Whoa. Wild weather today through Monday
 

Yes, I know this is GFY, I know this is completely unrelated, but I'm a post it anyway. I care for some inexplicable reason.

Folks in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska, take heed: You got some nasty shit coming this afternoon and evening. There is a very high risk of tornadic supercells this afternoon and on into tonight, with Missouri and Arkansas in the probability for tonight as well.

Here's the official statement from Norman, Oklahoma:

ZCZC SPCPWOSPC ALL
WOUS40 KWNS 291016
KSZ000-NEZ000-OKZ000-291815-

PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0516 AM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004

VALID 291016Z - 291815Z

...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING A FEW
STRONG...LONG-TRACK TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
PLAINS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG...LONG-TRACK TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS LATER TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
EASTERN NEBRASKA
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE
REMAINDER OF THE PLAINS FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER OF EASTERN ND AND
MN SWD THRU MUCH OF CENTRAL TX.

AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF
STRONG TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IS EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN PLAINS AS A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM DEEPENS IN THE AREA.

AN INTENSIFYING SURFACE LOW IN WESTERN NEBRASKA WILL MOVE SLOWLY EWD
AS STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS DRAW A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE GULF OF
MEXICO AIR MASS NORTHWARD ACROSS ALL THE PLAIN STATES TODAY. A
VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH NOW MOVING EWD ACROSS THE ROCKIES WILL PROVIDE
INCREASINGLY STRONG WINDS TO MOVE INTO THE HIGH PLAINS AT ALL LEVELS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

WITH VERY STRONG SURFACE HEATING THIS AFTERNOON...THE DRY LINE WILL
BECOME ACTIVE AND BE THE FOCUS FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. THE DRY LINE AT THE TIME OF STORM DEVELOPMENT BY MID
AFTERNOON WILL BE LOCATED NEAR A KEARNEY NEBRASKA TO RUSSELL KANSAS
TO AN ALTUS OKLAHOMA LINE.

THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND INCREASINGLY
FAVORABLE WIND PROFILES AS THE UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES WILL RESULT
IN SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STORMS QUICKLY
DEVELOPING THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOS ALONG WITH VERY LARGE HAIL.
STRONG POSSIBLY LONG TRACK TORNADOES WILL BE LIKELY IN THE HIGH
RISK AREA. IN ADDITION VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
ASSOCIATED WITH ANY SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS.

THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WELL AFTER DARK AND SPREAD
EASTWARD INTO WESTERN IOWA...MISSOURI AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. IN
ADDITION MORE ISOLATED BUT NONE THE LESS POTENTIALLY TORNADIC
SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE FROM SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA SOUTHWARD TO THE
RED RIVER VALLEY ALONG THE TEXAS OKLAHOMA BORDER.

THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE
THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND
TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER TODAY.





PLEASE take care, please please please. If you're into getting pictures of this stuff, be safe while you're doing it. SAFETY FIRST!

I'm a go back to work now. Thank you. Flame away.

I still cant understand why someone would choose to live in one of these places plagued by tornados on a daily basis, if your house gets visited by insurance adjusters more often than family, you need to pack it up and move the fuck on. If I lived in one of these places I would stay on edge all the time.

Its like the Day After Tommorow. :Graucho

Be afraid.

Except I don't have to waste $10 to see it. :glugglug

I hate capslock... :/