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.
When people try to leave....”Late in the game as this”...they prevent emergency vehicles from getting where they need to go. People should have left before this.
I know it's a tough job but if people can't understand what you're saying what's the point?
Interesting...thanks for explaining this.
I know they should have left but my heart goes out to them.
Have a good and blessed night.
Typical of the left.
The tornado was the most violent WEST of OKC...El Reno/Union City got rocked when it hit cars on I40. That is where most deaths will be...
Fatalities reported in cars in Union City area
The tornado has been rain wrapped and cloud ceiling very low to the ground...preventing them from seeing the actual tornado.
Shep: “The gyros”(sp) meant to say SF Giants ..
Shep was pretty calm, IMO. He kept that weather guy from flipping out and told him to slow down.
Shep has been doing a real good job tonight. He is keeping Jeff calm so he can be understood. I appreciate his reporting tonight. Just the video alone of the tornado approaching OKC were terrifying.
As it gets dark, it got less visable, but a little after 8PM EDT, was still was able to see it online the outline of it.
Fatalities reported in cars in Union City area
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Cars were flipped. Some people missing. Many injured.
Three warnings east of St louis and one on the north edge of Joplin
That would be Gary England...probably will be known as the father of tornado forecasting
Multiple fatalities west of St.Louis in a Holiday Inn.
Not surprising...don’t they say to ‘shelter in place’ because you’re worse off in a car on a blocked highway?
Also hear chasers saying all the time shelter in a building rather than a car.
I have family in El Reno. He is a policeman......
“Mass casualty event” at the Holiday Inn in Earth City, MO… reported by KMOV-TV
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