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.

[sheikdetailfeather]

The power of a storm is intriguing. That is for sure.

[CedarDave]

Topeka radar:

[Brad’s Gramma]

Great job, Ethel.

[william clark]

Oh, man. My uncle lives in Midwest City, and that big mother a few years ago missed his house by about five blocks.

[ChemistCat]

Do you know if your uncle is okay?

I still don't know if my children can go to school tomorrow.

Early in all this we heard reports of a demolished church in Moore that had a daycare, and all of the children were missing. I haven't heard anything else about this.

[nicmarlo]

Sorry I took so long to respond....FR was kicking me off....and then because of that, I got booted off the computer altogether by someone who said it was "their turn" lol! : ) Thanks for the info.

[thunders]

I have family that lives right across the street from campus....please keep us posted if you hear anything....!!!! thanks!

[dennis1x]

the weather system (not these particular storms) will progress east towards Chicago, although they will probably not be this severe Friday and Saturday.

[nicmarlo]

it will likely end up being a more or less normal level of activity.

Don't know how you all can deal with tornados....I thought earthquakes weren't too bad, myself...except for the few seconds (which seemed like 20 minutes) when they hit. (So. Calif.)

[rwfromkansas]

Nothing even in the area of Lawrence. Weird stuff. But, the NWS storm reports says otherwise. Very confusing!

[CedarDave]

Kansas City radar:

Bye, all.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Thanks for the info.

[Petronski]

Thank you. The article dates to 2000, before the switch was made, and indicates secrecy in advance of the switch.

And I gotta believe the Envoy and the Trailblazer are rolling off the same assembly line at some point in the process.

[kcvl]

ILLINOIS STATE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
500 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

.TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 50 TO 55 NORTH TO NEAR 70
SOUTH.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS FROM THE
UPPER 70S NORTH TO NEAR 90 SOUTH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 55 TO
60 NORTH TO NEAR 70 SOUTH.
.SATURDAY...A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS 75 TO 80 NORTH TO THE
NEAR 90 SOUTH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS 50S NORTH TO THE LOWER
60S SOUTH.

.EXTENDED FORECAST...
.SUNDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS NORTH. HIGHS LOWER 60S NORTH TO NEAR
70 SOUTH.
.MONDAY AND TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 40 TO 45 NORTH TO NEAR 50
SOUTH. HIGHS 60 TO 65 NORTH TO NEAR 75 SOUTH.

$$

BB

[nicmarlo]

HI BG! I heard on the news just a few minutes ago...they're watching Chicago.....heavy storms likely to come up there.....they didn't know about tornados.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Heavy storms we can handle.....NOT this other stuff.

Boy, I don't know how you can do this....

[Petronski]

My morbid fascination with tornadic phenomena stems from my very close brush with an F2+ in May 1985. I had never seen a green sky before, and thank God in heaven I have not seen one since.

[jbstrick]

NWS just reported light debris raining down in southern KS from the storm in northern OK.

[nicmarlo]

At Least 96 Hurt in Oklahoma City Tornado

OKLAHOMA CITY - A tornado swept through Oklahoma City on Thursday, flattening dozens of homes and scattering cars and mobile homes across the landscape. At least 96 people were injured, a dozen critically.

The twister struck just as the afternoon rush hour was beginning, ripping roofs off homes and businesses and heavily damaging a General Motors plant. There were reports of damage at nearby Tinker Air Force Base.

There were no immediate reports of fatalities.

[snip]

FOX news just reported, however 1 fatality a few minutes ago.

[kcvl]

Thanks...