Our meeting scheduled for Monday, May 20 has been cancelled due to the threat of severe weather in our area.
Our guest speaker has been contacted and notified of the cancellation.
The National Weather Service website for Tulsa states:
"...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW LONG TRACK TORNADOES...
DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WEST OF HIGHWAY 75. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE...TAKING ON SUPERCELLULAR
CHARACTERISTICS. ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH
INTO EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE IS
ALREADY VERY UNSTABLE AND ADDITIONAL SURFACE HEATING IS EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON WITH STRENGTHENING WIND FIELDS ALOFT. GIVEN THE
EXPECTED ENVIRONMENT...THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A FEW LONG TRACK VIOLENT TORNADOES...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
BASEBALLS AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 80 MPH.
IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY BECOME
AN ISSUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE GREATEST THREAT TONIGHT WILL BE SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 44 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
REPEATEDLY MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA TONIGHT WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN
COMMON. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE UP TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH
WOULD CAUSE LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING."
