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Old 04-29-2014, 02:05 PM
 
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Tornado Warnings in North Carolina right now. 2 strong cells there capable of producing a Tornado. No word on if someone spotted one. (This is why we need chasers on the ground)

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
400 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 359 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES EAST OF LACOMA... APPROACHING THE CITY OF WILSON.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...PING PONG BALL SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILSON...ELM CITY...SHARPSBURG...LUCAMA...BLACK CREEK...WILLBANKS
AND NEW HOPE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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Old 04-29-2014, 06:12 PM
 
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http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008...nw/sn.0275.txt

0804 PM TORNADO 5 NE SALEMBURG 35.07N 78.45W
04/29/2014 SAMPSON NC AMATEUR RADIO
TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR HONEYCUTT ROAD NEAR SALEMBURG... REPORT 3RD HAND FROM SCANNER VIA SKYWARN

0749 PM TORNADO SHINE 35.44N 77.79W
04/29/2014 GREENE NC 911 CALL CENTER
FIRE DEPT REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR SHINE.
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Old 04-29-2014, 06:22 PM
 
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Tupelo, MS Tornado rated EF-3. Others still being surveyed.
http://kamala.cod.edu/ms/latest.nous44.KMEG.html

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
652 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2014

..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/28/14 TORNADO EVENT


OVERVIEW

THIS SURVEY IS FOR A LONG TRACK TORNADO IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

.TORNADO IN TUPELO MISSISSIPPI THAT EXTENDS AT LEAST INTO
ITAWAMBA COUNTY NEAR OZARK MISSISSIPPI...

RATING: EF-3
PEAK WIND /ESTIMATED/: 150 MPH
PEAK LENGTH /STATUTE/: 24 MILES
PATH WIND /MAXIMUM/: .25 MILES
FATALITIES: 1
INJURIES: 40

START DATE:APR 28 2014
START TIME: 242 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 7 SSW TUPELO
START LAT/LON: 34.2261/-88.8242

END DATE: APR 28 2014
END TIME: 308 PM CDT
END LOCATION: OZARK
END LAT/LON: 34.4184/-88.4742

SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE BEGINNING AND END POINTS OF THIS SURVEY ARE PRELIMINARY AND
ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE...ESPECIALLY THE END POINT WHERE THE GROUND
SURVEY WAS ENDED FOR THE DAY. AN AERIAL SURVEY IS PLANNED FOR
EITHER WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK. THE FATALITY WAS STORM
RELATED...HOWEVER IT IS YET TO BE DETERMINED THAT THE FATALITY
OCCURRED IN THE TORNADO PATH. THE HARDEST HIT AREA IN TUPELO WAS
LOCATED ALONG CLAYTON AVENUE AND COUNTRY CLUB ROAD TO THE COMMERCIAL
AREA ALONG NORTH GLOSTER FROM HILLCREST DRIVE TO NORTH GREEN
STREET.
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Old 04-29-2014, 06:23 PM
 
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Arkansas Tornado still in progress but is also an EF-3
PNS from KLZK


TORNADO #1...PARON/MAYFLOWER/VILONIA TORNADO

DAMAGE SURVEYS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. HOWEVER...THE TORNADO
HAS BEEN RATED AT LEAST AN EF-3.

THE TORNADO STARTED JUST INSIDE THE PULASKI COUNTY LINE...
4 MILES NORTH OF LAKE NORRELL. THERE IS AN APPARENT CONTINUOUS
DAMAGE PATH FOR AT LEAST 29.2 MILES...NEARLY TO VILONIA...WHERE
THE SURVEY WILL RESUME ON TUESDAY APRIL 29TH.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED ONCE SURVEYS HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED.

EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200MPH
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Old 04-30-2014, 05:05 PM
 
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Tennessee Tornado EF-0

TORNADO IN BOLTON TENNESSEE

RATING:EF-0
PEAK WIND /ESTIMATED/: 75-80 MILES AN HOUR
PEAK LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: NONE
INJURIES: NONE

START DATE: APR 28 2014
START TIME: 646 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 8.5 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MILLINGTON TENNESSEE
START LAT/LON:35.3615/-89.7486

END DATE: APR 28 2014
END TIME: 0648 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 10 MILES EAST NORTHEAST FROM MILLINGTON TENNESSEE
END LAT/LON:35.3701/-89.7234

SURVEY SUMMARY:
ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES ON BRUNSWICK ROAD. TREES DOWN.
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Old 04-30-2014, 05:09 PM
 
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5 different Tornado results in SouthEast Arkansas

Louisville Rated EF-4!
Warren County EF-1
Northern Hinds County EF-1
Southwest Hinds County EF-1
Madison County EF-1

LOUISVILLE TORNADO

RATING: EF-4
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 185 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 35.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 3/4 MILE
FATALITIES: 9
INJURIES: UNKNOWN

