The official April 24th tornado thread

[slickdawg]

I think we're gonna see a lot of them today. Them guys in Nomran say so.

[OU-HSV]

in

[OU-HSV]

We're due for some storms. I like watching storms roll in..but could do w/out tornadoes hitting anything other than pastures.

[pb4ou]

yeah and I'm speaking tonight at a chapel service downtown Dallas too. Right when all of this is supposed to be going on.

[Widescreen]

We're due for some storms. I like watching storms roll in..but could do w/out tornadoes hitting anything other than pastures.
Why do you hate pastures? :mad:

[OU-HSV]

Why do you hate pastures? :mad:
Ummm..geeze...They just frustrate me for some reason :O

[Okla-homey]

I have a four hour final tonight and if the roof gets torn off the building, that would be fine by me.:D

Unfortunately perhaps, Tulsa has that severe weather forcefield to protect us.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

Hide.

Ee.

Hole.

[picasso]

yeah and I'm speaking tonight at a chapel service downtown Dallas too. Right when all of this is supposed to be going on.
speaking or preaching? feel free to use my quote if you like.

[pb4ou]

speaking or preaching? feel free to use my quote if you like.

preaching

why? Do you need to get saved? :P

[Jimminy Crimson]

Fraidy hole, fraidy hole, get your hide in the fraidy hole!

[Paperclip]

We were shaking in our beds that night
There were strangers in the streets that night
Preacher cried out hell's been raised
Another hot Oklahoma night
Another hot Oklahoma night
The kind of night where you just sit still
The kind of night where you just don't move
We were shaking in our beds that night
We were shaking in our boots that night
Tornado hit and the roof gave way
Tornado hit and all we could do was pray

[Dio]

I wonder which of my neighbors will be getting new houses this year?

[Fraggle145]

This thread blows! ;)

[Xstnlsooner]

Don't fear the Reaper....






or is it reefer????:P

[SteelClip49]

let's just hope it's not another May 3rd, '99 type night.

What are the chances of Boone's Farm Stadium surviving an F3 like tornado?

[soonerbrat]

Tornado Watch popped up on my computer a few minutes ago...i think we should all go home early

[mdklatt]

Tornado Watch popped up on my computer a few minutes ago...

It's about time they issued some kind of watch. The storms in SW Oklahoma have been going to town for more than an hour now.

[SoonerStormchaser]

Here we go ladies and gentlemen...

A nice lovely squall line is now forming from Del Rio all the way to Oklahoma City.

Dry line initiation at its finest.

[soonerbrat]

I have the Kfor weather thing...they won't let me have the gary england one :mad:

[Fugue]

Here we go ladies and gentlemen...

A nice lovely squall line is now forming from Del Rio all the way to Oklahoma City.

Dry line initiation at its finest.

Isn't this a good thing as far as tornados go?

storms all lined up n chit

[Boarder]

I predict zero to two tornados in the Oklahoma border. None over an F1, even though they will be claimed to be an F3 or more.

[mdklatt]

Isn't this a good thing as far as tornados go?


Define "good". That probably doesn't mean the same thing for you as it does for weather weenies. :D

Squall lines are less favorable for tornados than isolated supercells, and the ones that do form are smaller and don't last as long. Usually if there are going to be supercells, they'll happen before the squall line develops...but not always.

[Ardmore_Sooner]

Holy Hail!

[SoonerStormchaser]

GET VAL ON THE GITNER!


What klatt said is correct. Squall lines are teh succ if you wanna go chasing.

[OU-HSV]

Define "good". That probably doesn't mean the same thing for you as it does for weather weenies. :D

Squall lines are less favorable for tornados than isolated supercells, and the ones that do form are smaller and don't last as long. Usually if there are going to be supercells, they'll happen before the squall line develops...but not always.
But more straight line winds are involved with squall lines, right?

[mdklatt]

But more straight line winds are involved with squall lines, right?

Yes, especially near bow echos.

[Sooner98]

Any predictions on which will be the first Oklahoma county to go under a tornado warning today?

