Posted on 02/26/2023 8:11:51 PM PST by Paul R.
A remarkable, perhaps historic storm system, is currently approaching our forecast area. Impacts of concern through tonight:
- Severe thunderstorm wind gusts (greater than 80 mph) as storms move through west/central/north Oklahoma and parts of western north Texas - Severe (post-frontal) westerly winds gusting to 60 mph following the line of storms - Significant tornadoes and significant hail produced by severe storms as they track across northwest, west, west-central, southwest Oklahoma and portions of western north Texas (snip)...
...Everyone should have a safety plan in place by now, and by this evening:
+ People located in mobile homes should urgently plan to vacate to nearby/permanent structures + Have multiple ways to receive warnings as power outages appear quite possible with damaging winds + Charge digital devices and cell phones + Secure or put away loose items (e.g., trash cans, trampolines, grills, basketball goals)
(Excerpt) Read more at forecast.weather.gov ...
Stay safe!
Derecho. Nasty straight line winds.
At the time of this posting the winds in north west Arkansas have died down. The storm front is a few hours away but we’re being given warnings as well.
Stay safe everyone.
Looks pretty nasty on Windy.com radar
I saw someplace that there was a gust of 114 mph in Texas.
This guy is very good at monitor severe weather outbreaks. Apparently Norman got hit pretty hard.
https://www.youtube.com/live/NHFe3UWS3Jc?feature=share
prayers up for my friends in OK and area.
That dont look good.
My Neighbors down the road live in NW MO.
They are here now but all their family is up there.
The center is zeroing in on their places.
I live in Osage Co...OK....And a nothing burger here...as I type.
Prayers up for my Okie brothers and sisters
Sending up prayers of protection for all in harm’s way in Jesus’ name. 🙏
I hope there are no casualties from such storms, and that everyone makes it through unscathed and without great loss of property.
Yup, that line along the Kansas / Oklahoma border is cooking. At least the tornado warnings are fewer than a little while ago.
One of my area TV stations (I can just barely receive them with an outdoor antenna) has a much better than usual (for a TV station) online set of weather graphics, some of which can be panned around and zoomed to street level anywhere in the continental US, so I use it quite a bit. Here’s their basic “interactive radar” (I usually use the “expand radar to full window” in the upper left of the radar image):
https://www.wsiltv.com/weather/interactive-radar/
There are ads on the entry screen, but not too bad.
Yeah, some breaks in the line - good!
i have dear friends who used to live in Fairfax area.
they are now around Fort Smith.
... Although sometimes that means more tornados. Not too many tornado warnings now, tho’.
The system will eventually move into somewhat more stable air / an inversion - interesting question of whether that, or derechos’ tendency to create favorable mesoscale conditions for themselves, prevails for long.
Fairfax....not far from me.
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