Arcadia Area News Today

Theyre probably 400, 500 feet lower than we are so theyre probably now 700 feet above the ground. thats the area we are looking at. it is going to be about 122nd and lets just call it broadway extension -- just within that general area. so this is the next area of concern right here. as you can just see, the clouds are coming together. theyre starting to rotate slightly and its definitely forming. right before your eyes you can see -- we cant see the daylight. earlier we could see the color betw...

Much more on the severe weather were watching. incredible live images of the ominous activity taking place right now in edmond, oklahoma. take a look at these images right here just in the last 30 minutes or so weve seen a number of funnel clouds forming. we heard from some of the reporters theyd even touched ground in edmond, oklahoma then making its way toward i-35 in the arcadia area, then threatening luther as well. it is too early to tell what kind of damage has been done here but we know f...

The tornado watches being in place until 11:00 for areas from minnesota all the way down towards texas. you expect that out of texas. you expect that out of oklahoma but you dont think of minnesota but in fact parts of minnesota are a part of tornado alley. as we go through today, tonight, were talking large hail, damaging winds and again tornado are going to be likely but it is not just sunday. were going to add in for monday as well and you notice for areas as we cross over the lake, you can s...

Night. however, places like oklahoma and even in nearby wichita, kansas, which also experienced at least a report of one tornado on the ground, they are maintaining a situation where they are looking at potential activity throughout the evening and youre seeing right there kind of the rotation of cloud or at least a dusting up. very difficult to tell there whether that is indeed a twister that is forming. it appears as though there is an incredible rotation that you are witnessing live right now...

To take shelter right now. this storm is moving to the east. arcadia, take shelter right now. weve got significant debris. i just got hid up side the side by some quarter sized hail thats been coming down. significant tornado here with debris coming up. >> so those along arcadia lake there, right along route 66, if you live along route 66 there near arcadia lake, talking about areas down near pops. anyone within that area you need to go into your tornado shelter immediately. again you are lookin...

>> makes its way like forming a little tail. >> absolutely. this is the lowering. we saw video earlier of that debris that was spinning around. this is something that were going to continue to see. of course we talked about that tornado emergency earlier out of wichita. we still dont have any information whats come out of there, possible damage of that very large tornado that was spotted. >> jennifer, help us understand how it is that this happens. it is a confluence of cold air, hot air -- >> w...

Air. you see the radar picture right there but you are seeing this forecaster right here who continues to do their live reporting there showing the area that is under watch right now. i think we get a chance to listen in. >> -- still have a very pronounced area of circulation strong rotation on the east side of wichita. stay in your storm shelter until we get the all-clear and get this storm out of here. weve had tremendous hail. maybe up to baseball sized in some isolated locations of wichita. ...

Temperatures sometimes. if you are outside you kind of feel like the sucking of the wind. there is a tower cam shot right now of kind of the horizon and that ominous nature that comes with tornadic activity. tell us more about what people can expect. >> were going to continue to see weather conditions deteriorate across parts of kansas. as we take you over to our radar very quickly, we want to make this a little bit bigger for you. what we are dealing with now is a tornado emergency and the area...

Helicopter -- this is so dangerous out there for these people covering these storms. we were looking at something earlier. all these storm spotters are all in place across parts of oklahoma, as well as kansas and they are really putting their lives at risk but they know how to follow these storms and get out of the way. >> even in this area, this tornado alley -- right there. >> there is our debris right there. you can see it kicking up. thats a strong cone shaped tornado and thats -- i cant tel...