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13 hours ago, bowtie` said:

That tweet say it is a preliminary assessment. That is not necessarily the final call.  They even state in the tweet that further tweaks may be made. 

Right, although they put the estimated wind speeds at 175-185mph which is a little below the upper threshold of EF4. That makes me think they probably aren't leaning too heavily towards an EF5 at the moment, otherwise I think they would have gone 190-195mph as they did with Mayfield or Rolling Fork.

Death toll in the Edwardsville tornado is now up to 6. 

I would check out May 31, 1997 if you're looking for a severe weather analog.

Of course there's the April 5, 1972 event as well, which produced the deadliest tornado in Western U.S. history.

1 minute ago, SmokeEater said:

K, trying to find live coverage down there.

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It's in the Beaumont market

https://www.12newsnow.com/live-video