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CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts) Mon May 20, 2013, 04:05 PM May 2013

Very bad tornado in South Oklahoma City Today (Monday) Hitting Right Now. [View all]

They declared a Tornado Emergency. I have never heard that expression before. The sirens are going now.

This goes down to Moore Oklahoma. This is going to be very, very bad.

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Very bad tornado in South Oklahoma City Today (Monday) Hitting Right Now. [View all] CBGLuthier May 2013 OP

Uh oh. HappyMe May 2013 #1

Oklahoma always seem to get hit with the worst tornadoes. MineralMan May 2013 #2

Stay safe! We used to call Moore "Tornado Alley" BlueToTheBone May 2013 #3

It is about a mile south of the May 3, 1999 tornado CBGLuthier May 2013 #4

They just said that it is a mile wide! HappyMe May 2013 #5

right now it is in a relatively sparsely populated area CBGLuthier May 2013 #6

Oh! HappyMe May 2013 #9

I am in absolutely no danger from THIS tornado CBGLuthier May 2013 #14

I'm looking at it on MSNBC right now. HappyMe May 2013 #18

15 miles away is in no immediate danger. But it is wild uppityperson May 2013 #19

Talk to us about it later. Hunker down! n/t winter is coming May 2013 #13

Glad you are 15 mi away and what a mess where it is. uppityperson May 2013 #16

I'm sorry. BlueToTheBone May 2013 #11

Holy hell maddezmom May 2013 #7

Saying it may be EF-5 tornado. Very, Very bad for anyone in its path. Grammy23 May 2013 #8

2 mile wide debris ball, link to live streaming here, whoah uppityperson May 2013 #10

here is a police scanner link rollin74 May 2013 #12

Thanks for link. . annabanana May 2013 #20

Tornado weakening, by high school. uppityperson May 2013 #15

2 Mile wide Texasgal May 2013 #17

wow, this looks awful fishwax May 2013 #21