Tuesday, May 21, 2019 9:13:20 AM
After at least 19 tornadoes, five states bracing for more angry weather Tuesday
A tornado watch was in effect Tuesday for five states, and the National Weather Service warned high winds and hail up to two inches in diameter could pummel the region blasted by at least 19 tornadoes a day earlier.
"Thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes are possible from the middle Mississippi Valley south into the Arklatex today," the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center warned. "Additional daytime storms, capable of producing hail, gusty winds and a couple of tornadoes, will also be possible."
At least some tornadoes, damaging winds and hail are possible Tuesday in parts of Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas and Illinois, said Jared Guyer, lead forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center.
Storms Monday produced golf ball-size hail and strong wind gusts across parts of Texas and Oklahoma. Confirmed tornadoes left damage behind near Mangum, Oklahoma, and Paducah, Texas, Accuweather said.
Although the threat of flash flooding was easing Tuesday, there were still concerns. Eastern parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri may face heavy rainfall issues, said Brian Hurley, senior meteorologist at the Weather Prediction Center.
Tornadoes in sparsely populated areas damaged homes and barns in Oklahoma on Monday, but no injuries were reported.
The severe weather this week comes after a string of wild-weather days across the Midwest last week, when at least 50 reports of tornadoes were logged across the central and southern Plains, AccuWeather said.
One tornado on Monday hit parts of the southwestern Oklahoma town of Mangum. Glynadee Edwards, the Greer County emergency management director, said roofs of homes were damaged and the high school’s agriculture barn was destroyed. The livestock survived, however.
“The pigs are walking around wondering what happened to their house,” she said.
Another tornado severely damaged a house and destroyed a barn in the northern Oklahoma unincorporated community of Lucien.
Schools closed across Oklahoma ahead of the bad weather. Many of the largest school systems in the center of the state (as well as the University of Oklahoma campus) closed all day Monday, which appears to be the first time such a mass closure has occurred in central Oklahoma on the night before severe weather, according to the Weather Underground.
Tinker Air Force Base near Oklahoma City evacuated several planes to other military installations in anticipation of storm damage.
The wild weather Monday will continue a pattern of severe storms that have battered the region: Nearly 40 preliminary tornadoes were reported across Nebraska and Kansas to end this past week, and the severe weather continued on Saturday, AccuWeather said.
Looking ahead, more bad weather is forecast the rest of the month for the central U.S.: "It looks like there is no end in sight to this very active pattern of severe weather into the end of May," AccuWeather Extreme Meteorologist Reed Timmer said.
High heat will also be another big weather story as May continues: As the Memorial Day weekend rolls in, look for a "death ridge" of heat in the Southeast, forecasters warned.
"Extreme heat and very dry conditions for extended period of time. Days 6-10 averages are 8-10°F above normal in the ensemble mean," meteorologist Ryan Maue tweeted. "Huge signal for record highs – and long duration!"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/21/tornado-outbreak-dangerous-violent-severe-weather-forecast-monday/3750684002/
A tornado watch was in effect Tuesday for five states, and the National Weather Service warned high winds and hail up to two inches in diameter could pummel the region blasted by at least 19 tornadoes a day earlier.
"Thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes are possible from the middle Mississippi Valley south into the Arklatex today," the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center warned. "Additional daytime storms, capable of producing hail, gusty winds and a couple of tornadoes, will also be possible."
At least some tornadoes, damaging winds and hail are possible Tuesday in parts of Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas and Illinois, said Jared Guyer, lead forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center.
Storms Monday produced golf ball-size hail and strong wind gusts across parts of Texas and Oklahoma. Confirmed tornadoes left damage behind near Mangum, Oklahoma, and Paducah, Texas, Accuweather said.
Although the threat of flash flooding was easing Tuesday, there were still concerns. Eastern parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri may face heavy rainfall issues, said Brian Hurley, senior meteorologist at the Weather Prediction Center.
Tornadoes in sparsely populated areas damaged homes and barns in Oklahoma on Monday, but no injuries were reported.
The severe weather this week comes after a string of wild-weather days across the Midwest last week, when at least 50 reports of tornadoes were logged across the central and southern Plains, AccuWeather said.
One tornado on Monday hit parts of the southwestern Oklahoma town of Mangum. Glynadee Edwards, the Greer County emergency management director, said roofs of homes were damaged and the high school’s agriculture barn was destroyed. The livestock survived, however.
“The pigs are walking around wondering what happened to their house,” she said.
Another tornado severely damaged a house and destroyed a barn in the northern Oklahoma unincorporated community of Lucien.
Schools closed across Oklahoma ahead of the bad weather. Many of the largest school systems in the center of the state (as well as the University of Oklahoma campus) closed all day Monday, which appears to be the first time such a mass closure has occurred in central Oklahoma on the night before severe weather, according to the Weather Underground.
Tinker Air Force Base near Oklahoma City evacuated several planes to other military installations in anticipation of storm damage.
The wild weather Monday will continue a pattern of severe storms that have battered the region: Nearly 40 preliminary tornadoes were reported across Nebraska and Kansas to end this past week, and the severe weather continued on Saturday, AccuWeather said.
Looking ahead, more bad weather is forecast the rest of the month for the central U.S.: "It looks like there is no end in sight to this very active pattern of severe weather into the end of May," AccuWeather Extreme Meteorologist Reed Timmer said.
High heat will also be another big weather story as May continues: As the Memorial Day weekend rolls in, look for a "death ridge" of heat in the Southeast, forecasters warned.
"Extreme heat and very dry conditions for extended period of time. Days 6-10 averages are 8-10°F above normal in the ensemble mean," meteorologist Ryan Maue tweeted. "Huge signal for record highs – and long duration!"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/21/tornado-outbreak-dangerous-violent-severe-weather-forecast-monday/3750684002/
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