DANGER: SEVERE STORMS EXPLODING!

Severe storms are rapidly firing up across central Oklahoma. Forecasts are leaning more and more towards a significant outbreak of severe weather, including violent and potentially long-lived tornadoes and very large, destructive hail, across central and northeastern Oklahoma beginning NOW and lasting until at least 8 pm. This includes the Oklahoma City metro area and areas that were hit with strong tornadoes in last week’s outbreak. Please do not panic! Be prepared, have plan of action now, and be ready to enact your plan once severe weather strikes. The best place to be during a violent tornado is underground. If you have a storm shelter or know of one nearby, you are best to utilize it.

WARNING: DANGEROUS SITUATION AHEAD!

Forecasts are leaning more and more towards a significant outbreak of severe weather, including violent and potentially long-lived tornadoes and very large, destructive hail, across central and northeastern Oklahoma later this afternoon, beginning around 4 pm and lasting until at least 8 pm. This includes the Oklahoma City metro area and areas that were hit with strong tornadoes in last week’s outbreak. Please do not panic! Be prepared, have plan of action now, and be ready to enact your plan once severe weather strikes. The best place to be during a violent tornado is underground. If you have a storm shelter or know of one nearby, you are best to utilize it.

Severe Weather: It's Not Over Yet!

Unfortunately, we are expecting more severe weather today across parts of the state, following a very active past couple of days. This is due to a slow-moving weather system. With a surface low supporting rising motion currently in place over the Oklahoma-Kansas border, warm, moist air continuing to interact with cool, dry air, and strong winds that are turning with height, storms capable of producing tornadoes, very large hail, and damaging winds are possible for yet another day across Oklahoma, mainly in the central and eastern portions of the state. Yesterday, we had reports of at least three tornadoes touch down in Oklahoma, including one in Broken Arrow, a suburb of Tulsa, which caused some damage and injuries. Numerous hail and damaging wind reports were also recorded, along with a couple of instances of flooding.

ALERT: More Severe Weather Firing Up Today

ATTENTION: A TORNADO WATCH is in effect for a large portion of central and eastern Oklahoma until 10 PM CDT. Supercell thunderstorms are currently firing up around the Oklahoma City metro area, as today is the third day of another multi-day severe weather outbreak across Oklahoma and the Plains. We are watching out for more severe weather today, primarily in central and eastern Oklahoma as the dry line pushes eastward. Yesterday, the tornado threat was kept to a minimum across Oklahoma. According to the National Weather Service Storm Report page, only one tornado was reported in the state, which touched down about 11 miles south-southeast of Sayre, OK in the western part of the state. On the contrary, we had numerous reports of strong wind gusts, some wind damage, and hail from severe thunderstorms that rolled through the state yesterday evening through the overnight hours.

ALERT: Significant Chance for Severe Weather Today

The environment was more stable over Oklahoma yesterday than we were anticipating, thus leading to limited thunderstorm development. We had some strong to severe storms in far northwest Oklahoma and the panhandle in the evening, but those quickly moved towards the northeast into Kansas. The rest of the state saw no action. This does not mean the threat is over! Today we are dealing with an environment that is much more unstable and supportive of dangerous supercell thunderstorms, enhanced by daytime heating and strong upper-level winds. We will also have a trough and associated cold front interact with warm, moist air surging northward from the Gulf of Mexico and a surface low move right over the Oklahoma panhandle. Additionally, a dry line will be in place in the Texas panhandle tonight and will move quite slowly eastward over the next few days, allowing violent thunderstorms to fire up ahead of it during the afternoon and evening hours not only today but for the next few days, thus providing for a multi-day threat for the state of Oklahoma and surrounding Plains states that will last through at least Friday.

Another Round of Severe Weather This Week

BEWARE: We are watching out for more severe weather this week as the “ingredients” all come together once again: warm, moist air surging northward from the Gulf of Mexico, an advancing trough and associated cold front from the west, and a surface low near the Oklahoma-Kansas border. Additionally, a dry line will be in place in western Oklahoma along the Oklahoma-Texas border and will move quite slowly eastward over the next few days, allowing violent thunderstorms to fire up during the afternoon and evening hours. This will, again, provide for a multi-day threat for the state of Oklahoma and surrounding Plains states that will last through at least Friday.

Memorial Weekend Forecast

The holiday weekend has finally arrived, and we hope you enjoy it. For those of you staying in Oklahoma for the long weekend, we have your forecast right here. Despite a slight chance for thunderstorms in the early part of the weekend, conditions should otherwise be quite pleasant, with partly cloudy skies and temperatures right around normal for this time of year. We will now step through the next few days one at a time, but here is a quick overview first.