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...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HARVEY...RENO AND NORTHWESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BENTLEY...OR 5 MILES EAST OF MOUNT HOPE...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0934 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0448 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL OK THROUGH N-CNTRL TX
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 356...
VALID 242148Z - 242315Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 356 CONTINUES.
SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE HAIL WILL MOVE INTO CNTRL OK AND N-CNTRL TX...LIKELY AFFECTING THE OKLAHOMA CITY AND DALLAS-FORT WORTH METRO AREAS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM THIS EVENING. GREATEST THREAT CURRENTLY APPEARS ACROSS CNTRL AND S-CNTRL OK.
A LINE OF DISCRETE SUPERCELLS THAT INITIATED ALONG THE DRYLINE EXTENDS FROM NEAR ENID IN N-CNTRL OK SWD TO NEAR MINERAL WELLS IN N-CNTRL TX. THE DOWNSTREAM ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH 3000-4000 J/KG MLCAPE...VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES AND A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER. THE TWIN LAKES VWP ALREADY INDICATE VERY STRONG /60-70 KT/ SFC-6 KM SHEAR AND LARGE HODOGRAPHS WITH 300+ M2/S2 0-1 KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITY. SEVERAL TORNADOES HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONFIRMED...AND THIS PARAMETER SPACE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LONG TRACK...DAMAGING TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE HAIL AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH CNTRL OK AND N-CNTRL TX NEXT FEW HOURS.
Just live on CNN they showed the power poles being snapped and flung by the wire right over the chasers' vehicle!!! This is insane! Another massive tornado roaring over the plains.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 456 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... SOUTHEASTERN KINGFISHER COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 456 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF PIEDMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CASHION...CEDAR VALLEY...CIMARRON CITY...COYLE...GUTHRIE...LANGSTON...MERIDIAN...MULHALL...NAVINA... PIEDMONT AND SEWARD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 149 AND 165.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO... TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER IS BEST. OTHERWISE...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR CLOSET OR BATHROOM AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS AND BLANKETS.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 450 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... NORTHERN GRADY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... SOUTHEASTERN CADDO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CEMENT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AMBER...BRIDGE CREEK...CEMENT... CHICKASHA...LAVERTY...MIDDLEBERG...NORGE...POCASSET...SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA CITY...TABLER AND TUTTLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 101.
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...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CANADIAN...SOUTHEASTERN KINGFISHER AND LOGAN COUNTIES...
AT 508 PM CDT...A LARGE...VIOLENT TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CASHION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS TORNADO IS HEADED TOWARD THE GUTHRIE AREA. PEOPLE FROM CASHION UP THROUGH THE GUTHRIE AREA NEED TO TAKE COVER NOW!
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CASHION...CEDAR VALLEY...CIMARRON CITY...COYLE...GUTHRIE...LANGSTON...MERIDIAN...MULHALL...NAVINA AND SEWARD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 165.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO... TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER IS BEST. OTHERWISE...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR CLOSET OR BATHROOM AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS AND BLANKETS.
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0936 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0503 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...N-CNTRL THROUGH NERN KS INTO EXTREME SRN NEB
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY
VALID 242203Z - 242300Z
SUPERCELL STORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING NORTHWARD INTO NRN KS NEXT FEW HOUR. ACTIVITY MAY EVENTUALLY SPREAD INTO EXTREME SRN NEB. TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.
EARLY THIS EVENING A LINE OF DISCRETE SUPERCELLS ARE LIFTING NWD THROUGH CNTRL AND S-CNTRL KS. SOME OF THE STORMS ARE APPROACHING THE NRN EDGE OF WW 360. A FRONT EXTENDS FROM NERN KS WWD THROUGH N-CNTRL KS. BOUNDARY LAYER IS COOLER...AND INSTABILITY GRADUALLY DECREASES WITH NWD EXTENT AWAY FROM THE FRONT...BUT THE THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT IS SUFFICIENT FOR SURFACE BASED STORMS. LARGE 0-1 KM HODOGRAPHS WILL REMAIN VERY FAVORABLE FOR LOW LEVEL MESOCYCLONES AND TORNADOES AS THE LLJ INCREASES THIS EVENING.
OKC017-051-242230- /O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110524T2230Z/ CANADIAN OK-GRADY OK- 513 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN GRADY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CANADIAN COUNTIES...
AT 512 PM CDT...RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS OBSERVED A TORNADO NEAR INTERSTAE 44 APPROACHING HIGHWAY 9. PEOPLE IN CHICKASHA SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AMBER...BRIDGE CREEK... CHICKASHA...LAVERTY...MIDDLEBERG...NORGE...POCASSET...SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA CITY...TABLER AND TUTTLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 101.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS.