Posted on 04/09/2008 10:20:37 AM PDT by HAL9000
As a strong vort max begins to move out of the Rocky Mountain region today, wind shear and instability will be sufficient for intense supercells with the likelihood of producing tornadoes. 40 knots at 850 mb, and ENE-ly storm motions will combine to create perfect storm relative winds for strong tornadoes. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a moderate risk for today, with a hatched area for EF2-EF5 tornadoes. Tomorrow looks like a historic outbreak, so we'll be making a two-day chase out of this. We'll be using three live streaming vehicles today, and we're continue improving our setup, so hopefully we'll have more continuous live video..
bookmark. Thanks for the thread.
That is a cool site!
I set the wrong link. Here is a correct one: http://www.tornadovideos.net/
Looks like it could be very active. Here in Kansas it is pretty boring with just rain....has been a dull severe weather season here so far. But, lots of active weather to the east and south of us.
Here in NE Texas we have gotten lots of rain, lightning and wind so far over the last week.
Bump to watch, looks like I am in the watch area..
bttt
You know you are in the wrong spot when you look out your window and the storm chasers are sitting in front of your house...LOL!!
Years ago, we were in a big storm and pulled off the road. The next thing we knew, the storm chasers began pulling off the road next to us. I was near tears with fear.
A bit late with the news. We had tornado warnings all last night. It’s still gloomy out today.
Yesterday's prediction was posted here - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998673/posts
Tomorrow is shaping up to be a "historic outbreak".
Maybe we’re neighbors. Had heavy rain and high winds last night and there are reports a tornado touched ground in a rural area outside of Gatesville.
Sort of, we used to live in Ft. Gates. You don’t happen to work behind a big fence, do you?
No, I work in Waco. Are you nearby?
Bump for the thread. Starting to look like a pretty scary scenario forming west of DFW and headed that way in the next few hours. Lots of tornados chasers on the ground just west of Fort Worth Texas. LARGE tornado being reported on the ground near Breckenridge Texas!
Heads up Texas freepers!
Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch 179
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 179...CORRECTED
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
400 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
CORRECTED TO INCLUDE PDS WORDING
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARDMORE
OKLAHOMA TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF CORSICANA TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 177...WW 178...
DISCUSSION...VERY FAVORABLE SUPERCELL CONDITIONS IN PLACE ACROSS
WATCH. INHIBITION CONTINUES TO WEAKEN WITH DEVELOPMENT OF
STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED NEXT COUPLE HOURS. IN ADDITION
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS HAVE DEVELOPED NWRN TX AND WILL CONTINUE
INCREASING IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE TOWARD NCENTRAL TX.
WITH MLCAPE OF 2000 J/KG COUPLED WITH STRONG VEERING SHEAR
PROFILES...ANY SUPERCELL WILL HAVE POTENTIAL OF TORNADOES AND LARGE
HAIL. A STRONG TORNADO IS POSSIBLE GIVEN THE CONDITIONS.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
1/2 mile wide tornado reported on the ground in Breckenridge, Texas. Downtown Breckenridge hit hard per reports. Please alert any Freepers you think will be interested.
Bookmarking, with prayers for all in harm’s way.
Is this the thread for this evening or is there another one? Tonight is going to be scary.
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