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Showing Original Post only (View all)*****TORNADO LIVEBLOG**** [View all]
The tornadoes have started.
Here is the latest (although really nothing new or specific) from the Storm Prediction Center http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/pwo.html :
Public Severe Weather Outlook (PWO)
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Experimental Multimedia Briefing MP4.
Please note this briefing may be out of date after 1615 UTC on 04/14/2012 and there will be no subsequent updates during the day.
Please send comments or questions to spc.feedback@noaa.gov or using the feedback page.
View What is a Watch? clip.
ZCZC SPCPWOSPC ALL
WOUS40 KWNS 142020
KSZ000-NEZ000-OKZ000-150200-
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0320 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES IS EXPECTED
OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERAL STRONG TO VIOLENT...LONG-TRACK TORNADOES OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO VIOLENT AND POSSIBLY
LONG-LIVED TORNADOES INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
TORNADOES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS CAN BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
BECAUSE THEY ARE USUALLY FAST-MOVING AND OBSCURED BY RAIN AND
DARKNESS.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS DEVELOPING
SITUATION. THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE
WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS
TONIGHT.
..COHEN/WEISS.. 04/14/2012
Print Version
Experimental Multimedia Briefing MP4.
Please note this briefing may be out of date after 1615 UTC on 04/14/2012 and there will be no subsequent updates during the day.
Please send comments or questions to spc.feedback@noaa.gov or using the feedback page.
View What is a Watch? clip.
ZCZC SPCPWOSPC ALL
WOUS40 KWNS 142020
KSZ000-NEZ000-OKZ000-150200-
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0320 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES IS EXPECTED
OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERAL STRONG TO VIOLENT...LONG-TRACK TORNADOES OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO VIOLENT AND POSSIBLY
LONG-LIVED TORNADOES INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
TORNADOES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS CAN BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
BECAUSE THEY ARE USUALLY FAST-MOVING AND OBSCURED BY RAIN AND
DARKNESS.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS DEVELOPING
SITUATION. THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE
WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS
TONIGHT.
..COHEN/WEISS.. 04/14/2012
Also weatherdude at DailyKos is keeping a liveblog going that is quite informative:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/14/1083401/-Major-Tornado-Outbreak-Underway-Across-Midwest
If you are in the area, please let us know what is happening and STAY SAFE!!!
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The warnings are in a line from Woodward Oklahoma north east to Great Bend Kansas
appleannie1
Apr 2012
#7
Baseball-Sized Hail, 40 Tornadoes Reported As Dangerous Storms Slam Midwest - MSNBC
WillyT
Apr 2012
#27
I'm in Leavenworth KS tonight! Its stirring outside, no thunder or rain here yet! nt
cecilfirefox
Apr 2012
#32
lol, we're just in the dining room now. I'm the only one here, I'll have an army of animals to try
cecilfirefox
Apr 2012
#37
"Confirmed tornado about to make its way into or very near downtown Wichita."
FourScore
Apr 2012
#44
I 35 S of ICT. And Tornado on ground near Haysville, heading toward Oaklawn. Possible threat to...
uppityperson
Apr 2012
#46
Towards Andover. In E Wichita, moving up Kansas turnpike to NE. SE side of Wichita.
uppityperson
Apr 2012
#48
I shut the feed and tv thing down. Can't watch. Been there, done that, got the fears
uppityperson
Apr 2012
#52