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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
4Warn Storm Team tracking storms in Oklahoma Tuesday
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The 4Warn Storm Team is keeping an eye on storms rolling into the state Tuesday. Officials say there is a Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms as a cold front sweeps southeast across central Oklahoma. The main threats are damaging winds, large hail and locally heavy rainfall. You can't rule out tornadoes in Oklahoma this time of year but the threat for tornadoes is very low. 4WARN WEATHER: Oklahoma City Weather Radar Once the cold front passes your area the threat for severe weather ends rapidly. Remember, there is also a Flash Flood Watch so flooding is also possible. According to KFOR Meteorologist Emily Sutton, storms can begin Tuesday around 11 a.m. The storms may pick up into the evening hours, around 7 to 8 p.m. in the metro. The storms will then move into Southeast Oklahoma. Oklahoma Weather RadarOklahoma Weather Watches and Warnings MapKFOR SkyCam NetworkOklahoma Closings and DelaysOklahoma Weather Alerts According to NWS Norman, NOAA weather radios will be off the air starting Tuesday and through June 5 due to a required software update. Be sure to have multiple ways to receive warnings. Download the 4WarnMe app or the KFOR News app to get alerts. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
4Warn Storm Team keeping an eye on severe storms this weekend
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The 4Warn Storm Team is tracking storms rolling into Oklahoma this weekend into next week. According to KFOR meteorologist Emily Sutton, storms are predicted to begin Saturday, with an elevated chance in the afternoon in southeast Oklahoma. Storms producing wind and hail could develop in central Oklahoma. Oklahoma Weather RadarOklahoma Weather Watches and Warnings MapKFOR SkyCam NetworkOklahoma Closings and Delays The weather continues into Sunday. Storms may begin in central Oklahoma by Sunday afternoon. The storms will then move on to the East by Monday morning. 4WARN WEATHER: Thunderstorm chances going up this weekend. Some severe weather is likely. The modes of weather are possible. Some severe storms are likely. Stay plugged in and prepared. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
KFOR's Emily Sutton educates students at 4Warn Storm School
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — KFOR meteorologist Emily Sutton took the Science Museum Oklahoma by storm. On Thursday morning, Emily presented the 4Warn Storm School severe weather video in front of hundreds of students, teachers, and parents. The 4Warn Storm School teaches students to 'be prepared, not scared' of the severe weather that Oklahoma often sees in the state. 4Warn Storm School kicks off at Science Museum Oklahoma Emily encourages students to use their science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills and pursue career opportunities where they can apply those valuable skills. She kicked off the video by getting the audience to stand up and do her famous 'tornado dance' which they willingly performed. Students asked good questions about the jet stream, tornadoes and how fog is formed. 4Warn Storm School at Science Museum Oklahoma is held the first Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. The next 4Warn Storm School at Science Museum Oklahoma will be on June 5 at 10 a.m. with KFOR meteorologist Jon Slater. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
14-03-2025
- Climate
- The Hill
Worst storms of 2025 will be outside Tornado Alley, severe weather forecast predicts
(NEXSTAR) – Tornadoes can (and have) hit every U.S. state, but the area nicknamed Tornado Alley is probably where your mind goes when you think of dangerous twisters. This year, that's not be the region of highest concern, according to an AccuWeather severe outlook released this month. There's no scientific boundaries to Tornado Alley, the National Severe Storms Laboratory says, and every map of the area looks slightly different. Older maps, from the 20th century, typically show a danger zone stretching from South Dakota down to Texas, covering most of Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma in between. But in more recent years, researchers have found the area of greatest danger has shifted east of that classic conception of Tornado Alley. AccuWeather forecasters believe that will be the case again this year, with the highest risk of damaging storms and tornadoes in the Mississippi and Tennessee valleys. 'This forecast is concerning because more people are in harm's way, compared to Tornado Alley. More people live in the Mississippi and Tennessee valleys, and more of those families are in vulnerable buildings without basements like mobile homes,' explained lead long-range expert Paul Pastelok. Even though you may not think of Mississippi or Alabama when you think of Tornado Alley, the people who live there are no stranger to severe weather danger. 'A lot of people think Tornado Alley is shifting, but there's actually two Tornado Alleys. It's just the one in the southeastern United States, called 'Dixie Alley,' that's getting more attention,' said Emily Sutton, a meteorologist with Nexstar's KFOR. Where we see the worst severe weather in spring shifts every year, Sutton said, and largely depends on El Niño or La Niña. With a La Niña, as we're seeing this year, the dry line shifts east, resulting in more storms on the eastern side of that line, she explained. The time of the year also changes where we see the most tornado activity. The southeastern U.S. typically 'flares up more around February, March, and then traditional storm season follows the jet stream. So Texas it would be more April, Oklahoma it's more May, and there are even storms in Chicago where it's more of a summertime thing, July or June.' Sick of winter? Spring weather predictions released by NOAA Overall, the long-range team at AccuWeather predicts between 1,300 and 1,450 will form around the U.S. in 2025. That's several hundred fewer than we saw in 2024. The National Weather Service plans to release its own spring weather outlook later this month. Meanwhile, national forecasters are warning a 'megastorm' could put 100 million people in its destructive path starting Friday. The National Weather Service forecast strong winds stretching Friday from the Canadian border to the Rio Grande, with gusts up to 80 mph, which creates a significant fire risk in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. At the same time, a winter blast was expected farther north in parts of the Rockies and Northern Plains, with possible blizzard conditions in the Dakotas and Minnesota. The central region from the Gulf Coast to Wisconsin is at risk of severe thunderstorms that could spawn tornadoes and hail. On Saturday, severe storms are forecast to move toward Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and then into Florida. Potential flooding was a concern from the Central Gulf Coast through the upper Ohio Valley. The turbulent weather is expected to arrive on the East Coast Sunday with strong winds and a flash flooding risk in localized areas. Heavy rain was forecast along the Interstate 95 corridor south to Jacksonville, Florida.
