A tornado “outbreak”? Has the flu fiasco played on everyone’s minds? ;)
Not good though...let’s see, we’ve got swine flu ravaging the nation, the Taliban coming within 60 miles of Islamabad, and a high risk of tornadoes in the plains region...Tamiflu, Taliban, and tornadoes, oh my!
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 192
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
140 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
PARTS OF NORTHWEST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 140 PM UNTIL
1000 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.
DISCUSSION...WITH STRONG SHEAR AND A VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT IN
PLACE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY INTENSITY ALONG AND E OF DRY LINE
NWRN TX. SUPERCELLS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG
TORNADOES ALONG WITH VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BECOME AN INCREASING
THREAT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS STORMS DEVELOP NEWD ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA.