The Nashville/Mt. Juliet tornado is likely EF3 minimum based on multiple nearly completely destroyed structures. The completely destroyed homes in Mt. Juliet may warrant an upgrade, pending structural review.
KNIP (NAS Jacksonville, FL) measured a gust to 66kt with this line a bit ago. I used to do obs & forecasting there and that had to do some heavy tree damage on the opposite side of the St. Johns River for sure. .
KC Int'l closed earlier this morning and closed until noon, for now. I was inbound from STL to connect and go on to SAN and we got diverted back and then cancelled.
Headed directly towards DFW Airport.
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Eastern Tarrant County in north central Texas...
Northwestern Dallas County in north central Texas...
* Until 645 PM CST.
* At 609 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Forest Hill, moving northeast at 35 mph.
Currently a nasty looking tornado just passed by the Springfield, MO radar, and it is confirmed by law enforcement.
Also, another suspect storms that is SVR warned out west of metro St. Louis, headed that way over the next 1-2 hours.
The Slidell (LIX) office put out some stronger wording in their afternoon AFD. The potential certainly is there for a significant event for the region.
Once the hail threat diminished some, that momentum really brought the wind to Smyrna, Walter Hill, and northern Murfreesboro. My folks took some tree damage and there were numerous snapped and uprooted trees near the Siegel schools and the VA Medical Center.
New video has been posted of the the monsterous north Alabama EF-5 as it passed near Hackleburg and Phil Campbell. This home was on the very edge of the path and winds I'd say are easily in the 80-100mph range. The sound is incredible and the motion of the funnel for a tornado nearly a mile wide is absolutely astounding.