David Reimer

The benefit of living in Norman is one doesn't really have to "go out" per say. Just chill at home till 3-4PM. If it looks like storms may pop, drive an hour. Otherwise, continue on your day.

Sunday is crap. High signal from CIPS of severe from OK up to IA, but the tornado output is almost completely blank. Another good day to sit at home (or near it). Veered LLJ, marginal moisture return in terms of depth, and timing issues.

It'll Ben interesting to see what impact, if any, the very warm GOM SSTs have on moisture return.

My concern level is going up for this evening in the Big Country into North Texas. Several high-res models start popping off storms near the warm front. If the HRRR is correct the highest threat will be around the D/FW Metroplex in the middle of a playoff game. Others are a bit further south and west.

This scenario would probably result in a decent severe weather threat for parts of Dixie Alley.

It used to be the same way back on EasternWX many years ago. Not much to talk about in the summer.

Perhaps instead of cluttering a thread that will undoubtedly go in the archive with an off-topic discussion on sheltering practices, it would be better to just create a separate thread for that?

I was around for May 4, 2007 when the Greensburg, KS Tornado struck. I remember seeing an image of the Normalized Rotation (NROT) in 3D and thought it couldn't get any more impressive then that. I was wrong... This is as the tornado was passing over Tuscaloosa. I've never seen such a violent, deep mesocyclone indicated like this before using this product.

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