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.
Glad your safe, we were lucky I’m on the north side...had some large hail and winds but nothing to severe.
A lot of people knock Shep, but he is very good at covering breaking news.
Actually, that title would belong to Robert Miller (Col, USAF) who, along with Ernest Fawbush issued the first and one of the most accurate tornado forecasts of all time (in 1947). Ironically, it was for Tinker AFB. He eventually went on to author Air Weather Service Tech Report 200 which was for years (and I believe still is) the bible of severe storm forecasting. I was trained by some of his “disciples” back in the late ‘70s in the AF Severe Weather Unit in Omaha.
Just watched your video and left a comment. You folks could sure use some sun.
Definitely true. Quite frankly after more consideration, I think in a city like this, your only option is to stay because as we saw tonight, enough people assume a confirmed tornado means everybody will get hit when only a relatively small area typically is hit. That led to the traffic barely even moving and sitting ducks on the highway. That said, I would call all my neighbors until I found somebody with a basement.
I was blessed as a kid....my parents built a safe room under the garage. Many aren’t so lucky.
Seeing reports of fans trapped in derbies at Busch Stadium, reports on Twitter repeating local news outlets(St Louis), others saying fans are held in shelter....conflicting reports....
So very kind of you...thanks for the prayers. It is very heartwarming to see so many freepers praying for those in the path of these storms. We r praying too.
At the company where I work (Philly suburbs), we have a lot of influx from people transferring in from other sites around the country. I always tell people, “rule #1: live at the top or near the top of a hill”. Hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes are exceedingly rare, but flooding from heavy rains happens. Bugging out can be worse than staying put, especially when this county alone has over half a million people. The best bet is to maintain a certain level of supplies.
All that said, this is a quiet zone when it comes to disasters. I once worked with a guy who was also a storm chaser and he was always complaining about how he was bored out of his mind.
Tornado danger has passed for OKC. Praise the Lord!!
debris=derbies....
Prayers. I have/had family on the freeway.
He was definitely a pioneer. I was talking about television.
England was the first on-air meteorologist to alert his viewers of a possible tornado using a commercial Doppler weather radar.[2] He is also known for contributing to the invention of the First Warning map graphic commonly used to show ongoing weather alerts without interrupting regular programming.
England is recognized, along with the firm Enterprise Electronics, as initiating development of the first commercial Doppler weather radar.
Wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_England
I love Gary England!!!! The greatest TV Met, IMO...
Can’t imagine people not being in shelter there frankly....had long lead time. Doubt the trapped reports are right, at least I hope. How horrid if true.
Lol...my ID has to do with an old joke that I can’t even remember now but it was about how democrats would vote for a yellowdog if it had a D by its name. I heard the joke on a local radio show right before I signed up on FR. Wish now I could remember the joke....
Reports of fans trapped are wrong....per FNC.....good news.
Wow... Will be in St. Louis/Grey Summit in August. Our Grand Rapids Griffens Red Wings farm club is in OKC for playoffs... hunkered down in a shelter. Game postponed.
Im reading on twitter from someone in the area that there is NO ONE trapped in Busch Stadium
“He was definitely a pioneer. I was talking about television.”
I agree with you on that.
Earth City Mo. sustained heavy damage.
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