Wichita Mid-Continent Airport

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fholbert

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A large and extremely dangerous tornado has been reported near Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, near Wichita, Kansas.
 
I'm in NW Arkansas and very concerned about our weather tonight. We have no storm shelter and no basement.
 
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • NEW: A tornado is spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas
  • NEW: It's moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, says the NWS
  • A mix of ingredients could combine to spawn a severe weather outbreak
  • Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and more tornadoes are possible
A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, on Sunday, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service said.
The service did not mince words.
"You could be killed if not underground or in a tornado shelter. Complete destruction of neighborhoods, businesses and vehicles will occur. Flying debris will be deadly to people and animals," it said in an advisory.

More here: http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/19/us/severe-weather/index.html
 
Storm spotters report a tornado on the ground in the northern Oklahoma City metro area near Edmond.
 
Tornado strikes near Wellston, Oklahoma. Helicopter pilot: "It's tearing up everything." Watch more on CNN TV.
 
I just traded in my chase vehicle 4 days ago. I'd be all over this, but I've got a stupid rental car. My apartment is in SW OKC. The Edmond tornado started NW of me and now the possible tornadic Norman storm is SE of me and I can't do anything because my car. I knew something would happen as soon as I got rid of my truck.
 
KSCessnaDriver said:
We get supercells basically weekly in Kansas in the summer.
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Well that is what I have read many times on various storm chasers blogs/sites, so I was confused to the reply stating Super Cells no. One chaser last year Summer, encountered 4 supercells in one week in Kansas.
 
fholbert said:
Tornadoes yes. Super Cells no.
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Yeah, I'm going to go a head and disagree with the notion of few super-cells that you are implying. I grew up in Nebraska, went to school in OK and now live in MO. Most of the storms that develop over the Plains in late spring are super-cell as opposed to squall line storms. They are very localized but very destructive. I've replaced more than a few roofs in my day from hail out of super-cells. Most of the large damaging tornadoes (EF4+) that occur on the Plains are a result of monstrous super-cells. Squall line storms tend to have smaller leading edge spin ups that are usually never larger than an EF2.
 
Hope everyone comes out OK. If you guys don't hear from the family let me know. I've got buddies in Wichita and KC that I can call to stop by the house for you.

Or I'm sure there are some local JCers there too that wouldn't mind.
 
Check out this link. This is a list of storm spotters in the field with live feeds of what they are seeing. The tornado on the east side of OKC is a monster.
 
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