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Tornadoes Devastating tornado in Joplin, Missouri

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Devastating tornado in Joplin, Missouri

Destructive Joplin Missouri Tornado

Above is video of yesterday's horrific tornado in Joplin, Missouri, filmed by the TVN Basehunters storm chasing team of Scott Peake, Colt Forney, Kevin Rolfs and Isaac Pato. The four meteorology students assisted with first response efforts as they arrived in Joplin, even transporting injured victims to the hospital. Please refer to the National Weather Service in Springfield, MO for the latest information on the Joplin tornado (here).

Severe weather also threatens a wide area of the eastern and central U.S. today, the latest in what has been a multi-day severe weather episode. Tomorrow, May 24, 2011, has all the makings of an extremely dangerous weather day across the southern Plains. Parmeters are highly indicative of long-tracked, strong to violent tornadoes across Kansas and Oklahoma. As such, the Storm Prediction Center has issued a Day-2 Moderate Risk, and an upgrade to High Risk appears likely. Residents of the risk areas are strongly urged to monitor this developing situation and have a good severe weather plan in place now. Dozens of storm chasers will be covering this event to provide ground-truth to NWS and media personnel; live streaming video is available at our Live page, here.
         

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Tornadoes Reed visits The Tonight Show this evening

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Reed visits The Tonight Show this evening
         

<img src="http://www.tornadovideos.net/images/stories/2011/may_2011/alabama_task_force_1.jpg" width="250" height="188" alt="alabama_task_force_1" style="float: left; margin: 5px;" />(May 16th, 2011)  Viewers tuning in to watch <a href="http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/ " title="The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" target="_blank"><strong>Jay Leno</strong>[/url] tonight will be met with  some more-serious subject matter than usual. After appearing last fall to  promote Storm Chasers on Discovery, Reed will be Jay's guest once again this  evening, this time advocating for severe weather preparedness and awareness, as  well as to <a href="http://www.redcross.org/ " title="Donate to the Red Cross" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff00;">urge continued support for recovery efforts</span>[/url] in the wake of the  overwhelming month of deadly tornadoes parts of the U.S. endured during April.  Reed and crew experienced these outbreaks first-hand, beginning with<a href="

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" title="Iowa video" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #ff9900;">Iowa on the  9th</span>[/url], then <a href="

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" title="Jackson-area MS video" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff9900;">Mississippi</span>[/url] (15th), <a href="

<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhKjv9GuARQ class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhKjv9GuARQ</a>

" title="Missouri and Illinois" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff9900;">Missouri and Ilinois</span>[/url] (19th), then finally with the  <a href="http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/april_2011_tornado_information.html " title="April 25-28 outbreak information" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff9900;">modern-day Super Outbreak</span> [/url]in <a href="

<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhKjv9GuARQ class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhKjv9GuARQ</a>

" title="Mississippi EF-5 tornado " target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff9900;">Mississippi and Alabama</span>[/url] on April 27th; they then  spent several days afterward assisting with relief efforts in and around  Tuscaloosa. — Reed is pictured above with members of Alabama Task Force 1, an  elite search and rescue unit in Tuscaloosa after the city was devastated by an  EF-4 tornado on the 27th. The timing for this renewed awareness couldn't be  better, as the middle to latter part of this week into next week look to become  especially active once again, with tornadoes possible across portions of the  central and southern Great Plains. Stay tuned for more updates on the developing  weather situation, and be sure to catch Reed on Leno this evening — check your  local listings!
         

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Tornadoes Severe weather outbreak possible tomorrow in OK and KS!

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Severe weather outbreak possible tomorrow in OK and KS!
         

Severe weather is in the forecast for today, from parts of Minnesota and  Wisconsin southeast all the way to the Carolina coast. Large hail, damaging  winds and a marginal tornado threat will exist over this area into the  evening. The main story is the potent mid-level storm system that will eject  into the southern Plains Wednesday, resulting in what should be the first  significant severe weather event since the modern-day Super Outbreak which  portions of the southern U.S. experienced during late April. A robust field of  low-level moisture should be in place across most of Oklahoma and Kansas by  mid-afternoon tomorrow as a surface low currently parked over the extreme  western OK panhandle deepens and drifts northeast into northwest Kansas into the  evening. As this surface low migrates northward, a sharp dryline will take shape  from northwest Kansas into west-central Oklahoma and points south by  evening. Ample daytime heating and dewpoints in the 70s will allow for strong  instability to build throughout the day ahead of the dryline. Cooler  temperatures aloft along with the arrival of an upper-level jet max will promote  initiation along the dryline by mid/late-afternoon. Wind shear profiles suggest  that initial convection should be supercellular, and by early evening, low-level  wind shear should be most conducive for tornadoes, with the two areas  of particular interest residing along the central OK/Kansas border, as well as  along the triple point, which should materialize in northwest Kansas. As such,  the Storm Prediction Center has issued a Day-2 moderate risk for severe weather  across most of the southern and central Plains states. Storm chasers will likely  be out in force and streaming on the Live page. As always, residents of the  threatened areas are encouraged to monitor local conditions and statements from  NWS and media outlets.
         

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RE: Tornadoes outbreak 14 – 15 April 2011 : Insane footage Oklahoma, Mississippi

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INSANE video from Oklahoma.. .  Another Tornado Outbreak Today

Massive multi-vortex wedge from southern Oklahoma – April 14, 2011

At least 10 tornadoes were reported yesterday across Kansas and Oklahoma, including one particularly strong wedge tornado from a supercell that moved through Atoka County in extreme southern Oklahoma just north of the Red River.  Sadly, at least two fatalities resulted from this violent tornado from the communities of Atoka and Tushka, OK, which sustained the worst damage.  Several storm chasers were some of the first on the scene of the damage, and helped out substantially with the recovery effort.  Here is video of that tornado from Gabe Garfield and Marc Austin:

On the flip-side, we were chasing a supercell further north in Central Oklahoma, where the deeper moisture did not materialize, and witnessed thiis much weaker and harmless rope tornado just northeast of Chandler, OK.

Today in the Lower Mississippi River Valley, I would not be surprised to see 5 times the number of yesterday's tornadoes, especially across central and southern MS into AL where the strongest low-level wind shear and instability will coincide.  Forecast hodographs look extremely favorable for strong tornadoes ahead of the advancing front, with over 30 knots of 0-1 km wind shear creating insane helicity values.  The SPC currently has a moderate risk out for the aforementioned area, but an upgrade to high risk in the next outlook would not be out of the question, especially given the recent RUC model forecasts.  TVN is just now completing the all-night drive from Oklahoma to central/southern MS, and will be streaming live video of this chase at http://TornadoVideos.net/Live, and Tweeting throughout the chase (@reedtimmertvn).  Stay tuned for updates.

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Tornadoes INSANE video from Oklahoma.. . Another Tornado Outbreak Today

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INSANE video from Oklahoma.. .  Another Tornado Outbreak Today
         

<p>At least 10 tornadoes were reported yesterday across Kansas and Oklahoma, including one particularly strong wedge tornado from a supercell that moved through Atoka County in extreme southern Oklahoma just north of the Red River.  Sadly, at least two fatalities resulted from this violent tornado from the communities of Atoka and Tushka, OK, which sustained the worst damage.  Several storm chasers were some of the first on the scene of the damage, and helped out substantially with the recovery effort.  Here is video of that tornado from Gabe Garfield and Marc Austin:</p>
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<p>On the flip-side, we were chasing a supercell further north in Central Oklahoma, where the deeper moisture did not materialize, and witnessed thiis much weaker and harmless rope tornado just northeast of Chandler, OK.</p>
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<p>Today in the Lower Mississippi River Valley, I would not be surprised to see 5 times the number of yesterday's tornadoes, especially across central and southern MS into AL where the strongest low-level wind shear and instability will coincide.  Forecast hodographs look extremely favorable for strong tornadoes ahead of the advancing front, with over 30 knots of 0-1 km wind shear creating insane helicity values.  The SPC currently has a moderate risk out for the aforementioned area, but an upgrade to high risk in the next outlook would not be out of the question, especially given the recent RUC model forecasts.  TVN is just now completing the all-night drive from Oklahoma to central/southern MS, and will be streaming live video of this chase at <a target="_blank" href="http://TornadoVideos.net/Live">http://TornadoVideos.net/Live[/url], and Tweeting throughout the chase (@reedtimmertvn).  Stay tuned for updates.</p>
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Tornadoes 9 April 2011

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Tornado hits Mapleton, IA!
         

Reports are still coming in, but an apparently large, destructive tornado has hit the town of Mapleton, Iowa this evening. Several storm chasers were streaming this tornado live, and debris could be seen flying through the air. Dick McGowan reports that major structural damage has occurred. Above are radar images taken as the storm moved over town — velocity was maxing out at 161 kts of shear at the time, so this was very likely a strong to violent tornado. This extremely dangerous storm could still be producing a tornado as it moves east of Mapleton at 25 MPH.  A tornado watch remains in effect until 1:00 AM for portions of eastern NE and the northwestern half of Iowa, and residents in these areas should keep their weather radio nearby and monitor the NWS and local media for warnings! – Tomorrow looks like a potential high risk for eastern IA, northern IL and much of Wisconsin!
         

