Wednesday, March 16, 2016

First Midwest Severe Event of 2016 Brings Large Hail, Tornadoes

March 16,2016
A concentrated cluster of severe thunderstorms hammered parts of Illinois, Iowa and northeast Missouri with tornaodes, large hail, and damaging winds Tuesday and Tuesday night.
The Weather Channel severe weather expert, Dr. Greg Forbes, estimates 6 tornadoes may have touched down Tuesday afternoon and evening. National Weather Service storm surveys will confirm the actual number of tornadoes later Wednesday.
The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF2 tornado touched down east of Moline, Illinois. At least 40 homes were damaged and 4 destroyed as it moved from southeast of Hampton to north-northeast of Rapids City. Estimated peak winds in the tornado were 130 mph.
Reports of tornadoes, thunderstorm winds or wind damage, and hail on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Note: Some hail reports plotted above are not officially considered "severe hail" (less than 1 inch diameter).
(NOAA/NWS/SPC)
A tornado was sighted by storm chasers near Bushnell, Illinois early Tuesday evening.
YouTube Newswire ‎@ytnewswire
A touches down near Bushnell, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boCbrJyF95k&index=1&list=PLNxwX7r4A5542uHdGhgHNxZnhMroN1pri …

Mobile homes were blown over near Clinton, Iowa, either from strong winds or possibly a tornado. One house was damaged and a roof was blown off near Hanna City, Illinois.
Another tornado was illuminated by lightning near Laomi, Illinois, and a funnel cloud was later sighted over the south side of Springfield, Illinois.
Thomas Patrick ‎@ThomasPatrickWx
This was the tornado as seen from New Berlin today. Big thank you to MerryAnne Suttill for sharing.

Thunderstorms produced hail up to baseball size in Alexander, Illinois. Quad Cities airport in Davenport reported a wind gust to 69 mph shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday local time.
Kelly Lange ‎@langekelly7
Hail near Forest Green @NWSQuadCities

Severe thunderstorms also occurred the previous two days in the Ohio Valley and in the Mid-South.

Monday's Severe Storms

On Monday, at least four tornadoes were confirmed in Ohio, including near Phillipsburg, Arcanum, Wheatville, and Pitsburg.
(MORE: Tornado Tears Roof Off Ohio Home)
NWS Wilmington OH ✔ ‎@NWSILN
Tornado touchdown at 2:17 PM near Phillipsburg, Ohio. Photo courtesy of Facebook user Joe Glasgow.

Elsewhere, golf ball size hail was spotted near Durham and Youngsville, North Carolina. There were also numerous reports of golf ball size hail in South Carolina, including in Duncan, Moore and near Spartanburg. Hail up to two inches in diameter was observed near Taylors with damage to trees reported.
Wind damage was also reported Monday evening in Easley, South Carolina with trees and powerlines down. A tin roof was damaged in Pickens, South Carolina as well.

Sunday's Severe Storms

Severe thunderstorms struck central and southern Arkansas Sunday afternoon and evening, with several EF-1 tornadoes confirmed as of Monday evening including near Dermott, Lake Hinkle and Halley. Tornadoes were also reported near Dierks, Arkansas (brief rope), Strong, Arkansas (rope tornado), near Lexa, Arkansas, and in Marvell, Arkansas.
Hail up to 3 inches in diameter was observed near Jessieville, Arkansas, and baseball size hail was spotted in Mount Ida, Arkansas. Flooding, with a report of a water rescue, also was reported on Sunday evening in Springfield, Missouri.
(MORE: Historic Flooding Slams South)

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