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.
Moore’s getting hit again .. City Hall power out . . .
Here is a live link to Fox25.
I’ve been watching for a bit.
Seems the area is getting worse by the minute.
God Bless.
http://okcfox.com/news/features/live/
Absolutely!
I was in NC SkyWarn for a while and I haven’t either, which is why I asked
Funnel over tinker per Ch9 helo spotter
Tornado coming down over Tinker.
There are three tornadoes on the ground in Oklahoma....one after the other following the same pattern
Chaser just reported he had his car door pulled off.
Tinker AFB
Per cop scanner .. 4’ of water over roadway at 104th in OKC
weather channel vehicle hit and guys rushed to hospital.
Because evidently of all the people in America, rather than putting down twisters in NYC or San Francisco or Washington DC. , God really hates the people of the Bible Belt most of all. / sarcasm.
My God. Levin is just now playing Ray Charles “America”. Tears in my eyes.
Tried listening to shep on Fox...he’s such a dang control freak...doesn’t let the chasers report without interrupting them and telling them to calm down.
Tornado chasers from TV channel got hit..some are injured.. and they were rushed to hospital...vehicle was completely damaged.
Not sure, but I think there are three on the ground now....plus the flooding....
Not good. God Bless.
Rotation now moving over Norman
my niece is in Broken Arrow... went south to Norman said traffic is terrible!
I-35 is still absolutely packed with headlights
I-35 loaded with traffic and these are headed toward them!
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