UPDATE: Tornado Watch 7 (possibly PDS) will be issued by 5:00.
TORNADO SEASON - Safety Tips
Stay safe @joshuad11
Aswell as ithers in the areas affected.
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If you get the chance, watch (no pun intended) Tornado Alley film by Sean Casey. I saw in IMAX and must say very interesting
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Compared to this the beast from east is more like a kitten from east 
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@joshuad11 Thanks for sharing this info. A lot people may not realize how important being prepared for this sort of thing.
I’m up in rural North Texas and we can get some bad ones out. Just a few years ago (the day after Christmas) we had one that destroyed a house less than half mile from house killing a new born baby and leveling the house. This tornado also leveled many neighbors and knocked out city and county utility services for hours and in some areas for days.
Living in area with earth quakes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters its always a good idea to have a 3 day bug out bag ready and supplies to last a week if you can’t get out of your house.
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Good preparedness tips! Stay safe @joshuad11 !
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I live in tornado alley, Oklahoma, 30ish miles south of Moore, OK.
3 tornadoes have crossed the same spot in Moore, and its deemed the “unluckiest place”
There is a white X on the spot on a families large farm.
You have to have a sense of humor about it, but be prepared at same time and always keep an eye to the sky during tornado season. After living here 15 years, you can literally feel when its tornado weather. The birds come out of the trees and sit on the ground as well.
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And we in the U.K. think we get bad weather
I do watch those storm chaser programmes and think it would be cool to experience it (within safety limits)
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I’m in New England and snow is the culprit for power outages. Although most of the list still applies for being safe during outage.
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Update: There have been ZERO tornadoes in Kansas AND Oklahoma so far this year… That’s insane!
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As good as that is, it’s also scary to think what havoc next season will bring
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i have footage from moore tornado aftermath somewhere on my phone, let me see if i can find it
here it is. https://www.dropbox.com/s/yi77hg7v558zw1g/moore%20tornado.mp4?dl=0
Thats a friend talking, not me
be careful guys
HEADS UP TO THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS:
A very strong storm system is expected to bring a multi-day severe threat to the region. As of right now, the greatest potential for widespread severe weather appears to be setting up on Wednesday. At the moment, the Storm Prediction Center places the highest risk across the eastern two-thirds of Kansas and the northwest half of Oklahoma…
While this risk area will be adjusted over the next several days, confidence is increasing in the possibility of a higher-end severe episode. This may include the risk for strong to violent, long-track tornadoes, but there are too many factors far from certain to say for sure at this point.
Bottom line is stay tuned over the next several days as computer models begin to come into better agreement with one another as to how this situation is going to unfold. And don’t wait until the sirens blow to start preparing. Prepare for tomorrow today. Related PSA
take care and care guys
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I put this statistic in my weather forecast for my local high school news show.
Kansas Tornadoes 2018
January - April: 0
May 1 - May 2: 18
Fortunately, no injuries or deaths from these reported to far, and even seem to have lucked out damage-wise as while some were quite strong, hit mainly rural areas.
Weather pattern looks active throughout much of this month, as is typical for this time of the year.
That’s a crazy stat 
While in the U.K. we complain about our climate and having wet summers, I am glad that we don’t get the extremes like so many other parts of the world get. I mean a few inches of snow and we go into shutdown mode ffs
Be safe
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Thursday going into Friday night we actually had a tornado watch here in Vermont. Q2 out of Vermont 14 could ties were under watch due to the rolling thunderstorms working it’s way through the area. While it has since expired, there is still caution due to lingering storms that keep happening throughout the day
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Same here in Munich Bavaria.
People are NEVER content with the weather.
Too hot, too cold, too dry, too wet…
Storms are very rare.
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Yes, NW Vermont was in the Moderate Risk for Friday/Friday Night, mainly for significant wind potential.