2008 Severe Weather Thread

[Bunkertor]

Yikes. 15H tornado, 45 hail.

Is Mr. Bean, er, Mr. Fish still out on the prairies of America?

Actual severe weather will put all the bier and busen talk on hold for a while, I fear.

I bet, it´ll keep going until 1st Tornado watch, ha !


Insider for your Oktoberfest fly-in: This is called " Hoiz for der Hütt´n " (hard core bavarian slang)

I should boycott the Oktoberfest, because 10 € for a beer ist by far to much.

[senorpepr]

Hm, could we switch personalities or could i rent your NE-appartment ? So i could escape .

Where will you move, if you don´t mind my question. I´m just interested.

I'll be in the Kaiserslautern area, near Sembach.


The "severe weather" event around these parts was sort of dull. The line weakened on it's approach to Omaha. We did get a nice rain from it, a little but of thunder, and a distant lightshow.

[Bunkertor]

Watch those swiss scientist collecting hail...10th pic or so.

http://www.meteomedia.ch/usa08/20080505/20080505.html

[Ed Mahmoud]

DFW area at South edge of a tornado watch.

Not a bad sounding for severe weather, but an hour or two of at least partial sun, and temps above 80ºF (26.5ºC) will probably make all the difference in getting severe storms.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Reflectivity seems to suggest dry line entering Tarrant county now. Storms better pop quickly if DFW area is going to see any action.


Further South, a little enhanced cumulus in the Eastern Hill Country, maybe a combination of gentle upsloping terrain and the dry line.

86ºF toasty degrees (30º) with a dewpoint of 69ºF (21ºC) at San Marcos, Texas.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Looking at ABI and SPS conditions, the dry line is bulging out toward Fort Worth, but connects with an area of low pressure near Wichita Falls, and near the triple point, a tornado seems to have formed.


BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
258 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN THROCKMORTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 256 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WEINERT...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF HASKELL...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
NORTHEASTERN HASKELL AND NORTHWESTERN THROCKMORTON COUNTIES.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Funnel cloud reported over Southeast casper, Wyoming.


Radar loop

[gboudx]

Possible tornado near Anna in Collin County Texas.

[MGC]

I am currently in Norman OK on a work assignment. I'm watching the tornado coverage on OKC TV of a possible tornado over north Oklahoma City. Gary England is tracking the storm. A chaser is driving to intercept the radar indicated rotation. They are now reporting damage on the ground so a tornado is on the ground in OKC.......MGC

[MGC]

Chaser reports that the OKC tornado is wraped in rain. Tornado is crossing I-35 at this time....MGC

[MGC]

Reports of trees down and power flashes in area north of downtown OKC......MGC

[gboudx]

Dryline is pushing thru eastern Dallas suburbs right now. There have been no t-storms or even showers with this event. Only south near Waco and the far northern suburbs where the tornado warning was near Anna.

[MGC]

OKC tornado appears to be disipating.....MGC

[Bunkertor]

Hm, just thought that will be it but SPC suggests increasing activity in
N / NE / OK and AR areas, but the cap at shv is enormous.

[TexasStooge]

Last night some of the North Texas areas including DFW has dodged the severe weather...but the Red River areas of Texas to Oklahoma City weren't so lucky.

[Ed Mahmoud]

TWC had home video of an impressive wedge in Henderson County.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Early start...

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
822 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

MSC081-081330-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0115.000000T0000Z-080508T1330Z/
LEE MS-
822 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR LEE
COUNTY...

AT 822 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BARNES CROSSING...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
TUPELO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GUNTOWN
AND PRATTS FRIENDSHIP.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
826 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT

* AT 826 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
SALTILLO...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUPELO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH. THIS TORNADO HAS PRODUCED DAMAGE NEAR THE TUPELO AIRPORT.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GUNTOWN...PRATTS FRIENDSHIP...MANTACHIE...SANDY SPRINGS...
FAIRVIEW...TISHOMINGO AND BELMONT.

Radar Loop

[Weatherfreak14]

These are all take trom the Tupleo Area.

[Bunkertor]

Two watch areas + 4 MD´s. Situation for AL looks serious. I´d go to MDT risk there !

[hiflyer]

http://media.myfoxal.com/live/index.html

Live feed from BHM...looks like there is about 3-4 possible rotations in the area