Hello fellow KSPR weather bloggers. Well we continue to compile information about the tornadoes that came through southwest Missouri on Saturday. Here is the latest.

As of right now only 2 different tornadoes hit the area, but one of those did massive damage and devestation to portions of Newton county.

A strong long tracked tornado entered into the state of Missouri and Newton county Saturday evening and as it came across the OK and MO state line it has been rated as being an EF-4 tornado. Winds were approx. 170 mph as it passed on the north side of Racine. It then continue to the north side of Neosho and then right through the town of Newtonia but it weakend to an EF-1 as it passed through the town and into western Barry county.

As the storm tracked SE into Barry county it did strengthen to an EF-2 just on the north side of Purdy before finally lifting near the town of McDowell.

So all in all we are talking about a single tornado on the ground for 47 miles in MO, and most likely when including the time on the ground in OK, probably closer to a long tracked tornado of 63 miles total. Wow, incredible.

Here are some graphics I put together of the storm path.

Entire 47 mile path below.

Newton County below.

Barry county below.

Now another seperate EF-1 tornado touched down in Jasper county just east of Carthage as seeb below.

From the NWS in Springfield, the velocity scan of the tornado.

Here is the complete text from the NWS if you want more specifics on the storm track.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
558 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI HAS CONFIRMED
THE TOUCHDOWN OF A VERY STRONG TORNADO ON MAY 10 2008 IN NEWTON
COUNTY MISSOURI.  AT APPROXIMATELY 559 PM A TORNADO CROSSED THE
OKLAHOMA BORDER JUST NORTH OF IRIS ROAD. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST
SOUTHEAST TO THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 43 AND IRIS ROAD WERE IT
INTENSIFIED BRIEFLY TO AN EF-4 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF APPROXIMATELY
170 MPH. DAMAGE INCLUDED THROWING AUTOMOBILES UP TO ONE HALF
MILE...COMPLETELY DESTROYING BUSINESSES AND NUMEROUS HOMES. MANY OF
THE TWELVE REPORTED DEATHS IN NEWTON COUNTY DURING THIS EVENT
OCCURRED NEAR THIS INTERSECTION.

THE TORNADO GREW TO ONE MILE IN WIDTH AS IT CROSSED JUST SOUTH OF
THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 86 AND BB. IT CONTINUED EAST
SOUTHEAST...CROSSING HIGHWAY NN BETWEEN IRIS ROAD AND JUTE ROAD
BEFORE ONCE AGAIN GROWING TO ONE MILE IN WIDTH AS IT STRUCK THE
COMMUNITY OF FREDVILLE AT HIGHWAY 175 AND JUTE ROAD.

THE TORNADO MOVED TOWARD THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 59 AND
60...DESTROYING MOBILE HOMES AND TAKING ROOFS OFF FRAME HOMES AS IT
MOVED THROUGH THE SOUTH SIDE OF GRANBY AS AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH 110
MPH WINDS. THE STORM TOOK A DIRECT PATH TO NEWTONIA. BASED UPON
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO MOST HOMES IN
NEWTONIA...THE STORM WAS RATED AN EF-1 WITH WINDS NEAR 100 MPH.

THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED INTO BARRY COUNTY ONE HALF MILE SOUTHEAST
OF THE INTERSECTION OF MULBERRY ROAD AND ZEBRA ROAD AS AN EF-1
TORNADO...DAMAGING HOMES AND TURKEY BARNS. IT PASSED THROUGH THE
NORTH SIDE OF PURDY WITH AN EF-2 RANK...SNAPPING POWER POLES AND
CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO FRAME HOMES AND DESTROYING MOBILE
HOMES. ONE FATALITY OCCURRED AT COMMERCIAL STREET AND BUSINESS 37.
THE TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT TRACKED EAST OF PURDY LIFTING
APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF MCDOWELL.

Here is the text for the Jasper county tornado

6 Ene Carthage [Jasper Co, MO] nws storm survey reports TORNADO at 10 May, 06:20 PM CDT -- *** 1 fatal *** an nws survey team determined that a ef-1 tornado touched down east-northeast of carthage just northwest of the intersection of ivy road and 90th road and tracked east to near the intersection of ivy road and 60th road. path was was approximately 3.25 miles long. average path width an eighth of a mile wide...max a quarter of a mile wide. max winds 105 mph. one mobile home destroyed. five other homes had moderate damage. numerous trees snapped or uprooted. several outbuildings destroyed.

As far as deaths in MO the number stands at 14 and they break down like this.

Newton - 12

Barry - 1

Jasper - 1

Josh dug up some stats on tornadoes in our area and here they are.

- The last F4 tornado in our area was in 1991 when an F4 moved through
Christian and Greene County.

- The last F4 in Missouri was in southeast Missouri in September of 2006.

- Missouri has had only 3 F5 tornadoes since good records have been kept.
All of them were in the Kansas City area in May of 1957. There have been
no F5s in southwest Missouri.

I posted a few video clips of when we were on doing coverage of the storm. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CeXwOwcgu8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awBXmBLZsWc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kgo2_Tqc5E

Our thoughts and prayers are with those who lost loved ones during this truely tragic event.

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Just a short post to touch on our next round of storms

 We will be watching late on Tuesday for storm development across the area again, of which some may reach severe criteria.

Current SPC outlook is below.

I feel that this could be another possible severe weather event and should be watched closely over the next 48 hours. Latest model runs are showing even more instability and moisture return.

Western portions of MO, same areas smacked by Saturday's storms, will have best chance of seeing severe storms as a cold front marches across the state but everyone should be on guard.

Here is a look at CAPE forecast, notice the area along MO, OK, and KS border where highest values are forecasted.

Like I said, mesoscale features as always will determine who gets the severe storms, but moisture return still looks to be the best just south of the area, that could change so keep checking back to see the latest.

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