I deemed yesterday just a little to dangerous for my liking so I stayed home and watched things evolve on radar. One thing I noticed is that these storms appeared to be more cyclic that steady state as far as their tornadic signatures were concerned. Particularly true for the 5 state storm, watching that storm on radar you could see it's hooks occlude and reform, at least 4 times on its way across Missouri. I also noticed the Bentonville, AR storm did this 3 or 4 times. As for the number of tornadic supercells I don't recall ever seeing so many. I think May 3, 1999 is probably as close to this as I can recall. I don't remember their being anywhere close to as many cells in any of the 2003 or 2004 events. Those storms were more cyclic and that is why they resulted in such high numbers. Yesterday, IMO, was the best/worst of both worlds. There were a large number of supercells and they were cyclic. I personally know of two touchdowns with significant damage, that occurred near family, and still have not shown up on the SPC reports. Obviously, as is usually the case during major outbreaks, there will be multiple damage reports for the same tornado but it is my feeling/opinion, based on how things evolved on radar, that Sunday's final numbers will eclipse the 24 hour totals for any of the 2003 or 2004 events.
By the way does anyone know where to find the final numbers for the 2003 and 2004 events? The SPC log says the numbers are preliminary on the storm report achieve graphics.