We have damage!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:57 pm
NWS in Norman is reporting a tornado caused damage to homes near Seymour. More info coming soon I would imagine.
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:59 pm
OH CRAP!! WATCH OUT EVERYONE!! Have seen that report too... have heard possible tornado took off roofs of houses there...
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:59 pm
The tornado near Lake Kemp is... *gulp* rain wrapped. The damage mentioned previously is to homes and power lines.
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:03 pm
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
101 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTLAND COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM
CST...
AT 1245 PM CST THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILE SOUTH OF RISING
STAR. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE
TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF GORMAN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LAT...LON 3235 9894 3218 9882 3231 9854 3246 9870
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
101 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTLAND COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM
CST...
AT 1245 PM CST THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILE SOUTH OF RISING
STAR. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE
TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF GORMAN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LAT...LON 3235 9894 3218 9882 3231 9854 3246 9870
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:04 pm
That's the worst kind of tornado!! This sucks for everyone down there! STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOUSE!! HEAD TO THE BASEMENT IMMEDIATELY AFTER HEARING THUNDER AS THIS SQUALL LINE APPROACHES!!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:07 pm
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1251 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 PM WIND DAMAGE RISING STAR 32.10N 98.97W
03/04/2004 EASTLAND TX LAW ENFORCEMNT
POWER LINES EOWN NEAR RISING STAR
$$
ROBBINS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1251 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 PM WIND DAMAGE RISING STAR 32.10N 98.97W
03/04/2004 EASTLAND TX LAW ENFORCEMNT
POWER LINES EOWN NEAR RISING STAR
$$
ROBBINS
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:07 pm
Stay safe, Garrett!
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:08 pm
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
102 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ARCHER AND WICHITA
COUNTIES...
AT 102 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAMAY TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
WINDTHORST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS PRODUCE
60 MPH WINDS IN ARCHER CITY AND WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE LIKELY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
102 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ARCHER AND WICHITA
COUNTIES...
AT 102 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAMAY TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
WINDTHORST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS PRODUCE
60 MPH WINDS IN ARCHER CITY AND WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE LIKELY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:41 pm
In Bomarton, TX a mobile was overturned onto the highway there. More damage reports are slowly coming in.
1 mi. South of Snyder, OK: .88" hail
1 mi. South of Snyder, OK: .88" hail
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:17 pm
10 miles SE of Haskell, Texas there has been a report of either a tornado or downburst along Lake Stamford. Homes and trailers in this area have extensive damage!!!
Eula, Texas' fire dept. building has been damaged and a high school has been severely damaged in Tuscola, Texas.
Wind and hail reports...
Hail Reports
Time Size Location County State Lat Lon Comments
1643 88 1 S SNYDER KIOWA OK 3464 9895 (MAF)
1700 88 11 SE SAN ANGELO TOM GREEN TX 3133 10032 (SJT)
1839 75 SEYMOUR BAYLOR TX 3360 9926 REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTER. (OKC)
1845 75 5 S THROCKMORTON THROCKMORTON TX 3311 9918 (SJT)
1856 75 3 SW DUNDEE ARCHER TX 3370 9894 (OKC)
1908 88 2 S RANGER ASTLAND TX 3244 9867 (FTW)
1910 88 HARROLD WILBARGER TX 3408 9903 (OKC)
1955 75 HONDO MEDINA TX 2936 9916 (SAT)
1955 75 WAURIKA JEFFERSON OK 3419 9802 SOUTHWEST SIDE OF WAURIKA. (OKC)
WIND REPORTS
91 mph at Sheppard AFB
80 mph in Waurika, OK
Eula, Texas' fire dept. building has been damaged and a high school has been severely damaged in Tuscola, Texas.
Wind and hail reports...
Hail Reports
Time Size Location County State Lat Lon Comments
1643 88 1 S SNYDER KIOWA OK 3464 9895 (MAF)
1700 88 11 SE SAN ANGELO TOM GREEN TX 3133 10032 (SJT)
1839 75 SEYMOUR BAYLOR TX 3360 9926 REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTER. (OKC)
1845 75 5 S THROCKMORTON THROCKMORTON TX 3311 9918 (SJT)
1856 75 3 SW DUNDEE ARCHER TX 3370 9894 (OKC)
1908 88 2 S RANGER ASTLAND TX 3244 9867 (FTW)
1910 88 HARROLD WILBARGER TX 3408 9903 (OKC)
1955 75 HONDO MEDINA TX 2936 9916 (SAT)
1955 75 WAURIKA JEFFERSON OK 3419 9802 SOUTHWEST SIDE OF WAURIKA. (OKC)
WIND REPORTS
91 mph at Sheppard AFB
80 mph in Waurika, OK
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:48 pm
I guess that we're now officially in Severe Weather Season! 
Great work with the reports gang!
Great work with the reports gang!
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:26 pm
Stay safe everyone. Yep. Stephanie... It's here
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:10 pm
Everyone stay safe out there tonight and make sure to heed any warnings that pass your way. This is a dangerous system.
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:41 pm
March is coming in like a lion...and if the rain and storms over Phoenix at this moment are a hint of things to come, the next several days will be active from the Plains on eastward!
As mentioned by others...be safe and keep a watchful eye to the sky.
As mentioned by others...be safe and keep a watchful eye to the sky.
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:59 pm
Rain-wrapped tornadoes are by far the most dangerous from HP (high-precipitation) supercells. Since obtaining a visual confirmation isn't easily done, and generally, once there's visual confirmation, it's generally too late.
HP (high-precipitation) supercells generally occur in the Central/Eastern US where moisture content is the highest ... LP supercells (Low-Precip Supercells) are just that, generate very little in the way of precip and tornadoes can be easily spotted ...
