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Storms Intensifying Southwest of Oklahoma City
These storms will lift north northeast toward the Binger area. These storms should pass northwest and west of the OKC metro area. The storms are moving into an area that is more favorable for tornadic development. The storm southwest of … Continue reading
Wedge Tornado in Western Oklahoma
The supercell in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma is producing a wedge tornado 7 miles NNE of Crawford, Oklahoma… Expect lots of significant tornado reports from Oklahoma into southern Kansas into the evening…
Fly By
Darren Gilbreath took this great photo of the fly by prior to the Aaron’s 499 this afternoon in Talladega. Thanks Darren
Tornado Warning for Andover
Almost eighteen years to the hour, the area that experienced the 1991 F5 tornado is under the gun again. 977 WFUS53 KICT 262031 TORICT KSC015-173-262115- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0017.090426T2031Z-090426T2115Z/ BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 331 PM … Continue reading
Severe Weather Outbreak Today over Plains States
It’s going to be an active severe weather day over a wide area from Texas to Wisconsin. The SPC has a high risk for severe weather over southern Kansas and western Oklahoma. A moderate risk area extends from eastern Kansas … Continue reading
Local NWA Chapter Welcomes Executive Director
The Central Alabama Chapter of the National Weather Association welcomed NWA Executive Director Steve Harned to its quarterly meeting April 23rd. Mr. Harned was in Birmingham to scout hotels and other facilities in the Magic City to help him make … Continue reading
The Andover Tornado
The tornado touched down about 1.5 miles south southeast of Clearwater, Kansas about 6:10 p.m. CDT on April 26, 1991. It uprooted trees along a narrow path near the banks of the Ninnesecah River. Early in its life, the tornado … Continue reading
Live Coverage From Kansas City
Here is live streaming coverage from Kansas City where some significant tornado damage has been reported about 45 minutes ago…
Chaser Video from Last Sunday…
Here are some more videos from Terry Sasser’s storm chase of last Sunday in Shelby County… This was along I-65 between Pelham and Alabaster as the EF0 was hitting: Here is an additional one… Here is Terry’s personal YouTube page.
The Weather Notebook
…Hurricane names retired: Gustav, Ike and Paloma have been retired from the list of tropical cyclone names for the Atlantic. Gustav caused serious damage in Louisiana. Ike was a huge hurricane that brought tremendous devastation to the Texas coast. Paloma … Continue reading
