Memorial Day Weekend Outbreak 2008

[CrazyC83]

http://www.news9.com - should be a link there

[Bunkertor]

Whole NOAA is watching TV - no coloured warning on.

[Bunkertor]

This thing is god´s finger for damn sure.

[MGC]

Classic hook echo there in OK. Too bad I'm back in Mississippi as this looks like an excellent storm to chase.....MGC

[brunota2003]

Thanks! And wow...that is impressive. Really scary, too.

[Bunkertor]

That inflow is insane

[Bunkertor]

Tiny MDT-area in OK would have been recommended

[brunota2003]

Saw a powerflash with that large tornado.

[KWT]

That hook is so impressive, also that live footage is very impressive, that wall cloud is rotating like mental and just has dropped a tornado which is getting larger.

[CrazyC83]

TORNADO WARNING
OKC047-242215-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0058.080524T2122Z-080524T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
422 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 422 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF DOUGLAS...MOVING EAST AT 8
MPH. SPOTTERS AND MEDIA STORM TRACKERS ARE CONFIRMING A LARGE
VIOLENT MULTIPLE-VORTEX TORNADO 3 TO 4 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
MARSHALL.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE COVINGTON...DOUGLAS AND HAYWARD.

THIS TORNADO MAY BE OBSCURED BY RAIN AND MAY NOT BE VISIBLE. ABANDON
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE... MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR
STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO... TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY. A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER IS BEST. OTHERWISE...TAKE
COVER IN AN INTERIOR CLOSET OR BATHROOM AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND
WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS AND BLANKETS.

LAT...LON 3642 9746 3617 9746 3618 9784 3627 9785
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 269DEG 7KT 3618 9767

$$

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[RL3AO]

Radar picking up 90kt inbound velocities.

[KWT]

Yep thats the one that we are watching live, its a huge wall cloud that has dropped several tornadoes already, got a strong rotation that is rainwrapped that I guess is that tornado.

[brunota2003]

Wow! Classic multi-wedge tornado

[RL3AO]

Fox News keeps confusing watches and warnings.

[KWT]

Yep its really a classic example of a multi-vortex tornado, big ole thing as well!

[CrazyC83]

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
438 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

OKC047-242215-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-080524T2215Z/
GARFIELD OK-
438 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY...

AT 438 PM CDT...SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT A LARGE... VIOLENT
MULTIPLE-VORTEX TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DOUGLAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE COVINGTON...DOUGLAS AND HAYWARD.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO... TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY. A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER IS BEST. OTHERWISE...TAKE
COVER IN AN INTERIOR CLOSET OR BATHROOM AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND
WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS AND BLANKETS.

LAT...LON 3642 9746 3617 9746 3617 9765 3618 9765
3618 9767 3618 9776 3629 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 242DEG 12KT 3623 9764

$$

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[Bunkertor]

I can´t see anything.

Grantham has got it on the screen - i drives on the bright side while choppers flying through the rainy darkness.

It measures half a mile at least

[Bunkertor]

Warnings maybe needed for the southern Mississippi area - clouds popping already

[wbug1]

Also severe TS warnings in Texas, South Dakota, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, South Carolina and Nebraska.

[RL3AO]