MN Transplant Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 I'm pretty sure Forbes just said this looks like prior F5s ('74 and others), but bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUGrad05 Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 I'm pretty sure Forbes just said this looks like prior F5s ('74 and others), but bigger. In some spots it may be, there's ground scouring...but the guy on TWC about 5 mins ago talking about it being EF5 damage was standing in an area where grass was still intact and while homes were largely destroyed a couple of them still had one or to interior walls up, etc... EF5's will generally leave nothing on the slab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Guy in TWC just choked up on air talking about possible kids being "removed" from the school.... Absolutely heartbreaking....(I hope it's not true).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ground Scouring Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Those isolated storms developing ENE of Abilene, TX, may mean trouble, given the environment in which they are situated relative to the secondary low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkman Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Don't know if this has been posted but he's a time lapse of the tornado from the helicopter. http://www.wmctv.com/category/240217/video-landing-page?clipId=8899079&autostart=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DopplerWx Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 24 children most likely killed in that elementary school, I'm just so sickened. At a loss for words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkrangers Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 In some spots it may be, there's ground scouring...but the guy on TWC about 5 mins ago talking about it being EF5 damage was standing in an area where grass was still intact and while homes were largely destroyed a couple of them still had one or to interior walls up, etc... EF5's will generally leave nothing on the slab. There looked like plenty of slabs from the air. But this is why we wait for the survey crews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Another tornado video from Moore: That's horrifying footage! ~ especially right at the end with the barren slabs where houses once were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUGrad05 Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 This was north side of Oolagah and about a mile west of US169 on a little county road...the camera couldn't capture what was barely visible with the naked eye and that was the circulation in the distance...it was extremely tough to see right on the horizon/tree line. This is just on the south side of Talala, literally a few blocks south of the main intersection. At this point the tornado is about 4 miles maybe 5 to my east. This was a couple mins later about 2.5 miles from my location and it was turning pretty hard, you could hear it pretty clearly given the distance. Roping out Talala dodged a major bullet here. I would have put this as an EF2 as it was rolling into town on the west. Then if fairly quickly weakened on the west side of town and the tornado itself didn't hardly move it's ground position during the rope out phase. If the storm had kept its track it likely would have moved right through Talala and about .75 miles in front of me. Sorry for the crap quality, FB compresses the snot out of pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needbiggerboat Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Might be too soon to speculate on # of child fatalities. Early and fog of war info is often wrong, even from media. I hope these reports are not the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msp Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 TWC reporting that 10 people have been confirmed dead sounds like that does not include the two dozen kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ground Scouring Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Nothing is left in this section of Moore...even an entire tree has been ripped up, debarked, and thrown or rolled a long distance...note the empty, scarred foundation in the foreground...see 2:42 and afterward: If homes were in that foreground, the scouring is the most complete since Jarrell, TX, on 05/27/1997. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUGrad05 Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 There looked like plenty of slabs from the air. But this is why we wait for the survey crews. Exactly! Some of the air shots looked pretty bad...I don't like all the media hype around "EF5, EF5, EF5!" Maybe it is, maybe it isn't but they hype everything instead of trying to get accurate info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 24 children most likely killed in that elementary school, I'm just so sickened. At a loss for words. This is NOT confimed yet. KFOR is even starting to backtrack, and say 24 unaccounted for, not confirmed dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricaneman Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 That cell that just popped up in OKC needs to be watched for tornadic activity the next hour or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacindc Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Might be too soon to speculate on # of child fatalities. Early and fog of war info is often wrong, even from media. I hope these reports are not the case. Yeah, I don't like that reporting. Wait until an emergency response official says it at a microphone. Other outlets shouldn't be reporting it verbatim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Big storm popped up rapidly over Oklahoma City. Does not appear to be all that dangerous for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojitodd Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Jesus Christ...seven dead at the school-another 20 to 30 possible dead there. Just incomprehensibly awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Posted on Talkweather, just catastrophic damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnno Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Jesus Christ...seven dead at the school-another 20 to 30 possible dead there. Just incomprehensibly awful. they drowned in the basement it sounds like according to kfor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 I think it's best we wait to hear something official about the school.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ground Scouring Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Posted on Talkweather, just catastrophic damage. There are at least 10+ bare slabs in the upper part of the bottom image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUGrad05 Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 This damage is just ridiculous. Very reminiscent of Joplin and 1999 but on a smaller scale than 1999... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 These southern storms are disasters. Driving through Ardmore about 20 minutes ago was the biggest whale's mouth I've ever seen... encompassed about a two-county area. Pretty sure the show's over chase-wise. Sitting on 35 at the RR thinking about just turning around at this point.Yeah agreed. The one looked good for a while but we've been hit by more outflow than anything else today. All three supercells same thing. Next big event I'm just chilling in OKC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Sure it's tornado alley, but nobody above ground is prepared for an EF5 which I'm guessing this will be upgraded to. Also amazing to see significant tornadoes in almost the same spot two days in a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUGrad05 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 TWC doing a great job tonight and love that they are partnering with an OKC station (in this case KFOR) to bring live coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 footage of one of the schools with dozens of cars smashed into it...all mashed into a mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 This is gonna be a problem, Comanche cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 TWC doing a great job tonight and love that they are partnering with an OKC station (in this case KFOR) to bring live coverage.Dr. Forbes on scene. Was he chasing or just in the area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozarkwx Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I have my eye on the TW storm just west of Fayetteville, AR. Given the somewhat strongly worded MD, concerning how primed the atmosphere is, I am starting to get a little concerned. MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0735NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK0653 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF SERN MO / NRN AND W-CNTRL ARCONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...TORNADO WATCH LIKELYVALID 202353Z - 210100ZPROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...95 PERCENTSUMMARY...A NEW TORNADO WATCH WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED DOWNSTREAMFROM THE EXISTING TORNADO WATCHES TO THE WEST.DISCUSSION...SURFACE/UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATES A MOIST/VERYUNSTABLE AIRMASS RESIDES OVER AR AND THE MO OZARKS EARLY THISEVENING. THE 00Z/20 SGF RAOB SHOWS A DEEP/MOIST BOUNDARY LAYERFEATURING A 14.7 MEAN MIXING RATIO...FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS.THE EXPECTED STRENGTHENING OF THE 1-2 KM FLOW OWING TO ANINTENSIFICATION OF THE LOW LEVEL JET THIS EVENING WILL BECOME MOREFAVORABLE FOR STORM ROTATION. AN ADDITIONAL SUPPORTIVE FACTORINCLUDES A MORE FAVORABLE CONVECTIVE MODE AS THE BROKEN CONVECTIVEBAND OF STORMS OVER ERN OK AND SWRN MO WOULD AT LEAST PROVIDEOPPORTUNITY FOR LONGER TRACK SUPERCELLS TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES PRIORTO UPSCALE GROWTH INTO A LINEAR MCS. AS A RESULT...SOME SUPERCELLTORNADO THREAT IN ADDITION TO DMGG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...WILLINCREASE THIS EVENING OVER AR AND SRN MO...SMITH/CORFIDI.. 05/20/2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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