Shai “My Whole Life Is Consistent” Gilgeous-Alexander!!
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I’m not sure enough people grasp how insane this accomplishment is.
Eight tornadoes have been confirmed so far from last Friday March 6th in eastern Oklahoma. The highest rating so far was an EF-3 tornado in Beggs, OK.
More tornado damage survey information has been released.
The hard-working folks at the National Weather Service in Tulsa have confirmed eight tornadoes so far from last Friday, and a few more additions could still occur as their work continues this week. #okwx
Severe weather threats Tuesday PM/night stretch all across the middle of the country. Main storm chance for eastern OK looks like Tuesday night.
Doesn't appear as significant as last Friday's system for eastern OK, but we'll have some wind & hail threats with a low - but not zero - tornado threat.
7 Day Forecast for the Tulsa area for March 9th. 80s for highs today and Tuesday with scattered storm chances Tuesday PM into Wednesday AM. 60s for highs Wednesday and Thursday.
More warmth and wind to start the week with another storm chance on the way.
A couple waves of scattered storms are expected across eastern OK from the latter half of Tuesday through early Wednesday morning, and some could be severe with damaging wind and large hail threats. #okwx
Fire danger for Monday March 9th will be higher west of Tulsa where relative humidity drops quite a bit during the afternoon.
Fire danger will climb across northeastern OK where the relative humidity drops during the afternoon.
Relative humidity will stay quite a bit higher across southeastern OK. #okfire
High temperatures for Monday March 9th across eastern Oklahoma climbing into the 80s.
Strong southwest winds will send our temperatures soaring today. We might be sweatin' a little bit this afternoon! #okwx
The Collinsville, OK tornado from Friday March 6th has a preliminary EF-2 rating with winds of 125-135 mph.
The Beggs, OK tornado from Friday March 6th has a preliminary EF-3 rating with winds of 135-140 mph.
Damage surveys from Friday's tornadoes are underway. So far there is a preliminary EF-2 rating for the Collinsville tornado and a preliminary EF-3 rating for the Beggs tornado.
Still plenty more info to come on these tornadoes and all the other Friday tornadoes as we go through this week. #okwx
On on the one hand: Horns in the downward direction.
On the other hand: This team refuses to put Porter out to pasture like they need to.
Radar at 6:40 AM Saturday across eastern Oklahoma.
Temperatures at 6:40 AM Saturday across eastern Oklahoma. Ranging from near 60 in far southeastern Oklahoma to the upper 30s north of Tulsa.
6:40 AM: The last of the strong storms has finally exited eastern Oklahoma! Some areas of rain will linger in far southeastern Oklahoma this morning.
Be prepared for a big dip in temperatures! The cold front that's pushing the storms away is also ushering in a much chillier Saturday! #okwx
Radar across eastern Oklahoma at 3:15 AM Saturday.
3:15 AM: I'm up and keeping an eye on the final line of storms marching slowly east this morning.
If you're west of this line, your storm threats are DONE!
As these storms push east, some strong winds could still occur along the leading edge so I'll be watching them! #okwx
My heart just sank reading this news.
The Okmulgee County Sheriff told our news team that two people died in Okmulgee County as a result of today's severe storms. Our crews are still gathering more details.
9:50 PM: Tornado Warning continues in northern Delaware County from Grove to Dodge as that storm tracks east-northeast. Continue to take your tornado precautions! #okwx
9:25 PM: Tornado Warning continues into Delaware County as an area of rotation and damaging winds moves over Spavinaw. This will track northeast near the south side of Grand Lake. Take cover in these areas! #okwx
9:00 PM: Holy moley, this is a very dangerous storm in Mayes County. We've had multiple reports from our storm trackers of 80-90+ mph wind gusts near Pryor as this storm tracks towards Salina and Spavinaw.
Even if a tornado isn't occurring, that kind of wind will cause a lot of damage! #okwx
And sure enough, another tornado spun up near Inola just east of the KINX radar site. #okwx
8:25 PM: Inola, take cover now!! A tornado could occur at any time as strong rotation moves into town from the southwest. #okwx
8:17pm: Strong rotation (potentially still an ongoing tornado) passing very close to the KINX radar site. 😬 #okwx
8:02: Likely tornado on the east side of Broken Arrow. This tightened up fight over the NSU campus. You can see it ramp up on the velocity loop.
This is tracking from east Broken Arrow towards Inola. Take cover now!! #okwx
A last round of storms is gonna try to flare up along a cold front here in the next hour or so.
Looks like the cold front is moving south of Wichita by about 10 PM and it's quiet after that.
7:50pm: Rotation continues over Bixby moving northeast into parts of Broken Arrow and Coweta.
Even if a tornado doesn’t occur, damaging 70 mph winds are possible! #okwx
7:29pm: Tornado Warning continues as rotation and a possible tornado move over Hectorville and Liberty tracking northeast.
If you’re in Bixby, take cover now!! #okwx
7:12pm: Tornado Warning continues east of Oologah. A tornado may still be occurring as that tracks toward Bushyhead and Chelsea.
Another storm with a high likelihood of a tornado near Beggs is tracking northeast. South side of the metro (Mounds, Glenpool, Bixby), get prepared now. #okwx
6:58 PM: A confirmed dangerous tornado is on the ground on the east side of Collinsville tracking northeast towards Elba and Oologah. TAKE COVER NOW!! #okwx
6:50 PM: A tornado continues in Collinsville, crossing US-169 near 136th St North and moving northeast. Take cover from Collinsville to Limestone to Oologah!! #okwx
6:40 PM: Owasso and Collinsville, take shelter now!! Numerous power flashes have been observed on the north side of Tulsa as this storm produced a tornado a few minutes ago.
A tornado remains highly possible as this moves into Owasso and Collinsville, or at the very least damaging winds. #okwx
6:30 PM: Tornado is touching the ground around 36th St North and Lewis Avenue on the north side of Tulsa!! Power flashes observed!
Take cover now on the north side of Tulsa as this tracks northeast! #okwx
6:15pm: Rotation continues over Sand Springs. Doesn’t appear a tornado is on the ground anymore, but another one could form. Keep taking tornado precautions! #okwx
Tornado Warning at 5:57 PM just west of Tulsa.
5:57 PM: Here's the track of this tornado-producing storm that's moving into western Tulsa County. If it's not still producing a tornado, it could at any time.
Prattville, Sand Springs, Berryhill, and anyone just west of downtown Tulsa: Take cover now!! #okwx
5:45pm: A likely tornado continues NW of Kellyville. This is tracking into western Tulsa County.
Sand Springs and Prattville, take your tornado precautions!! #okwx
5:31pm: A confirmed tornado continues north of Bristow and west of Kellyville tracking northeast! This has been a large tornado at times!
If you live in western Tulsa County, be prepared to take tornado precautions imminently! #okwx
