Monday, May 23, 2011

May 23; Tornado Warning- Jamestown, NY


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 852 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CLYMER...OR
  23 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   6 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN WEST...
   CLYMER...
   PANAMA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM 
IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON
DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN
THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...
MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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May 23: Tornado Warning- Hominy, OK


...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
OSAGE COUNTY...

AT 624 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 
TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO LOCATED NEAR HOMINY...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH 
OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HOMINY...
WYNONA AND PERSHING.

May 23: Tornado Warning (Rotating Wall Cloud)- Loveland, OH


...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
CLERMONT...SOUTHERN WARREN...NORTHEASTERN
HAMILTON AND SOUTHEASTERN
BUTLER COUNTIES...

AT 729 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS 
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LOVELAND...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE 
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

AT 728 PM...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 
A ROTATING WALL CLOUD NEAR
SHARONVILLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEBANON AND MORROW.

IN ADDITION...PLEASANT PLAIN...
BUTLERVILLE...EDENTON...STATE ROUTE
123 AT STATE ROUTE 132...OREGONIA
...WOODVILLE...MIDDLEBORO AND STATE
ROUTE 350 AT US ROUTE 22 ARE NEAR
THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 41...
I-75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 19 AND 27...

May 23: Tornado Warning (Strong Rotation)- Columbus Grove, OH


...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 
800 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ALLEN AND SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM 
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL
OHIO...

AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS GROVE...OR 
ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF
OTTAWA...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  PANDORA...
  BLUFFTON...

May 23: Tornado Warning (Funnel Cloud)- Carbondale, IL


* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.

* AT 408 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  CEDAR LAKE AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 
MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS
  REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CEDAR LAKE AREA...
  MURPHYSBORO...
  DE SOTO...
  CARBONDALE...

May 23: Tornado Warning- McAlisterville, Pennsylvania


* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JUNIATA COUNTY IN 
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  SNYDER COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY 
IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
A TORNADO. THE STORM
  CONTAINING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS NEAR
MCALISTERVILLE...MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RICHFIELD AROUND 525 PM EDT...
  FREMONT AND MIDDLEBURG AROUND 535 PM EDT...
  MEISERVILLE AROUND 540 PM EDT...
  PORT TREVERTON AND SELINSGROVE AROUND 545 PM EDT...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON 
DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN 
THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED 
TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...
ROUTE 11/15...ROUTE 522.

May 23: Tornado Warning (Tornado Reported)- Huntington, IN


...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 
600 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
WELLS AND CENTRAL HUNTINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 538 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A 
TORNADO NEAR STATE ROUTE
5. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES 
SOUTH OF HUNTINGTON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  MARKLE...
  BLUFFTON...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ROCKFORD...LIBERTY CENTER...UNIONDALE...
NORTH OAKS...MURRAY...
KINGSLAND AND TOCSIN.

May 23: Tornado Warning (Tornado On Ground)- Bedford, IN


...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
WESTERN JACKSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 533 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MEDORA...PLEASANT VIEW AND KURTZ 
AROUND 550 PM EDT...
  VALLONIA AND FREETOWN AROUND 600 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND.

May 23: Tornado Warning- Isabella, OK


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN 
HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN KINGFISHER COUNTY IN 
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHERN MAJOR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A 
TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  ISABELLA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AMES
...FAIRVIEW...HOMESTEAD...
  ISABELLA AND OKEENE.

Joplin, MO Tornado: Death Toll Reaches 116 (May 23, 4:12 pm CDT)

The Joplin, MO tornado has taken the lives of at least 116 people.

May 22 Joplin, MO Tornado Classified as EF-4

The horrific tornado that destroyed Joplin, Missouri has been classified as an EF-4, meaning winds were well over 100 mph and may have reached 200 mph.

May 23: Tornado Warning- Altenburg, IL


* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.

* AT 354 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ALTENBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ALTENBURG...
  GRAND TOWER...
  CEDAR LAKE AREA...

May 23 Moderate Risk Severe Weather

A cold front, dryline, and trough will move through the severe weather area to contribute to severe weather.
There will be potential for supercells and large hail. A tornado risk will also be present in the western section of the slight risk area.



May 23, Joplin Missouri Forecast

Another round of severe storms is possible today in Joplin, Missouri.
After this devastation, anything higher is absolutely horrible.

Devastation in Joplin, Missouri

Complete devastation has hit the town of Joplin, Missouri.
As of now, at least 89 people are dead.
Someone from the Red Cross organization reported that at least 75% of the city is gone.
However, Joplin's Emergency Management Director put the number at 10-20%.
A state of emergency is in place.
Trees were debarked, cars are in a mangled mess.
If any emergency services are anywhere near the area, they are strongly advised to assist the disaster in Joplin, Missouri.