Topic: Wow...this thing is moving!

[BigOkie]

Not severe yet, but headed my way (in a hurry, evidently...fastest I've ever seen).
WWUS84 KTSA 021227
SPSTSA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
727 AM CDT FRI APR 2 2010

OKZ054-059-060-064-021315-
CREEK OK-OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-TULSA OK-
727 AM CDT FRI APR 2 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE...NORTHWESTERN CREEK...TULSA AND PAWNEE

AT 728 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES WEST OF SHAMROCK TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MILFAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...OSAGE...HOMINY...WYNONA...
JENNINGS...TERLTON...HALLETT...MARAMEC...BLACKBURN...CLEVELAND...
WESTPORT...DEPEW...SHAMROCK...DRUMRIGHT...OILTON AND MANNFORD.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3671 9628 3625 9602 3566 9662 3616 9663
      3616 9681 3617 9683
TIME...MOT...LOC 1228Z 217DEG 65KT 3595 9693 3566 9675

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[Bunty]

The gust front with that storm did some damage in Norman(power poles blown over and damage to businesses, especially signs) and Rush Springs.  So far, not blamed on a tornado.  Here, when the line came in, the wind didn't blow much above 20 mph.  At the local airport, which is set up much better to catch the wind, it gusted up to 44 mph.

[BigOkie]

The gust front with that storm did some damage in Norman(power poles blown over and damage to businesses, especially signs) and Rush Springs.  So far, not blamed on a tornado.  Here, when the line came in, the wind didn't blow much above 20 mph.  At the local airport, which is set up much better to catch the wind, it gusted up to 44 mph.

It blew hard enough here in Tulsa this morning that it ripped the roof off of a car wash and set it down on someone's house in midtown (if you're familiar at all with Tulsa, it was about 4th and Utica).  Pretty pleasant now.  Mid 60s and supposed to be down into the upper 40s tonight.

[Chris H.]

Ah an early Spring storm in Oklahoma. Both fascinating and yet a bit scary at times. I guess that's the case anywhere in the Midwest.