Oklahoma - Particularly Dangerous Situation Tornado Watch

NOAA ^ | 5/31/13

[dirtboy]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 262 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 330 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 330 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SEVERAL INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY NUMEROUS VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA TO 30 MILES EAST OF WICHITA FALLS TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 260...WW 261...

DISCUSSION...AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL/EASTERN OK THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER WEST-CENTRAL OK...AND ALONG A WEAK BOUNDARY EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHEAST OK. DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BECOME AN INCREASING THREAT THROUGH THE EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.

[laplata]

And the B-29’s over Japan.

[JRandomFreeper]

Inflow.

/johnny

[caww]

Here ya go...Fox

http://www.wwhdtvs.com/watch-fox-news-live-streaming/

[yield 2 the right]

RIP. Hope deaths are low as possible, God willing...

[tapatio]

Bourne(SP?) to Midwest City take cover now according to KFOR

[conservativebabe]

thank you!

[TomGuy]

Live streams:

http://kfor.com/on-air/live-streaming/

http://livewire.koco.com/Event/Live_Wire_Storms_expected_across_Oklahoma

http://news9.com

[Coldwater Creek]

OKC home of the B52

[Conserev1]

http://www.news9.com/Global/category.asp?C=207228&BannerId=1022

[caww]

Because the tornado is so rain rapped and debrie filled..it has darkened the city...further people are heading into the tornado rather than escaping it!

[RayChuang88]

I'm worried that Oklahoma City may be hit by what was described in the Discovery Channel TV series Perfect Disaster when a fictional super tornado essentially wipe out downtown Dallas, TX. If the winds when it hits downtown approaches 200 mph, buildings all over downtown Oklahoma City have their windows blown out, and that could create an extremely dangerous flying debris field....

[Sarah Barracuda]

KFOR ‏@kfor 16s Another tornado on ground Cemetery Rd. & S. 50th St. in Canadian County.

[CedarDave]

Turning south now toward north Moore. Looks like it’s getting close to the KFOR doppler radar.

[tapatio]

KFOR telling residents of Moore that tornado is headed their way.

[tomkat]

Cop scanner just now saying they’re seeing funnels all over the place . . .

[conservativebabe]

thanks much appreciated

[diogenes ghost]

"My question is "why"?"

Well, ya see, when cold dry air from the NorthWest meets warm moist air moving North from the Gulf.....

[laplata]

That’s right.

[CedarDave]

Thanks dirtboy. Looks like three showing on the map.

[JRandomFreeper]

That's the way they are this time of year, under these conditions. Prayers up for all of Oklahoma.

/johnny