Interesting April Tornado Statistics… March 31, 2009

The start of severe weather season has arrived.  Look at the amazing video above!  That’s why we don’t want inexperienced people chasing storms!
Top 5 Tornado Prone Cities in April…according to VorTek data
1.  Nashville, TN
2.  Oklahoma City, OK
3.  Tulsa, OK
4.  Topeka, KS
5.  Witchita Falls, TX
Little Rock, AR ranked 9th on the list.
Top 5 Tornado Prone States [...]

Last Night’s Rainfall March 31, 2009

Here are some totals from the showers and storms that rolled through last night.  There was a reported wind gust at the Ft. Smith airport of 62 mph as the line bowed out.  There was also a report of an out building blown down in Stigler, OK.  Thankfully the severe weather reports were few and [...]

TUESDAY’S WEATHER March 31, 2009

The cold front that brought the line of severe thunderstorms through the area early this morning has now started moving off to the East.  That will allow a nice area of high pressure to build over the region.  This high pressure system will provide a mostly clear sky this afternoon.  Temperatures will be a few [...]

Tuesday’s Early AM Storms March 31, 2009

The line of thunderstorms that moved through the area produced lots of rain, some gusty winds and lightning. Here are a few photos from the storms. The last two photos only had a flash of lightning instead of a streak. However, the last two photos also have car headlight and taillight trails from traffic along [...]

11 p.m. Storm Update March 30, 2009

Showers and storms ahead of a cold front continue to move east this evening.  These storms are moving into a weaker environment with dewpoints in the 30’s and 40’s so our severe weather threat will remain low.
We can expect brief gusty winds of 40 to 50 mph along with some pea size hail with the [...]

Severe Thunderstorm Watch March 30, 2009

The SPC has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for central Oklahoma until Midnight.  The counties in the watch are colored pink.  While we have been in and out of the clouds this afternoon; however, central Oklahoma has seen more sunshine which has helped to destabilize the atmosphere. 
CAPE values have increased in that zone with limited convective [...]

Alaskan Ash Could Bring An Arkansas Beauty March 30, 2009

The Alaskan volcano, Mt. Redoubt, has been erupting off and on over the past week. This volcano has been responsible for putting down a layer of ash across most of the population centers in Alaska including Talkeetna, AK which is a popular tourist town and air strip for hikers that climb Denali or better known as [...]

Snow To Sunshine…The Active Pattern Continues March 29, 2009

Monday’s weather will be a spring delight without question. Highs will be near the 70 degree mark with lots of sunshine early in the day. However, it won’t last long. The clouds will increase through the day with our next round of thunderstorms on Tuesday morning.
We are watching two batches of cold air this week. [...]

Snow or Clouds? March 29, 2009

This is a visible satellite picture across our region this afternoon.  What looks like milky white clouds to the west is actually snow the satellite is detecting. 

Here are snow totals across NW Oklahoma!  Talk about a major storm.

The Tulsa metropolitan area was dumped on yesterday!  Here are the  impressive totals above.
Drew Michaels

Up & Down Week Ahead….. March 28, 2009

Talk about a wild ride over the last several days.  Heavy rainfall and storms fell across across a good majority of the area thanks to the elevated thunderstorms, and then Old Man Winter blew back in for Saturday with many locations across NE OK and NW AR receiving a dusting to an inch of snow. 
This [...]