Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >

May 1-2, 2008 Severe Weather Outbreak

Severe thunderstorms erupted along a dry line across Central and Eastern Oklahoma on the evening of May 1st . These storms produced tornadoes across Pawnee and Osage Counties in Northeast Oklahoma before dissipating. Another round of severe thunderstorms occurred during the early morning hours of May 2nd as a potent cold front swept through the region. Several tornadoes were produced by these thunderstorms along with large hail and damaging winds.

Multimedia Review of the May 1-2, 2008 Severe Weather Event

May 1-2, 2008 Tornadoes
County	Location	Time	Rating	Length	Width
Pawnee	1 mile NE of Pawnee	Approx. 830 pm	EF-0	brief touchdown
Pawnee	5.5 miles NE of Pawnee to 4.5 miles S-SE of Ralston	Approx. 830 pm	EF-1	3 Miles	300 Yards
Osage	9 miles S-SE of Fairfax to 8 miles S-SW of Pawhuska	838-912 pm	EF-1	17 Miles	450 Yards
Osage	9 miles SW of Pawhuska to 5.5 miles W of Pawhuska	906-915 pm	EF-0	5 Miles	100 Yards
Creek	1 mile S of Bristow to 6.75 miles E-NE of Bristow	145-151 am	EF-0	7 Miles	250 Yards
Rogers/Mayes	9.5 miles E. of Claremore to 5.5 N-NW of Pryor	303-315 am	EF-1	9 Miles	500 Yards

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