This is directly from the weather prediction website ...
http://www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints/42/
There are three types of supercell thunderstorms: Classic supercells, HP (high precipitation) supercells, and LP (low precipitation supercells). Low level moisture and the value of precipitable water (PW) strongly determines which type of supercell a severe thunderstorm will be. LP supercells in the U.S. primarily occur in the Lee of the Rockies while HP supercells are common in the Eastern Great Plains and eastward. Classic supercells are most common in the Great Plains. The type of severe weather to expect from each of these supercell types is given below:
LP supercells: STRONG STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS (due to a high amount of evaporational cooling as precipitation evaporates into surrounding low and mid-level dry air). LARGE HAIL (low amount of moisture results in a small water loading of the updraft, low PW values (less than 1.00 inch) allows the updraft to be stronger than it otherwise would have been if PW values were high). I have seen cases were an LP supercell produced baseball size hail and no other precipitation. TORNADOES (tornadoes tend to be weaker in association with LP supercells as compared to other supercell types because the forward flank downdraft and rear flank downdrafts are not as well defined and the storm is higher based). Tornadoes, if they do occur, are very visible due to the light amount of precip. LP supercells tend to be higher based than the other supercell types because air must rise to a higher level in the troposphere in order for condensation to occur.
Classic supercells: Give the best indication of a hook echo on Doppler radar. Classic supercells have varying degrees of hail size, tornado strength, and strength of straight-line wind. CAPE (how unstable the atmosphere is) along with PW, freezing level and elevation determines how large hail will grow. Dry air in the mid-levels (large dewpoint depression) along with moisture in the PBL (high dewpoints) result in strong straight-line wind and convective instability. Strong low level speed and directional shear along with high CAPE form a favorable environment for tornadoes.
HP supercells: Have a kidney bean shaped appearance on Doppler radar. These are often termed rain wrapped supercells. Tornadoes are generally more deadly when they are rain wrapped since their approach is unknown until they are right on top of you. Hail tends to be smaller in association with HP supercells than in association with the other supercell types because:
1) CAPE is reduced due to intense water loading
2) freezing levels tend to be higher and elevations lower in association with HP's (compare high plains to Southeast U.S.). Strong straight-line winds are not as common with HP's since moisture extends through a higher depth in the atmosphere. Evaporational cooling and negative buoyancy are lower because the dewpoint depression in the lower and middle troposphere tend to be lower (dewpoints higher).
HP (high-precipitation) supercells generally occur in the Central/Eastern US where moisture content is the highest ... LP supercells (Low-Precip Supercells) are just that, generate very little in the way of precip and tornadoes can be easily spotted ...
This is directly from the weather prediction website ...
http://www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints/42/
There are three types of supercell thunderstorms: Classic supercells, HP (high precipitation) supercells, and LP (low precipitation supercells). Low level moisture and the value of precipitable water (PW) strongly determines which type of supercell a severe thunderstorm will be. LP supercells in the U.S. primarily occur in the Lee of the Rockies while HP supercells are common in the Eastern Great Plains and eastward. Classic supercells are most common in the Great Plains. The type of severe weather to expect from each of these supercell types is given below:
LP supercells: STRONG STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS (due to a high amount of evaporational cooling as precipitation evaporates into surrounding low and mid-level dry air). LARGE HAIL (low amount of moisture results in a small water loading of the updraft, low PW values (less than 1.00 inch) allows the updraft to be stronger than it otherwise would have been if PW values were high). I have seen cases were an LP supercell produced baseball size hail and no other precipitation. TORNADOES (tornadoes tend to be weaker in association with LP supercells as compared to other supercell types because the forward flank downdraft and rear flank downdrafts are not as well defined and the storm is higher based). Tornadoes, if they do occur, are very visible due to the light amount of precip. LP supercells tend to be higher based than the other supercell types because air must rise to a higher level in the troposphere in order for condensation to occur.
Classic supercells: Give the best indication of a hook echo on Doppler radar. Classic supercells have varying degrees of hail size, tornado strength, and strength of straight-line wind. CAPE (how unstable the atmosphere is) along with PW, freezing level and elevation determines how large hail will grow. Dry air in the mid-levels (large dewpoint depression) along with moisture in the PBL (high dewpoints) result in strong straight-line wind and convective instability. Strong low level speed and directional shear along with high CAPE form a favorable environment for tornadoes.
HP supercells: Have a kidney bean shaped appearance on Doppler radar. These are often termed rain wrapped supercells. Tornadoes are generally more deadly when they are rain wrapped since their approach is unknown until they are right on top of you. Hail tends to be smaller in association with HP supercells than in association with the other supercell types because:
1) CAPE is reduced due to intense water loading
2) freezing levels tend to be higher and elevations lower in association with HP's (compare high plains to Southeast U.S.). Strong straight-line winds are not as common with HP's since moisture extends through a higher depth in the atmosphere. Evaporational cooling and negative buoyancy are lower because the dewpoint depression in the lower and middle troposphere tend to be lower (dewpoints higher).
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:23 pm
Thanks for the information on the various types of cells SF! 
I hope everyone is alright!
I hope everyone is alright!
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:29 pm
Stay safe.. Sounds like it was a busy day there
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:36 pm
I hope to dear God that those tornadoes stay FAR AWAY from Virginia!!
I don't need a rain-wrapped tornadic jebwalk LOL!!
-Jeb
I don't need a rain-wrapped tornadic jebwalk LOL!!
-Jeb
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:48 pm
Stay safe my little wxbuddy.
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:09 am
91 mph winds are nothing to mess with! Make sure to take cover AS SOON AS A WARNING IS ISSUED!!! Also stay tuned to all your local media outlets (radio, TV, internet) if a watch is out for your area!!