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Chris McBee

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Storm chaser in OKC. Former news photographer. Husband to @pondertart . Extra and videographer in Twisters. Thoughts/opinions are my own, RTs ≠ endorsements.

OKC area
Joined April 2009
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Chris McBee
20 days
Got about 2-3 seconds of screen time in #Twisters . Did a little camera work for the movie also. Go see it, you’ll be glad you did! @Twistersmovie
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7 years
SpotterNetwork tribute to the great Joel Taylor. A great guy and a great chaser.
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1 year
The large #tornado in Mississippi has been on the ground over 100 miles. #mswx
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3 months
When you come across @Jeff_Piotrowski chasing in a Cybertruck…
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3 years
Large #tornado a few minutes ago west of Indiahoma, OK, streamed live on @kfor by @F5Video . #okwx
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Chris McBee
5 years
Which is the better lightning strike near a #tornado ?
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9 years
Water going over the spillway at Lake Texoma for only the 4th time in its history. Photo: Donna Bearden #okwx #txwx http://t.co/85XSf8amdN
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3 years
Crazy #tornado footage from Germany three years ago today. 🇩🇪
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6 years
Incredible eyewitness video shows a massive tornado barreling over cars in Germany. Two people were injured by the tornado, according to police, and 40-50 homes were reportedly damaged.
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Chris McBee
5 years
Paying respects on the 6th anniversary of that fateful day.
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Chris McBee
3 years
Cleaning out the storm shelter this morning. You should do the same, Oklahoma! #okwx
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Chris McBee
6 years
Tried to film some of the huge snowflakes in OKC tonight. Slow motion doesn't even do it justice. These flakes were the size of baseballs. #okwx
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Chris McBee
6 years
Turner Falls in southern OK is an absolute torrent with all the flooding rainfall. #okwx
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Chris McBee
5 years
Because it's been a while since I posted a #tornado clip!
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Chris McBee
3 years
Damage from an overnight #tornado in the Pauls Valley, OK area. Picture by @kfor ’s @akins_emily . #okwx
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Chris McBee
5 years
Beautiful waterspout off Genoa, Italy today!
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Arianna 🇮🇹 VotersItalia🇮🇹🇭🇷
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Tromba d'aria sul mare a Genova!!!
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Chris McBee
5 years
#Tornado nine years ago today in the TX Panhandle. #txwx
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Chris McBee
5 years
My wife is ten times the photographer I'll ever be. Amazing shot of yesterday's supercell near Memphis, TX.
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Rachel McBee ⚡
5 years
Yesterday was a good chase day ⚡⚡⚡ #storm #stormchasing #weather
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4 years
Briefly #tornado -warned storm over Harmon County, OK a few minutes ago. #okwx
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Chris McBee
3 years
Confirmed large and dangerous #tornado crossing from PA into NJ. The greater Trenton area needs to be ready to seek shelter! #njwx #pawx
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Chris McBee
6 years
Saw the @LAFD swift water rescue crews eastbound in TN today on their way to the Carolinas. All the way from Los Angeles to assist victims of Hurricane #Florence . That's dedication!
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6 years
Gorgeous mammatus display a short while ago north of Byers, CO. #cowx
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Chris McBee
5 years
Another video still of the #tornado south of Putnam, OK last night. #okwx #wxtwitter
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Chris McBee
6 years
Five years ago today, an EF5 #tornado tore through central Oklahoma. I still get emotional thinking about the devastation we witnessed in Moore. Residents there have been through so much. #moorestrong
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5 years
Five years ago today was the best chase of my career. Definitely my most intense #tornado encounter to date. #wxtwitter #stormchasing
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Chris McBee
2 years
Ever experienced winter and summer on the same day? The @okmesonet station at Camargo, OK was in the mid-20s this morning and lower 90s this afternoon. That’s a 66° warmup! 🥶 🥵 #okwx
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3 years
Backwards from half court! @ReedTimmerAccu with the rebound.
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Chris McBee
3 years
Now that’s a hook echo! Near Forsan, TX, with a #tornado in progress. #txwx
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Chris McBee
2 months
Paying respects at the Twistex Memorial today with @pondertart . We lost some great men 11 years ago.
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Chris McBee
2 years
Cleaning out the storm shelter today. If you live in #Tornado Alley, so should you! It’s that time of year!
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Chris McBee
5 years
I've done plenty of timelapses, but this is the first time I've tried a slow motion #tornado . Thoughts?
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Chris McBee
5 years
I'm fairly certain that everyone's feed will be full of tornado pics and video later this afternoon... but first, here's the Wray, Colorado #tornado that @pondertart and I filmed three years ago today!
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Chris McBee
2 years
A GoFundMe has been set up for the families of the three OU meteorology students that lost their lives in an accident Friday evening in northern Oklahoma. Please donate if you’re able, to assist their families with travel and memorial expenses. #wxtwitter
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Chris McBee
5 years
This makes me want to chase Canada this summer.
