Tornado watch in KS. & OK

[Warph]

Tornado Watch 181 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING




Partly sunny with showers and thunderstorms likely early in the evening...Then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the late evening. Partly cloudy after midnight. Some thunderstorms May be severe early in the evening. Lows near 60. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 25 mph becoming south 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Powerful Hailstorm Destroys Backyard in Oklahoma

[jarhead]

Warph, there is something that just aint right with that weather map. Maybe the shape of the thunderstorm area

[Dee Gee]

Jarhead,  it does look like someone is about to get screwed.

[larryJ]

I'm watching all this on TV.  This is terrible.  It hit near Edmonds, Ok.  I hope Karen is okay.  I haven't seen anything about damage in Elk County although there was a tornado warning for Wichita.  I keep checking the Forum to see if anyone has any thing to say about it.  Take care, my friends.

Larryj

[Warph]

Warph, there is something that just aint right with that weather map. Maybe the shape of the thunderstorm area

Wow... how weird is that??  Yeah... probably the shape of the thunderstorm area... like you said.   

[Warph]

Amazing Tornado Pictures From Kansas... Update: Reports Of
Multiple Tornadoes Across Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa



At least 1 dead, over 20 injured after tornadoes slam Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa
A severe storm system that is sweeping through the Midwest has generated tornadoes
in Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa and has left at least one person dead in Shawnee, Okla.




  Rob Koch @RobKochWNTV 
Dirt grinder tornado (photo)"@ZoomRadar: Another great tornado picture from
Kansas via Shalyn Phillips pic.twitter.com/gxxMyN4UaQ"6:47 PM - 18 May 2013




  Weather Underground        ✔ @wunderground 
Pawnee County #tornado RT @stormpics: Another shot from Shalyn Phillips!
Darin Brunin pic.twitter.com/YMs25wwhlD7:27 PM - 18 May 2013




 911 Operator @911BUFF  
BREAKING NEWS - SO FAR 21 TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN TODAY ON OKLAHOMA & KANSAS. SHAWNEE, OK HIT HARDEST. RIGHT NOW TORNADO IN IOWA. #911BUFF6:59 PM - 19 May 2013 79 Retweets 4 favorites

Reports out of Shawnee, Oklahoma show pictures of devastation at a motor home park:


One death confirmed in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

Prayers out to everyone in the area.

[Warph]

A tornado touches down southwest of Wichita, Kan. near the town of Viola on Sunday, May 19, 2013. The tornado was part of a line of storms that past through the central plains on Sunday. (AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle, Travis Heying) (The Associated Press)


TOPEKA, Kan. –  Authorities say tornadoes have touched down in Wichita, Kan., and a suburb of Oklahoma City but there are no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage.

Sedgwick County, Kan., emergency management director Randy Duncan says officials are "very grateful" about the few reports of damage from the tornado that touched down near Wichita Mid-Continent Airport shortly before 4 p.m. CDT Sunday.

A tornado also reportedly grazed the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond before heading toward a sparsely populated area. There were reports of debris but no injuries or traffic crashes.

The National Weather Service described the tornado as "large, violent and extremely dangerous" and said it was moving northeast at 30 mph.

The tornadoes are part of a large storm system moving through the Plains and upper Midwest.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2013/05/19/tornadoes-touch-down-in-kansas-and-oklahoma-no-injuries-or-significant-damage/#ixzz2To64rdfg

[patyrn]

The tornadoes came very close today, but bypassed our neighborhood by about 3 miles.  We did go to our shelter when the sirens sounded, though.  Edmond had some minimal damage compared to the surrounding areas of Shawnee, Carney, Little Axe, and other small towns.  Luckily it stayed in the clouds and didn't touch down on its venture through our area because its path would have devastated a heavily populated residential area and lots of businesses.  It's been a pretty quiet year for tornadoes here so far, but this may be the beginning of a rocky season.  Prayers to all those who have had so much damage and possible loss of life.  We will know more with the morning light.

[Warph]

Footage: Tornadoes Hit Plains, Midwest, Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa

Published on May 19, 2013
A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged homes and buildings near Oklahoma City and put the Tulsa area on high-alert.

There were no immediate reports of injuries caused by any of the tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma and Kansas, including one that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond before moving northeast toward Tulsa, 90 miles to the northeast.

For days, forecasters had been warning about the possibility of tornadoes from a weekend storm, and emergency responders as far north as Minnesota and as far south as Texas were keeping a close eye on the powerful system pushing eastward and northward through the nation's breadbasket.

"I knew it was coming," said Randy Grau, who huddled with his wife and two young boys in their Edmond's home's safe room when the tornado hit. He said he peered out his window as the weather worsened and believed he saw a flock of birds heading down the street.

"Then I realized it was swirling debris. That's when we shut the door of the safe room, said Grau, adding that they sheltered in the room for 10 minutes.

In Wichita, Kan., a tornado touched down near Mid-Content Airport on the city's southwest side shortly before 4 p.m., knocking out power to 7,500 homes and businesses but bypassing the most populated areas of Kansas' biggest city.

"At this point, there are very few reports of damage and no reports of fatalities or injuries, and we're very grateful for that," said Sedgwick County Emergency Management Director Randy Duncan.

In Oklahoma, aerial television news footage showed homes that appeared to have suffered significant damage northeast of Oklahoma City. Some outbuildings appeared to have been leveled, and some homes' roofs or walls had been knocked down.

"When I first drove into the neighborhood, I didn't see any major damage until I pulled into the front of my house," said Csabe Mathe, of Edmond, who found a part of his neighbor's fence in his swimming pool. "My reaction was: I hope insurance pays for the cleaning."

"I typically have two trash cans, and now I have five in my driveway."

The Storm Prediction Center had been warning about severe weather in the region since Wednesday, and on Friday, it zeroed in on Sunday as the day the storm system would likely pass through.

"They've been calling for this all day," Edmond resident Anita Wright said after riding out the twister in an underground shelter. She and her husband Ed emerged from their hiding place to find uprooted trees, downed limbs and damaged gutters in their home.

In Katie Leathers' backyard, the family's trampoline was tossed through a section of fence and a giant tree uprooted.

"I saw all the trees waving, and that's when I grabbed everyone and got into two closets," Leathers said. "All these trees just snapped."

[Warph]

Aerial of Oklahoma Four Tornados Distruction, Twisters kills 1 - May 19, 2013

Published on May 19, 2013
At least one person was killed Sunday when a string of tornadoes ripped through four states, tearing roofs off homes, downing power lines and tossing trees like matchsticks.