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Re: Tornado outbreak again today?

#321 Postby wbug1 » Fri May 23, 2008 5:44 pm

2155 300 6 N COPELAND GRAY KS 3763 10063 HAIL WEIGHED 5 OUNCES. (DDC)

Huge tornado warning area east and north of Greeley, CO. Also TW for Fort Morgan, CO.
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#322 Postby Bunkertor » Fri May 23, 2008 5:52 pm

KWT wrote:Thats very impressive Bunkertor, seems like most of the plains is under some sort of warning/watch at the moment...I take it that is what it shows?


True - mostly rural areas. That´s the reason news are nearly not available.

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#323 Postby Bunkertor » Fri May 23, 2008 5:58 pm

!!! ACHTUNG !!!

TORNADO WARNING for Amarillo, first in Texas


597
WFUS54 KAMA 232253
TORAMA
OKC007-232330-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0003.080523T2253Z-080523T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
553 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF KNOWLES...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF BEAVER...MOVING
NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KNOWLES AND 9 MILES WEST OF GATE BY 605 PM CDT
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#324 Postby Cyclenall » Fri May 23, 2008 6:00 pm

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Ground zero for tornadoes right now, where the chasers should be.
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Re: Tornado outbreak again today?

#325 Postby wbug1 » Fri May 23, 2008 6:03 pm

Yup, theres a TVS and very strong cells there besides. That could affect Dodge city later.
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#326 Postby Bunkertor » Fri May 23, 2008 6:07 pm

Graham is back on the track - approaching rain - still near hill city
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#327 Postby Bunkertor » Fri May 23, 2008 6:09 pm

As to latest OK sounding it´s a question if OKC will be affected this evening. Still strong capping in place.
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#328 Postby CrazyC83 » Fri May 23, 2008 6:11 pm

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0989
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0602 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...SERN WY...NERN CO...NEB PANHANDLE

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 340...

VALID 232302Z - 240000Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 340 CONTINUES.

MID LEVEL IMPULSE AND STRONG UPPER DIVERGENCE ROTATING INTO SERN
WY...NERN CO...AND THE NEB PANHANDLE HAS AIDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING SEVERAL REPORTED TORNADOES. STEEP MID LEVEL
LAPSE RATES IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER LOW COUPLED
WITH DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S WILL KEEP A
MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE WATCH AREA.

LOW LEVEL ESELY FLOW HAS BEEN INCREASING AS FORECAST...AS EVIDENCED
BY LATEST VWP DATA AT CYS AND LNX. THIS COMBINED WITH A STRONG MID
LEVEL SLY JET NEAR 50 TO 60 KTS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT STRONG
ROTATING UPDRAFTS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DMGG WINDS...AND
TORNADOES.

..HURLBUT.. 05/23/2008


ATTN...WFO...LBF...UNR...GLD...BOU...CYS...RIW...

39810285 39680489 41210616 43530679 43570330 40700199
39840201
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Re: Tornado outbreak again today?

#329 Postby MiamiensisWx » Fri May 23, 2008 6:19 pm

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
515 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC063-065-179-240015-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080524T0015Z/
SHERIDAN KS-GRAHAM KS-GOVE KS-
615 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GOVE...SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN
COUNTIES...

AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT WERE TRACKING A LARGE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
7 MILES SOUTH OF QUINTER...MOVING NORTH AT 34 MPH.


THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
QUINTER AND PARK AROUND 625 PM CDT...
SAINT PETER AROUND 640 PM CDT...
TASCO AROUND 655 PM CDT...
MORLAND...STUDLEY AND PENOKEE AROUND 700 PM CDT...
HILL CITY AROUND 710 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 111.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. A
WEDGE TORNADO WAS REPORTED MOVING TOWARDS QUINTER! THIS STORM IS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!


Greensburg signature developing on radar... ~125 kt (+?) couplet is noted.
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#330 Postby CrazyC83 » Fri May 23, 2008 6:20 pm

OMG this is not good...
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#331 Postby Bunkertor » Fri May 23, 2008 6:20 pm

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#332 Postby CrazyC83 » Fri May 23, 2008 6:20 pm

Quinter's population is about 900.
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Re: Tornado outbreak again today?

