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Rotation getting pretty strong in the mid levels with these storms to the west.

Stay alert...storm is turning right now.

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Penn Square Mall, virtually all of NWOKC and S. Edmond in the strike zone. Seems like it will go tornadic once it reaches El Reno or Yukon, then head into West OKC.

Yeah I think our Okiesense is in tune and thinking the same thing. This is gonna be bad.

Strong rotation coming right down I-40.

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Tornado warning now

5:36 PM

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El Reno get below ground

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Link to the chat again for those that need it: Live Chat | Weather Spotlight (http://www.weatherspotlight.com/?page_id=40)

Crap... This thing better lift.

Take Cover Now!

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A


* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHEASTERN CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...


* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 6
MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL RENO. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.


THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR YUKON...RICHLAND...WILEY POST
AIRPORT...BETHANY...AND THE VILLAGE...TAKE IMMEDIATE TORNADO
PRECAUTIONS NOW.


IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...DANGEROUS AND EXTREMELY LARGE DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL UP TO SOFTBALL SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.


* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EL RENO...YUKON...BETHANY...MUSTANG...WARR ACRES AND RICHLAND.

El Reno and Union City new hook developing on the back end.

Hey Venture, how is Edmond looking a this point? Tornado. . . Hail???

Looks like it's moving more EAST ... Edmond is not in the path.

Looks like it's moving more EAST ... Edmond is not in the path.Yeah, but is Edmond going to get hail..wind or anything?????, or is Edmond in the clear?

Yeah, but is Edmond going to get hail..wind or anything?????, or is Edmond in the clear?

Panda go into the chat...info there.

So yeah, thanks for telling me that flooding wouldn't be my concern today.

Is there a chat room tonight?

Is there a chat room tonight?

Yes. Live Chat | Weather Spotlight (http://www.weatherspotlight.com/?page_id=40)

I just heard that Mike Bettes and his weather crew, from The Weather Channel have sustained minor injuries after a tornado picked up their vehicle and hurled it a few hundred yards

Well, I think it's safe to say any lingering drought in okc has ended tonight... Lol

Just got out of the cellar in Del City with the family. It was all around but didn't damage anything.

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This storm watch gave me a voracious appetite...ran to the McDonald's at Danforth and Kelly and it was closed :)

Flooding at 29th & Walker:

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BLo6G0SCIAAnJSI.jpg

Area between the downtown library and Devon parking garage:

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Triple point is moving back north. Storms moving back into OKC metro.

Flooding will continue.

Triple point is moving back north. Storms moving back into OKC metro.

Flooding will continue.

Is the tornado threat over?

Yeah, the flooding is affecting more people than the tornadoes and its affecting more people than it would have because people left their homes because of fear.

So yeah, good job Morgan and TWC. <sarc>

INSANE VIDEO!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=veNJBosc6EA

Tornado threat is basically over. Although these storms moving back in do have supercell structure. But everything looks outflow dominant and these are heavy rain and small hail producers.

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard some of the weathermen tell people in OKC to get in their cars and drive south to escape the storms--only to have the storm turn southward. Getting in your car to outrun the storm is probably #3 on the list of things not to do. I'm sure people were injured because of it and the panic they caused. Unbelievable.

Apparently some of the praise heaped upon them this past week is not deserved.

El Reno has over 5 inches of rain.


North OKC has 3.5 inches of rain.
South OKC has 3.75 inches of rain.

These totals are as of about 10:00pm. And it is still coming down.

Downtown is flooded.

I was very worried about the multiple vortex tornado that formed in El Reno turning into an EF4/5 and bulldozing through the metro area. Thank God it weakened as it entered populated areas.

If this triple point of development does not move, OKC could easily see over half a foot of rain tonight.

Stay home tonight, in OKC.

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard some of the weathermen tell people in OKC to get in their cars and drive south to escape the storms--only to have the storm turn southward. Getting in your car to outrun the storm is probably #3 on the list of things not to do. I'm sure people were injured because of it and the panic they caused. Unbelievable.

Apparently some of the praise heaped upon them this past week is not deserved.

Did you hear anybody but Mike Morgan say that? I know he did and couldn't believe it as there were cells close together and one was moving to the SE. It was incredibly irresponsible.

sorry for the double post. The site froze up on me.

So many stupid people driving through high water.

I just don't understand why there are so many people out and about. We have known about this event for 24 hours+.

WTF

Heavy rain moving back through the central and northern Metro. Storms are moving ENE at 45 mph...expect some more hail and a bit of wind - with heavy rain.

I just don't understand why there are so many people out and about. We have known about this event for 24 hours+.

WTF

Some people just don't respect the problems heavy rainfall can cause in this area.

One thing to point out that even as these move north, the cold front will eventually start to move south and models indicates storms to form along it. I would expect mainly hail/wind threat - if that - with any more storms along and behind the front.

Mike just said we have officially had the wettest May on record.

We lost power tonight and this has never happened before. Does anyone know if they will work on it during the rain or will they wait until it lets up to start work? Thanks in advance.

Some people just don't respect the problems heavy rainfall can cause in this area.
...or any area. There were fatalities every heavy rain in Central Texas, quite a few low water crossings and San Antonio seems to flood in even moderate rain. It is an issue up here in the mountains, the "turn around, don't drown" mantra is used in a lot of places for a reason....a lot of people do stupid stuff.

Yeah, the flooding is affecting more people than the tornadoes and its affecting more people than it would have because people left their homes because of fear.

So yeah, good job Morgan and TWC. <sarc>


I blame Mike Morgan for all the people who were sitting ducks on the highways in the middle of the storm. Absolutely.

We lost power tonight and this has never happened before. Does anyone know if they will work on it during the rain or will they wait until it lets up to start work? Thanks in advance.

They will begin working on it immediately once it's safe for crews to do so. They're usually really good about getting power back on as quickly as possible.

I blame Mike Morgan for all the people who were sitting ducks on the highways in the middle of the storm. Absolutely.

He told people to stay off the hiways and only told a few to drive south. Out of the path of a tornado

I blame Mike Morgan for all the people who were sitting ducks on the highways in the middle of the storm. Absolutely.

Sorry to tell you that you can blame someone at ch 9 also for saying the same thing.

Sorry to tell you that you can blame someone at ch 9 also for saying the same thing.

Gary said the same thing? He was griping about all the people in cars when I was listening!

I'm scared to look at the radar to see how much longer this rain is going to last. I got to enjoy my home with all the floors installed for exactly one week. Just one week.

He told people to stay off the hiways and only told a few to drive south. Out of the path of a tornado

Except driving south was not out of the path of the tornado or the storms.

Storms continue to be stubborn and lift slowly to the north. The individual cells are actually got E to ESE however.

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It appears that the "storm plume" is shifting to the north. Where its initial direction was ESE, it's now moving NE, and that's where the future heavy rain seems to be headed (Edmond, Guthrie).

Development point is moving north, should pull swath of storms north of OKC with it here in the next half hour.


Cold front moving through late tonight/early morning could bring another round back in.

Yeah...what's the situation as far as redevelopment goes?

Yeah...what's the situation as far as redevelopment goes?

SVR Watch up for those...which we'll cover in the June thread. I really don't care for these events that happen during the month switchover. LOL

http://www.okctalk.com/current-events-open-topic/34068-oklahoma-severe-weather-discussion-june-2013-a.html#post649624

Flooding at 29th & Walker:

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Luckily we had ou48a to give us this reassurance today.


And voices of reason have said little to noting about flooding as a major threat for OKC today.

Of course everyone in OKC should live on the highest spot to avoid that anyway. Or so I think I heard someone say.