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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: kristinn

wow awesome pic
I heard him interviewed on Climate Change Channel
but no visuals of it


301 posted on 05/31/2013 5:44:37 PM PDT by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: yield 2 the right

Power flashes in Moore OK, have to be kidding.....


302 posted on 05/31/2013 5:45:11 PM PDT by yield 2 the right
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To: workerbee

Yeah, one is tracking their way.


303 posted on 05/31/2013 5:45:19 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: nascarnation

they just showed that pic on tv


304 posted on 05/31/2013 5:45:31 PM PDT by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: tomkat
My God. It's the first episode from Discover Channel's Perfect Disaster--where a fictional super tornado wiped out downtown Dallas--becoming frightening reality in Oklahoma City right now. What happened in Moore, OK just 11 days ago is nothing compared to this....
305 posted on 05/31/2013 5:45:35 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: dirtboy

Somebody knowledgeable please describe what’s going on with the large dry area of circulation to the southeast of this cell.


306 posted on 05/31/2013 5:46:08 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: kristinn

Wow.


307 posted on 05/31/2013 5:46:20 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: RaceBannon

Thanks Race .. got two TV feeds and cop scanner goin’


308 posted on 05/31/2013 5:46:21 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: CedarDave

I just pray that it’s only indicated from radar and not on the ground. It is so dark and rain-wrapped. What does someone do if they are stuck on the road? That cell is getting huge.


309 posted on 05/31/2013 5:46:27 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: dirtboy

Weather channel is saying could be major flooding. 3+ inches per hour


310 posted on 05/31/2013 5:46:31 PM PDT by tapatio (In memory of my Dad 5-27-26 2-4-2010 and Mom 4-20-26 12-8-2012)
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To: mylife

bump


311 posted on 05/31/2013 5:47:28 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: dirtboy

Sounds like a war zone.


312 posted on 05/31/2013 5:48:06 PM PDT by Ronald_Magnus
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To: workerbee

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


313 posted on 05/31/2013 5:48:14 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Telling the truth about RINOS, PAULTARDS, Liberals and Muslims has become hate speech)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Take your computer down with you - and stay safe.


314 posted on 05/31/2013 5:48:24 PM PDT by GOPJ (Swedes bring their cars..savages their flames..burning cars a metaphor. D. Greenfield)
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To: RayChuang88
"What happened in Moore...is nothing compared to this...."

You are correct.

Moore was far worse than anything from this storm.

315 posted on 05/31/2013 5:48:40 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: tapatio

I had skepticism earlier about hyping this day. Boy was I wrong. This is extremely scary. All I can say is prayers up for OKC because this is likely going to be very, very bad tonight. God please protect these poor people.


316 posted on 05/31/2013 5:48:44 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: tapatio

Which is a deadly combination with people in underground shelters, no?


317 posted on 05/31/2013 5:49:06 PM PDT by DrewsMum
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To: RegulatorCountry
It looks like it might be what is left of the high pressure cap. I don't know.

I've been a storm spotter and member of RACES since the late '90s and I've never seen anything like this before.

/johnny

318 posted on 05/31/2013 5:49:29 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: rwfromkansas

Oklahoma Hwy Patrol reports injuries on I-40 west of OKC from tornado earlier this evening. People pulled from damaged vehicles. (via @kfor)


319 posted on 05/31/2013 5:49:31 PM PDT by tapatio (In memory of my Dad 5-27-26 2-4-2010 and Mom 4-20-26 12-8-2012)
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To: RaceBannon

OKC PD

http://tunein.com/radio/Oklahoma-City-Police-s147235/


320 posted on 05/31/2013 5:49:36 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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