START DATE: APR 28 2014
START TIME: 351 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 NNE RENFROE
START LAT/LON: 32.888/-89.443

END DATE: APR 28 2014
END TIME: 447 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 NNE LOUISVILLE
END LAT/LONG 33.194/-89.001

SURVEY_SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO PRODUCED A LARGE
AREA OF EF2 TO EF4 DAMAGE ALONG ITS PATH.
HUNDREDS OF STRUCTURES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED
AND THOUSANDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED. THE EF4 DAMAGE CONSISTED OF SEVERAL
HOMES AND APARTMENTS THAT WERE REDUCED TO
SLABS...INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS THAT WERE
COLLAPSED...CHICKEN HOUSES THAT WERE
COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH LITTLE TRACE
LEFT OF THEM...DEBARKED AND DENUDED TREES
AND A COLLAPSED CELL TOWER.

WARREN COUNTY TORNADO

RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.75 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

START DATE: APR 28 2014
START TIME: 455 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4.5 S VICKSBURG
START LAT/LON: 32.283/-90.872

END DATE: APR 28 2014
END TIME: 505 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5.25 SE VICKSBURG
END LAT/LONG 32.308/-90.80

SURVEY_SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO STARTED JUST WEST OF FISHER FERRY ROAD
WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO THEN PARALLELED GIBSON
ROAD FOR A SHORT PERIOD WHERE SOME TIN WAS PEELED FROM A ROOF...AND
SEVERAL OTHER TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. A COUPLE TREES ALSO
FELL ON POWER LINES ALONG GIBSON ROAD. THIS TORNADO ENDED JUST EAST
OF HIGHWAY 27 WHERE A FEW ADDITIONAL TREES WERE SNAPPED.

NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY TORNADO

RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 13.75 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

START DATE: APR 28 2014
START TIME: 520 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1.5 N EDWARDS
START LAT/LON: 32.356/-90.595

END DATE: APR 28 2014
END TIME: 542 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6.25 NNW CLINTON
END LAT/LONG 32.423/-90.375

SURVEY_SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO BEGAN ALONG GOAT HILL ROAD SNAPPING
SEVERAL TREES. A LARGE TREE BRANCH FELL ON A FENCE AT THE
INTERSECTION OF GOAT HILL AND ANDERSON ROADS. THE TORNADO WAS RATHER
BROAD AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST GENERALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 22. ALONG GOOD
HOPE ROAD...A TIN CARPORT WAS DESTROYED AND SEVERAL TREES WERE
BROKEN AND UPROOTED. SIGNIFICANT ROOFING MATERIAL WAS TORN OFF A
HOUSE ALONG HIGHWAY 22...AND SOME OF THE ROOF MATERIAL WAS THROWN
ACROSS THE STREET DESTROYING A FENCE ON THE OTHER SIDE. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEAST SNAPPING AND UPROOTING SEVERAL TREES NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF QUEEN HILL ROAD AND FARR ROAD. THE TORNADO WAS MOST
INTENSE AS IT CROSSED WILLIAMS LAKE ROAD JUST NORTH OF LIVE OAK ROAD
WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO WEAKENED
AS IT CROSSED BOLTON-BROWNSVILLE ROAD AND JIMMY WILLIAMS ROAD
SNAPPING A FEW TREES AS IT PASSED. IT DISSIPATED JUST AFTER CROSSING
MCGUFFEE ROAD WHERE A COUPLE TREES WERE UPROOTED.

SOUTHWEST HINDS COUNTY TORNADO

RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

START DATE: APR 28 2014
START TIME: 548 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 NW UTICA
START LAT/LON: 32.1213/-90.637

END DATE: APR 28 2014
END TIME: 605 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 NNW DRY GROVE
END_LAT/LON: 32.1784/-90.4647

SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG THORNTON ROAD
AND MOVED NORTH OF UTICA ACROSS MS HIGHWAY 27 AND ERNIE MARTIN
ROAD. THE HEAVIEST DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG TOM COLLINS ROAD...
WHERE THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE WITH SEVERAL HARDWOOD
TREES SNAPPED. A METAL POLE WAS BLOWN THROUGH THE SIDE OF A HOUSE
AND A SMALL SHED WAS ALSO BLOWN OVER IN THIS AREA. ANOTHER HOME
SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS D NEWMAN ROAD...BERRY ROAD...ADAMS STATION ROAD...AND
PEACH ORCHARD ROAD...SNAPPING AND UPROOTING SEVERAL TREES AND
CAUSING ROOF...SIDING...AND SKIRTING DAMAGE TO SOME MANUFACTURED
HOMES. IT CROSSED MS HIGHWAY 18 NEAR LEARNED ROAD...THEN LIFTED
AFTER CROSSING NEIL COLLINS ROAD AND SEATON ROAD.

