Tulsa NWS WFO getting pounded...

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Tulsa NWS WFO getting pounded...

#1 Postby yoda » Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:41 pm

Three times now they have requested SIREN ACTIVATION for destructive winds over 80 mph...

Latest one is:

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1132 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1128 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
TO 80 MPH. SIREN ACTIVATION IS SUGGESTED.
THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SILOAM
SPRINGS TO 9 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI TO 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SILOAM
SPRINGS...CINCINNATI...GENTRY...LINCOLN...SPRINGTOWN...DECATUR...
STRICKLER...GRAVETTE...HIGHFILL...BLACKBURN...WINSLOW...PRAIRIE
GROVE...HIWASSE...BRENTWOOD...WEST FORK...CAVE SPRINGS...
TONTITOWN...BENTONVILLE...GREENLAND...FARMINGTON...BELLA VISTA...
FAYETTEVILLE...LOWELL...ROGERS...SPRINGDALE...PEA RIDGE...ELKINS...
GARFIELD...GATEWAY AND WAR EAGLE.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR VIOLENT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.
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