Tornado Warnings Posted In US Midsection; Hail Could Be Huge
Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Strong thunderstorms capable of dropping grapefruit-sized hail and producing a few intense tornadoes popped up across the central U.S. on Tuesday after forecasters warned that millions of people faced a significant danger.
Businesses set out to protect their goods ahead of storms while school districts sent children home early, hoping they would make it to safety before twisters, 4-inch hail and 80 mph winds raked the landscape.
"This is a particularly dangerous situation," the U.S. Storm Prediction Center alerted in red type in an afternoon advisory. It uses such language on only about 7 percent of its tornado watches. Forecasters predicted a 90 percent chance of tornadoes and said 80 percent could have winds above 111 mph in much of Oklahoma and northern Texas.
"It's never straightforward when you're sitting here talking about (predicting) large tornadoes," forecaster Matt Mosier said. "We're trying to be as confident or as accurate as we can."
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grapefruit-sized hail? damn!!
2naSalit
(86,308 posts)to hide from that.
Yikes, golf ball sized is the worst I've ever seen and that was pretty bad.
Stay safe y'all.
ViseGrip
(3,133 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)I thought everything was bigger in Texas. Next Texas will have to have watermelon size hail.
Stallion
(6,473 posts)just like Texas is bigger than Alaska if you melted all the Ice and Snow
-6th Generation Texan
lmbradford
(517 posts)We dismissed schools today at 1:30 so people can prepare for the weather. One of the joys of OK.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)Expect EF5 tornadoes if the pattern holds.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,131 posts)And roofing companies are licking their chops.