View Full Version : Severe Weather - March 30, 2009



venture
03-30-2009, 04:12 PM
Didn't really expect to put this up today, but threat has increased enough to warrant a watch to be issued shortly.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/mcd0336.gif

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0336
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0505 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL/ERN OK AND SERN KS

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH NEEDED SOON

VALID 302205Z - 302230Z

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS HAVE BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS AND
A WATCH ISSUANCE WILL BE COORDINATED BETWEEN THE SPC AND THE
AFFECTED LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES SHORTLY.

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WW 95 SEVERE TSTM KS OK 302220Z - 310500Z
AXIS..65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
65NW CNU/CHANUTE KS/ - 35SSW ADM/ARDMORE OK/ ..AVIATION COORDS.. 55NM E/W /69ENE ICT - 24S ADM/ HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 95
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
520 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

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

SOUTHEAST KANSAS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM 520 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHANUTE KANSAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

DISCUSSION...CU/TCU FIELD CONTINUES TO INCREASE ALONG MULTIPLE BOUNDARIES OVER SOUTHEAST KS AND WEST-CENTRAL OK. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THIS AREA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND SPREAD EASTWARD DURING THE EVENING. THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS DAMAGING WINDS IN STRONGER CELLS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.

rod4soonrs
03-30-2009, 04:20 PM
posted until midnight.

Karried
03-30-2009, 04:24 PM
omg... Is this a tornado watch?

I'm so ready to move back to California. I can't take it. They had an earthquake today... 4.3 I'd rather deal with that.

rod4soonrs
03-30-2009, 04:25 PM
sever thunderstorm watch.

venture
03-30-2009, 04:36 PM
Just hail and wind today Karrie...nothing big.

rod4soonrs
03-30-2009, 04:36 PM
should be out of the okc metro by 8 or so.

OKCMallen
03-30-2009, 04:36 PM
omg... Is this a tornado watch?

I'm so ready to move back to California. I can't take it. They had an earthquake today... 4.3 I'd rather deal with that.

:whiteflag

Karried
03-30-2009, 04:50 PM
oh okay.. sigh of relief!

I thought we were having another tornado watch ... and it's just beginning! ahhhgggggg!

westsidesooner
03-30-2009, 04:51 PM
omg... Is this a tornado watch?

I'm so ready to move back to California. I can't take it. They had an earthquake today... 4.3 I'd rather deal with that.

Sorry O/T: They've had alot of earthquakes lately, you sure you wanna move back now? :sofa:

Earthquake swarms in California:Scientists Monitoring Southland Quake Swarms (http://www.ktla.com/landing_news/?Scientists-Monitoring-Southland-Quake-Sw=1&blockID=247709&feedID=171)

venture
03-30-2009, 05:44 PM
Cold front is catching up the dryline now just west of the Metro. Storm development is now taking place quickly. New strong storm is just over Lovell in Logan County moving NE. Some small hail with it. Storms are expected to continue to develop to the SW through Canadian, Caddo, and Comanche Counties.

Karried
03-30-2009, 05:58 PM
We have some serious clouds here in Edmond.. huge.. very pretty though!

venture
03-30-2009, 06:30 PM
EDIT - 10PM: I took the radar offline, so it will no longer be updating. I'll leave the last image up since it does show some storm reports.

Line is now severe warned.

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
728 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
NORTHERN GRADY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
WESTERN OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
WESTERN PAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
EASTERN NOBLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHEASTERN CADDO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...
NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 727 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST
OF SOONER LAKE TO 7 MILES EAST OF MULHALL TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CYRIL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
AND WINDS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AMBER...BETHANY...CEDAR VALLEY...
CEMENT...CHICKASHA...COYLE...CYRIL...EDMOND...FLET CHER...GLENCOE...
GUTHRIE...LAKE CARL BLACKWELL...LAKE CHICKASHA...LAKE MCMURTRY...
LANGSTON...LAVERTY...MERIDIAN...MINCO...MORRISON.. .MULHALL...
MUSTANG...NAVINA...NICHOLS HILLS...NORGE...NORTHERN LAKE
ELLSWORTH...ORLANDO...PIEDMONT...POCASSET...RICHLA ND...SEWARD...
SOONER LAKE...STERLING...STILLWATER...THE VILLAGE...TUTTLE...UNION
CITY...VERDEN...WARR ACRES...WESTERN OKLAHOMA CITY AND YUKON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 139 AND 182.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 129 AND 147.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 129.

http://www.storm-scope.com/radar/tokc_br1.png

Jon27
03-30-2009, 06:38 PM
Does the Xerox plant give off some kind of steam that angers the clouds? It seems like a lot of storms start right over it!

venture
03-30-2009, 06:42 PM
LOL, that area out there is a sweet spot for me. Counts for about 5 of the tornadoes I've caught in the past. ; )

Some hail reports from Caddo county all around an inch, so definitely not a big deal, but water nonetheless.

kevinpate
03-30-2009, 08:04 PM
nah, not the X plant, it's all the jet fumes sucked up as things move near Will Rogers and then get mixed with left over hot air from N Lincoln. Or is it just a coinkidink that the worst storms appear in the spring while the legislature is in session?

BradR
03-30-2009, 08:28 PM
we got a little hail down in purcell...
http://okshowpics.com/albums/blazer/normal_hail_%284%29.JPG

http://okshowpics.com/albums/blazer/normal_hail_%282%29.JPG

sorry for the bad pics, they were taken through my window

Thunder
03-30-2009, 09:34 PM
That was fun! I got wet. :LolLolLol

OKCDrummer77
03-31-2009, 06:29 PM
I took these from my front yard about five minutes before the rain started:
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff342/OKCDrummer77/TStorm1.jpg
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http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff342/OKCDrummer77/TStorm2.jpg