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The Oklahoma Mesonet is a network of environmental monitoring stations designed to measure the environment at the size and duration of mesoscale weather events. The phrase "mesonet" is a portmanteau of the words mesoscale and network . The network consists of 120 automated stations covering Oklahoma and each of Oklahoma's counties has at least ...
A weather map consisting of a station model plot of Oklahoma Mesonet data overlaid with WSR-88D weather radar data depicting possible horizontal convective rolls as a potential contributing factor in the incipient 3 May 1999 tornado outbreak [1] A mobile mesonet also documented tornadic supercells and their immediate environments during this event.
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin, an unofficial, high-end classification of tornado warning—sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ...
The National Weather Center expects severe weather to hit Oklahoma this weekend with a potential of strong tornadoes in parts of western Oklahoma and the state's panhandle.
Just before 8 p.m. CDT, the National Weather Service (NWS) wrote on Twitter that a "significant tornado" was ongoing northeast of Cole, which is located about 30 miles south of Oklahoma City.
The Oklahoma medical examiner has confirmed three storm-related fatalities: two in Holdenville and one in Marietta. Gov. Kevin Stitt on Sunday announced a fourth fatality in Sulphur. Hughes County ...
NSSL's first Doppler weather radar, the NSSL Doppler, located in Norman, Oklahoma. 1970s research using this radar led to NWS NEXRAD WSR-88D radar network. The first tornado captured on May 24, 1973, by the NSSL Doppler weather radar and NSSL chase personnel. The tornado is here in its early stage of formation near Union City, Oklahoma
When will storms enter Oklahoma? Storms could enter southwest Oklahoma as early as 4 p.m., and northwest Oklahoma as early as 6 p.m. Oklahoma City and central Oklahoma likely won't see any storms ...