My money is on Caddo.

[OU-HSV]

Yes, especially near bow echos.
Yep. I'm way too into storms to be normal. I probably missed my calling to be a meteorologist. When the storms start brewing, I'm either on my porch watching them come in or I'm watching the local channels track them.

[mdklatt]

Any predictions on which will be the first Oklahoma county to go under a tornado warning today?

My money is on Caddo.

Isn't Gotebo in Caddo County? Always bet on Gotebo.

[OU-HSV]

I'm going w/comanche

[Osce0la]

geez, if the majority of Oklahoma gets as excited about this kind of weather as most on this board do, I really need to move to Oklahoma :D

I always get excited when I hear that this kind of weather is heading our way - and it is cool when I am driving home as the storms are approaching and you can see the storm clouds and stuff off in the distance. I usually just sit and watch it all on TV to see if anyone catches anything worth seeing (we don't have a very good vantage point to see anything from our house)...Meteorology has always fascinated me, especially in the kind of weather you guys are getting...

[1stTimeCaller]

Caddo vs. Stephens in a fight to the death!

[mdklatt]

I'm going w/comanche

That's a good bet, too.

This squall line is just appetizer. There should be more fireworks later this afternoon. If the sun comes out after the line moves through it will get very interesting.

[OUDoc]

geez, if the majority of Oklahoma gets as excited about this kind of weather as most on this board do, I really need to move to Oklahoma :D

I always get excited when I hear that this kind of weather is heading our way - and it is cool when I am driving home as the storms are approaching and you can see the storm clouds and stuff off in the distance. I usually just sit and watch it all on TV to see if anyone catches anything worth seeing (we don't have a very good vantage point to see anything from our house)...Meteorology has always fascinated me, especially in the kind of weather you guys are getting...
Yup. The weather guys will be on every channel for the next several hours, maybe longer if more storms roll in.

[OU-HSV]

Yup. The weather guys will be on every channel for the next several hours, maybe longer if more storms roll in.
And they'll have a lot of people who don't give a crap about the storms *****d off when they break into t.v. shows tonight. But not me.
:pop:

[soonerbrat]

Any predictions on which will be the first Oklahoma county to go under a tornado warning today?

My money is on Caddo.



I'm gonna have to go with Grady

[Osce0la]

I remember a couple of years ago we were having some bad weather and it was approaching American Idol time...The genuises at Fox had the idea to fix it so that the weather guy was in a little box on the screen and AI was in another little box on the other side of the screen. You could hit the sap(?) button to toggle and listen to either the weather or American Idol...

[SleestakSooner]

heading for OKC. Time to hunker down folks. This could be a wild ride today.

[SoonerStormchaser]

SOMEONE GET VAL ON THE GAWDAMN GITNER!


Why? Because I said it would!


Did I mention that I got kicked out of OU's meteorology program for cheating on a Thermo test?

:pop:

[SoonerStormchaser]

Oh man...for a second I thought the "m's" were "b's".

Nevermind.

[Paperclip]

Mig Moobers?

[slickdawg]

Tornado Watch popped up on my computer a few minutes ago...i think we should all go home early


WORD!

[Dio]

Polygon warning? WTF Jed?

[Dio]

Who's the chick w/ Gary?

[Phil]

We were shaking in our beds that night
There were strangers in the streets that night
Preacher cried out hell's been raised
Another hot Oklahoma night
Another hot Oklahoma night
The kind of night where you just sit still
The kind of night where you just don't move
We were shaking in our beds that night
We were shaking in our boots that night
Tornado hit and the roof gave way
Tornado hit and all we could do was pray

How was I to know
What I was to think?
How was I to know
What I was to feel?
How can I explain
What I can't describe?
How can I escape
What I cannot hide?

[achiro]

When the storms start brewing, I'm either on my porch watching them come in or I'm watching the local channels track them.
Sounds like you need a ****ing job!:texan: :D

[I_SMELL_FEAR]

I swear it just rained 4 inches in the last hour. (Payne County)

[slickdawg]

Tarrant County (Ft. Worth) is getting nailed, Dallas hasn't gotten much at all.

