Tornado outbreak for the Plains, PDS watch issued

Long-track, violent tornadoes

ROANOKE, Va. – Parts of the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma are at a high risk for severe weather.

Rapidly developing severe thunderstorms and violent tornadoes will develop Monday afternoon and into the evening.

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The Storm Prediction Center’s latest update stated, “Environmental signals are continuing to point towards a tornado outbreak with multiple strong to potentially violent tornadoes across portions of western and central Oklahoma this afternoon into the evening.”

This comes on the sixth anniversary of a tornado that decimated the city of Moore, Oklahoma.

Not only is there a great threat for long-track, violent tornadoes, but hurricane force winds, large hail and flash flooding are also likely.

Many parts of the Plains are already saturated and an additional 3 to 6 inches of rainfall is expected Monday.

The SPC has issued a Particularly Dangerous Situation Tornado Watch for Oklahoma.

This is only the second time in SPC history where every category of watch probabilities (tornado, wind and hail) are greater than 95%.

The only other time this has occurred was in Alabama on April 27, 2011.


About the Author:

Beverly Perry is an Emmy award-winning meteorologist who came to Roanoke in September 2017.