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Tornadoes in Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota and Iowa - 5/1/08

Submitted by Ben.Holcomb on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 8:22am.

Here is a round up of Tornado Reports from May 1st, 2008:

KOCO.com Reports: At Least 2 Tornadoes Confirmed As Storms Move Through Okla.

From Keloland.com:
Tornadoes in NW IA

Tornado Video:

Cleanup Video:

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10:37 PM CDT
Still a strong supercell with rotation and a Tornado Warning in Allen County, Kansas.

8:51 PM CDT
Tornado near Ralston, OK. Live video, confirmed tornado at www.KFOR.com right now.

8:45 PM CDT
Tornado Warnings still out in eastern Oklahoma. South Dakota and Iowa has really died off in regards to tornadic cells.

8:15 PM CDT
There is a very good picture from Storm Chaser Van DeWald posted up at Stormtrack. Click Here to see the picture.

One tornado Warning in Kansas and one in Oklahoma currently.

7:49 PM CDT
The SPC has issued a new Mesoscale Discussion for South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota.

7:40 PM CDT
Tornado Reports still coming in from Iowa.

7:20 PM CDT
Here are 3 updated images from the Sioux Falls Radar Site

Here is the cell near Plattsburg MO on GR2AE

7:10 PM CDT
Tornado on the ground in Inwood, Iowa according to the NWS in Sioux Falls. Tornado Warning out for Kory's cell in Turner County, SD.

6:52 PM CDT
New Severe Thudnerstorm Warning for Minnehaha County in South Dakota. Kory is still following the cell in South Dakota that is tornado warned in Turner County.

6:47 PM CDT
Funnel Cloud on Kory Hartman's cam very close to the ground!

6:45 PM CDT
Still showing some very strong rotation on the cell Kory Hartman is on. Kory is on KELO-TV live right now with his feed.

6:37 PM CDT
TORNADO WARNING out for the cell Kory Hartman is on. Turner County in South Dakota

New Mesoscale Discussion issued as well for the Tornado Watch in SD/IA/MN.

6:35 PM CDT
Big tube showing up on GR2AE. Kory is showing a wall cloud on the cam and may possibly develop further.

6:25 PM CDT
Another new Tornado Watch out for Oklahoma.

6:20 PM CDT
Kory is right under a hook echo and Tornado Vortex Signature North of Irene, SD

5:57 PM CDT
New Tornado Watch out for parts of Iowa and Kansas.

5:48 PM CDT
New Severe Thunderstorm Warnings out for Aurora, Davison, Douglas and Hutchinson Counties in South Dakota.

5:00 PM CDT
Kory is near Scotland, SD watching the Severe Warned Cell. Some lowerings showing up on his streaming camera.

5:00 PM CDT
Kory is nearing some Severe warned cells near the SD/NE border.

4:50 PM CDT
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Tornado Watch for South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota until 1100PM CDT.

SevereStudios Chaser Kory Hartman is chasing in South Dakota! Please view the Live ChaseCam Network page to see his streaming video!


3:30 PM CDT
A Mesoscale Discussion has been issued for southeast South Dakota, northeast Nebraska, and northwest Iowa for a potental Tornado Watch coming soon.

Kory Hartman is on his way to the area... streaming soon!

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Severe weather is possible from Nebraska and Kansas down to Oklahoma and Texas today and tonight ahead of an advancing cold front. The Storm Prediction Center has outlined a moderate risk area in southeast Nebraska and eastern Kansas.

There will most likely be SevereStreamers out in the field later today with live streaming video.

Kory Hartman is debating a late evening chase in eastern Nebraska. Stay tuned!

Firewall

Submitted by Kenny.Allen on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 4:55pm.

Your firewall and or antivirus programs are blocking the port that it uses to connect. Try disabling them.

Sincerely,
Kenny Allen
www.SevereStudios.com
Kenny@SevereStudios.com

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The bug will only show up on

Submitted by Ben.Holcomb on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 4:52pm.

The bug will only show up on my feed for now. We will probably implement it across all of the SevereStudios chasers cams eventually, but most of the rest of the cams will not have the bugs.

As for the chat problem, the chat room is up and working. I would guess it'd be a firewall or something else restricting access.

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Java chat client problems?

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 4:05pm.

I'm getting a "connection refused" from the java chat client.
Any idea? If my campus network is blocking the ports, is that the message you would see?

http://144.216.6.33/images/connectionrefused.png

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Bug

Submitted by TraceyP on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 12:37pm.

Somehow I knew the bug you were speaking of wasn't related to actual insects. I see it now, looks good.

One thing to mention if I may.
The streams during chases tend to "drop", especially during exciting moments, which results in me becoming a refresh-maniac.

Will this "bug" be a permanent thing on all the streams? If so, I worry that it might take away from seeing the whole picture. Ex. The Tornado Logo is nifty, but not be so nifty if I see it hovering over an actual tornado.

MI, About as exciting as here in OH.

You could always leave, right now and make it South just in time for things to fire up lol

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Bug

Submitted by Ben.Holcomb on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 12:25pm.

The bug is the little logo and text over the video which is up right now. I've got it pointing at my XM SkyFi3.

Kory will be chasing later today most likely. I will be driving around in a bit to test this new software out. So the stream will be down for awhile and then will come back with me driving around Lansing, MI (Big bore that is)

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I must've missed the bugs.

Submitted by Tracey (not verified) on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 12:05pm.

I must've missed the bugs. Probably not as entertaining as your cellphone though! Will you be chasing today?

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Video Testing

Submitted by Ben.Holcomb on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 11:35am.

Yeah, I've been testing a few things video wise this morning. How do you like the bugs we have over our video feeds?

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Thanks for the tease Ben. I

Submitted by Tracey (not verified) on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 11:15am.

Thanks for the tease Ben. I got excited to see a chasecam streaming, instead of weather I got to see your phone conversation, lol.

Can't wait to see you guys in action! I've planned my day around todays weather events. Which means sitting in front of my computer watching you guys chase! Good luck and be safe.

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