Dangerous night ahead
Here is incredible video from the storms out of Colorado. Here is the story after you view the video.
This is a very powerful and destructive storm system that will be with us over the next several days. Please watch your local weather stations tonight and be safe if you live across the Midsection.
Latest watches and warnings here
The Storm Prediction Center is forecasting a major severe weather outbreak today and/or tonight. Details below.
STATEMENT:
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1143 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008
…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT…
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES…LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS
OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
NORTHEAST COLORADO
WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA
FAR NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
ELSEWHERE…SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND
MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN
OKLAHOMA/THE FAR EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.
AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER
THE GREAT BASIN TODAY…WHICH WILL INCREASE WINDS ALOFT OVER THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. A VERY WARM AND HUMID SURFACE AIR
MASS IS ALREADY OVERSPREADING MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS…AND THE
MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE NORTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY.
THIS WILL RESULT IN A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS EAST OF A SURFACE DRY
LINE WHICH WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE HIGH
PLAINS. CONDITIONS APPEAR RIPE FOR VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON OVER THIS REGION…WITH WIND CHANGES WITH HEIGHT FAVORING
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO
ACCOMPANY THE MORE INTENSE STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS…WITH CONTINUED THREAT OF LARGE
HAIL.
THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS 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 LATER TODAY.
..LEVIT/EVANS.. 05/22/2008
Hello everyone……..
Here is the image of the tornado on doppler radar…..
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/bou/?n=tor_radar_052208
This is called a hook echo and it is the “signature” that is used to identfy
a tornado on radar. By the way, this is one of the most clearly identified
hook echos that I have seen in quite a while. Unfortunately one person
was killed by this tornado.
Sunny in Colorado
Thats awesome Sunny! It was an incredible day in terms of powerful, mind-boggling storms!
I always stop and pause when you post warnings like that on the blog Janice…This year its like the next day is full of stories in the news about devastation….
Can you imagine how even just a few decades ago…(if that long even)…we didnt have such detailed and specific warnings so readily available?
For us here in NE we are looking at a great weekend weather-wise…starting to pick up tomorrow…
Kinda a mind-twist ya know?…I’ll be busy at work all weekend and its very possible (probable?) that there may be others losing everything they have if not their own lives or the lives of those they love and know…
Whatta mind twist….
And I am most likely going to be too busy in my part of the country to really know and hear alot about it….
hmmm
Hard to know what to feel sometimes….
Well, we just have to appreciate life when we can, right Dawn? I know you do exactly that!
Have a great weekend…try not to work too hard (although it sounds like you love what you do!)
Sunny…That hook echo…Im not to clear…Is that a tornado already? or one in formation? Or an indication one may be forming?
Or all the above??
How much time from seeing somehting like that on radar before one forms??
It’s a signature we look at on radar to identify tornadoes…it’s pretty facinating!
My god that footage….I look at that and I think of storm chasers and all I can think is why would anyone what to get near such a monster-like thing?
Wenchie…….
When you see a hook echo like that one, most likely the tornado has already formed, at least up in the cloud, the question then becomes, will it touch down. In this case, what you are looking at the a true signature of the Tornado that is already on the ground.
Sunny
Excellent explanation Sunny! Thank you…
Scary stuff………have a great weekend Goddess,
Be safe out there if you are driving anywhere……..if you can afford the gas
I’m staying put Luis! I love the city when everyone has left!
Janice….Can you help with something??…I caught the tail end of an interview Brian Kilmeade did with a (former?) serviceman (he is African American of pretty high rank)….They were promoting his book that he has written on leadership…
But I didnt catch the man’s name or the name of the book….UGH…but it grabbed my intent interest…
I checked the Fox website but I cant find anything on it….Any idea of where I can find the info??…
Thanks
Do u know what time it was on Dawn? I’ve asked a couple of people, but I can’t come up with anything…
Before 8am I think??
Or was it after 830?
Oh I wish I could remember…
I saw an incredable photo on ureport on Friday Fox and Friends show of a wall cloud over a farm house in rural Kansas but I can’t seem to find it now. Can you help me locate it?
Thanks Pat