Posted on 05/19/2010 10:31:37 AM PDT by halo66
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1134 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2010
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF OKLAHOMA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
PARTS OF OKLAHOMA
ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
MORNING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS IT PROGRESSES EAST INTO THE OZARKS REGION OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS. IN THE STORMS WAKE...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL STALL ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WHILE A DRYLINE SHARPENS FROM WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE AFTERNOON.
A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON TO THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE...SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER DAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
STRONG HEATING AND THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL HELP INITIATE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE AND ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY BY MID-AFTERNOON. SUPERCELLS WILL BE LIKELY WITH TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A FEW OF THE TORNADOES MAY BE STRONG...ESPECIALLY FROM NEAR/JUST WEST OF OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA EAST-SOUTHEAST INTO PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE EAST AND SOUTHEAST INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS AND WESTERN ARKANSAS BY MID-EVENING WITH CONTINUED THREATS FOR TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER TODAY.
I used to live there. ;-)
Thanks. Got it.
Same goes for the Weather Channel links I posted earlier: you need to refresh the page. I forgot to mention it too.
Tornado already reported in Dewey Co, Oklahoma.
I’ve had the waether channel on since I got up and I’m in Phoenix.....seemed like they were rootin for weather too.......it’s clouding up to be sure but was clear as the constitution this morn
Don’t worry, the Annointed One still won’t come and offer his condolences and support, even if there’s a repeat of the 1999 Moore, Oklahoma storm, which killed dozens of people and had the highest wind speed ever recorded with a tornado.
Remember: if you’re in a Red State and suffer a natural disaster under O’s watch, you’re on your own. If you don’t believe me, just ask the good people of Oklahoma (who suffered through that previous round of deadly storms), Yazoo City, MS and Nashville.
On the other hand, how long would it take the Pretender-in-Chief to visit disaster victims in New York, LA, Chicago or Detroit?
I hope you find her soon.
Stay safe.
I watched the weather channel today and they basically said all hell was going to break loose there tonight..
At 7pm, I see three (3) Doppler vortex signatures N & E of OKC — and a sizeable cell headed right for OKC...
Heads up in Tulsa.......
Bumping this again, Tulsa you’re about to get the hammer of God, get safe now....
I chased on the 10th; would I be out of line suggesting that some FReepers are weather FReaks?? Like myself??
We just received heavy rain in Norman. Looked like the storms switched here south of OKC to outflow instead of inflow. We didn’t get any hail just heavy rain.
This is getting a bit much recently. Guess we are making up for a couple of years with little tornado activity.
What a crazy year for weather. It started with the blizzard the day before Christmas that looked more like a hurricane in its rotation and dumped 13 inches of snow on us. The blizzard dropped on us about 30 minutes after the warning and went all the way north to the Canadian border.
Strange year for weather!
Yes, remembering that blizzard. Weather has certainly been an attention getter all right. Normal early spring flowers are just now blooming, about a month later than normal. Wonder if the summer will be blazing hot and humid or cooler than normal. Strange indeed.
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