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MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... MESONET TICKER ... April 26, 2024 April 26, 2024 April 26, 2024 April 26, 2024 Intensify https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240426/OK_swody2_TORN.png I'm back from D.C., what'd I miss??? Oh yeah, one of "those" days in Oklahoma. Wind, hail, a few spin-up tornadoes appeared to have dropped down along that line of storms that is passing through the state. Storms? Yes, storms. Heck, it's storming right now for crying out loud! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240426/current-radar.png Tornadoes? Yes, tornadoes. Heck, there are tornado AND severe storm watches right now for crying out loud! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240426/latest.oklahoma.severe.gif Tornadoes suck. Get it? And there might be quite a bit of suckage tomorrow as we go through yet another one of "those" days in Oklahoma. You know "those" days, when you wake up in the morning and check the SPC severe outlooks and you go back to bed and hope it all just goes away, but doesn't BLOW away? AFTER your Pop-Tarts*, of course. Gotta have breakfast (*Pop-Tarts are part of a balanced breakfast...an extremely unhealthy part, but come one!). We have several ways to get severe weather tomorrow...along the dryline from Kansas down through western OK into Texas, along the warm front up north, and in the warm sector everywhere in between. Oh yeah, along an advancing cold front, too. Like the graphic says...it's complicated, but also pretty simple. Just get and remain prepared throughout the day tomorrow. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240426/OK_swody2.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240426/OK_swody2_WIND.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240426/OK_swody2_HAIL.png Morning convection (and we all know just how painful that can be) could foul things up, so let's hope for that. Even so, there appears to be enough recovery during the day to really set things off, regardless of any chances of those morning showers/storms lessening the instability later that day. SPC mentions that those dryline storms could produce "strong to intense tornadoes..." for any supercells that go up and persist. Don't forget the flooding risk, either, where we see at least a 40% risk of flash flooding broadly centered across the I-35 corridor tomorrow, where 3-4 inches of rain could fall with training storms. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240426/sat-flood-risk.gif https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240426/48hour-rain-forecast.png This all occurs along the backdrop of a strengthening flash drought across much of the state, where we now have more than 35% of the state BACK in drought, after having it down to just 3% about a month ago. For crying out loud indeed! https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240426/20240423_ok_trd.png We've gotten some pretty good rains with these storms. Just. Not. Everywhere. We. Need. It. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240426/rainrfc.48hr.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240426/mesonet.rainfall.quarterinch.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240426/del90day_rain.current.png https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240426/pct90day_rain.current.png Back to the main threat...once those storms move out of your area this morning, regroup and recalibrate. Just drop in and see what condition your condition is in. Then, wake up tomorrow and start planning for severe weather all over again. Tune into your local NWS office as well as your favorite media source. No, not your Aunt Myrtle's cows. Not your Uncle Delbert's aching knees. A respected source. While that leaves the Ticker out as well, listen to us today and believe us tomorrow. Panhandle...sorry, you're out of luck again on the rain, so you get to be FIRE aware. https://ticker.mesonet.org/archive/20240426/OK_fwody2.png Yeesh! Gary McManus State Climatologist Oklahoma Mesonet Oklahoma Climatological Survey gmcmanus@mesonet.org
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