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#361 Postby Cyclenall » Mon May 20, 2013 3:41 pm

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
333 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

OKC027-109-202045-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-130520T2045Z/
OKLAHOMA OK-CLEVELAND OK-
333 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES...

...THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA CITY...

AT 329 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
LOCATED NEAR STANLEY DRAPER LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL
SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STANLEY DRAPER LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU
CANNOT GET UNDERGROUND GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A
STURDY BUILDING NOW.

TAKE COVER NOW IN A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A STURDY
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS.
&&

LAT...LON 3529 9744 3536 9747 3545 9737 3527 9728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 258DEG 23KT 3534 9741

$$
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Some of the first images of damage:

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:shocked!: :shocked!: :shocked!: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

That's EF5 damage, that's it.
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Re: Discussion of Severe Outbreak for May 18-19-20-21

#362 Postby caneseddy » Mon May 20, 2013 3:44 pm

OMG.....News 9 showing footage of damage on SW 134th Street and Santa Fe.....just like Tuscaloosa
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#363 Postby EF-5bigj » Mon May 20, 2013 3:45 pm

:eek: my gosh that is just complete destruction.
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#364 Postby Bunkertor » Mon May 20, 2013 3:45 pm

Man imagine your house has not a single scratch and your neighbors´ looks like a pile of crap
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Re: Discussion of Severe Outbreak for May 18-19-20-21

#365 Postby caneseddy » Mon May 20, 2013 3:46 pm

Live aerials on News 9....just devastation.
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#366 Postby EF-5bigj » Mon May 20, 2013 3:47 pm

The school is gone...
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Re: Discussion of Severe Outbreak for May 18-19-20-21

#367 Postby Cyclenall » Mon May 20, 2013 3:48 pm

caneseddy wrote:Live aerials on News 9....just devastation.

Yes, not localized in the slightest, looks like a atomic bomb went off.
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#368 Postby Cyclenall » Mon May 20, 2013 3:49 pm

CNN heli pilot saying "another school is trashed". Good lord.
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#369 Postby CrazyC83 » Mon May 20, 2013 3:50 pm

That looks like EF-6 damage.
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#370 Postby EF-5bigj » Mon May 20, 2013 3:50 pm

Prayers for those affected but my gosh...
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#371 Postby yzerfan » Mon May 20, 2013 3:52 pm

Weathert channel has KFOR helicopter shots. It really does look like Tuscaloosa. Hope those schools had alsready sent students home for the day instead of holding the kids there.
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#372 Postby Texas Snowman » Mon May 20, 2013 3:52 pm

OKC news helicopter pilot sounds like he is almost in tears. Says he is looking at two schools that are "trashed...just gone." Unthinkable day unfolding.

This may be Joplin on steroids.
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#373 Postby EF-5bigj » Mon May 20, 2013 3:53 pm

This maybe the most violent tornado I have ever seen.
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#374 Postby CrazyC83 » Mon May 20, 2013 3:53 pm

Would Moore be the first city to ever have multiple F5/EF5 tornadoes hit?
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#375 Postby artist » Mon May 20, 2013 3:54 pm

Plaza Towers Elem. School. Heard from family, said kids are trapped and they are trying to figure out how to get through the debris to get them out.
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#376 Postby brunota2003 » Mon May 20, 2013 3:55 pm

I watched this on Fox News, they left the helicopter footage up from start to end. Just incredible. I saw a lot of EF-3 damage, quite a bit of EF-4 damage and maybe some EF-5. Definitely at least upper EF-4.
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#377 Postby psyclone » Mon May 20, 2013 3:55 pm

Does anyone know if this tornado impacted Tinker AFB?
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#378 Postby Bunkertor » Mon May 20, 2013 3:55 pm

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Re: Discussion of Severe Outbreak for May 18-19-20-21

#379 Postby cycloneye » Mon May 20, 2013 3:56 pm

A moment of silence for all the victims and survivors.
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#380 Postby CrazyC83 » Mon May 20, 2013 3:56 pm

psyclone wrote:Does anyone know if this tornado impacted Tinker AFB?


Likely lifted as it approached. Cycling now and about to touch down again near Choctaw Road.
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