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.
4 mile wide debris ball from TWC.
It can’t possibly miss dense population areas unless it lifts. Wobbles just determine who gets annihilated.
Thank God he’s OK..I understand why they do what they do but damn its such a horrible risk
LIVE 5
Police are closing the section of I-40 in the El Reno-Yukon area.
KFOR
Warning Stillwater and surrounding to prepare.
Prayers up from the Rockies!
It;s forming another one...on the ground...Simmeron Road...
Only sliver lining is it looks like Moore now may be safe from this one.
It’s wrapping up again.... but I think there’s two now...
Thousand people evacuated into tunnel at Will Rogers airport.
Deborah — SHELTER NOW
by Ryan Welton / Hearst Staff 4:39 PM
OHP urges ALL motorist in the Oklahoma City metro area to exit Interstate 40 now and seek immediate shelter from the severe weather.
Read more: http://livewire.koco.com/Event/Live_Wire_Storms_expected_across_Oklahoma#ixzz2UuthxlE6
KFOR Chaser: This thing is so bad that you need to get underground or get out of its way.
330 mph gate-to-gate? That’s what they’re saying on americanwx...I’ve never heard a number even close to that before.
}:-)4
TWC chaser says most intense tornado he’s ever seen.
People already reported missing from vehicles!
This tornado is beyond serious...and so unstable...it’s cranking up again!!!
Never seen anything like that before.
Tornado moving slowly. Bad news for any home that gets hit, will get ground into hamburger.
These people were trying to get out of town..damn I hope they somehow survived this it looks beyond horrible
If I lived ANYWHERE in Oklahoma I’d be going underground with this beast!
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