Half mile wide EF4 tornado on the ground in OK

[olds]

If she wants a safe place to hang out she can come over to my place

She'll probably fare better with a tornado!

 

[MarkXIX]

Where are you at? Looking like 9-12 is the worst time for Kansas City, so I'll be up for that atleast

Manhattan, KS

We had a tornado less than 1/2 mile from my house in 2008 that damaged or destroyed somewhere around 200 houses, businesses, etc.

 

[Away]

Sirens going off in Ardmore. Stay safe if you are in that area.

 

[coxmaster]

Manhattan, KS

We had a tornado less than 1/2 mile from my house in 2008 that damaged or destroyed somewhere around 200 houses, businesses, etc.

Ah, well best of luck to you. I've got lots of friends out there (KSU) too so I hope you guys do alright.

 

[soulcougher73]

Where are you at? Looking like 9-12 is the worst time for Kansas City, so I'll be up for that atleast

Yeah should be a crappy/interesting night.

 

[coxmaster]

Yeah should be a crappy/interesting night.

Definitely. I dont work until like 4pm tomorrow so i'll probably stay up and watch whats happening, its always interesting/exciting. If its not raining too bad I may take some pics too


Edit: Wow..

 

[benzylic]

NWS called city employees and hospitals here today and said they were almost certain we are going to get hit with extremely severe weather on Wednesday, and that they would call again on Thursday to ask how it went.

 

[spidey07]

NWS called city employees and hospitals here today and said they were almost certain we are going to get hit with extremely severe weather on Wednesday, and that they would call again on Thursday to ask how it went.

I'm hearing that from all over. NWS is saying "be prepared for the worst". Something about the collection of conditions are ripe for not just tornadoes, but really strong ones. I have GOT to get my spotter training done.

 

[Away]

Storms moving into the west side of Tulsa now.

 

[DrPizza]

Wow, I wish I had the link; was watching a video on my wife's computer from a storm chaser's vehicle. There were telephone poles being ripped apart all around him... he turned around and drove under a telephone pole (I assume being held in the air by the wires? But the video didn't make that certain) - it looked like it was just hovering above him momentarily.

 

[shiner]

Well that was fun....."circulation feature" went 2 miles South of our house. From what I could hear on the radio they never did say if it was on the ground or not. Lots of marble sized hail on the ground when we came out of the shelter and one of my plum trees is worse for wear. At least that's all we got though.....luckily.

 

[Nintendesert]

This has convinced me to build my house of out reinforced concrete.

 

[benzylic]

Wow, I wish I had the link; was watching a video on my wife's computer from a storm chaser's vehicle. There were telephone poles being ripped apart all around him... he turned around and drove under a telephone pole (I assume being held in the air by the wires? But the video didn't make that certain) - it looked like it was just hovering above him momentarily.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/power-lines-tossed-by-tornado-20728

 

[yh125d]

Well that was fun....."circulation feature" went 2 miles South of our house. From what I could hear on the radio they never did say if it was on the ground or not. Lots of marble sized hail on the ground when we came out of the shelter and one of my plum trees is worse for wear. At least that's all we got though.....luckily.

I work with 3 guys, 2 from haskell and one from council hill. Haven't heard back from them, if the 'nado hit their areas of town

 

[dmcowen674]

It is amazing how dark it gets in the super cells

 

[Binarycow]

we live in Moore (a suburb of OKC) and basically this place is possibly the most tornado-prone spot in the entire world. Yesterday was not a good day. That EF4 was around 15 miles south of us and it was heading our way as you guys were probably watching it on the news. The wife almost fainted. She was from Connecticut and still hasn't gotten used to the crazy weather we get around here in May. Basically, she gave me an ultimatum yesterday after the storm was over: build an indoor storm shelter or she will divorce me. I'm tempted . Looks like I'll have to cough up 3 thousand bucks for the damn bunker. I myself have lived here too long to give a shit about tornadoes.