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Oklahoma - Particularly Dangerous Situation Tornado Watch
NOAA ^ | 5/31/13

Posted on 05/31/2013 2:27:54 PM PDT by 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.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arkansas; US: Kansas; US: Missouri; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: okc; tornado; twister
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To: RaceBannon; All

Cop scanner : Rotation directly above Dell City


261 posted on 05/31/2013 5:36:47 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: dirtboy

KFOR has a weather map up. It is showing a massive cell group that is 20 miles or more east to west. It has 4 different rotation areas.


262 posted on 05/31/2013 5:36:48 PM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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To: RaceBannon

i am watching channel 9. pretty ugly situation. highway looks like a parking lot.


263 posted on 05/31/2013 5:37:00 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: workerbee

Rotation directly above Dell City(sp?)


264 posted on 05/31/2013 5:37:05 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: RaceBannon

News 9 reporting tornado in North Moore.


265 posted on 05/31/2013 5:37:05 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: TADSLOS

Looting? In the middle of the storm? and in the Bible belt?

Really?

Madness.


266 posted on 05/31/2013 5:37:20 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: LostInBayport

Tornado touchdown in Moore.


267 posted on 05/31/2013 5:37:32 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
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To: dirtboy

LIVE 5

Sirens going off in Norman.

Tinker AFB could be in the path, too.


268 posted on 05/31/2013 5:37:43 PM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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To: mylife

Just heard it on police dispatch...ran into store to escape the storm and started looting.


269 posted on 05/31/2013 5:38:09 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: tapatio

Not good.


270 posted on 05/31/2013 5:38:13 PM PDT by yield 2 the right
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To: dirtboy; All

On top of Tinker AFB right now...%#ck


271 posted on 05/31/2013 5:38:23 PM PDT by oxcart (Journalism [Sic])
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To: machogirl
highway looks like a parking lot.

I saw that on Fox......ugh! (I-35 I think, people trying to get either north or south of that thing)

272 posted on 05/31/2013 5:38:25 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Don't be afraid to see what you see. -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: dirtboy
NewsBreaker ‏@NewsBreaker now BREAKING: @KFOR: Small tornado touchdown at 19th and Telephone in Moore, OK
273 posted on 05/31/2013 5:38:27 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: mylife

I’m a little incredulous, the threat is still ongoing.


274 posted on 05/31/2013 5:38:49 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: tomkat

It’s not sundown yet...so that’s the storm and the debrie field and rain...very nasty and dangerous.....causing the darkness...amazing how this whole thing developed!..and continues to.


275 posted on 05/31/2013 5:39:00 PM PDT by caww
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To: TADSLOS

People are nuts!


276 posted on 05/31/2013 5:39:03 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: oxcart

They have been hit before I think...or very close by....need confirmation...


277 posted on 05/31/2013 5:39:46 PM PDT by yield 2 the right
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To: mylife

Yeah, but they still have money on their EBT cards....imagine when they don’t.


278 posted on 05/31/2013 5:39:53 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: RaceBannon; dirtboy
The Weather Channel vehicle destroyed by the tornado. All survived:


279 posted on 05/31/2013 5:39:54 PM PDT by kristinn (Welcome to the Soviet States of Obama)
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To: All

All that purple on the map is right on top of OKC


280 posted on 05/31/2013 5:39:57 PM PDT by tomkat
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