Severe WX Severe Weather Threat 3/14-3/16

[Western_KS_Wx]

 

[N0mz]

 

[atrainguy]

Just noticed this one is following a similar path as the Tri State. Gorham and Murphysboro were both directly hit almost exactly 100 years ago on March 18, 1925.

 

[Blountwolf]

That's what I get for staying up to see one last run of the HRRR for tomorrow - the early morning N AL convection is back. 6am round N of Bham.

 

[Kds86z]

Good gracious

 

[Maxis_s]

I don't want to pre-rate but it's safe to say we got at least a couple EF4 tornadoes. This has defied all expectations.

 

[The Nino]

That's what I get for staying up to see one last run of the HRRR for tomorrow - the early morning N AL convection is back. 6am round N of Bham.
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Is that a good thing, limit instability later on maybe ?

 

[Western_KS_Wx]

Absolutely massive CC drop indicating large amounts of debris in the air with this tornado on the ground approaching Tupelo Arkansas.

 

[atrainguy]

Andy Hill and Ryan Hall showing on radar what is probably a very damaging tornado near Tupelo, Arkansas.

 

[TH2002]

Fire department in Campbell Station, AR got hit.

 

[UpperLevelLOL]

I don't want to pre-rate but it's safe to say we got at least a couple EF4 tornadoes. This has defied all expectations.

I have yet to see any pictures of damage that indicates EF4. I don't think we should be getting into the rating discourse until this event is well done.

 

[treypops]

If you notice, all these storms across Arkansas have really spaced out. They're totally unencumbered. Nothing to prevent these from being long tracked tornadoes. They'll be crossing the river in a couple of hours and a couple of them will impact the Memphis metro.

 

[akt1985]

Downtown Chicago is about to be hit by a nasty bow echo with 70 MPH winds.

 

[N0mz]

Tupelo looks like it's gonna take a brutal tornado straight to the face

 

[jiharris0220]

 

[lake.effect]

Greenwood, MS likely taking a direct hit from a strong tornado right now

 

[Teche]

I don't want to pre-rate but it's safe to say we got at least a couple EF4 tornadoes. This has defied all expectations.

Especially with the report from Franklin, I feel like that just has to be an EF4. I can only hope there were no fatalities, or at the least exceptionally few.

 

[Equus]

Given the extremely prolific and intense nature of things tonight, if we get the right cell spacing tomorrow, this will likely be one of the few events we can compare to That One Day without the usual stigma of arbitrarily comparing a much lesser event to the worst day; it's probably going to rank well on up there in the all time outbreak tallies should this continue for the next 24 hours as models seem to suggest

 

[treypops]

Greenwood, MS likely taking a direct hit from a strong tornado right now

I think it's moving just south of Greenwood proper. It's taking a little bit of a right turn.

 

[Maxis_s]

Given the extremely prolific and intense nature of things tonight, if we get the right cell spacing tomorrow, this will likely be one of the few events we can compare to That One Day without the usual stigma of arbitrarily comparing a much lesser event to the worst day; it's probably going to rank well on up there in the all time outbreak tallies should this continue for the next 24 hours as models seem to suggest

The gravity of the situation is really starting to hit me. I'm contemplating on whether or not I even want to track Saturday.