Tornado hit Little Rock

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What are the odds, I happened to be in Little Rock on business today as a super cell moves through and a tornado cuts a swath through a heavily populated part of Arkansas' capital city. Fortunately, I was across town at the State Capital when it came through but my path home is blocked due to debris including closed sections of I-630, I-430, and I-40.

Having grown up in Little Rock I decided to head over to a friends house and wait it out but when I called him he said his neighborhood was heavily damaged including his home, and I probably couldn't get there anyway due debris blocked roadways.

I have reported in to the local EOC and advised that I'm available to help but since this is a developing situation they asked that I sit tight for now and standby for the second wave of storms that is headed this way. In fact, I just heard of another tornado warning. As I monitor the radio net I also heard a request go out for additional ambulances from surrounding communities.

I know there are some other forum members in central Arkansas, hope you guys are all safe.

Not looking good, gonna be a long night. Gotta go now.
 
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Quick update, I just heard that the University of Arkansas Medical Center in Little Rock is operating under mass casualty status.

I'm also watching reports of another super cell in southwest Arkansas that is headed this way.
 
I know hurricanes are bad, but in my area of Florida, I'd take our normal hurricane any day over a killer tornado.

I lived in Cincinnati April 3rd 1974. It was bad.

Hope the best for Arkansas!



"Some of the strongest tornadoes from this outbreak occurred right here in the Ohio Valley. Dozens of tornadoes struck Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, resulting in 159 deaths, over 4000 injuries, and hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage. Two violent F5 tornadoes destroyed much of Xenia and Sayler Park (a western suburb of Cincinnati) in Ohio. Resulting in 34 deaths, the Xenia tornado was the deadliest of all tornadoes from this outbreak and remains among the top 10 costliest U.S. tornadoes on record (approximately $250 million in 1974). Several other strong F2 to F4 tornadoes also touched down during the Super Outbreak across southeast Indiana, northern Kentucky, and southwest Ohio, an area that today encompasses NWS Wilmington, Ohio's warning area."
 
wood714 said:
I know hurricanes are bad, but in my area of Florida, I'd take our normal hurricane any day over a killer tornado.

I lived in Cincinnati April 3rd 1974. It was bad.

Hope the best for Arkansas!



"Some of the strongest tornadoes from this outbreak occurred right here in the Ohio Valley. Dozens of tornadoes struck Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, resulting in 159 deaths, over 4000 injuries, and hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage. Two violent F5 tornadoes destroyed much of Xenia and Sayler Park (a western suburb of Cincinnati) in Ohio. Resulting in 34 deaths, the Xenia tornado was the deadliest of all tornadoes from this outbreak and remains among the top 10 costliest U.S. tornadoes on record (approximately $250 million in 1974). Several other strong F2 to F4 tornadoes also touched down during the Super Outbreak across southeast Indiana, northern Kentucky, and southwest Ohio, an area that today encompasses NWS Wilmington, Ohio's warning area."
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I'm with you on that, hurricane Ida kicked our butt in 2021 but I knew it was coming and evacuated well before unlike tornadoes where they just drop out of the sky.


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Strong storms are due to start at 5PM here with possible tornados in Illinois now that may hit us here. Temperature went up to 71 degrees from 40 degrees in about an hour. My barometer is lower than I've seen it in years.
 
Yikes! Seems like there's lots of tornadoes already this year. Stay safe!

Edit:. Just watching footage of the damage in Little Rock on the news. Lots of damage! Prayers for any victims.
 
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All ya all, hunker down and stay safe!

Ivan

I remember 4/3/74 (my Senior year in H.S.) I was in Sunbury, Ohio and the sky was a beautiful crystal blue, except this black stripe of a cloud that was a few miles wide. I ran straight from Xenia, Right over where I was standing. It was a very strange day, then we started getting the damage reports!

Ivan
 
I was born and raised outside of Cincinnati OH so I was raised in our version of Tornado Alley (I believe the Shawnee Indians referred to the area as the Valley of the Big Winds). The first Tornado I ever actually saw, was one in the cluster that hit Cincinnati and surrounding areas on 4-3-1974. I have now lived and worked in Xenia OH for 43 years (you can still see scars from the 4-3-1974 Tornado) and have been through 3 more Tornado outbreaks. It really is a case of just bending over, greeting your posterior, covering your head and praying for the best.
I am praying for those who have been affected in the past week and are facing another dangerous night.
 
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