Active Weather To The North

April 2, 2006, 7:35 pm
Posted by James Spann in Severe Weather
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Watching the weather to the north...

*The Memphis metro area has been under a tornado warning within the hour; seems like there was no major damage in the city.

*Heavy damage reported by a tornado in Greene County, Arkansas around 6:20 p.m...

*Half a dozen homes destroyed in Lawrence County, Arkansas at 5:25 p.m....

*Wayne County, Tennessee is under a tornado warning... a possible tornado was indicated about 25 miles west of Waynesboro at 8:22 p.m.

*Many reports of significant damage are coming in from Dyer County, TN, especially north of Dyersburg. Injuries reported near Millsfield. People trapped in homes according to some reports.

*Lots of damage in Gibson County, TN.

There is no severe weather in Alabama, and we don't expect any severe storms down this way tonight. The best chance of any isolated severe storms will be in far North Alabama, near the Tennessee border. Even there the threat is marginal.
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Posted by John T.  
on April 2, 2006, 7:58 pm
Another close call for AL , just across the state borders . Perhaps we will slip through another in-active " spring tornado season ". Funny how the same last year , yet a very active " hurricane season " ...? Just one of those 'things' I guess . Mother nature works in weird ways , but, for now it has been good for us .

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Posted by   www
on April 2, 2006, 8:17 pm
As of 9pm CDT Sunday
there were 37 reports of tornadoes
209 reports of hail largest reported was 4.25'' (7 reports)
144 reports of wind
All data are considered preliminary
Courtesy: SPC

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Posted by  
on April 2, 2006, 8:22 pm
I saw a report of hail at 4.50"

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Posted by   www
on April 2, 2006, 8:35 pm
I saw it too but that is in the message, not what the SPC has reported.

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Posted by  
on April 2, 2006, 8:42 pm
The author of the meso discussion for western middle tennesse has the sig tornado index approaching 8.

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Posted by   www
on April 2, 2006, 9:24 pm
Significant Tornado Parameter just dropped to 5 at the top of the hour, but that is still very high. All u need for a tornadic storm is values near or above 2.

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