I don't think it'll be much at all in Dallas. Collin County might get slobberknocked.

[StormySooner-IN]

How's the Norman bubble holding up down there?:D


My town and a neighboring town have gotten 4 tornadoes this year, 3 in the same day. How has it been going down there?

from your NWS and SPC pages....doesn't look like there has been too much this year. We only had the 4/3 and 4/11 so far in IND.

[GrapevineSooner]

It's a gullywasher here at work right now in beautiful Westlake, Texas.

[StormySooner-IN]

SPC just went HIGH RISK for a portion of Texas.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html

[soonerbrat]

First tornado warnings - Osage & Pawnee


did anyone guess those?

[mdklatt]

First tornado warnings - Osage & Pawnee


did anyone guess those?

Pfft, those won't be anything but gustnadoes. The contest is still on.

[Boarder]

Hmmm, looks like it's doing neither jack nor crap. We had rain. And I think maybe some thunder and lightning. Possibly a bit of wind. Basically, Oklahoma weather.

Luckily, Gary was on the tv the whole time.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

Hmmm, looks like it's doing neither jack nor crap. We had rain. And I think maybe some thunder and lightning. Possibly a bit of wind. Basically, Oklahoma weather.

Luckily, Gary was on the tv the whole time.

weatherportal.door is right every time.

[OU-HSV]

First tornado warnings - Osage & Pawnee


did anyone guess those?
Yep. Im at work watching KOTV.com's live stream coverage online. Sounds like Pawnee may have the makings of a tornado

[OU-HSV]

Sounds like you need a ****ing job!:texan: :D
:D Well, I was saying when I'm at home during storms that's what I do. Right now I'm at work.

[StormySooner-IN]

Y'all really need to do something about the Norman bubble;)

JUst weaken it a little, but not enough to allow tornadoes to wipe out the campus.

Then, as part of phase II, put in ANTI bubbles over Austin and The Boone nosepicken Farm.:texan:

[Xstnlsooner]

I'm in the land of the Wah-zha-zhay, (Osage county to you
fork-tongued whities) they blew the sirens, but all it did
here was rain cats and dogs and donnert und blitzed a lot.

Good rain though, should fill some of the lakes.

[Boarder]

weatherportal.door is right every time.
Yer dern tootin'

[stoops the eternal pimp]

countdown for the dish network to go out..5

[BajaOklahoma]

Our schools are in Collin County. They stopped the middle school from geting on the buses due to heavy rain.
About the time my middle child sent me a message that they were being sent home early due to the tornados. <shaking head> If there had really been a tornado, I would be mad.

[slickdawg]

Radar shows parts of Denton county have 7" of rain today. Collin, Tarrat, 2-3", 4 in spots.

Me? .02

@#$@#%#TF@$%%$$@T#@$T%#


FICK TARD!

[OU-HSV]

I thought those were some weak storms for the hype they got. I guess the weather dudes just got jacked up since it was the first "spring" type storms we've seemed to have this season.

[GrapevineSooner]

Radar shows parts of Denton county have 7" of rain today. Collin, Tarrat, 2-3", 4 in spots.

Me? .02

@#$@#%#TF@$%%$$@T#@$T%#


FICK TARD!

I'll send you some rain from Watauga.

[picasso]

Pfft, those won't be anything but gustnadoes. The contest is still on.
wrong. they just showed video of a funnel north of Pawhuska.

[SoonerGirl06]

Tarrant County (Ft. Worth) is getting nailed, Dallas hasn't gotten much at all.

I don't think it'll be much at all in Dallas. Collin County might get slobberknocked.

We're getting hit pretty hard here in McKinney! Good Lord it hasn't stopped raining for the past hour... hard rain... wind blowing it all over the place... lightening strikes... hellacious thunder....

I hate it when it does this stuff.:(

[GrapevineSooner]

Well, we figured out tonight that my wife, my daughter, myself, and our dog will all fit in the closet.