Posted on 02/24/2007 1:39:36 PM PST by Strategerist
Those buildings are well made however.
Meanwhile, To the North of all that...
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
345 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA...
.POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT AND BE OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY. A WIDE VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER THIS EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO A SNOW EVENT WITH STRONG WINDS TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY.
IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-049-050-250500-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.070224T2145Z-070226T0000Z/
WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...
MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO
345 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO SNOW...HEAVY AT
TIMES...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS AT OR ABOVE 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL ABATE SOME LATER TONIGHT...BUT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING.
SNOWFALL RATES TONIGHT WILL BE ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR AT
TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY THE END OF SUNDAY WILL LIKELY BE 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...EXPECT DRIFTS 2 TO 3 FEET DEEP.
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT WILL OCCUR AFTER THE AREA EXPERIENCED AN ICE STORM ON SATURDAY.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
Prayers to the residents.
Not the same Dumas, I think Dumas, Texas, is that'n.
Oh crap..Another line of storms heading for the same area within 20 minutes!
not good
Storms are moving at over 65 mph now..
a walmart is not "made well"for a tornado..an f3+ could level it
TV is showing ANOTHER Tornado hook heading for Dumas again. This is rare. Very scary..
very strong couplets in the supercells over SE AR at this time..very tight
POWER is OUT in Dumas area...
Was it that level of energy?
another extrmely tight couplet and likley tornado heading for Dumas area
They are VERY worried about the citizens NOT getting this new warning due to no power....oh dear.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
407 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 445 PM CST
* AT 403 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DUMAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MITCHELLVILLE...DUMAS AROUND 425 PM CST...
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 407 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN DESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 445 PM CST * AT 403 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUMAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MITCHELLVILLE...DUMAS AROUND 425 PM CST...
There are coolers and freezers though.
You got that right. Last April we had an F-3 come through here,our
street had 14 houses that were disentegrated. You can still see metal
roof sheets wrapped around trees.
We had 11 dead in our county.
I never want to see another one.
Prayers up for everyone.
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