Outflow boundary setting up near norman and sagging southward a bit. could modify over the next hour or two and make things get real interesting around the Katie-Norman area.
Theoretical target: Pauls Valley
Excellent verification page from the Easter outbreak can be found here:
https://cams.nssl.noaa.gov/comparisons/?dataset=det_cams_00&comparison=cref_uh§or=spc_se&date=20200412&daily_time=0000
I'm getting increasingly concerned about the I-35 corridor from Fort Worth up to OKC. 21z RAP shows this area (OKC in particular) in an extremely favorable area of ascent (left exit jet region) during peak instability + dryline initiation. Just seems like an event that could "overperform" compared to current expectations with a rogue supercell or two going gangbusters. Low level lapse rates are formidable on HRRR and RAP forecast soundings as well. IDK
The thing that is interesting to me is the timing. If it goes though early (12z or so) and the atmosphere can recover somewhat, couldn't we look at local hotspots with modifying outflow boundaries?
Figured it's time to start another thread (this is exhausting to see round after round of severe wx in the southeast) after seeing the last few runs of the UKmet, and the 0z NAM tonight.
I think the tornado may have been very short lived, but the debris was on the way up and spread out after it lifted. Vrot was around 36 knots for a few scans in a fairly tight circulation.
"The greatest chance for a regional
cluster of tornadoes is forecast from just southeast of Jackson,
Mississippi and Hattiesburg, Mississippi eastward across southwest
and south-central Alabama."