Tornado warning!

[acptulsa]

Stay safe y'all. We are seeing dramatic footage of yr twisters here thanks to Shep Smith. I'd love to see a tornado before I die but I would love to be able to skedaddle into a shelter when it got too close.

Wonderful experience. Provided, of course, you're west of it...

 

[goldencane]

I'm glad it didn't last long, I'm hungry!!

 

[acptulsa]

I'm glad it didn't last long, I'm hungry!!

Kellyville, Glenpool and Bixby have all the fun.

 

[easycougar]

humidity dropped to 22% here in Joplin, don't see these storms making much of an impact here...bummer

 

[acptulsa]

Don't give up yet. The leading edge is just getting to the state line.

Interesting, isn't it, that the national media ignores weather here in flyover country until it's time to count the bodies? Good thing we have pioneer stock, and know how to help each other out. And they wonder why we're always so skeptical of federal 'fixes'...

Try this:

http://www.ktul.com/weather?c=189708&redirected=true

 

[acptulsa]

Wet yet, cougar? It has a hook on it, but looks like it'll go north of you.

 

[easycougar]

light rain and thunder here...boooooring

looks like you've got more building towards your southwest again...maybe round 2?

 

[acptulsa]

light rain and thunder here...boooooring

looks like you've got more building towards your southwest again...maybe round 2?

You're a prophet. Round two is here, and it's a fine slow soaker.

 

[Roxi]

Lucky!! I purposely waited to go to Monett til tomorrow thinking the good storms would be in my area, yet now can see it is Monett that is going to get slammed. My cousin got a bit of the Tulsa tornado forming on his cell vid, but it didn't look like it would ever touch the ground.

 

[Texan4Life]

RAIN!

lucky we are dying down here in TX (well i guess except for NE TX)

everyone one of the cold fronts would have normally giving us t-storms. we're lucky to get a tenth of an inch so far.

crops are off to a pitiful start.

 

[acptulsa]

lucky we are dying down here in TX

That's what you get for sending us all your Indians years ago. The Tonkawa and Kiamichi are dancing for us!

 

[LibertyEagle]

Pshhh amateurs... we already had several tornado warnings this year in FL

Uh, there is a reason why they filmed the movie, Twisters, in Oklahoma. It is frequently referred to as tornado alley.

 

[BamaAla]

We've got tornado warnings now. We are at the gf's family's house in Hoover and the sirens are going off.

 

[sirgonzo420]

Now whenever I see rain I wonder how many japanese radioactive particles are in it.

 

[MelissaWV]

Uh, there is a reason why they filmed the movie, Twisters, in Oklahoma. It is frequently referred to as tornado alley.

I know, but the OP made it seem like it was a huge deal to have a first warning.

Most of the twisters here come with the hurricanes and those quick-moving lines ahead of spring cold fronts, but they're pretty weak and insignificant. There's no more real damage from a tornado than from powerful straight-line winds that topple trees just as easily.

 

[acptulsa]

There's no more real damage from a tornado than from powerful straight-line winds that topple trees just as easily.

Now everyone knows who the amateur is. Dig up our last two F5's. A mile wide. Hope we continue to get no more than two a century.

 

[MelissaWV]

Now everyone knows who the amateur is. Dig up our last two F5's. A mile wide. Hope we continue to get no more than two a century.

Now everyone knows who can't read an entire post.

Most of the twisters here come with the hurricanes and those quick-moving lines ahead of spring cold fronts, but they're pretty weak and insignificant. There's no more real damage from a tornado than from powerful straight-line winds that topple trees just as easily.

I did take your advice, though, and track down our last two F5's (in Florida, which is what my "amateur" post was talking about quite clearly):

While Florida ranks fourth nationally in tornado frequency, large, violent tornadoes are fairly rare in the Sunshine State. Most Florida tornados are of F1 intensity, winds of 73-112 mph.

Florida has never experienced an F5 tornado, but two F4s (winds 207-260 mph) have been documented in the state. The first F4 formed in 1958 and caused very little damage. The last F4 in Florida history, on the other hand, was part of one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in state history.

(That article was from 2003, but nothing much has changed. Most of our "deadly" outbreaks of tornadoes here involve F3 and F2 twisters that strike at night.)

 

[acptulsa]

Now everyone knows who can't read an entire post.

Oh, we're going to play, are we? Who didn't read my first post, to discover I was celebrating the warning as an antidote to drought more than being happy people were cowering in their bathtubs? And who cited Florida's early season (you are farther south than we, are you not?) as evidence we're amateurs? And speaking of reading comprehension, I suggested you search up our F5's. How's my reading comprehension again?

Don't make me get my stick out, young lady. I can do testy too!

 

[MelissaWV]

Oh, we're going to play, are we? Who didn't read my first post, to discover I was celebrating the warning as an antidote to drought more than being happy people were cowering in their bathtubs? And who cited Florida's early season (you are farther south than we, are you not?) as evidence we're amateurs? And speaking of reading comprehension, I suggested you search up our F5's. How's my reading comprehension again?

Don't make me get my stick out, young lady. I can do testy too!

You quoted a portion of my post, where I discussed straight-line winds in Florida causing more damage, and said it was apparent who the amateur was. If you'd meant it to be in context, you could have quoted the entire thing.

Your use of "our" was pointless there, and perhaps you mistakenly thought I was in Texas. For all the half-quoting, I thought that might have been the case. Maybe you're using it in terms of having some sort of strange ownership over tornadoes. Perhaps you think you're the god of storms. I specifically stated in my response that I took your advice as far as Florida storms, which was what I was discussing in the post you quoted. If I were discussing the merits of a potato recipe, and you suggested I research kale, I would probably look at you askance and wonder why the change of subject, too.

Your happiness over a tornado warning as an antidote to drought (???) is noted. The drought, unfortunately, continues. Our warnings are part of quick-moving storms ahead of cold fronts, which douse us in rain and then leave the streets steaming for hours. It's not exactly good for the flora or fauna.

I am slightly further south, yes, which has very little to do with the strength of the storms we see here this time of year. In fact, farther south in the state the storms have been much milder or have neglected to reach, since the tails of these fronts don't often extend that far. The temperatures behind and before the fronts are also much closer by the time they slow down and spin themselves out at the coast/south, which means milder storms overall.

"Amateur," in the sense I used it, was an accurate word. If it's your first warning of the year, then doesn't it stand to reason you're an amateur at having warnings in 2011? I suppose that's why there's a smiley there, but something was lost in translation. In the sense you used it, the implication is that I am an amateur for observing that straight-line winds often do more damage here than the twisters. That's just ridiculous.

I did read your first post, though, so most of the one I just quoted doesn't seem to apply You may play all you'd like, though. Congratulations on your warnings.

 

[acptulsa]

I'm neither the God of Storms nor, thankfully, any longer an amateur at 2011 tornado warnings (hoo boy what a streatch!) any more.

You may play all you'd like, though. Congratulations on your warnings.

Thank you. We hope your drought ends soon too. Even if you're not the middle of the Breadbasket of the World so we really don't have to care *teehee*.

Now if only the God of Trolls would favor us so we can use all this sharpness on someone who deserves it.