We are still tracking the intense storm systems responsible for tornadoes and so much damage since Tuesday. (It started Tuesday, right? It feel like forever.)
Temperatures are starting to drop but there is a line of storms stretching from Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and up to Western New York. This line of storms has been spawning very dangerous weather-tornadoes and straight line winds. Multiple injuries and extensive damage has been reported.
If you are in the path of this storm, be prepared to take shelter on short notice.
No politics in this thread, please! These are people, not political game pieces!
UPDATE TO WATCH 377
Following counties all under watch
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 377
VALID 260400Z - 260540Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 973
..JEWELL..05/26/11
ATTN...WFO...LCH...SHV...JAN...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 377
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
LA
. LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE
AVOYELLES CALDWELL CATAHOULA
CONCORDIA EAST CARROLL FRANKLIN
GRANT JACKSON LA SALLE
MADISON MOREHOUSE NATCHITOCHES
OUACHITA RAPIDES RICHLAND
SABINE TENSAS VERNON
WEST CARROLL WINN
$$
MS
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS ATTALA CARROLL
CHOCTAW CLAIBORNE CLAY
COPIAH FRANKLIN GRENADA
HINDS HOLMES HUMPHREYS
ISSAQUENA JASPER JEFFERSON
KEMPER LAUDERDALE LAWRENCE
LEAKE LEFLORE LINCOLN
LOWNDES MADISON MONTGOMERY
NESHOBA NEWTON NOXUBEE
OKTIBBEHA RANKIN SCOTT
SHARKEY SIMPSON SMITH
SUNFLOWER WARREN WASHINGTON
WEBSTER WINSTON YAZOO
$$
From the comments:
The National Weather Service in League City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
western Liberty County in southeast Texas...
eastern Montgomery County in southeast Texas...
* until 1215 am CDT
* at 1120 PM CDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado. This tornado
was located 7 miles northwest of Splendora... moving southeast at
20 mph.
* Locations in the Tornado Warning include but are not limited to
Woodbranch... Roman Forest... Plum Grove... Splendora and Patton Village.
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by ninkasi23 on Wed May 25, 2011 at 09:40:00 PM PDT
Northern AL Tor Warning 11:33pm CDT (1+ / 0-)
The National Weather Service in Huntsville has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
central Limestone County in north central Alabama...
eastern Lauderdale County in northwest Alabama...
* until midnight CDT
* at 1130 PM CDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado near Kingtown...
or about 19 miles east of Underwood-Petersville... moving east at 55
mph.
* Locations near the path of this tornado include...
Good Springs.
Cairo.
Cartwright.
Elkmont.
Holland Gin.
Tornado Watch 377
RGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 377
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
945 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
LARGE PART OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 945 PM
UNTIL 400 AM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF FORT POLK
LOUISIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 374. WATCH NUMBER 374 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
945 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 373...WW 375...WW 376...
and
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1021 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLACK HAWK...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 1021 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SEVEN PINES
MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
Updated 10:04pm from the comments: possible 'Mass Casualty Incident' in Bloomington IN. Nothing confirmed yet.
Updated 9:10pm central time from wunderground.com: States and counties under tornado warnings.
Indiana-get to shelter.
(The solid red blobs are counties under tornado warnings-that's what we are tracking in this diary.)
picture from wunderground.com at @9:33pm, CDT
Arkansas
Chicot
California
Butte
Indiana
Perry, Orange, Dubois, Crawford, Owen, Morgan, Monroe, Martin, Lawrence, Greene, Brown, Vigo, Putnam, Clay, Tippecanoe, Spencer, Howard, Hendricks, Clinton, Carroll, Boone, Sullivan, Warren, Shelby, Rush, Decatur
Kentucky
Trigg, Calloway, Caldwell, Hopkins, Christian, Lyon
Louisiana
Union, Ouachita
Mississippi
Washington, Sunflower, Bolivar, Yalobusha, Lafayette, Coahoma