3/30/08 NOW: OK

[Joey Ketcham]

If you haven't seen the Phased Array radar, check out this link...

http://wdssii.nssl.noaa.gov/web/wdss2/products/radar/nwrtbase.shtml

 

[Doug_Kiesling]

Just got footage in from Tony of the massive hail storm.

http://www.bnvn.net/blog/images/033008/

 

[Mark Farnik]

Wow, those two supes in Caddo County both have VERY impressive hooks attm!Wouldn't be a bit surprised if both of these storms have tornadoes on the ground with them as we speak or in the next few minutes. Looks like the easternmost cell is going to rake across Moore/ Norman, while the western cell, if it continues on its current track, looks to be aimed right at the western suburbs and eventually downtown OKC
If these cells can keep their act together long enough, OKC might be in for a rough night...

EDIT: Lead cell appears to be weakening, couplet has dissappeared entirely and the storm appears to be making a left turn. Western cell still looks fantastic and continues to show a decent couplet near Colony, OK.

 

[rdale]

Neither of them have been showing good rotation for the past 15 minutes, not sure that the size of the hook can be related to tornado on the ground...

 

[Evan Stubbart]

Don't know if anyone else agrees, but I think the last couple minutes show the leading storm starting to die out. It appears it is starting to move North East more vs East. I think this shift will lead to weakening of both storms at hopefully keep OK Metro from seeing any Tor.

Anyone else see this or agree? The storm to the west though still looks great.

 

[Danny Neal]

It seems like the eastern most cell is pulling more and more up to the NE which may put it into the Yukon/Bethany area in the next 60- 75 minutes or so. Are any OKC media outlets covering this yet??? Checked KWTV and KFOR and didn't see anything.....yet


EDIT: Evan beat me to it

 

[Andrew Francis]

The east cell is slower than the west. They are bleeding into each other now.

 

[Lance Maxwell]

Don't know if anyone else agrees, but I think the last couple minutes show the leading storm starting to die out. It appears it is starting to move North East more vs East. I think this shift will lead to weakening of both storms at hopefully keep OK Metro from seeing any Tor.

Anyone else see this or agree? The storm to the west though still looks great.

If anything, I would think that the lead storm weakening would only clear the way for the stronger trailing cell. The conditions outside here in this area (Norman) are very supportive of intensity maintenance -- the sfc winds have definitely increased in the last two hours.

 

[Brandon Smith]

Evan, I have not necessarily noticed a weakening trend, but definitely a jog NE. Over the past 20 minutes, it has been ever so slightly been turning NE towards El Rino. The eastern storm has also split off a cell to the NW of it, filling the gap between it and the western storm. It appears that the multicell-cluster phase is now beginning to take place, with the individual cell/tornado threat diminishing.

 

[Sam Sagnella]

It seems like the eastern most cell is pulling more and more up to the NE which may put it into the Yukon/Bethany area in the next 60- 75 minutes or so. Are any OKC media outlets covering this yet??? Checked KWTV and KFOR and didn't see anything.....yet


EDIT: Evan beat me to it

www.koco.com is streaming live; OKC is at full attention.

 

[rdale]

If anything, I would think that the lead storm weakening would only clear the way for the stronger trailing cell.

The trailing cell is going to ingest all the worked over air though, so I'm not sure the strong surface winds are going to overcome that.

 

[Evan Stubbart]

It appears that my previous post might be right on. Tor Warning is dropped on the trailing cell now as it appears the 2 storms are interacting with eachother and turning into a big blob (at least I hope that is the case for the folks in the OK Metro).

 

[Lance Maxwell]

The trailing cell is going to ingest all the worked over air though, so I'm not sure the strong surface winds are going to overcome that.

I would tend to agree with this as well, but the trailing cell has already moved over areas previously worked over by earlier cells this evening while increasing in intensity.

 

[Lance Maxwell]

Spotters currently reporting a significant lowering near Cogar.

 

[jladue]

I think it's premature to write off the trailing storm. This kind of interaction usually is bad for the lead cell. The trailing storm usually dominates. I wouldn't be surprised to see resumption of tornado warnings.