Tornado on the Ground in Okc & KS

Channel 5 Oklahoma ^ | 05/08/03 | Me

[chantal7]

Tornado on the ground. Heading for Tinker AFB.

Debris flying and electrical lines down.

I-240 and Sooner Road, it's crossing the road.

[kcvl]

Posted on Thu, May. 08, 2003

Thunderstorms Flash Across Plains
Associated Press

Severe thunderstorms swept across the Plains, while cloudy skies mostly were reported in the Pacific Northwest and Great Basin.

Over the central portion of the country, isolated strong to severe thunderstorms were found across eastern Oklahoma, Nebraska, southwestern Iowa, western Arkansas, eastern Kansas and western Missouri.

A tornado touched down in Oklahoma City as the afternoon rush hour began Thursday, and several warnings were issued over southeastern Missouri and northwestern Mississippi.

Rain that has been falling for days sent the Tennessee River to its highest level in three decades and caused damage estimated in the millions. Alabama and Georgia continued to see rivers and streams near or above flood stage.

A low pressure system off the coast of Washington brought cloudy skies across the Pacific Northwest and Great Basin, along with scattered light rain and snow showers. In Lander, Wyo., visibility was reduced to a quarter of a mile as the snow became fairly heavy at times.

Temperatures in the Lower 48 states on Thursday ranged from a low of 19 degrees in Stanley, Idaho, to a high of 93 degrees in Harlingen, Texas.

[kcvl]

No, but you can go in with that password and user name and re-set them. lol!


For all of the states' weather...

http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/textversion/states.html

[thunders]

I was talking to my mom on the phone a little while ago; she was watching the news, where the storm chasers were reporting seeing the tornado that was near Caw City jumping up and down--they said it would come down and sort of bump the ground 4 or 5 times, then go back up into the cloud, then come back down and 'bump' again, then go back up, etc. I don't know how long it kept this up or anything....

[kcvl]

MISSOURI STATE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
510 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 1100 PM...

.TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...SOME STORMS SEVERE. LOWS FROM THE
MIDDLE 50S NORTHWEST TO THE UPPER 60S SOUTHEAST.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY SOUTHEAST WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...MOSTLY SUNNY NORTHWEST. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 70S NORTHWEST TO THE NEAR 90 SOUTHEAST.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE 60S.
.SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY NORTHEAST THROUGH
SOUTHWEST...PARTLY CLOUDY ELSEWHERE WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS FROM THE MIDDLE 70S NORTHWEST TO THE UPPER 80S
SOUTHEAST.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS FROM THE UPPER 40S NORTHWEST TO THE MIDDLE 60S
SOUTHEAST.

[Boot Hill]

Tornado on the Ground in OKC

I just checked with WhatReallyHappened.com and Michael Rivero says he has photos of the FBI planting the tornado.

--Boot Hill

[rwfromkansas]

http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/ks/severestatement.html

The storm has exited Osage county and appears to have weakened. I am unsure if it is still having a tornado or not, though a warning in Franklin county...to the east of Osage...has been cancelled...but it may be from a diff storm.

[Okies love Dubya 2]

My husband got home about 45 minutes ago--he is fine but he watched the tornado pass about 2-3 miles from his school (Rose State). He saw some damage (semi flipped over,etc.) and there was nickel-sized hail. I hope there are no serious injuries from these storms.

[kcvl]

STATE FORECAST FOR KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
457 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN KANSAS
UNTIL 7 PM CDT...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL 9 PM CDT...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEASTERN KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT...
...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS
UNTIL 8 PM CDT...

.TONIGHT...A CHANCE FOR EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ALL BUT SOUTHWEST...SOME OF
WHICH COULD BE SEVERE. VERY WINDY AND MOSTLY CLEAR SOUTHWEST. LOWS
FROM AROUND 40 NORTHWEST TO THE MID 60S SOUTHEAST.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS FROM THE UPPER 60S NORTHWEST
TO THE MID 80S SOUTHEAST.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS STATEWIDE. LOWS FROM THE
LOWER 40S NORTHWEST TO THE UPPER 60S SOUTHEAST.
.SATURDAY...A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MOST LOCATIONS. HIGHS FROM
THE UPPER 50S NORTHWEST TO THE LOWER 80S SOUTHEAST.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CENTRAL AND EAST.
MOSTLY CLOUDY WEST. LOWS FROM THE MID 30S WEST CENTRAL TO THE MID
50S SOUTHEAST.

[CedarDave]

It didn't like that; said that my repeated trys were annoying!

[kcvl]

lol...

[CedarDave]

I was looking for OK City news from Channel 9 and the Oklahoman, but postings on here are keeping everyone up to date. Thanks for the offer.

[rwfromkansas]

New one mile wide tornado 2 miles west of Iola....heading EAST.

It does not look good for Iola.

This is according to the NWS data.

[kayak]

LOL!!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Uh......check your freepmail.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Yeah, well, good ole Ethel got through!

[listenhillary]

* TORNADO WARNING FOR... LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 731 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO NEAR COLONY...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF IOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...

BLUE MOUND BY 755 PM CDT.
CENTERVILLE KS BY 800 PM CDT.
MOUND CITY KS....PARKER BY 805 PM CDT.
PRESCOTT BY 810 PM CDT.
PLEASANTON BY 815 PM CDT.
TRADING POST....LA CYGNE BY 820 PM CDT.

[CedarDave]

Links for both KS and OK:

http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/ks/allwarnings.html

http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/ok/allwarnings.html

(Hint: for current warnings for any state, change the state abbreviation following iwin/)

[chantal7]

Okies love Dubya 2- I'm glad that your husband is home safe and that the bad weather missed you.

Admin Moderator-Can we change the title to also reflect that the State of Kansas is reporting large tornados on the ground, please?

[Petronski]

Tornado Hits Pringles Snack Chips Plant

But the contents apparently had already been crushed.

SORRY! Sorry. I couldn't resist.

[rwfromkansas]

some good news....tornado missed Iola, but on the other side of the coin, damage reported just north and Yates Center, KS has reportedly tremendous damage.