Waverly hit hard. Waterloo hit hard. Buildings destroyed with people trapped. I saw national guard helo's flying over my house. Emergency personnel racing to effected towns. My family had to shelter under the stairs in the basement. Many tornadoes ongoing.
There's a mile wide toranado on the ground now. It hit warloo hard and destroyed a residential neighborhood. Waverly was hit hard. Buildings were collapsed with people trapped. A train was derailed.

Kindly sound off if you're a member in Nebraska or Iowa. Let us know you're ok.

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1610: Tornados down in Kansas now too.
1622: Mile wide catastrophic tornado crossed into Iowa.
1626: No deaths in Waverly. Three minor injuries among 70 people rescued from collapsed building.
1630: Tornados in Texas.
1637: Tornados keep forming and reforming in an area west and south-west of Omaha. Omaha getting hit too.
1638: Elkhorn is severely damaged. Town had been evacuated, per Law Enforcement. Homes destroyed.
1644: Significant tornado damage on a south to north path to the west of Omaha.
1648: Mass casualty event declared in suburbs of Omaha. Emergency services request all available aid.
1654: Just talked to my brother who is doing a job at the hospital right now. Lots of people being life flight-ed into the hospital from all over.
1700: Massive tornado near Glenwood with enough debris in it to show up on radar.
1702: Large tornado going through Omaha right now. Power flashes taking out power infrastructure.
1706: Most violent kind of tornado on the ground in or near Crescent Iowa.
1725: Subdivision in Elkhorn heavily hit. Homes destroyed, completely leveled. Elementary school possible severely damaged.
1726: Most severe type of life threatening tornado heading for Pigeon Iowa.
1729: Tornados touching down in Missouri.
1740: Many towns in eastern Nebraska reporting massive damage and many casualties.
1742: 56 tornado warnings reported so far. Most from one massive tornado appearing and disappearing.
1745: Highest alert level from NWS issued Killer mile wide tornado in Mindin Iowa.
1756: Red Cross and other emergency organizations are staging in Elkhorn NE.
1801: Tennant Iowa just hit by large tornado.
1814: Potential dangerous tornado near Skidmore Missouri.
1843: Massive tornado still on the ground in Iowa.
1910: 8 active tornado warnings in Iowa.

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Damn

Shit.  Fingers crossed for y'all in the Midwest!!!!!!

I realllllly hate tornadoes.

Ah. I knew there was a 5 in there somewhere. Thanks for the correction!

Mile wide?


Lord help them

Corfidi, Doswell and a couple other researchers analyzed the mesoscale setup of that event using contemporary modeling methods. Definitely worth a read if you're into severe storms forecasting. There are parallels with other notable outbreaks, in particular the Palm Sunday (1965) system.

This is a horrible day.

This is terrible.  Praying for the people be hit by this.

Stay safe guys!

You can the north-south line the storms are forming along:

Watched it form. Called my mom who was in the path and call dropped as it went over. She called back later and is fine.

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DAMN, Man!  Glad your Mom is okay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad to hear that.

Watching Timmer's youtube channel. One of the chasers just watched s tornado hit a house and stopped to check and see if there were people inside. Crazy watching this go down live.

He's on the phone with 911 right now. Apparently an elderly lady inside.

ETA lady is not seriously injured.

Prayers for folks in the path.

We are a little north of it all here in SD, just got a tiny sideswipe with some light rain and wind.

Our neighbors in Iowa and Nebraska catching the brunt. If there's anything we can help with in the aftermath let us know, I got room for people to park RV's temporarily if your house got nailed. Can help send supplies too.

Just watched tornado hit Epply airfield on TV.
Parents live next to the airport, and my sister watched it from Lewis and Clark monument.

Shit.  Hold onto your hats

Geeze
Sending prayers for those hit.

I know I’m late with an update, but the WeatherBug app has been good to me.

@2ANut

Prayers going out for everyone right now.

Pray it ends up in DC??

I am checking on my cousin right now.  She was online a bit ago...so she seems okay.  Gotta see if everyone's all alright.  She was right in the path of it.

Prayers for those affected.  The rest of you in the area keep your heads on a swivel and stay safe.

Damn I hate tornadoes, especially the nocturnal bastards.  Glad I moved to an area with much less risk.

We got hit in the ‘05 “Hallam” tornado. We were in a warning here this time and got lucky so far.

I lived in California for over 40 years and earthquakes are nothing compared to a tornado, those things scare the shit out of me. I hope everyone is okay.

I've been watching RADAR Omega and listening to the chasers
There's been genuine fear in their voices for the past few hours.

Jay

Highest alert level from NWS issued. Killer mile wide tornado in Minden Iowa.

Omaha?  Hopefully everyone made it underground in time.

Global Warming Climate Cooling Change.

Mass casualty event was declared there. A lot of people are hurt. Omaha emergency services asked for all aid possible from other areas.

I've experienced 4 and seen 3........it's an awesome and terrifying experience all wrapped up together

Shit.  Messaging a few I know there now.

God help us. Western Iowa is getting nailed right now. We're in central Iowa so hopefully we don't get hit; it's calm here now.

Sounds like Minden, IA just got hit by a huge tornado.

And Omaha just dispatched a shooting.  Good to know some parts of town are back to normal.

Shit.  Hope not a lot of people died.  One of the reasons I will always live here.  Literally no forms of dangerous weather or natural disaster here.  Tornadoes scare the hell out of me.  Saw one in Iowa when I was visiting as a kid fucked all kinds of stuff up.  Been a nope for me ever since

Prayers for you. Minden got hit by a mile wide catastrophic tornado.

Am in Bellevue, NE (extreme southeast Omaha area).  Just some heavy rain and pea-sized hail.  Wind pretty tame here.  Northwest Omaha area got hit hard.  The airport, which is far east Omaha on the NE side of the Missouri River, actually got a tornado dropped on it.  Terminal didn't get hit, but at least one of the outer buildings on the property did.

I was watching from the porch tonight for a bit sounds like there was a touch down near onawa which is 15 minutes from me or so.  The hill stopped a lot of the wind from hitting hard but the rain came down hard for a bit which sucks because we don't have gutters.  I will be watching for folks needing help tomorrow.

@Vonbongo

Thanks for the pictures. Know some bone heads out there who don't take these things seriously.

The first one with the stadium, is that looking north over Avery Hall?

It looks like Harlan, Ia has one heading their way.

I assume you guys move the important stuff before it all arrives.

Keepin' it real in North O

Prayers out to all involved. Looks terrible over there.

I’m watching the livd stream, holy shit guys stay safe out there.  

Potential dangerous tornado near Skidmore Missouri.

Prayers for all involved.  

The monster has a fuggin eyewall on radar.

Oof