MADISON COUNTY TORNADO

RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.75 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

START DATE: APR 28 2014
START TIME: 600 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 NW MADISON
START LAT/LON: 32.514/-90.197

END DATE: APR 28 2014
END TIME: 606 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 NNW MADISON
END LAT/LONG 32.547/-90.143

SURVEY_SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO WAS MOST INTENSE RIGHT AFTER IT STARTED
JUST SOUTHWEST OF CHAPEL LANE WHERE SEVERAL LARGE TREE BRANCHES WERE
SNAPPED...A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED...AND SHINGLE DAMAGE OCCURRED TO
A HOME. THE TORNADO CONTINUED SNAPPING LARGE TREE BRANCHES AND A FEW
TREES AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST CROSSING OVER MANSDALE ROAD (MS 463)
NEAR THE CHAPEL LANE INTERSECTION. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST
PASSING JUST SOUTH OF STRIBLING LAKE WHERE A FEW SMALL TREES WERE
SNAPPED. THE TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT CONTINUED NORTHEAST DOWNING A
FEW TREE LIMBS AS IT APPROACHED STRIBLING ROAD. THIS TORNADO ENDED
JUST AFTER CROSSING CAROLINE BOULEVARD WHERE IT SNAPPED A FEW LARGE
TREE BRANCHES.
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Old 04-30-2014, 05:26 PM
 
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Just posted! 5 more different Tornado Surveys. Mayflower/Vilonia rated an EF-4.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
618 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014

..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/27/2014 TORNADO EVENT...UPDATE #1


TORNADO #1...THE MAYFLOWER/VILONIA/EL PASO TORNADO

RATING: EF-4
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 180-190 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 41.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1320 YARDS
FATALITIES: 15
INJURIES: UNKNOWN

START DATE: APR 27 2014
START TIME: 706 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5.4 W FERNDALE /PULASKI COUNTY/
START LAT/LON: 34.7787 / -92.6520

END DATE: APR 27 2014
END TIME: 806 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1.4 NE EL PASO /WHITE COUNTY/
END_LAT/LON: 34.1415 / -92.0787

TORNADO #2...THE CENTER HILL TORNADO

RATING: EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 125-135 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 880 YARDS
FATALITIES: NONE
INJURIES: UNKNOWN

START DATE: APR 27 2014
START TIME: 813 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2.4 WSW CENTER HILL /WHITE COUNTY/
START LAT/LON: 35.2491 / -91.9215

END DATE: APR 27 2014
END TIME: 830 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5.0 NE CENTER HILL /WHITE COUNTY/
END_LAT/LON: 35.3109 / -91.8160

TORNADO #3...THE STEPROCK TORNADO

RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70-80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: UNKNOWN
FATALITIES: NONE
INJURIES: UNKNOWN

START DATE: APR 27 2014
START TIME: 835 PM CDT /BASED ON RADAR/
START LOCATION: 0.9 ESE STEPROCK /WHITE COUNTY/
START LAT/LON: 35.4236 / -91.6740

END DATE: APR 27 2014
END TIME: 839 PM CDT /BASED ON RADAR/
END LOCATION: 2.0 ENE STEPROCK /WHITE COUNTY/
END_LAT/LON: 35.4387 / -91.6516

TORNADO #4...THE DENMARK TORNADO

RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90-100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: UNKNOWN
FATALITIES: NONE
INJURIES: UNKNOWN

START DATE: APR 27 2014
START TIME: 840 PM CDT /BASED ON RADAR/
START LOCATION: 5 NW VELVET RIDGE /WHITE COUNTY/
START LAT/LON: 35.4639 / -91.6414

END DATE: APR 27 2014
END TIME: 849 PM CDT /BASED ON RADAR/
END LOCATION: 2.4 NNE DENMARK /JACKSON COUNTY/
END_LAT/LON: 35.5192 / -91.5766

TORNADO #5...THE THIDA TORNADO


RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90-100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: UNKNOWN
FATALITIES: NONE
INJURIES: UNKNOWN

START DATE: APR 27 2014
START TIME: 851 PM CDT /BASED ON RADAR/
START LOCATION: 4.2 E PLEASANT PLAINS /INDEPENDENCE COUNTY/
START LAT/LON: 35.5439 / -91.5524

END DATE: APR 27 2014
END TIME: 852 PM CDT /BASED ON RADAR/
END LOCATION: 4.6 E PLEASANT PLAINS /INDEPENDENCE COUNTY/
END_LAT/LON: 35.5522 / -91.5454
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Old 05-01-2014, 08:07 PM
 
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I found this map interesting

Geographic distribution of the month of maximum tornado threat for the contiguous US

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