Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas face severe weather threat

It’s Saturday. We’ve been talking about today for a while now. And as you wake up this morning, there is the potential for severe weather this afternoon in northwestern Texas, western Oklahoma and south central…

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Reasons you don’t say there won’t be tornadoes in April

Here is a picture from North Carolina Picture: MT @wxrjm: 438 pm EDT: Greene County #NC tornado-warned storm pic.twitter.com/1Gv7xapTlW — Johnny Kelly (@stormchaser4850) April 25, 2014 Here’s another one, too… Large tornado near Farmville NC…

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Southern Plains storms likely Saturday

Alright, it looks like a video breakdown won’t be in the cards today, so a written summation will have to suffice. As I covered earlier, there is the threat for severe weather across sections of…

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Southern Plains faces another atmospheric assault Saturday

(UPDATE: 10:00 AM) Latest models continue to show storms struggling to develop in the daytime heat on Saturday. That said, there are a few models that are changing their tune and coming around to the…

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Severe Weather Potential – 4/23/14 Pt. 2

As the clouds clear and the daytime heating commences across the southern plains, the threat for severe weather is intensifying. And so is the wind. Gusts to 45 mph are being felt across parts of…

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Southern Plains forecast remains “up in the air”

(UPDATE 12:00 PM) If you are here checking on today’s severe weather potential, please see our latest thoughts on today’s event here (ORIGINAL ARTICLE: 5:00 PM) It’s not often that the closer you get to…

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Severe weather possible across Southern Plains Wednesday

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma is watching parts of the Southern Plains and Great Plains for severe weather on Wednesday. Right now, most computer weather models show modest instability, a weak cap, and…

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Correlation found between SST, rainfall and TX/OK panhandle tornadoes

I’ve completed my study of the last 20 or so years of tornadoes across the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. I’ve made a few interesting discoveries. You can read about those discoveries here. While more research…

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Introduction: How multiple variables control TX/OK panhandle Spring severe weather

The landscape of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles isn’t considered dynamic, but the atmosphere above it can be. Each spring forecasters attempt to predict the chances for severe weather and try to determine where that…

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