You know when I got back home just now after being to a birthday for 4 hours and saw the page count jump into the twenties I knew something went down.
But a 2 mile wide wedge going through Moore was way outside of what I thought could've happened.
As I said yesterday that city cannot catch a break. Absolutely shocking pictures. There's just NOTHING left. 1999-like levelling. Probably worse.
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@JimCantore: Radio reports of people using social media asking for help to be dug out from rubble. @nbcnightlynews
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Texas Snowman wrote:Mind boggling time-lapse video of the Moore tornado:
http://www.wmctv.com/category/240217/video-landing-page?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=8899079
Ugh, that´s the Rope-Tornado i was reporting. It just switched from rope to wedge in 20 seconds. And i thought i was tracking the "wrong" tornado...
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@THESarahD29: Heart-wrenching & unbelievable... RT @TWCMattSampson: A mass casualty situation in #Moore, #Oklahoma. National Guard activated. #OKwx
Lance West of KFOR just broke up, said he has reason to believe they have found "victims" in the Plaza elementary school. Said a medic put his head down and couldn't confirm.
Lance West of KFOR just broke up, said he has reason to believe they have found "victims" in the Plaza elementary school. Said a medic put his head down and couldn't confirm.
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@ConvectiveWX: RT @JedCastles I've never seen anything like this... Cars thrown on buildings.. ~ Betsy Randolph Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Moore has issued an "All Call" for first responders to assist. I think I saw that that may even be a statewide "All Call."
Moore has issued an "All Call" for first responders to assist. I think I saw that that may even be a statewide "All Call."
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Texas Snowman wrote:@ConvectiveWX: RT @JedCastles I've never seen anything like this... Cars thrown on buildings.. ~ Betsy Randolph Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Moore has issued an "All Call" for first responders to assist. I think I saw that that may even be a statewide "All Call."
Anyone that has first responder credentials and can get on scene, they need. They don't care much what state you're from.
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brunota2003 wrote:"7 critical, 7 serious and 5 in fair condition. One is a child." Preliminary injury status, just from people they've found so far.
Governor told TWC that she expects "many" fatalities.
One OKC weather guy or reporter said he thinks this is 3X worse than the 1999 tornado (he covered that one too).
I've heard that at its widest, it may have been nearly 2 1/2 miles wide. And it had a 1/4 mile wide debris ball on radar.
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CrazyC83 wrote:Hearing that ALL the students in the impacted schools were accounted for!
I'm starting to hear mixed reports again. KFOR reporter said moments ago that he "has reason to believe" that they have found some victims.
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Moore Medical Center took a direct hit, being evacuated.
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Texas Snowman wrote:brunota2003 wrote:"7 critical, 7 serious and 5 in fair condition. One is a child." Preliminary injury status, just from people they've found so far.
Governor told TWC that she expects "many" fatalities.
One OKC weather guy or reporter said he thinks this is 3X worse than the 1999 tornado (he covered that one too).
I've heard that at its widest, it may have been nearly 2 1/2 miles wide. And it had a 1/4 mile wide debris ball on radar.
I agree, there will be many, many, many more injured and/or dead. That was just from who they had found and pulled out so far.
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@StuOstro: Extreme hook echo, debris ball, & 3-D rotation of the #Moore #Oklahoma #tornado My thoughts r w/those affected 
pic.twitter.com/mkswNlSGIL
pic.twitter.com/mkswNlSGIL
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This is in my backyard (I live in the Red River Valley in Denison):
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0732
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0534 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF THE TX/OK RED RIVER VALLEY
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 191...192...
VALID 202234Z - 202330Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 191...192...CONTINUES.
SUMMARY...THE ENVIRONMENT FOR LONG-LIVED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF A
STRONG TORNADO OR TWO APPEAR TO BE MAXIMIZING NEAR THE RED RIVER
OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HRS.
DISCUSSION...22Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS PRESSURE FALLS MAXIMIZING
OVER N-CNTRL TX TO THE E OF THE DRYLINE AND TEMP/DEWPOINT SPREADS
ARE BEGINNING TO LOWER IN THE 10-15 DEG RANGE...SIGNIFYING HIGHER
BOUNDARY LAYER RH AND LOWER LCLS. ADDITIONALLY...SURFACE WINDS ARE
BEGINNING TO BACK SLIGHTLY FROM THE S TO SSE. ALTHOUGH THE 18Z FWD
RAOB SHOWED AN INVERSION LAYER AROUND H85...THE INFLUENCE OF THIS
FEATURE WILL PROBABLY BE LESSENED THROUGH FORCED STORM-SCALE ASCENT.
BECAUSE OF THE VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE AND THE FORECAST
INCREASE IN H85 FLOW /INCREASING LOW LEVEL SHEAR/...THE TORNADO
THREAT APPEARS TO BE INCREASING. IF THE KFWS VWP OBSERVATIONS SHOW
A SIMILAR INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL SHEAR OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS
THE VARIOUS RAP FORECAST SOUNDINGS...A STRONG TORNADO OR TWO IS
POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DMGG WINDS.
..SMITH.. 05/20/2013
ATTN...WFO...FWD...OUN...
LAT...LON 33709772 33769817 33949815 34259714 34179674 33829699
33709772
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0732
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0534 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF THE TX/OK RED RIVER VALLEY
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 191...192...
VALID 202234Z - 202330Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 191...192...CONTINUES.
SUMMARY...THE ENVIRONMENT FOR LONG-LIVED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF A
STRONG TORNADO OR TWO APPEAR TO BE MAXIMIZING NEAR THE RED RIVER
OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HRS.
DISCUSSION...22Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS PRESSURE FALLS MAXIMIZING
OVER N-CNTRL TX TO THE E OF THE DRYLINE AND TEMP/DEWPOINT SPREADS
ARE BEGINNING TO LOWER IN THE 10-15 DEG RANGE...SIGNIFYING HIGHER
BOUNDARY LAYER RH AND LOWER LCLS. ADDITIONALLY...SURFACE WINDS ARE
BEGINNING TO BACK SLIGHTLY FROM THE S TO SSE. ALTHOUGH THE 18Z FWD
RAOB SHOWED AN INVERSION LAYER AROUND H85...THE INFLUENCE OF THIS
FEATURE WILL PROBABLY BE LESSENED THROUGH FORCED STORM-SCALE ASCENT.
BECAUSE OF THE VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE AND THE FORECAST
INCREASE IN H85 FLOW /INCREASING LOW LEVEL SHEAR/...THE TORNADO
THREAT APPEARS TO BE INCREASING. IF THE KFWS VWP OBSERVATIONS SHOW
A SIMILAR INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL SHEAR OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS
THE VARIOUS RAP FORECAST SOUNDINGS...A STRONG TORNADO OR TWO IS
POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DMGG WINDS.
..SMITH.. 05/20/2013
ATTN...WFO...FWD...OUN...
LAT...LON 33709772 33769817 33949815 34259714 34179674 33829699
33709772
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