Fire up the TIV... Let’s roll!
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php
Looks absolutely placid at 9AM local time...
As usually happens with these, I have family smack-dab in the middle of the “high” area and lots scattered in the moderate & slight.
We watched part of a Nova about severe weather last night. They talked a lot about warning systems and how to increase lead time, but pointed out that many times even with 10+ minutes of lead time people still don’t seek shelter soon enough. One of the points made was that people in Tornado Alley tend to pay more attention to weather because they’re all too familiar with the dangers, and that results in those areas having lower death tolls even when large population centers are hit.
My grandmother was fascinating when it came to the topic of tornadoes. She could recount more than a half-dozen times she’d been much too close to a twister before there were radars. Knowing how to spot dangerous weather before it happened was just part of life. Although she never graduated from high school, she knew her weather because it meant survival for her and her kids.
Our weatherstick in SW Okla is dipping down slightly.
theweatherstick.com
The Kansas City Star has a live feed
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/14/3554797/follow-kansas-severe-weather-developments.html