Jim Martin

Tornado Warning for Branson.

Storms getting their act together in Northeast Oklahoma. Those will be moving into far Southwest Missouri and far Northwest Arkansas later tonight.

Branson could be in trouble in the next hour or two.

An earlier scan of this supercell thunderstorm reveals the area of large hail like a sore thumb.

Rotation tightening on supercell near Mount Vernon.

Tornado Warning west of Springfield currently, moving southeast.

Effective Storm Relative Helicity impressive in areas where this supercell is headed into.

Incredible Three Body Scattered Spike on this supercell headed for Springfield.

This supercell is headed in the general direction of Springfield proper.

Three inch hail reported with this supercell near Jasper, Missouri a short time ago.

Impressive visible satellite view of the severe thunderstorms near Joplin this hour.

This supercell north of Joplin needs to be watched. Starting to develop a hook...

Current radar view of the strong to severe thunderstorms.

Slight risk for severe thunderstorms today in Northeast Texas. Large hail/isolated tornado main risks.

20° to 30° colder now in Northwest Ohio than this time 24 hours ago.

Weather Watch possible later today for Northwest Texas. All severe hazards look to be in play.

12z Euro basically saying Deep Freeze & Plentiful snow pack by next week...

Nice view of the Supermoon tonight in Findlay.

Saturday Morning is starting to look a bit nippy for Northern Ohio. The Forecast Models showing low temperatures Saturday down into the lower 30s. Even though the growing season is finished, a heavy frost is looking to be a distinct possibility.

Not too hard to find where the Cold Front is here late this afternoon and early evening.

I have had some people on my Weather or Knot blog comment that saying in their home town of Taft, Tennessee, debris from the Hackelburg AL tornado actually fell in their town.