Continuation of todays Severe Weather Alerts:
Tornado on the ground in Norman OK, as of 4:16 central time, near OU campus.
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This is just the beginning of what is likely to be a long 3 days for the central plains.
Updates provided as they come in.
2:19 PM PT: Little Axe, Choctaw, Twin Lakes all in the path of current tornado on the ground.
2:23 PM PT:
Rain Wrapped and hard to see. Confirmed home damage in norman. Possibly headed towards Casinos.
2:28 PM PT:
Tornado Warning is being allowed to expire. More storms incoming however.
2:32 PM PT: Still a hook on the storm that has produced the confirmed tornado, so this cell is not necessarily dead yet. Large hail also confirmed.
Stella, Shawnee, Twin Lakes all in the current path of this storm.
2:34 PM PT: Reports of the tornado judge it to be/have been F2 in strength.
2:36 PM PT: New hook forming on storm currently over Anadarko. Golf ball sized hail confirmed.
Headed towards Kiowa (which is personal as thats my name ;) )
2:37 PM PT: No significant reports of damages or injuries.
2:43 PM PT: A shot of some of the damage being discovered
Heavy storms beginning to pop up all over the place so keep an eye out for new alerts.
2:47 PM PT: Incoming reports of injuries in Norman, no confirmation on severity however.
2:51 PM PT: Large storm moving directly towards Ok. City but no reports of anything major from it as of yet. Going to take a liveblog break until something else pops up.
3:14 PM PT: NEW TORNADO WARNING FOR SHAWNEE, OK
3:17 PM PT:
3:28 PM PT:
3:31 PM PT: quarter wide tornado on I-40
3:40 PM PT: Stovepipe tornado on the ground near Shawnee mall.
3:46 PM PT: All warnings expired
4:06 PM PT: The storm near Shawnee had an impressive hook going on:
No warnings currently in effect, but lots of severe storms with lots of lightning and hail.
Small hail and blinding rain over OKC. Storms Northwest of Lawton developing hooks. Likely to develop tornados:
3 Inch Hail reported in Kiowa county, which likely indicates a tornado imminent.
4:10 PM PT: 10+ minor injuries reported in Norman, OK. Lots of tree and powerline damage, as well as broken windows and varying degrees of roof damage, but nothing major as of yet.
4:15 PM PT: Reports of a wall cloud on the storms near Duke/Martha. No tornados spotted but 3 inch hail reported. These cells are moving into favorable conditions for development and towards the Oklahoma City area
4:30 PM PT: Tornado warning likely to be issued for the Blair storm any minute now. This cell will be in the OKC metro area round 9 pm.
4:32 PM PT: Tornado Warning issued for the above storm and Kiowa county. Tornado just southeast of Blair.
4:37 PM PT: Warnings issued for Jackson/Kiowa counties. Being reported that 'large significant tornado' is posible. This storm is morving northeast towards the Oklahoma City metro area.
4:39 PM PT:
Newscaster now saying possible quarter to half mile tornado northeast of Blair. Large Trees already reported snapped.
4:56 PM PT: Heavy damage reported in Blair, and KFOR meteorologist reporting F4 sized storm. If this is true it could be very bad news.
5:00 PM PT: This diary is about to scroll off the list, and I need a break so will halt updates. Will pick up again later if needed, but Im sure one of you fine folks will have it covered f I dont.
This Blair storm is looking mighty dangerous, and its concerning that it is headed towards the metro area.
Stay safe
5:06 PM PT: Possible Mile Wide tornado on the ground according to KFOR, however no eyewitness reports. Massive hook on radar.