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Tornadoes Moderate risk! Tornado watches issued!

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Moderate risk! Tornado watches issued!
         

<div><img style="float: left; margin: 5px;" alt="ruc_255_2011030821_f03_wspd_500_mb" height="179" width="250" src="http://www.tornadovideos.net/images/stories/2011/march_2011/ruc_255_2011030821_f03_wspd_500_mb.png" /><img style="float: left; margin: 5px;" alt="ruc_255_2011030821_f03_dptf_2_m_above_ground" height="125" width="175" src="http://www.tornadovideos.net/images/stories/2011/march_2011/ruc_255_2011030821_f03_dptf_2_m_above_ground.png" /><img style="float: left; margin: 5px;" alt="3.8.11.watches" height="127" width="130" src="http://www.tornadovideos.net/images/stories/2011/march_2011/3.8.11.watches.jpg" />Severe thunderstorms capable of tornadoes have erupted along the Red  River area of north Texas and southern Oklahoma, as well as across the lower  Mississippi Valley as a strong upper-level storm system continues to push toward  the mid-Mississippi Valley this afternoon. A warm front lifting north out of  Louisiana into southern Arkansas has brought mid to upper 60s dewpoints to parts  of north Texas (east of the Dallas/Fort Worth metro), Louisiana and western  Mississippi. The dryline currently situated just east of the DFW area has  sparked a number of powerful, semi-discrete storms, and has prompted tornado  warnings near Paris, Texas. <strong>UPDATE: storm chasers have also reported a damaging tornado in Clarksville, TX! </strong>Further east, tornado warnings have also been issued  in east-central Louisiana this afternoon. The <a target="_blank" title="Storm Prediction Center" href="http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html"><span style="color: #ff9900;">Storm Prediction Center</span>[/url] has  outlined a heightened risk for strong tornadoes later this afternoon and into  the evening across central Louisiana and western Mississippi, in anticipation of  the arrival of increased wind shear entering this already unstable region. The  high-precipitation nature of these storms adds another element of danger to what  could turn into a mostly after-dark event, so those in the risk areas should  remain especially alert, monitor local media and NWS statements and have a  plan of action in case a warning is issued.  A number of storm chasers are in the field for this event, so be sure to check the<span style="color: #ff6600;"> <span style="color: #ff6600;"><a target="_blank" title="Live storm chasing video" href="http://chase.tornadovideos.net/pages/full_screen">LIVE[/url] </span></span>page for a look at things in real-time</div>
         

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Tornadoes Storm Chasers Season Finale Airs Tonight at 10/9 Central!

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Storm Chasers Season Finale Airs Tonight at 10/9 Central!
         

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<p>Tonight, the season 4 "Storm Chasers" finale airing on the Discovery Channel at 10/9 p.m. Central.  It features multiple tornadoes from June 17th
in and around the town of Wadena, MN.  The TVN team witnessed numerous tornadoes this day, including a pair of EF-4 tornadoes on two supercells.  The TVN team didn't see any other storm chasers out that day…until, out of nowhere, the TIV appeared!  You couldn't ask for a better "Storm Chasers" finale, and this episode– you do NOT want to miss!  Above are photographs I took of the first EF-4 tornado that passed just south of Deer Creek, Minnesota (and is featured in the <a target="_blank" href="http://tornadostore.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=70&amp;products_id=245&amp;zenid=hc8ndrl43rkthj9vl7voak05n2"><span style="color: #666699;">2011 TVN calendar</span>[/url]).  Unfortunately, there were fatalities, serious injuries and a lot of property was damaged during this huge tornado outbreak in Minnesota.  Our thoughts and prayers are still with the victims of these violent tornadoes. 

Also, today we're announcing the beginning of our Second Annual Twelve Days of TVN!  Each day will feature deeply discounted items, and today we're starting with some great items — <a target="_blank" href="http://tornadostore.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=71&amp;products_id=249"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Reed's book: </strong></span> <span style="color: #ff0000;"><em style="background-color: #ffffff;">Into the Storm</span>[/url],<span style="color: #ff6600;"> <a target="_blank" href="http://tornadostore.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=76&amp;products_id=227">Target Practice T-shirts[/url]</span>, and <a target="_blank" href="http://tornadostore.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=3&amp;products_id=221"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Tornado Extravaganza 2009</span>[/url]!  At it's lowest price ever of $18.95 for <strong><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000;">ONE DAY ONLY</span></strong>!  Into the Storm makes a great Holiday gift for your favorite Storm Chasers fan (autographed copies are also available). We value the support of all our fans and wish you and yours a wonderful Holiday Season!</p>
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<p>And last, but certainly not least, share your thoughts below on tonight's season finale!</p>
         

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