Jude 2

We had a tornado hit 30 miles SW of us roughly 30 minutes ago and we are under a tornado watch here in Springfield. Points south and to the west are under warnings.

Pray for us as Kansas has multiple sightings confirmed and these storms are generating a ton of hail too.

3 Deaths just SW of us from a small tornado in Newton County. Near Purdy which is near the MO/AR state line. Prayers to the families of those killed.

I have not been home all weekend so I wasn't there when the storm hit yesterday. The latest I read this morning are that there are 6 confirmed dead in Picher, OK (12 miles south of my home) and 12 in SW MO (all less than 30 miles from my house). I wasn't even aware there were storm warnings until my youngest son got home from work last night and called me. Local reports are that Picher had about 20 blocks totally destroyed and the whole town isn't much bigger than that. From what I read that tornado traveled about 50 miles and was up to 3/4 of a mile wide at times. 18 confirmed dead and others still missing. Picher has been through a lot the last few years anyway as it is a super-fund site being bought out by the government because of the lead contamination from old mines. That alone has separated families and friends and now this. Please pray for this area.

23 dead, CNN reports as of this afternoon. I think it was something like 8 in MO, 10 in OK and the rest in SE states such as GA.