High Risk Of Severe Weather In The Plains - May 10, 2010

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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1115 AM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG...POTENTIALLY LONG-TRACK
TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
PARTS OF WESTERN MISSOURI
CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM SOUTHERN NEBRASKA
TO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SOUTHWARD TO PARTS OF TEXAS.

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING VERY UNSTABLE
NEAR AN AREA OF DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL
PLAINS. AS AN ASSOCIATED WEATHER DISTURBANCE PROGRESSES EAST OF THE
ROCKIES TODAY...HIGH POTENTIAL APPEARS TO EXIST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SEVERE STORMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
STRONG TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND VERY LARGE HAIL...AIDED
BY STRENGTHENING WIND FIELDS AND SHEAR.

STRONGEST STORMS MAY FIRST FORM ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN KANSAS AND
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE CONTINUING EASTWARD
AND INCREASING IN NUMBER AND STRENGTH ACROSS PARTS OF KANSAS AND
OKLAHOMA...TOWARD THE OZARKS...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS POTENTIALLY
VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO
REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO
RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE
WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER TODAY.

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5 dead as tornadoes rip through Southern Plains

NORMAN, Okla. – Tornadoes ripped through parts of the Southern Plains on Monday in an outbreak of violent weather that killed five people, tossed cars off highways, flipped mobile homes and sent baseball-size hail crashing through windshields, officials said.

Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management spokesman Jerry Lojka said two people were killed Oklahoma City and three were killed in Cleveland County, which is south of the city. The agency did not have any additional details, including how the people died.


Officials reported that at least 58 others suffered injuries throughout Oklahoma in the daylong onslaught. Two of the injuries were critical. In some neighborhoods in Oklahoma City, emergency workers were going door to door to make sure everyone was accounted for.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_spring_storms

May the Lord be with everybody affected, in Jesus' Name, amen.
 
Prayers for all my friends and family in Oklahoma and the Midwest. My cousins son and family live in Norman, friend in Moore and many friends in Oklahoma City!! May God watch over them as these severe storms unleash their fury!
 
another day today of severe storm predictions for much of the same area....everyone nearby please keep tuned to media outlets for updated information
 

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