Replies to post #204406 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[F6]

Tornado Emergency for Moore and South Oklahoma City

large violent wedge -- well under an hour after the storm first went up -- easily the most significant of the year so far; probable (E)F5 (live coverage being played on The Weather Channel)

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 692    
 WFUS54 KOUN 202001   
 TOROUN   
 OKC027-087-109-202045-   
 /O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0026.130520T2001Z-130520T2045Z/   
    
 BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED   
 TORNADO WARNING   
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK   
 301 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013   
    
 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A   
    
 * TORNADO WARNING FOR...   
   NORTHWESTERN MCCLAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...   
   SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...   
   NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...   
    
 * UNTIL 345 PM CDT   
        
 * AT 259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM   
   SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO NEAR   
   NEWCASTLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20   
   MPH.   
    
 THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR MOORE AND SOUTH OKLAHOMA CITY.   
    
 IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL   
 SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.   
    
 * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...   
   MIDWEST CITY...MOORE...NEWCASTLE...STANLEY DRAPER LAKE...TINKER AIR   
   FORCE BASE AND VALLEY BROOK.   
    
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...   
    
 THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU   
 CANNOT GET UNDERGROUND GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A   
 STURDY BUILDING NOW.   
    
 TAKE COVER NOW IN A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A STURDY   
 BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS.  

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