Video Blog: Tornado Outbreak Starts Quickly
UPDATE: As of 11 PM, 30 tornadoes have been reported. According to our Wichita office... "As of 9:30 PM, there is a report (via stormtrack.org) of 5 fatalities in Pitcher, OK as well as 3 fatalities in southwest Missouri. This is from the long track tornado that started in southeast Kansas."
LIVE StormMatrix Stats Box:
The storm that tracked through central Arkansas had an unusual amount of lightning compared to other storms in the area; altogether the storms in the Arkansas area dropped nearly 50,000 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes between 8 and 10 PM, according to AccuWeather.com LightningPlus.
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I have uploaded* some 8-hour radar loops from the Fort Smith and Little Rock, Arkansas radars here; click here for a 5-hour animation of the Arkansas radar - very impressive supercells moving through!
ORIGINAL REPORT:
Today's tornado outbreak started suddenly this evening, with 20 tornado reports and over 40 Tornado Warnings between 6:15 and 7:40 PM. Supercell thunderstorms are crawling across the South and I take a look at the radar, warnings and reports in the video blog below. Stay tuned for additional updates as conditions warrant.
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