Posted on 04/24/2007 11:09:56 AM PDT by sully777
An active weather day is in store for the Central and Southern Plains eastward to the Mississippi River today. An outbreak of severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes, including large and long-tracked tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds is expected to begin later this afternoon in portions of the Great Plains and move eastward as the day progresses. Thunderstorms are expected to develop over parts of Kansas and southern Nebraska this afternoon, with more storms developing late this afternoon and this evening over Oklahoma and Texas. These storms will move eastward into western Missouri, western Arkansas, and western Louisiana by tonight, with additional storms possible late in central and eastern Missouri.
Farther to the north over much of Nebraska eastward into Iowa and northern Illinois, heavy rain with localized flooding will be possible. Flood watches have been posted over parts of central Nebraska due to the expectation of heavy rains today. Heavy rain could reach Chicago by sunrise on Wednesday.
All of this will be moving to the east into the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys on Wednesday, bringing a chance of heavy rain to the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley and thunderstorms across the Mid-South and Tennessee Valley as well.
In Colorado and Wyoming, this same storm system will bring a chance of heavy snow to the Rockies and Front Range, particularly on eastern slopes above 6000 feet. Denver may also see some snow from this system before precipitation winds down.
In addition, windy conditions are expected from Mexico to Canada in the Plains and Rockies, with extremely dry air in New Mexico and West Texas aiding in bringing a higher fire danger to these areas, with fire weather watches and red flag warnings in effect today.
If you live in the Plains or Mississippi Valley, pay close attention to the weather today: especially this afternoon, evening, and into tonight.
Tell me about it. I wondered why they were testing them during a storm. Turns out a small tornado touched down just 2 miles south of where I live.
Ooops, we’ve got a tornado box headed towards Dallas/Forth Worth..., sounds like it was last week...
yes, I believe that’s the name Mr Prairie was saying.
A miracle nobody was killed, area folks said the funnel was very ominous.
sad too for N Texas as the wheat this year is a bumper crop w/ something like a 90 bushel yield ( that’s hugh)
What little snow we got last winter is now gone and there is an outbreak of ugly yards. As far as the eye can see. There are a lot of really nice new houses sitting out there in those really ugly yards where a lawn decoration is a piece of construction machinery that breathed its last in 1954.
Y’all take care...and hunker down!
and series
Where are you located?
25 miles due east of Lawton, Ok.
Still raining but this was a fast moving line and the thunder is now east of me as well as the purply black radar echo.
Prayers going up for you!! Stay safe, FReepers in the red zone and surrounding areas!!!
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Now, run for the basement! Or, you'll end up riding your bike in the tornado!
We drove through the butt end of that storm coming into downtown Fort Worth (yeah, that was scary!!) and I have no inclination to be near a tornado again in the near future—or ANYTIME in the future, for that matter!!
God protect us all from the weather!
Strangely enough, there hasn’t been an F5 tornado in this country since the Moore, OK F5 on May 3, 1999. Could this be the day that long streak ends???
There are a number of towns in Oklahoma that were hit over the years and never fully recovered. There is a town southeast of Tulsa called Okay (really!) and it’s like someone painted a bulls eye on the poor thing. It’s pretty much a bunch of trailer homes and a few remaining houses clustered around a railroad track. The trees are gnarled and most of the mess was abandoned to become homes for various wildlife. Really sad. But the people that remain are a determined lot.
There’s a town up near Vinita that suffered a similar fate. It’s at the end of old Highway 69. It’s a ghost town with rubble everywhere.
I’m just itching to go fishing and this is really cramping my style!
We're worried about keeping power to keep up with the severe outbreak in Dallas where our kids are living.
LOL!
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