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5 years
Wedge evolution GIF Tilston, Manitoba June 27, 2015 @SeanSchofer @curtisbrooks80 @BraydonMoreSo
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3 years
Ten years ago today, a high-risk #tornado outbreak affected much of the Southern Plains. This large wedge occurred near Binger, OK. Watch near the end of the video (yellow circle) as a grain elevator is destroyed and its contents are pulled into the tornado. #okwx #wxtwitter
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Chris McBee
7 years
Beautiful small thunderstorm over the mountains, looking west from #Denver . #cowx
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Chris McBee
1 year
Paying my respects at the TWISTEX memorial site near El Reno, OK, where Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras, and Carl Young lost their lives ten years ago today. These great men will forever be missed.
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Chris McBee
5 years
Gorgeous severe storm over Memphis, TX. #txwx
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Chris McBee
4 years
Waterspout-turned- #tornado on the northern coast of Sicily! Incredible footage!
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4 years
Uragano a #Cefalu in provincia di #palermo
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Watch as this grain elevator is damaged by a large #tornado in west-central OK on 5/24/11. This storm would go on to produce EF5 damage to the northeast in Canadian County. #okwx
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Chris McBee
9 years
Panorama of a severe storm north of Dalhart, TX. #txwx http://t.co/kyyuw3XdB5
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Chris McBee
4 years
#Tornado montage from the past few years!
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Chris McBee
5 years
I'll have some shots of this #tornado to post later. Very large cone on Hwy 183 south of Putnam, OK earlier this evening. I'm on scene of damage. Rooves have been torn from at least two houses in this area. #okwx @NWSNorman
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Aaron Brackett
5 years
Here's another shot of the large tornado just north of Custer City, OK from Chris McBee. As of 9:55PM, the tornado threat is very low, however winds of 70 to 80 will be common with this line of storms heading toward OKC. @kfor #OKWX
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Chris McBee
5 years
I think the 3k NAM is overdoing Barry just a bit...
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Chris McBee
4 months
Just cleaned out the storm shelter, and so should you! Getting to be that time of year! #weather
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Chris McBee
5 years
Picturesque severe storm over Lincoln County, OK. #okwx
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Chris McBee
5 years
More pictures of #tornado damage in El Reno, OK, near the intersection of Hwy 81 & Route 66. #okwx @kfor
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Chris McBee
5 years
This. A million times. STOP PARKING UNDER OVERPASSES!
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Quincy Vagell
5 years
Do not park under overpasses. Very dangerous
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Chris McBee
3 years
Nice night in OKC for @foofighters !
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Chris McBee
5 years
Well said.
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word writin' wierdo
5 years
being angry at meteorologists when the tornados don’t hit you is like being angry at a seatbelt when you don’t get in a wreck
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#Tornado north of Canadian, TX a few minutes ago. #txwx http://t.co/JWxX3q5tM6
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Chris McBee
4 months
So Monday, April 8…. Chase storms or eclipses?
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Chris McBee
4 years
Just came across a weird snowman in Norman, OK with lemons for eyes. ⛄️🍋
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Chris McBee
5 years
Saturday evening in northern LA. 😱
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Chris McBee
1 year
. @DanielShawAU “claims” he’s forecasting.
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Chris McBee
7 months
There’s no sight quite like a wedge #tornado at close range lit by lightning. (Meade County, KS 5/24/15)
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Chris McBee
5 years
Near Pilger, NE, June 16, 2014. #TornadoTimelapseTuesday
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Chris McBee
5 years
Hmm... Thursday.... 👀
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Chris McBee
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Ten years ago today, we witnessed the untold power of nature, followed quickly by untold destruction and heartbreak. The EF5 #tornado that struck #Moore took 25 lives, including seven schoolchildren. The damage was vast, but Oklahoma came together to recover and heal. #okwx
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#Tornado N of Silverton, TX. #txwx
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Chris McBee
5 years
Texas Panhandle #tornado two years ago today.
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Chris McBee
9 years
Wedge #tornado near Plains, KS earlier tonight. #kswx http://t.co/sac71YXmhB
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9 years
23" in Arlington, VA. Photo taken by an old friend there. #vawx #snow #Jonas
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Chris McBee
5 years
I thought I was the tallest storm chaser around... and then I met @WXgage . For reference, I'm 6'5"!
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Chris McBee
5 years
It's the 7th anniversary of my first date with @pondertart , which just happened to be the 4/14/12 high risk chase. The #tornado pictured was in Alfalfa County, OK.
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Chris McBee
1 year
Big flakes falling in Moore, OK! ❄️❄️❄️ #okwx @NWSNorman
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Chris McBee
4 years
Hard to believe it's been 6 years since the Pilger, NE #tornado event. Craziest chase of my life.
