Tuesday, April 24, 2007
12:15 PM SEVERE WEATHER UPDATE
The dryline has now pushed into western OK, indicated by satellite imagery highlighting initial convection and thunderstorm development, along with surface dewpoint contours showing a bowing line of dry air pushing into the Clinton and Cordell area. A line of severe thunderstorms now stretches from Watonga and Lawton, OK through the Wichita Falls and Abilene area of TX. These storms mark the western periphery of Tornado Watch box #173, which encompasses our western area and expires at 8:00 PM.
We are still anticipating our western area to become active this early afternoon, with south and western counties having the threat of large hail, damaging winds and a few isolated tornadoes. This threat will be moving eastward throughout the day and as early as 6:00PM isolated severe thunderstorms along with line segments of severe storms will likely stretch through Jay, Tahlequah and Muskogee, OK to points southwestward. Benton, Washington, Crawford, Sebastian, Scott, Polk, Leflore and McCurtain counties will likely see the greatest threat of severe thunderstorms after 6:00 PM. Expect activity to be the most intense through the Midnight hour.
Be safe and be smart, which means being prepared! Have a severe weather plan ready. We are continuing to monitor developments. Keep it tuned to 40/29… we’ve got you covered on-air and on the web!
We are still anticipating our western area to become active this early afternoon, with south and western counties having the threat of large hail, damaging winds and a few isolated tornadoes. This threat will be moving eastward throughout the day and as early as 6:00PM isolated severe thunderstorms along with line segments of severe storms will likely stretch through Jay, Tahlequah and Muskogee, OK to points southwestward. Benton, Washington, Crawford, Sebastian, Scott, Polk, Leflore and McCurtain counties will likely see the greatest threat of severe thunderstorms after 6:00 PM. Expect activity to be the most intense through the Midnight hour.
Be safe and be smart, which means being prepared! Have a severe weather plan ready. We are continuing to monitor developments. Keep it tuned to 40/29… we’ve got you covered on-air and on the web!
Posted by Ted Zarras at 10:15 AM
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