Tornadic Storm News Today

Damage was reported 15 miles south of Indianapolis in Johnson County, Indiana, after a reported tornado impacted the area Sunday afternoon. At around 3:10 p.m. CDT, multiple videos posted on social media showed a tornado on the ground at the intersection of Interstate 69 and Indiana State Route 144 in Johnson County, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Damage from tornadic storm in Greenwood, Indiana. (Twitter/@ColeBasey9) According to WTHR, a fire chief in Whiteland, Indiana, locat

A particularly dangerous situation was declared south of downtown Denver Thursday afternoon amid a tornadic storm that tacked miles south of the heat of the city. A tornado warning was issued across Douglas and Arapaho counties at 3:30 p.m. MDT, warning of "life-threatening" conditions due to a spotter-confirmed tornado and golfball-size hail. "This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION," the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Boulder, Colorado, said. The South Metro Fi...

So starting in through as it continues that movement to the east, putting it into cushing at 3:37. so that is the cell were most concerned about at this hour. also in chickasha we still have the severe thunderstorm warning in place and this cell is approaching norman as we speak. the national weather service office there has said the conditions are more favorable for development on the northern side of the system rather than the southern end of it so things are a bit less conducive for tornadic ...

What im seeing right now. >> spencer joins us now on the phone, a storm chaser. spencer, where are you and what are you seeing? >> i am about three miles south of cole, oklahoma which is southeast of blanchard. we have a rapidly rotating wall cloud that developed in the last ten minutes and it looks like it could drop a tornado at any time. >> where are you in relation to -- we know that -- we heard from one of our local affiliates that there looked to be a tornado on the ground east of perkins ...

>> reporter: im about ten miles east of chickasha, oklahoma now on the road up toward blanchard where i believe the storm is heading. this storm is headed to the areas that were hit so very hard, jake, and even if we dont get a tornado and hopefully we do not, because this storm did lose some organization just in the past 15 minutes. thats why were on the move going a little bit farther to the east to get a little bit better look at this tornado or potential tornadic storm. right now it is just ...

I-35 in a very populated area in that corridor from oklahoma city, moore, down to norman. were watching as it moves off to the east. it has been moving very slowly and that may be one of the reasons the organization isnt there yet. it is still very hot and muggy and all the humidity is being used by this one storm. it is the big dog, the super cell thunderstorm that is headed to a populated area. well keep watching it for you. >> chad, i was just texting with someone i met when i was in norman, ...

What was unusual with moore and still is, is that it happened in a populated place and thats when they hit. >> well listen in now on our affiliate koco. >> that is one of the more impressive shots and storms we have seen so far this afternoon and again this is a storm that is well east of i-35. the amount of wind shear is very high. winds are just screaming across oklahoma east of i-35 so you have that storm has all the right ingredients it needs to produce a tornado and again as it continues to...

Refrigerator and the bathroom. with an ef-5, all you find is the concrete slab thats left for the homes. not very many homes in oklahoma have basements, and i know that seems counter-productive, but its almost impossible to put a basement in a home in oklahoma without dynamite because youre on the rock. it is very expensive. many people do have storm shelters. you actually cut them out of your garage floor. you cut the concrete and then they do literally blast that rock out or chip it out and gi...

Ill be on it with probably live video in about ten minutes. >> how close are you, do you estimate? >> right now its about 15 miles southwest of me, coming in just north of the red river, getting ready to track it. i can see the storm -- i cannot see the tornado yet. i can see the storm, a large supercell. its bra aes producing basebal hail and theres report of debris in the air. >> how populated, jeff, is this area where this tornado is moving through? >> its very rural, southern oklahoma. its j...

Subtract those 30. obviously im going to continue to get more information from the folks out here. this is all preliminary. >> lance, we appreciate your efforts, a parent yourself. and for those of us parents watching, it is difficult to watch, but nothing compared to those families. >> lets go back to adam. >> linda, were at orr family farm. some people were able to make it to a basement in one of the houses here. but a lot of people had to ride out this storm inside of these horse stalls. one ...