Post date: Jun 01, 2013 12:24:37 AM
Numerous tornadoes hit Oklahoma City area, threaten downtown area.
NEAR OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, UNITED STATES (MAY 31, 2013) (NBC) - Several tornadoes were seen touching down in cities near Oklahoma City,Oklahoma Friday. (May 31) according to local media reports.
The National Weather Service had issued a tornado watch for parts of Oklahomadescribing weather conditions as "particularly dangerous" a day after more than a dozen reported twisters ripped through the region.Forecasters had said several intense tornadoes were likely, along with storms bringing up to 4-inch hail and damaging wind
gusts that could reach 80 miles per hour.
"An extremely unstable air mass has developed across much of Central (and)Eastern Oklahoma," the weather service said in an
advisory. "This will likely result in rapid development of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening."
Forecasters said the winds would pose an increasing threat through the evening and urged residents to watch for severe weather.