Forecasters are warning of another day of heightened risk of dangerous tornadoes in the Midwest. They also are telling people in south Texas it may feel like close to 120 degrees almost four weeks before summer starts. The weather service in Oklahoma is comparing Saturday to a gasoline-soaked pile of brush.
A tornado was on the ground for nearly an hour in southwestern Oklahoma on Thursday evening, the National Weather Service said. There were reports of some homes damaged, but no injuries.A tornado was on the ground for nearly an hour in southwestern Oklahoma on Thursday evening, the National Weather Service said. There were reports of some homes damaged, but no injuries.A tornado was on the ground for nearly an hour in southwestern Oklahoma on Thursday evening, the National Weather Service said.
“There’s a small chance most of the matches are duds and we only see a few storms today. Still, that’s not a match I would want to play with. It only takes one storm to be impactful,” the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma, wrote on Facebook.is the danger in south Texas, where the heat index is forecast to approach near 120 degrees F during the weekend.
Sunday looks like the hottest day with record-setting highs for late May forecast for Austin, Brownsville, Dallas and San Antonio, Taylor said.More severe weather moves through Midwest as Iowa residents clean up tornado damageRed Flag fire warnings are also in place in west Texas, all of New Mexico and parts of Oklahoma, Arizona and Colorado, where very low humidity of below 10%, wind gusts of up to 60 mph combine with the hot temperatures.
“We’ve got very dry air, warm temperatures and strong winds creating a high fire danger over a wide area ... that can lead to rapidly spreading or uncontrollable fires,” Taylor said. Meanwhile, several inches of snow fell Friday into early Saturday in Rolla, North Dakota, about 10 miles from the Canadian border.on record. And in 2024, the U.S. is already 25% ahead of the average number of twisters, according to the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma.
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