Midwest Chasing

..VAN BUREN COUNTY

THE OTHER TEAM VIEWED DAMAGE FROM AROUND SHIRLEY BACK THROUGH
CLINTON AND CULPEPPER. MUCH OF THE SWATH OF DAMAGE WAS ONE HALF MILE
TO A MILE WIDE…WITH THE TORNADO RATED AS AT LEAST EF3.

THERE SOME CASES WHERE HOMES WERE SWEPT OFF OF THEIR FOUNDATIONS…
INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE BRAND NEW HOME. THERE WERE TWO INSTANCES
WHERE PEOPLE WERE LOOKING FOR THEIR VEHICLES. THE VEHICLES WERE
THROWN FOR A DISTANCE AND COULD NOT BE FOUND. THERE WERE THREE
FATALITIES IN VAN BUREN COUNTY.

A QUICK RESPONSE TEAM WILL LIKELY BE ASKED TO VIEW THE DAMAGE TO
DETERMINE IF THE RATING COULD BE HIGHER THAN EF3.

Found this on Flikr:

Here’s an excerpt from ABC 30/40’s blog:

ABC 33/40 meteorologist Brian Peters, who worked as a Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Birmingham for many years, has been dispatched to the Jackson County storm site; he is on a QRT (quick response team) that is called in when tornado damage is considered to be EF4 or EF5. We just heard from the Huntsville NWS office; they will hold a briefing at 3:00 at the Rosalie Community Center in Jackson County to disclose their story survey findings.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1040 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO SURVEY TORNADO DAMAGE…

BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR IMAGES AND DAMAGE REPORTS FROM AROUND
MIDDLE TENNESSEE LAST NIGHT, IT APPEARS THAT AT LEAST TWO
SIGNIFICANT LONG LIVED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE
AREA.
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