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Oklahoma storm shelters: Prepare now for severe weather The Oklahoma State University Extension office has some tips for getting your storm shelter ready for tornado season.
With the threat of strong tornadoes in the forecast once again for Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas on Saturday, the weather service urged people to have emergency supplies, know where their safe places ...
A tornado watch means weather conditions could spawn tornadoes within the watch area. People should stay aware of weather conditions and be prepared to act if watchers spot a tornado.
Here's a look at some tornado safety tips: CLASSIC PRECAUTIONS. Weather radios, specialized receivers that get alerts and can sound an alarm in an emergency, are something that every home and business should have, said Rick Smith, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s forecast office in Norman, Oklahoma.
Not all tornadoes are easily seen. A tornado funnel can be transparent until reaching an area with loose dirt and debris. [2] Also, some tornadoes have been seen against sunlit areas, but rain or nearby low-hanging clouds has obscured other tornadoes. Occasionally, tornadoes have developed so suddenly that little, if any, advance warning was ...
Tornado safety tips. Second only to hurricanes, tornadoes are among nature’s most destructive forces, with wind speeds ranging from 65 mph to over 200 mph, according to the NWS. An average of 71 ...
Doing so is recommended during thunderstorms and tornadoes by the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety. That’s the opposite of a commonly held misconception: “There’s still a chunk of people out there who think you’re supposed to open the doors and windows to equalize the pressure,” Smith said.
An intense trough with dry line activity moved across the southern Plains, especially Oklahoma and southern Kansas, on May 10.For the fourth time in less than three weeks, a high risk of severe weather was issued by the Storm Prediction Center; the high risk covered portions of Oklahoma and Kansas from the interchange of I-35, I-40 and I-44 in the Oklahoma City area, northeastward into ...