Rain heading to the Tulsa area

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Tim

I’m beginning to track showers and thunderstorms as they head towards Tulsa. I doubt anything will be severe, but we could see periods of heavy rain; especially to the southeast of Tulsa. Locally we could gain over 1” of rain before ending tomorrow. Rain we can use.

In southeast Oklahoma, rain totals will be much higher. Flood Watches have been issued for several counties in SE Oklahoma.

In Tulsa, overnight temps will be in the low 40s with light winds. Rainfall is expected to measure 1/2” to 3/4” overnight.

Storms sweep the south

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Tim

Yesterday afternoon was spent tracking developing weather conditions in Arkansas. The NWS wasn’t taking this lightly either. They issued a PDS tornado watch for eastern Arkansas, northern Mississippi and western Tennessee. They were right to do so.

The storms began firing with a vengeance. Dallas county was the first report I picked up on. They were reporting trees and power lines down, and property damage. A woman was trapped in her home, but made it out okay. The Central Arkansas Skywarn group’s repeater was knocked out early in the game and getting information from Arkansas was difficult.

Once the storms moved out of Arkansas, things seemed to be calming down some. I headed to bed.

It wasn’t over yet.

The storms hit Alabama early this morning and continue to wage war. The Birmingham area has been struck by an EF 3. It has claimed lives and left areas flattened.

The outlook for today is for severe storms to continue in the SE. However, unless something changes, the risk is less for today – compared with yesterday.

Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have been affected by this storm system.

I should have planned better

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Tim

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It’s been a relatively quiet weekend here at the Ponderosa, but from what I’m looking at now, I should have planned my day a little better. In eastern Arkansas, and to the south and east, severe storms and tornadoes are entirely possible. Who would have thought that a moderate tornado risk would have been issued today? It’s January, for goodness sake.

There’s not much I can do about it now. I would have had to leave yesterday to get into position for a chase today. So, I’m here. It’s there.

Little is going on weather wise here in Oklahoma either. More of the same mild weather. No storms. No winter weather. So…it appears that I’ll be puttering around the house and running to the market. Oh joy.

If you live in the risk areas, please take the set-up seriously. Have your weather radio on and listen to your local radio and TV forecasts, watches and warnings.