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Chris McBee
5 years
My only talent besides storm chasing. #juggling #nerd
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Chris McBee
5 years
Horseshoe vortex near Jonestown, MS
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Chris McBee
3 years
It’s official! @pondertart and I are homeowners!
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Chris McBee
3 years
Landspout #tornado on the ground north of Denver Int’l Airport. Photo by Becca Edginton, looking north from the Glendale area. #cowx #denver @NWSBoulder
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Chris McBee
5 years
Anybody else keeping an eye on Tuesday in the TX Panhandle?
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Chris McBee
5 years
I just spoke to my family at length about severe weather plans tomorrow. Everyone knows where to go and what to do. Please do the same with your loved ones.
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Chris McBee
3 years
Funnel cloud S of Quanah, TX a few minutes ago. Picture by @pondertart . #txwx
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Chris McBee
5 years
Anyone else already looking ahead to Wednesday the 17th?
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Chris McBee
11 years
We have a 15-passenger van and are heading into Moore. We can take injured to hospitals and assist EMTs. Let us know where we are needed.
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Chris McBee
3 years
Seven years ago today was the wildest storm chase of my career, with twin EF4s in northeast Nebraska, unfortunately affecting the small town of Pilger. #newx #tornado
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Chris McBee
4 years
DFW area tomorrow. Thoughts?
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Chris McBee
5 years
#Tornado damage in El Reno, OK. #okwx @kfor
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Chris McBee
5 years
I was a senior in high school in Norman on May 3, 1999. My mom was a teacher in Moore. I'd always been interested in tornadoes, but that day changed everything. We were lucky to not be affected ourselves, and seeing the devastation firsthand is something I'll never forget.
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Chris McBee
4 years
Interesting night ahead for OK per the 16z HRRR. Could be quite a swath of large hail! #okwx
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Chris McBee
1 year
Got to interview @WxLiz this morning with @abreasette_tv . Last Wednesday she issued a severe thunderstorm watch, and became the first woman at SPC to do so. Watch for her story later today on @kfor !
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Chris McBee
4 years
May 24 has been a good day for #tornado chasing in years past!
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Chris McBee
1 year
On scene in Cole, OK where a #tornado caused damage last evening, unfortunately taking the lives of two people. @nickcamper and I are live on scene for @kfor .
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Chris McBee
7 years
Taken tonight in McAlester, OK. Photo courtesy Justin Ayres. #okwx
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Chris McBee
3 years
The eye of #Ida is only about 32 miles offshore. This will be an infamous and historic day for Louisiana. Please think of residents there today. ⁦⁦ @RadarOmega
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Chris McBee
1 year
Iowa/Illinois border tomorrow...... 👀
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Chris McBee
6 years
How do you spend your Saturday nights?
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Chris McBee
1 year
A tattered American flag flies over a demolished home in Cole, OK after a #tornado ravaged this area last evening. Continuous coverage on @kfor . #okwx
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Chris McBee
1 year
Hard to believe Pilger was 9 years ago. Craziest chase day of my career. #tornado
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Chris McBee
5 years
Tomorrow has potential to be huge.
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Braxton Banks
5 years
@daily_wx Yeah, wow...
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Chris McBee
5 years
What's the coldest temperature you've ever experienced? I think mine is about -15°F.
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WeatherBug
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The temperature in the Russian city of Yakutsk reached -47 C (-52.6 F) on December 28. 📍Yakutsk, Russia #WeatherBug #knowbefore #wx #weather #coldestwinter
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Chris McBee
4 years
Eight years ago today was a high-risk chase day in the Southern Plains (and my first date with @pondertart !) Pictured: after-dark #tornado in Alfalfa County, OK.
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Chris McBee
5 years
Anyone concerned about me on SN, I'm fine and on scene of tornado damage.
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Chris McBee
4 years
Two confirmed tornadoes very near and just north of Monroe, LA. Seek shelter in the path of this line of storms! #lawx #tornado
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Chris McBee
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Confirmed large and extremely dangerous #tornado just south of the Macon, GA area. #gawx
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Chris McBee
5 years
Hands down best video of the day goes to @PecosHank . Great footage of a #tornado near Lovelady, TX. #txwx
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Chris McBee
5 years
Footage of an after-dark #tornado we witnessed in northeast Nebraska on June 17, 2014.
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Chris McBee
4 years
Strong winds overnight caused tree damage in Del City, OK. This 60-year-old tree unfortunately fell on the homeowner's truck. #okwx
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Chris McBee
4 years
I turn 40 today. I’m poised precariously on top of the hill. Wish me well as I plan my descent.
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Chris McBee
2 years
Damage in Wayne, OK from an early-morning #tornado . Watch for updates on @kfor . #okwx
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