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.

[ewing]

Here we go, that time of day..

[Okies love Dubya 2]

Oh no! My husband is over at Rose State tonight for his classes! And he has my SUV :P We are over in Pottawatomie County and I am feeling a little nervous (home alone with 2 little ones)

[chantal7]

Yeah I know what you mean...I'm in Western OK but family is in OKC.

It's right over Tinker now and they say it's a very violent tornado.

Unconfirmed report that GM plant was hit.

[annyokie]

We're in NE OKlahoma. What's the skinny for us? Prayers for all!

[NautiNurse]

Statement as of 5:23 PM CDT on May 8, 2003

...Tornado Emergency For Southern And Southeast Portions Of The Oklahoma City Metro Area...Including Tinker Air Force Base...Midwest City...And Choctaw...

At 523 PM... a large and violent tornado was located near the general motors plant in southeast Oklahoma City. Take your tornado precautions now!

This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation. Persons in southeast Oklahoma City... Tinker Air Force Base... Midwest City... Choctaw... and Harrah... should seek shelter in a basement... safe room... or in an interior room on the lowest floor now to protect your life!

In addition to a tornado threat... this storm likely contains damaging hail to the size of baseballs or larger.

[jbstrick]

Anny,

I have the scanner operational. The Tulsa NWS has the spotters activated and on the road.

I am in Bartlesville. Where are you located?

[Brad’s Gramma]

http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/index.asp?partner=accuweather


Go here, on the left side is a place where you can type in your zip code.

[chantal7]

I'm not sure about NE Oklahoma.

Buildings and autos (semi's) along Sooner Road heavily hit.

[annyokie]

We are a bit North of Grove, right on Grand Lake.

[ewing]

[rwfromkansas]

I will try to post some radar pics

VERY clear hook echo with this. VERY clear.

[Libloather]

Maybe let us know when there aren't any - eh?

[Vinnie]

Check the Weather Channel, live from OKC. It looks like IF the cell holds together, Tulsa MAY be in the path of the cell.

[Okies love Dubya 2]

We live about 35 miles east/southeast of OKC (just north of Shawnee)...I don't think he took the cell phone with him either. He is with a friend though and he carries one, so if they need to they can call.

The GM plant? Oh man, what a mess that could be! And there are a ton of car dealerships over in the Tinker Area too, so that could be another disaster waiting to happen. OTOH, we are planning on trading in my car next month for a minivan, maybe a tornado special :)

[Okies love Dubya 2]

We live about 35 miles east/southeast of OKC (just north of Shawnee)...I don't think he took the cell phone with him either. He is with a friend though and he carries one, so if they need to they can call.

The GM plant? Oh man, what a mess that could be! And there are a ton of car dealerships over in the Tinker Area too, so that could be another disaster waiting to happen. OTOH, we are planning on trading in my car next month for a minivan, maybe a tornado special :)

[ewing]

God Bless all the folks working at the Auto Plant.

[Okies love Dubya 2]

Oops! Little itchy on the trigger there!

[ewing]

Tulsa looks like it is staring down the barrel of a loaded gun right now..

[chantal7]

Hmm If you are anywhere near Lindsay, watch out.

The think tornados might be trying to form near Lindsay and Perry.