Severe Weather Update Thread (5.24.2011)

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Courtesy KWTV OKC, just to the west...

 

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Just west of OKC Metro...

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
424 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
CANADIAN COUNTY...

AT 423 PM CDT...A LARGE...VIOLENT TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CONCHO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN AND NEAR
CONCHO...EL RENO...PIEDMONT... AND NORTHERN PARTS OF YUKON SHOULD
TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CALUMET...CONCHO...EL RENO...
NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA CITY...OKARCHE...PIEDMONT...RICHLAND AND
YUKON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 136.

 

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Ness City, Kansas - this will impact southern Ness City.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
429 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF KALVESTA. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH. LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE IS ALSO EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NESS CITY.

 

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Ness City Kansas radar img. Not the storm just east of you, but the storm sw of you that is tornado warned...

El Reno Oklahoma - reports of trees debarked from tornado

 

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Baseball-sized hail just west of Dallas-Fort Worth...

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
450 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR PARKER AND PALO PINTO COUNTIES...

AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE HAIL CORE WAS LOCATED 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS...OR NEAR LONE CAMP...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MINERAL WELLS AROUND 505 PM CDT...
COOL AND MILLSAP AROUND 510 PM CDT...

THIS STORM PRODUCED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN STRAWN...AND HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF QUARTERS MAY IMPACT THE CITY OF PALO PINTO.

 

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Just east of Ness City, Kansas, now...

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
451 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
EASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 448 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ASH VALLEY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH. DANGEROUS AND EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO THREE
INCHES IN DIAMETER IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSH CENTER...HARGRAVE...TIMKEN...LA CROSSE...SHAFFER...BISON...
OTIS...LIEBENTHAL AND LORETTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
459 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 457 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SEWARD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREAT BEND...ELLINWOOD...HOISINGTON AND GREAT BEND ARPT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

 

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Kansas Radar...

KSN-TV NBC Wichita, KS Live Coverage - They're running their regularly scheduled 5pm news, but will go to weather coverage periodically.

 

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Tornado Warning just northeast of Chickasha, OK until six o'clock.

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GRADY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
WESTERN MCCLAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF RUSH
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ACME...AGAWAM...ALEX...BRADLEY...
COLE...CRINER...DIBBLE...GOLDSBY...NINNEKAH...RUSH SPRINGS AND
WASHINGTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 107.

 

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Great Bend, Kansas >> Confirmed small tornado in progress with this storm. Straight-line winds in excess of 100 miles per hour reported.

 

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New Tornado Warning just south of OK City Metro...

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
NORTHEASTERN GRADY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
NORTHWESTERN MCCLAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 522 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A LARGE TORNADO WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM IS TRAVELING TOWARD
BRIDGE CREEK...NEW CASTLE...MOORE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS
TORNADO.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AMBER...BLANCHARD...BRIDGE
CREEK...MIDDLEBERG...MOORE...NEWCASTLE...NORTHWESTERN NORMAN...
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA CITY...STANLEY DRAPER LAKE AND TABLER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 120.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 114.

 

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KOCO-TV >> Latest OK Radar...

 

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Along the Texas / Oklahoma Border at Lake Texoma...

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
COOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
EASTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORESTBURG...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED THAT THIS STORM
IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZED HAIL.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LINDSAY AROUND 555 PM CDT...
GAINESVILLE AROUND 600 PM CDT...
CALLISBURG AROUND 610 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT I-35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 495 AND 503.

 

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New Info....

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
554 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
COOKE COUNTY...

AT 551 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. SPOTTERS OBSERVED A LARGE FUNNEL HALF WAY TO THE GROUND 3
MILES WEST OF MUENSTER NEAR HIGHWAY 82...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MUENSTER AROUND 555 PM CDT...
MOSS LAKE AROUND 605 PM CDT...

THE STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR BATHROOM...CLOSET...OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR A
MATTRESS FOR PROTECTION.

 

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Southern Oklahoma and northern TX, between Dallas-Fort Worth and Oklahoma City, just about every single one of these storms are either Thunderstorm Warned, or more likely, Tornado Warned...

