In The Vortex

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  • 05/10/2010 HIGH RISK Chase Forecast

    Today is one of those days when it’s hard to be excited about chasing. Storm Prediction Center has issued a high risk for a large portion of Oklahoma and southern Kansas, and more than one long track, violent tornado is a distinct possibility. Hail could be larger than baseballs.

    While I’m certainly excited by what Mother Nature may have to offer for viewing, I’m equally apprehensive about the fact that someone is likely to lose life and property today. If you live in these areas, be certain to have your weather radios and to be paying attention to live news sources, because once storms fire, things are going to be happening quickly and storms will be moving fast. Have your plan now, because warning times are going to be short and you may not have much time to react.

    I’m heading out to Oklahoma today to chase this set up, of course. But I expect it will be difficult to due to fast storm motion and what is sure to be a very large amount of storm chasers on the road.

    Shortly after noon, I will be live streaming video for the remainder of the day on the LIVE ChaseCam page.

  • Southern Plains Late March Winter Storm

    Yet another major winter storm has taken aim on the lower end of the Great Plains this weekend, hopefully this will be our last one and spring will fully kick in!

    This one is promising some impressive snow totals, as much as 8″ in Oklahoma, perhaps even more!  This could be crippling for the Oklahoma City metro area.

    Already Winter Storm Watches and Warnings as well as Winter Storm Advisories are up across all of Northwest Texas, the eastern half of New Mexico, and most of Oklahoma and Kansas!

    Light snow is already falling in some locations and blizzard conditions will exist in some places.  Some locations will most likely set new records for total winter snowfall during this event!

    Below are images from the National Weather Service Forecast Offices in Lubbock and Amarillo, TX as well as Norman, OK depicting the current forecast totals.

    Now is the time to take your winter weather preparations and safety precautions.