#333 Postby wbug1 » Fri May 23, 2008 6:22 pm

I was just looking at a clear strong TVS there. Yup, just south of Quinter. Also, about 25 km ESE of Garden city, TVS.
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#334 Postby MiamiensisWx » Fri May 23, 2008 6:23 pm

SHERIDAN KS-GRAHAM KS-GOVE KS-
621 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GOVE...SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN
COUNTIES...

AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR QUINTER...MOVING NORTH AT 34 MPH.


A direct hit or near pass is coming...
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Re: Tornado outbreak again today?

#335 Postby CrazyC83 » Fri May 23, 2008 6:24 pm

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
521 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC063-065-179-240015-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080524T0015Z/
SHERIDAN KS-GRAHAM KS-GOVE KS-
621 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GOVE...SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN
COUNTIES...

AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR QUINTER...MOVING NORTH AT 34 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 70 NEAR QUINTER OR MILE MARKER 106.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!


A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 3938 9977 3911 9998 3911 10012 3911 10013
3893 10012 3888 10016 3888 10041 3944 10035
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 195DEG 30KT 3904 10024

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#336 Postby RL3AO » Fri May 23, 2008 6:25 pm

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#337 Postby CrazyC83 » Fri May 23, 2008 6:25 pm

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0990
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0618 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...NERN CO...SWRN NEB...WRN KS

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 341...

VALID 232318Z - 240015Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 341 CONTINUES.

LOW LEVEL DIRECTIONAL SHEAR/SRH VALUES INCREASING ACROSS WRN KS AS
LOW LEVEL WINDS IN THE WARM SECTOR CONTINUE TO BACK TO SELY...
SUPPORTING AN INCREASING THREAT FOR SUSTAINED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS
INTO THE EVENING.

GREATEST TORNADO POTENTIAL THROUGH 00Z IS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG AND E
OF A DRY LINE...OR 35 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 40 E LBL TO
15 SE MCK. SATELLITE/RADAR IMAGERY SHOWED HIGH BASED TSTMS
SPREADING ENEWD THROUGH ERN CO WHICH INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF
DEEP LAYER ASCENT ATTENDANT TO A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH. LOW
LEVEL WINDS ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR WILL CONTINUE TO BACK IN RESPONSE
TO NEWD MOVING SHORT WAVE TROUGH...AND STRENGTHEN RESULTING IN
INCREASING LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPH CURVATURE. ASCENT WITH THE TROUGH
COMBINED WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IN VICINITY OF THE DRY
LINE WILL SUPPORT ADDITIONAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING...
BECOMING TORNADIC. WARM SECTOR AIR MASS REMAINS MODERATELY-VERY
UNSTABLE WITH EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR VALUES EXCEEDING 50 KT AND
ORIENTED AT AN ANGLE TO THE DRY LINE...RESULTING IN POTENTIAL FOR
ADDITIONAL DISCRETE STORMS.

FARTHER NW ACROSS FAR NWRN KS INTO NERN CO...THE HIGH-BASED ACTIVITY
LOCATED ACROSS ERN CO IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY/SEVERE
POTENTIAL AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE AXIS OF GREATER INSTABILITY EXTENDING
NWWD FROM KS INTO NERN CO.

..PETERS.. 05/23/2008


ATTN...WFO...ICT...OUN...GID...LBF...DDC...GLD...AMA...PUB...BOU...

40720200 40689918 39229906 39159851 36949828 36970101
37720108 37710150 38250155 38270205 39040203 39020319
39570319 39630275 40410280 40460202
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#338 Postby CrazyC83 » Fri May 23, 2008 6:26 pm

Looks like it will just miss the town to the west by 1-2 miles...but way too close for comfort...
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#339 Postby Cyclenall » Fri May 23, 2008 6:28 pm

TORNADO WARNING
WYC031-232345-
/O.NEW.KCYS.TO.W.0020.080523T2321Z-080523T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
521 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PLATTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 518 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
I-25 MM 92...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF WHEATLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 19
MPH.


* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
I-25 MM 100 BY 540 PM...

MOVE INTO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
CHEYENNE AT 1-800-269-6220.

LAT...LON 4239 10509 4239 10482 4215 10484 4215 10508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 181DEG 17KT 4224 10496

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#340 Postby CrazyC83 » Fri May 23, 2008 6:29 pm

KSN estimates tornado about 1/2 to 3/4 mile wide, just outside Quinter...
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