needbiggerboat Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Uh ok then Lance West @lancewest 3m3 minutes ago Tiger Safari in Tuttle, OK was hit by the storm. Wild animals have escaped. Do NOT leave your homes. #BREAKING @kfor significant risk of tignados Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 KOKC 070252Z 08016G31KT 1 3/4SM R35R/5000VP6000FT +TSRA BR SCT024 BKN030CB OVC070 18/17 A2983 RMK AO2 PK WND 05045/0223 WSHFT 0140 SLP089 CONS LTGCGICCC OHD-ALQDS TS OHD-ALQDS MOV E P0116 60603 T01830172 53001 $ A bit over 6" of rain in 6 hours at Will Rogers Airport, though almost all of that has fallen in the last 3 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 significant risk of tignados Between the flooding & escaped animals... Tigernado vs Sharknado.. Who wins?! Or do they merge and become tigersharknado? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Wow gridlock on most major roads around OKC and I-35 at US-77 closed in Norman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high risk Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 KFOR now reporting that all tigers are back in enclosures and are ok. very happy to hear this, as this had potential to end really badly for people and tigers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolltide_130 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Large tornado reported west of Throckmorton, Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Strong rotation coming right in on Benjamin, TX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey_mountain_vols Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Living in Tulsa I've kinda accepted the fact that whatever happens happens. Thankfully I've been blessed enough to not be hit by all this lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 THROCKMORTON TX-1036 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN THROCKMORTONCOUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...AT 1032 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADOWAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF THROCKMORTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT15 MPH.HAZARD...TORNADO AND SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL. HAIL...4.25IN and an elephant trunk: 0325 - 3 SSW WASHINGTON WASHINGTON KS - 3978 9707 STORM CHASER REPORTED A CONE SHAPE TORNADO ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WASHINGTON. RADAR SHOWS THE STORM HEADING IN THAT GENERAL DIRECTION. (TOP) 0336 - 3 NW WASHINGTON WASHINGTON KS - 3985 9709 ELEPHANT TRUNK TORNADO (TOP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 another tornado warning, just south of lincoln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needbiggerboat Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Between the flooding & escaped animals... Tigernado vs Sharknado.. Who wins?! Or do they merge and become tigersharknado? Tigersharknado is the rarest expression of the -nado phenomena. The F5 if you will of nados everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT... AT 1047 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLLENBERG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Up to 50 prelim unfiltered tornado reports per SPC page. First 50+ tornado report day since 4/28/14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Don't look now but the complex that caused the flooding in OKC... is now a pretty good-looking discrete sup with a decent couplet near Seminole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Don't look now but the complex that caused the flooding in OKC... is now a pretty good-looking discrete sup with a decent couplet near Seminole. so this turned into a supercell again after turning into junk? This is truly an unusual severe weather day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Don't look now but the complex that caused the flooding in OKC... is now a pretty good-looking discrete sup with a decent couplet near Seminole. Shades of 5/10/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Looks like 12 injuries, 2 critical from that mobile home park, in what I'm assuming was that brief tornado in SE OK earlier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 There have been 144 tornado warnings issued today, according to NWS GIS/Warning Polygons http://www.nws.noaa.gov/regsci/gis/today.html note: this number keeps going up every hour. I think that's more tornado warnings than were issued on 4/14/2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted May 7, 2015 Author Share Posted May 7, 2015 Captured this guy, a likely significant tornado, just west of Wichita. (The photos here show the tornado weakening, especially the last two) I believe it touched down near Mount Hope at or shortly before 5:00 p.m. The series of photos below begin at about 5:10 p.m. (just before the debris filled tornado crossed US-50), to 5:13 and 5:15 p.m. as the tornado rather quickly dissipated. I'm working on getting some HD video footage up. It's still processing. Also have a few telephoto shots of when the storm was wedging out early on. This was quite a storm to chase, especially with a fairly vibrant rainbow visible on the horizon for most of the tornado's life cycle. I'm posting this from my phone, so hopefully nothing goofy happens with the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 There have been 144 tornado warnings issued today, according to NWS GIS/Warning Polygons http://www.nws.noaa.gov/regsci/gis/today.html note: this number keeps going up every hour. I think that's more tornado warnings than were issued on 4/14/2012 yep if 144 is right. 139 April 14 2012. http://www.ustornadoes.com/2013/04/14/map-april-14-15-2012-tornado-outbreak/ not sure it'll get to those tor numbers... 85 on the 14th.. but pretty high end even by non boring few years standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Captured this guy, a likely significant tornado, just west of Wichita. (The photos here show the tornado weakening, especially the last two) I believe it touched down near Mount Hope at or shortly before 5:00 p.m. The series of photos below begin at about 5:10 p.m. (just before the debris filled tornado crossed US-50), to 5:13 and 5:15 p.m. as the tornado rather quickly dissipated. Great pics. This tornado produced substantial damage in the Mount Hope area. I saw a couple of photos of a farm house completely wiped with only the basement left and several other homes severely damaged in the area. Have seen some videos of it and certainly appeared strong/violent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 this one in ks has that look of a violent tor at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 That was likely the longest lived tornado of the day there, had a huge TDS and debris ball on reflectivity at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Foundation is bare but contextual damage is a bit lacking. Would like some clearer pictures of the surrounding area. There's plenty of context. Trees around the site appear more or less mutilated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese007 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Severe watch issued for the northern part of the DFW metroplex. Didn't see that coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Request that we maybe move tomorrow's threat to the 5/8-10 thread since that's the start of a new system's influence and we already have the 5/6 tornado outbreak to discuss in this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Two photos of a home levelled down to the basement near Belleville, KS (presumably from the tornado Ian posted video of above). Via Jade DeGood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted May 7, 2015 Author Share Posted May 7, 2015 Request that we maybe move tomorrow's threat to the 5/8-10 thread since that's the start of a new system's influence and we already have the 5/6 tornado outbreak to discuss in this one. I was thinking about that and think it's a good call. Title reflects change. Also, a raw cut of my chase on the Mount Hope-Halstead, KS tornado: 0:51 tornado comes into clear view 2:36 tornado crosses US-50 6:02 tornado is beginning to rope out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Woman found drowned in Storm Shelter: http://www.koco.com/news/police-person-drowned-in-storm-shelter/32862730 The underground shelters do have a habit of floating, especially the lighter made ones (pic not related to above story): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 It was apparently an old well house, not a real storm shelter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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