Co. AR. You be the judge...

http://arkansasmatters.com/content/video/?cid=298641

 

[Mikey Gribble]

Ehhh... yeah I don't think so. If that was a tornado it was like none I've ever seen before. I don't doubt there was a tornado with the storm, but I'm about 99% sure that wasn't it.

 

[Shane Lee]

This storm was quite impressive from the time it entered the state down by Texarkana until it left the Little Rock local area. It was very long-tracked and cyclical with its tornado production. There was damage done in the area this video was taken but, like you, I'm dubious that this is the tornado on video. If it was a tornado, it was a very odd looking one, indeed.

Of interesting note, the wall cloud from this storm overheaded my home in Cabot, AR about an hour and a half later. Thankfully, it was during the down-swing in its destructiveness.

 

[Jeff Duda]

Me and other members on SpotterChat earlier tonight were commenting on this also, especially after KARK repeatedly showed the video, each time absolutely confirming that it was a tornado, yet also noting that "it was behind the trees and far off into the horizon". But they were sure it was a tornado...

It would be hard to get untrained people to learn how to confirm a tornado when established media can't even do it.

 

[Joshua Nall]

Looks to be the edge of a wall cloud to me with inflow appendage, scud trail, whatever you want to call it, and it is pretty sorry that anyone with a meteorology degree, or even basic knowledge of tornadic storms would say this was definitely a tornado. Would have been a great opportunity to inform the public on just what they were looking at. However, I suppose there is an outside chance that a feature like this could have been rotating and on the ground, haha, storms do crazy things. I was on three of the storms as they crossed into AR, one had decent structure. Will post some pics in reports later.

 

[Jim Saueressig]

The base appears to be moving into the tails direction. Match it with the trees. I am thinking that reporting it as a tornado when you cannot see the ground truth even if it was a funnel is a bit foolish.

 

[David Yoho]

One death has been confirmed...

http://ozarksfirst.com/content/fulltext/?cid=243772

 

[Zac Green]

David, yes and a few others are seriously injured. There was multiple tornadoes last night in Arkansas.

 

[Scott Taylor]

especially after KARK repeatedly showed the video, each time absolutely confirming that it was a tornado, yet also noting that "it was behind the trees and far off into the horizon". But they were sure it was a tornado...

It would be hard to get untrained people to learn how to confirm a tornado when established media can't even do it.

KARK also REPEATEDLY showed Brian Emfinger's photo of the low wall cloud, circling the wall on screen everytime and calling it a violent tornado.

 

[mikegeukes]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
425 PM CST THU MAR 11 2010

...TWO TORNADOES FROM MARCH 10TH CONFIRMED...

http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KLZK/1003112231.nous44.html

No word yet on the White County (Center Hill) tornado rating yet.

NWS Little Rock has some information from yesterday
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lzk/?n=svr0310.htm

Mike

 

[Ryan Wichman]

Outside of where many of you were set-up, but in eastern Missouri a series of downdrafts caused a 2 miles damage path NE of Hunnewell, Mo. I am figuring the winds were upwards of 85mph with some of the trees that were laying down. Here is the full write-up.

http://convectiveaddiction.com/2010/03/14/damage-survey-march-10-2010-hunnewell-mo/