Both senators from Oklahoma, James Inhofe and Tom Coburn, voted against Hurricane Sandy relief. I sure hope they don't come looking to taxpayers to help out the good people of their state .
That sure would be hypocritical of them, don't ya think?
11/17/2013 Convective Outlook - High Risk of Severe Thunderstorms/Tornadoes
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1152 PM CST SAT NOV 16 2013
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF ERN IL...IND AND FAR SW LOWER MI...
...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF IL...LOWER MI...OH...IND...KY AND WRN TN......
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE MID TO UPPER MS VALLEY...OH VALLEY...SRN GREAT LAKES AND TN VALLEY...
...TORNADO OUTBREAK WITH MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE OH VALLEY AND SRN GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY [11/17/13]...
AN IMPRESSIVE NEGATIVELY-TILTED UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH AND POWERFUL 80 TO 100 KT MID-LEVEL JET WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NCNTRL U.S. TODAY. AT THE SFC...A LOW WILL TRACK NEWD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AS A COLD FRONT ADVANCES EWD INTO THE MID TO UPPER MS VALLEY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL OCCUR DUE TO A WELL-DEVELOPED AND BROAD 60 TO 75 KT LOW-LEVEL JET. AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH AN ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT SHOULD BE ONGOING ALONG THE ERN EDGE OF THE LOW-LEVEL JET FROM NE AR NEWD INTO SRN IND AT DAYBREAK WITH THIS ACTIVITY MOVING EWD AWAY FROM THE INSTABILITY AXIS THIS MORNING. FURTHER TO THE WEST...THE LOW-LEVEL JET WILL TRANSPORT LOW TO MID 60S F SFC DEWPOINTS INTO THE MID MS VALLEY AND OH VALLEY RESULTING IN A CORRIDOR OF MODERATE INSTABILITY FROM NE AR NNEWD INTO CNTRL IL BY MID MORNING. DUE TO STRONG LARGE-SCALE ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH...SFC-BASED CELL INITIATION SHOULD OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT BY MID MORNING ACROSS NRN AND CNTRL IL WITH STORM COVERAGE EXPANDING EWD INTO IND AND LOWER MI BY EARLY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH CELLS MAY REMAIN DISCRETE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SQUALL-LINE APPEARS LIKELY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE OH VALLEY WITH THE LINE DEVELOPING SWD INTO THE TN VALLEY DURING THE EARLY EVENING.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS AT URBANA IL AND INDIANAPOLIS IND IN THE 18Z TO 21Z TIMEFRAME SHOW SBCAPE NEAR 1500 J/KG...0-6 KM SHEAR AROUND 70 KT...LOW-LCL HEIGHTS AND LONG LOOPED HODOGRAPHS SUGGESTING SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES WILL BE LIKELY AS DISCRETE CELLS INTENSIFY. 0-3 KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES OF 400 TO 450 M2/S2 WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TORNADOES WITH SEVERAL LONG-TRACK DAMAGING TORNADOES EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM ERN IL ENEWD ACROSS MUCH OF WRN AND CNTRL IND FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. AS CELL COVERAGE INCREASES AHEAD OF THE FAST MOVING FRONT...A SQUALL-LINE SHOULD ORGANIZE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE ALONG WITH TORNADOES WITH ROTATING CELLS EMBEDDED IN THE LINE. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD RAMP UP SOUTH OF THE OH RIVER DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AS CELLS INITIATE SWD ALONG THE FRONT. THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE AND TORNADOES SHOULD DEVELOP AS A FAR SOUTH AS THE TN VALLEY DURING THE EVENING AS AN EXTENSIVE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS MOVES EWD INTO THE UPPER OH VALLEY AND CNTRL APPALACHIAN MTNS.
SEVERAL FACTORS APPEAR TO BE COMING TOGETHER FOR A TORNADO OUTBREAK ACROSS THE OH VALLEY. THE FIRST FACTOR IS THAT THE SYSTEM IS NEGATIVELY-TITLED AND VERY WELL-ORGANIZED. THE SECOND IS THAT THE LOW AND MID-LEVEL JETS WILL BECOME FAVORABLY COUPLED IN THE OH VALLEY TODAY COINCIDING WITH AN OUTBREAK OF STORMS ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR. THE THIRD IS THAT SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN DISCRETE INTO THE MID-AFTERNOON. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH EXTREMELY FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES JUSTIFIES THE ISSUANCE OF A HIGH RISK ACROSS ERN IL...IND AND SW LOWER MI.