Severe Weather - Week of May 22 Sunday thru Thursday

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
835 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 830 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF BALD HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BALD
HILL...STONEBLUFF...HASKELL...TAFT...COWETA...PORTER...TULLAHASSEE
AND MUSKOGEE.

[Texas Snowman]

GRAYSON TX-
819 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR GRAYSON
COUNTY...

AT 817 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTHMAYD...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH. SHERMAN IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM! IN ADDITION TO
THE TORNADO...STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS MAY EXCEED 70 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP
TO GOLF BALL SIZE BETWEEN SHERMAN AND DENISON.

Just got the family out of the storm closet. Small hail here, torrential rains, winds of up to 45 mph.

Reports of golfball sized hail and maybe baseball sized hail a few miles to my south in Sherman.

Local TV met Steve LaNore reports a funnel cloud being observed near Bells right now to my SE.

Close, close, close call with a supercell t-storm.

[Annie Oakley]

So this is what it is like to post OBS during a Hurricane Hunter Recon...
You go Dave!

[Annie Oakley]

TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
841 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
ROCKWALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 840 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO
NEAR HIGHLAND PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS
A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADO DAMAGE IN THE METROPLEX. THIS IS AN
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM...IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY! ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN DALLAS
COUNTY...THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY AND PRODUCE A TORNADO AS WELL.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHLAND PARK...UNIVERSITY PARK AND DALLAS AROUND 845 PM CDT...
BUCKINGHAM...RICHARDSON AND LANCASTER AROUND 850 PM CDT...
HUTCHINS AND WILMER AROUND 855 PM CDT...
BALCH SPRINGS AND GARLAND AROUND 900 PM CDT...

[Dave]

So this is what it is like to post OBS during a Hurricane Hunter Recon...
You go Dave!

HDOBS are actually slower! thanks!

[jasons2k]

Conditions at 9:29PM EDT - KDAL

2011.05.25 0129 UTC
Wind from the E (090 degrees) at 25 MPH (22 KT) gusting to 36 MPH (31 KT)
Visibility 2 1/2 mile(s)
Sky conditions overcast
Weather Heavy funnel cloud (tornado or waterspout)
Small hail and/or snow pellets with thunder, rain
Tornado, lightning observed
Precipitation last hour 0.03 inches
Temperature 84 F (29 C)
Dew Point 68 F (20 C)
Relative Humidity 58%
Pressure (altimeter) 29.43 in. Hg (996 hPa)
Pressure tendency falling rapidly

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
841 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
ROCKWALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 840 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO
NEAR HIGHLAND PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS
A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADO DAMAGE IN THE METROPLEX. THIS IS AN
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM...IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY! ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN DALLAS
COUNTY...THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY AND PRODUCE A TORNADO AS WELL.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHLAND PARK...UNIVERSITY PARK AND DALLAS AROUND 845 PM CDT...
BUCKINGHAM...RICHARDSON AND LANCASTER AROUND 850 PM CDT...
HUTCHINS AND WILMER AROUND 855 PM CDT...
BALCH SPRINGS AND GARLAND AROUND 900 PM CDT...

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
835 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 835 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR FRISCO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS
A DANGEROUS STORM...IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CELINA AROUND 840 PM CDT...
ALLEN AROUND 845 PM CDT...
MCKINNEY...FAIRVIEW...PARKER AND MURPHY AROUND 850 PM CDT...
LUCAS AND WESTON AROUND 855 PM CDT...
NEW HOPE AND LOWRY CROSSING AROUND 900 PM CDT...

[Ivanhater]

Tornado heading toward Downtown Dallas

[Dave]

[Annie Oakley]

TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
844 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 843 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENBROOK...MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH. THERE ARE TWO POSSIBLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS IN
TARRANT COUNTY...ONE JUST WEST OF BENBROOK AND ONE JUST SOUTHEAST OF
DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH. THESE ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORMS...IF YOU
ARE IN THEIR PATH...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EDGECLIFF...WESTOVER HILLS...WESTWORTH AND RIVER OAKS AROUND 850 PM
CDT...
FORT WORTH...FOREST HILL...EVERMAN AND RENDON AROUND 855 PM CDT...
RICHLAND HILLS AND KENNEDALE AROUND 900 PM CDT...

[Annie Oakley]

/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-110525T0215Z/
MUSKOGEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
846 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
WAGONER...SOUTHEASTERN TULSA...NORTHEASTERN OKMULGEE AND NORTHWESTERN
MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...

AT 844 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR BALD HILL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
STONEBLUFF...JAMESVILLE...HASKELL...CHOSKA...TAFT...COWETA...
REDBIRD...PORTER...TULLAHASSEE AND MUSKOGEE.

[wx247]

Not to take away from the situation in the Dallas area, but if trends continue... 80 mph winds could impact the Joplin area shortly before 10 p.m.

[Annie Oakley]

Not to take away from the situation in the Dallas area, but if trends continue... 80 mph winds could impact the Joplin area shortly before 10 p.m.

A night to remember.....

[Dave]

Here is the severe thunderstorm warning due west of Joplin....

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
836 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT.

* AT 833 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES WEST OF
SHERMAN TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAULKNER TO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MELROSE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ARCADIA...ARMA...BAXTER SPRINGS...
BEULAH...BRAZILTON...CARONA...CHEROKEE...CHICOPEE...COLUMBUS...
CRESTLINE...CROWEBURG...ENGLEVALE...FARLINGTON...FAULKNER...
FRANKLIN...FRONTENAC...GALENA...GIRARD...GREENBUSH...HALLOWELL...
HEPLER...LAWTON...LONE OAK...LOWELL...MCCUNE...MELROSE...
MULBERRY...NEUTRAL...OPOLIS...PITTSBURG...POLK...RINGO...
RIVERTON...ROSELAND...SCAMMON...SHERMAN...SHERWIN...SKIDMORE...
STIPPVILLE...TREECE...WALNUT...WEIR...WEST MINERAL AND YALE.

[CrazyC83]

And tomorrow could be bad as well...shuddering...

[Annie Oakley]

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
850 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

OKC101-111-143-145-250215-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-110525T0215Z/
MUSKOGEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
850 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
WAGONER...SOUTHEASTERN TULSA...NORTHEASTERN OKMULGEE AND NORTHWESTERN
MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...

AT 845 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A VERY DANGEROUS TORNADO LOCATED NEAR HASKELL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HASKELL...
CHOSKA...TAFT...COWETA...REDBIRD...PORTER...TULLAHASSEE AND MUSKOGE

[Dave]

MUSKOGEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
850 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
WAGONER...SOUTHEASTERN TULSA...NORTHEASTERN OKMULGEE AND NORTHWESTERN
MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...

AT 845 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A VERY DANGEROUS TORNADO LOCATED NEAR HASKELL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HASKELL...
CHOSKA...TAFT...COWETA...REDBIRD...PORTER...TULLAHASSEE AND MUSKOGEE.

[Annie Oakley]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
852 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
EASTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
NORTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTH CENTRAL MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 851 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM NEAR CLAREMORE TO
COWETA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS
AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES. AREAL FLOODING REMAINS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
WARNED AREA...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY RAINS THAT
OCCUR DURING A DOWNPOUR...WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MUSKOGEE...STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH...WAGONER...BARON...CHRISTIE...
COOKSON...ELDON...FORT GIBSON...HULBERT...MARIETTA...OKAY...
PEGGS...PORTER...PROCTOR...PUMPKIN CENTER...SCRAPER...TAFT...
TULLAHASSEE...WATTS AND WESTVILLE.

[Dave]

Annie stay on the cells west of Joplin if you would...I'll stay with Dallas.