 

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CNN >> Tornado kills two near Oklahoma City, officials say

At least two people were killed and many more injured Tuesday afternoon after tornadoes and severe storms punished counties west and south of Oklahoma City, officials said.

Canadian County Sheriff Randall Edwards told CNN a large tornado that crossed I-40 near El Reno destroyed homes and caused a gas leak at an energy plant west of the state capital.

County Emergency Management Director Jerry Smith told CNN the storm, which moved past Calumet and Edmond, north of Oklahoma City, killed two and caused numerous injuries.

The twister injured motorists on Interstate 40 and U.S. 81, Smith said. Deputies were attending to the injured, and there were reports of property damage in the area.

Another tornado was seen at Chickasha, about 40 miles southwest of Oklahoma City. It later reached Newcastle, closing in on Moore and Norman, suburbs of Oklahoma City.

The National Weather Service warned residents and I-44 drivers to take precautionary action.

"It came right past the store," said Chickasha AutoZone employee Nathaniel Charlton. "They had a little debris thrown across the parking lot. It was on the ground but it wasn't bad."

Sirens went off about 20 minutes before the storm pushed through, Charlton told CNN.

State officials received reports of damaged businesses in Chickasha.

"This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation," the National Weather Service said.

Tornado warnings were issued in Oklahoma County, Canadian County and Grady County, indicating other twisters had touched down.

CNN Oklahoma City affiliates broadcast images of funnel clouds that were dumping rain as they moved toward more populated areas.

More twisters and severe thunderstorms are expected to push through the region and threaten Joplin, Missouri, which was devastated by a tornado on Sunday.

Tornado watches were in effect Tuesday afternoon in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.

In anticipation of the severe weather, American Airlines canceled 126 arriving and departing flights at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, spokesman Ed Martelle told CNN.

Operations were suspended late Tuesday afternoon at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City.

A "particularly dangerous situation" tornado watch was issued for a large part of Oklahoma and northern Texas until 10 p.m. CT. This includes Oklahoma City and portions of the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area, according to CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center said the high-risk area for severe storms includes southern Kansas, most of Oklahoma and southward into Texas.

Surrounding the high-risk area is a large "moderate"-risk area where tornadoes are possible. This includes the cities of Dallas; Kansas City, Missouri; Springfield, Missouri; and Joplin.

The worst for Joplin is expected to be between 8 p.m. and midnight. Tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds are possible, according to Hennen.

The tornado threat will slowly diminish late Tuesday evening and overnight, but isolated tornadoes, large hail and damaging straight-line (non-tornado-type) winds will continue.

The tornado that struck Joplin on Sunday killed at least 118 people, authorities said Tuesday, making it the deadliest single U.S. tornado since modern record-keeping began more than 60 years ago.

 

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Latest Warnings from OK...

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
NORTHERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 621 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN NORMAN...JUST NORTHWEST OF LAKE
THUNDERBIRD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AVERY...AYDELOTTE...BETHEL
ACRES...CHANDLER...DALE...DAVENPORT...JOHNSON...KENDRICK...LAKE
THUNDERBIRD...MCLOUD...MEEKER...NEWALLA...NORTHEASTERN NORMAN...
PINK...PRAGUE...SHAWNEE...SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA CITY...SPARKS...
STELLA AND STROUD.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 192.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 164 AND 182.

 

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The Lake Texoma storm that has crossed from Texas into Oklahoma...

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
620 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
LOVE COUNTY...

AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
MARIETTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. VERY LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. STORM SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT SEEING
A FUNNEL CLOUD.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MARIETTA...OVERBROOK...SOUTHERN
LAKE MURRAY AND WESTERN LAKE TEXOMA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 24.

 

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Tornado eyewitness report >> East of Norman, OK at 156th Street, east of Choctaw Rd, north of the town of Stella, headed for I-40

 

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Back to North Carolina we go...

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
714 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
YADKIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

* AT 711 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WINDY
GAP...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH WILKESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINDY GAP...
BUCK SHOALS...
BROOKS CROSSROADS...
YADKINVILLE...
SHACKTOWN...

 

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North Carolina Radar...