Tornado w Missouri

This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 01:45 PM EDT shows comma shaped cloud cover over the Plains and the Mid-Mississippi Valley as the strong storm system, associated cold front, and jet stream move eastward from eastern Kansas into Missouri. This system draws warm, moist air from the south northward, while the jet stream ushers cold air into the nation?'s mid-section as it streams in from the southwest. This activity creates warm and unstable conditions from parts of eastern Texas and northern Louisiana through the eastern Great Lakes. Strong thunderstorms and heavy rainfall form ahead of the cold front in eastern Kansas and Missouri. Meanwhile, numerous bands of showers, heavy rainfall, and thunderstorms develop to the north of this low and to the north of another associated front stalled in the Ohio Valley, from Nebraska through Michigan. Atmospheric conditions are favorable for the development of severe weather with severe thunderstorms, potentially deadly tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind. Areas from northern Louisiana through the eastern Great Lakes are at slight risk of severe weather development. Areas from southern Arkansas and northern Mississippi across much of the Mid-Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee Valleys are at moderate risk. A high risk statement is in effect for parts of northeastern Arkansas, western Tennessee, southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois, western and central Kentucky, and southern Indiana through the early night. A major tornado outbreak is anticipated over portions of the Mid-Mississippi and lower Ohio Valleys. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)