Watching the severe weather outbreak unfolding across the South today.
For those of you who may not have been paying much attention, there is a *major* severe weather outbreak unfolding across the southern states right now and there's already been at least one strong, damaging tornado in Arkansas with multiple reports of serious damage in several communities.
This was the latest bulletin on the aforementioned tornado, as of 7:48 pm.
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
743 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014
ARC045-085-119-145-280100-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140428T0100Z/
FAULKNER AR-LONOKE AR-PULASKI AR-WHITE AR-
743 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR SALTILLO AND VILONIA...
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN WHITE...
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL PULASKI...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN LONOKE AND
SOUTHEASTERN FAULKNER COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
AT 738 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO WITH REPORTS OF
DAMAGE. THIS POTENTIALLY DEADLY TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF
LAKE CONWAY...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR SALTILLO AND VILONIA. TAKE COVER NOW.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
VILONIA... LAKE CONWAY... ENOLA...
SALTILLO... OTTO... HOLLAND...
HAMLET... EL PASO...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A DAMAGING TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. THIS IS AN
EXCEPTIONALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING A LIFE
THREATENING...CONFIRMED TORNADO CAPABLE OF SIGNIFICANT DESTRUCTION.
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR ARKANSAS.
LAT...LON 3494 9234 3503 9242 3528 9218 3506 9199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 227DEG 43KT 3505 9229
$$
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TBH, I've been watching this all day and it's like a switch just flipped, right about 5 pm CDT. This is getting scary, folks. This one tornado might have been a violent tornado, too, according to some reports.
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There's been a LOT of damage already and this tornado is STILL on the ground.
that this is the first thread I've about it seen on DU. Usually, I know I can come here and find good information from the get go. (I may not post much, but I'm here daily. 
)
Stay safe out there, DU!
Watching the radar and it's a nasty fucker. Big debris ball on radar, which can typically indicate a violent tornado.
The SPC has been concerned about this storm system for days now.
I don't watch TWC, but I follow Jim Cantore from time to time. I follow a lot of Storm Chaser and weather pages on Facebook (I am a big time weather nerd) and pics coming in are not pretty. 
My prayers go out to everyone this evening.
Breaking News is full of storm reports from Ark.
1 confirmed dead there.
Confirmed violent tornado was, as of 4:22 p.m., located 6 miles south of Stallo, MS.
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
422 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
MSC159-282145-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140428T2145Z/
WINSTON MS-
422 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO...
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WINSTON COUNTY UNTIL 445
PM CDT...
AT 422 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE...VIOLENT AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF STALLO...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE PATH OF THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DEADLY TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CENTER RIDGE AND LOUISVILLE AROUND 430 PM CDT.
MILLCREEK AROUND 440 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3308 8882 3300 8882 3296 8916 3307 8920
3321 8893 3324 8883 3319 8881 3312 8882
3308 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 242DEG 32KT 3302 8911
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
HAIL...1.75IN
This is getting scary folks. Please, stay safe!
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