5/10/08 NOW: KS/OK/MO/AR

[Jim Zandonai]

Wow what a supercell-fest but at these speeds it has to be hard to catch these cells...esp entering NW AR and the Ozarks..
The cell in Pushmataha county OK wasn't showing a hook but a good circulation couplet ! Being on the south end I would really watch this one..

 

[Mike Peregrine]

The speed issue is ridiculous ... I've been skirting the north side of the core on what was the Neosho storm for two hours. I can't punch south without it booking east on me and I can't move east without the thing moving south. It's a really bizarre chase. About to give up on it - storm is really moving into the ozarks now.

 

[Jennifer Combs]

Well what a disappointment here in Springfield. The storms hit the western edge of Greene County and took a nosedive southward. It got really dark and we had some heavy rain, but nothing that could be considered severe.

 

[Charles Kuster]

Wow, there is sure a lot to try and keep track of right now. The most interesting storms seem to be south of Little Rock with a possible tornado just SE of Wrightsville, AR. The storm in McCurtain county, OK is also showing decent rotation. Most of these storms are moving at at least 50mph! Stay safe out there!

Edit: The storm north of Little Rock looks pretty interesting as well. A tornado could be located about 4 miles north of Searcy, AR.

 

[Matthew Havin]

Streaming TV coverage at:

Memphis, TN:
http://www.wmcstations.com/

Little Rock, AR:
http://www.katv.com/

 

[J Kinkaid]

Matt Grantham is on the tornadic storm south of Little,Rock in Jefferson County

http://www.severestudios.com/cgi-bin/stream.pl?username=matt.grantham


It's good to hear Dave Brown on WMC is one of the top mets in the country

 

[Dave Gallaher]

About time to add TN and MS to the thread heading--tor-warned cell that will pass north of Tunica in just under an hour has slowed to 25mph. Cells in Woodruff and Lonoke/Prairie Counties are still moving at 45-50 mph and may merge by the time the business end of the first cell arrives near Tunica.

 

[Darin Brunin]

Just drove through the Purdy, MO tornado damage path. There looked to be some homes with their roofs off and a van practically rolled into a ball off about 25 yds off the road. Also had pieces of houses falling on us on the north side of the storm but could never get on the right side due to the Ozarks and storm speed.

 

[Chris Foltz]

KOAM-TV out of Joplin is now reporting a fatality in Newton County, MO along with significant structural damage in the town of Picher, OK.

http://www.koamtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8305523

 

[Dave Gallaher]

If the Lee County AR cell holds up, it will haul its circulation right across a zone that is rich in casinos on a busy Saturday night during the next half hour. I am assured those establishments have severe weather protocols, hopefully being enacted right now. Reflectivity has been showing two couplets within about 2.5 miles of each other fairly consistently, with the southern couplet looking stronger. As I type this, it looks like they are merging...

Edit: Updated warning cites "storm chasers reported a tornado 3 miles north of Marianna." I think this is the first time I've seen a tor-warning in the deep south mention chasers as sources rather than spotters or LEOs.

Edit 2: Cell appears to be cycling at an opportune time to miss the resorts--hope it can hold the circulation upstairs until it gets past the area...

 

[Jim Zandonai]

Powerfull cell with hook showing 110mph shear around stuttgart AR.. Cell apparently producing alot of lightning too..Matt Grantham chase cam looked pretty awesome too..with lightning

 

[Robert Rohloff]

Picher Ok in Ottawa County in NE OK, Tornado hit south side major damage first reports 5 fatal many injured.

 

[Donald Giuliano]

Picher Ok in Ottawa County in NE OK, Tornado hit south side major damage first reports 5 fatal many injured.

Wow, that's really eerie given an AP article I just read earlier this afternoon:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24555711/

 

[Stuart Robinson]

*Late report* Witnessed as Tornado - wrapped in rain - as it crossed highway 259 - 4 miles North of Broken Bow, South East Oklahoma at 19:35 CDT

 

[Matthew Havin]

KATV (Little Rock, Arkansas) relayed that Jeff Piotrowski reported major damage with the tornado that passed thru Stuttgart, Arkansas.