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brooklynite

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Mon May 20, 2013, 04:27 PM May 2013

NWS Issues Tornado Emergency For Oklahoma City

Source: Fox 2 News

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The National Weather Service issued a rare tornado emergency for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area Monday afternoon as at least one twister touched down in the area. A tornado emergency is enhanced wording in a tornado warning indicating a large tornado is moving into a heavily populated area. Significant widespread damage and numerous fatalities are possible.

Read more: http://fox2now.com/2013/05/20/nws-issues-tornado-emergency-for-oklahoma-city/



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NWS Issues Tornado Emergency For Oklahoma City (Original Post) brooklynite May 2013 OP
Inhofe will call it a "hoax." Archae May 2013 #1
...before or after asking for disaster aid? brooklynite May 2013 #3
While. Archae May 2013 #5
That must be a scary. tofuandbeer May 2013 #2
Stay safe, folks LiberalEsto May 2013 #4
Tornado crossed HGY 11 in SE Osage county Behind the Aegis May 2013 #6
Sure glad it won't be as a result of Global Warming! Plucketeer May 2013 #7
 

Plucketeer

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7. Sure glad it won't be as a result of Global Warming!
Mon May 20, 2013, 05:30 PM
May 2013

"During his run for the U. S. Senate, Coburn was quoted as saying that there was, "....no hard evidence to support global warming." Coburn called global warming "just a lot of crap."

He and Inhofe are probably busy looking for ways to pay for the federal aid to OK, Right?

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