00:00This is a live update from the Red River as we have severe storms organizing right now near the Childress,
00:05Texas area, back to the southwest of Quanah, Texas.
00:08You can even see a new wall cloud that's starting to form here.
00:11This is a line segment that is moving into a very favorable environment for supercell storms and tornadoes as well.
00:18There's very strong low-level wind shear just ahead of this storm over the southwestern corner of Oklahoma.
00:23So we think that once this line segment reaches the Red River, it's likely going to go nuts.
00:28And a supercell storm will develop near the southern edge of this complex of storms and then lift north of
00:33the Red River into southwestern Oklahoma.
00:35And that storm will be capable of all hazards, including even a strong tornado or two later on this evening
00:41near the magic hour between about 7 and 9 p.m.
00:44is when we think that window is going to be greatest for that tornado potential.
00:47We've got the Dominator 3 out here in full-blown tornado intercept mode, sampling some southeasterly winds right now.
00:54The winds are starting to back, as they often do, near the Red River.
00:57You can see some cloud-to-ground lightning there right beneath the base of that organizing supercell storm.
01:02Crazy lightning starting to form here as these storms continue to intensify.
01:06They are going to develop a threat of large hail and isolated tornadoes as these storms move off to the
01:11northeast.
01:12Near the Red River, you often get a lot of backing of those surface winds.
01:16And you also have the winter wheat fields, which are increasing the surface dew points up to 64, 65 ahead
01:22of these storms.
01:23You get a lot of evapotranspiration off of these winter wheat fields in southwest Oklahoma.
01:28And it is creating a very unstable, volatile environment for supercell storms and tornado potential.
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