Monday, May 24th! Nebraska!

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OKC NWS:

Large SVR issued for developing storms over Caddo County to includ the OKC metro area. Watching for SRM trends for possible tornado warnings

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New Tornado Watch coming for north central Texas; does not include the DFW metro area at this time.

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Tornado Watch for North Texas until midnight

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W of Wichita, KS looks worrisome.

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Tornado Warning for OKC!

Tornado on ground west of downtown.

Tornado has lifted.......

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Another PDS Watch...

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 150
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
500 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS
SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM 500 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE
KANSAS TO 65 MILES SOUTH OF MCALESTER OKLAHOMA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 146...WW 147...WW
148...WW 149...

DISCUSSION...TORNADIC SUPERCELLS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG/AHEAD OF DRY
LINE CENTRAL OK. WITH EXTREME INSTABILITY SPREADING NEWD AHEAD OF
STORMS AND VERY STRONG SHEAR...THE THREAT FOR LONG TRACK
TORNADOS...POSSIBLY VERY STRONG WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS THE WATCH
THRU THE EVENING.

[spadilly]

Norman is about to be slammed

watching live video here:
news9.com
kfor.com

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New funnel cloud southwest of OKC @ 5:20pm

[spadilly]

just saved these pictures from the iphone RadarScope app

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OUN issues Tornado Warning for Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie [OK] till 6:15 PM CDT ...* AT 527 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER WESTERN NORMAN...4 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN NORMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

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Wrapping up!

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OKC police- tornado on ground near Drapper(sp?) Lake.

[spadilly]

tornado behind the storm near norman....way back in the clear from the storm

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Wow...

http://www.news9.com/Global/category.asp?C=184600

[spadilly]

being so far behind the main storm, the tornado east of norman / over lake thunderbird seemed to catch everyone off guard

[spadilly]

anyone on here ever been storm chasing?
i'm planning on heading up to oklahoma for a week next summer. hit the NWS offices/lab for a tour and take off chasing.

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anyone on here ever been storm chasing?
i'm planning on heading up to oklahoma for a week next summer. hit the NWS offices/lab for a tour and take off chasing.

Keep us informed spadilly. Stay safe chasing!

Edit to add: Appears that there has been a lot of damage so far. Going to be a long night.

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0513
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0645 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

AREAS AFFECTED...SERN KS...MUCH OF ERN OK

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 147...150...

VALID 102345Z - 110045Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 147...150...CONTINUES.

SEVERAL LONG-TRACK SUPERCELLS WITH DAMAGING TORNADOES CONTINUE
ACROSS WW147...ESPECIALLY OVER OK. ONE INTENSE TORNADIC SUPERCELL
IS TRACKING ACROSS SEMINOLE COUNTY INTO SRN OKFUSKEE/NRN HUGHES
COUNTY. OTHER INTENSE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AND ARE TRACKING ENEWD
ACROSS SRN OK OVER CARTER AND LOVE COUNTIES. ENVIRONMENTAL
CONDITIONS REMAIN VERY FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TORNADIC
SUPERCELLS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF RETREATING WARM
FRONT THAT IS CURRENTLY DRAPED FROM SERN OK INTO SFC LOW NEAR PNC.
ADDITIONALLY...NEW SUPERCELLS ARE INTENSIFYING ALONG IMMEDIATE
DRYLINE IN THE WAKE OF THE PRE-DRYLINE ACTIVITY FROM LINCOLN
COUNTY...SWWD INTO MCLAIN COUNTY OK. THESE STORMS MAY VERY WELL
BECOME TORNADIC SHORTLY.

..DARROW.. 05/10/2010


ATTN...WFO...SGF...TSA...ICT...FWD...OUN...

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Round 2- new tornado watch for areas just west of OKC

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Ft Worth/Dallas NWS issues an interesting "Weather Briefing" regarding the storm threat for tomorrow. Possible High Risk? We shall see.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/media/fwd/05182010/player.html