SharonA

The official stuff: 000 NOUS43 KSGF 242259 AAA PNSSGF KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-250445-...UPDATED PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 559 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ..EF-5 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN JOPLIN... THE JOPLIN TORNADO HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO AN EF-5 TORNADO. * DATE...22 MAY 2011 * MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-5 * ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...IN EXCESS OF 200 MPH * ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...3/4 MILE * FATALITIES...122 * INJURIES...750 * THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION WAS DETERMINED BY A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM DATA. AN EF-5 TORNADO IMPACTED A LARGE PORTION OF THE CITY OF JOPLIN. WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF 200 MPH. THE PATH WIDTH WAS ESTIMATED AT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE WIDE. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. $$ WISE

There is a thread here dedicated to the surveys .... I don't know about the Wiki page nor who is handling it. Many of the surveys are preliminary

Same here. I wish we had a separate thread for the "what's the best way to stay alive" circling and another for the wx and science.

Well there's a pair of cells moving into and through Carroll County now ; the southmost looks to clip Atlanta. Both were TOR warned on the AL side of the border and SVR on this side. Getting thunder, lightning, and gusts in Winston/west Douglas County now. From where we are, we hear an East Carroll County siren go off when there is any warning for any part of Carroll County. It wails for a few minutes then stops. Sort of like a 25-minute-heads-up for us. The real Showtime, however, is yet to come for Atlanta.