Southern TE'ers: tornado outbreak tonight

[Selkie]

Karen, it's good that you had to yell at the dog only once! I bet you slept like a rock--that's a lot of hard work.

[sundial]

Karen-- good grief girl!! You were a busy bee! Glad the weather didn't interrupt your yard work. There's something cathartic about getting really dirty and tired from doing this kind of work. It gives you such a sense of satisfaction when it's completed.

Had several thunderstorms pass over during the night but nothing like the Friday night storm. Mr. Sundial had to get up and put the girls in the bathroom and shut the door so that they would calm down. I evidently slept through it because I awoke this morning and was surprised to see Kali and Niki's empty bed.

[crazycanuck]

Why do you need to wear a safety helmet in your house during a storm??

[tulip]

Why do you need to wear a safety helmet in your house during a storm??

Never been in a tornado, eh?

Glad everyone's okay. I have family outside Nashville. They are wet.

[crazycanuck]

No...

Keep safe!

[sundial]

Why do you need to wear a safety helmet....

Crazycanuck, comedian Ron White (Blue Collar Tour) made a joke about the Homeland Security threat level. To him there is no blue, green, yellow or red levels of threat. It's either "Get the d*** helmet!" or "Put on the d*** helmet!" In our case it was Put On The Helmet day.

[ny biker]

I have no root cellar. Just a 1BR condo on the second floor of a 3-story building. One night a couple years back they forecast possible tornadoes overnight. The only "interior room without windows" that I have is my bedroom closet, so I put my bike helmet, some pillows, my down quilt, several flashlights and a radio in there. Happily I had no need to duck and cover.

My other option would be to run screaming into the building hallway and hope one of my downstairs neighbors is home and lets me into their basement...

[sundial]

The only "interior room without windows" that I have is my bedroom closet....

LOL! I do the same when it's really bad. My usual spot is sitting on the side of the bathtub hoping that I can actually fit in it with Kali's big butt taking up most of the space. She usually wins and I head for the closet with Niki.

[sundial]

Tornado Warning
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
422 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

OKC047-071-103-102200-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100510T2200Z/
GARFIELD OK-NOBLE OK-KAY OK-
422 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
KAY...NORTHERN NOBLE AND EASTERN GARFIELD COUNTIES...

AT 422 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GARBER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BILLINGS...CERES...GARBER...
MARLAND...RED ROCK AND SOONER LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 190 AND 210.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANYTIME. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE... MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER.
OTHERWISE... MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-111000-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
500 AM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHEAST HALF OF ARKANSAS
EARLY THIS MORNING WILL EXIT TO THE NORTHEAST BY THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECIPITATION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY WARMER AIR AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS
INTO THE STATE FROM THE GULF COAST.

MEANWHILE...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM COLORADO INTO
NORTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE
BREEZY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE REGION.

THE SYSTEM WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT TOWARD ARKANSAS...WITH
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BUILD INTO THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES TONIGHT...AND COULD
BRING SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...SEVERE STORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE FRONT TO THE WEST WILL STALL AS HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER
THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. THE HIGH WILL KEEP UNSETTLED WEATHER
MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE STATE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH
WARM CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION.

LATE IN THE WEEK...IT APPEARS THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOW THE PROGRESSION OF THE FRONT...RESULTING IN
SEVERAL DAYS OF CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION.

THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF MOISTURE THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.
PRECIPITATION WILL FOCUS AROUND THE SLOW MOVING FRONT...AND COULD
BECOME HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF
ARKANSAS.