Monday, January 07, 2008

Rare January Tornadoes Causing Damage And Injury In Mid-States



At least 19 tornadoes have been reported thus far this Monday evening from southern Missouri into northern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin.

AT least 1 injury has been confirmed in Wisconsin- but the latest reports have been a person or persons trapped in a tornado-ravaged house near Springfield-MO.

Severe thunderstorms and tornado watches stretch from eastern Oklahoma into Illinois tonight.

I'm keeping my eye on the front that's gone through K.C. this late afternoon- and how it might interact with another low pressure wave near the Texas Panhandle moving northeast along that front.

This may lift thunderstorms presently in the southern MetroRegion northward into the Metro.

More on that as the situation develops....


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2 comments:

Mark said...

I could see the lightning south of here. Quite a bit of it. What a show for January!

Groucho K. Marx said...

Yeah- the Ms. and I was out watching it- best cloud to ground stroke and thunder about 40 seconds later.

looks like we'll hear some/be awakened in about 5 hours by more- less-intense stuff.

With no updated posts on "The Post" I thought you'd left Dodge Mark! g


HYN--Groucho

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