Kevin Kloesel
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Meteorologist & EM, Always available to learn more. Opinions are my own. Be weather aware and stay safe.
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The most embarrassing thing I’ve seen
@NOAA
do in my 35 years in the field.
@NWSBirmingham
was spot on, and their forecast should be celebrated.
#ShameOnNOAA
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For every tweet using the words "historic" "memorable" "epic" "all-time" "unreal" etc. Remember that today's
@TheMasters
@PGATour
#MastersSunday
#Masters
#TigerWoods
#GreenJacket
was ONLY made possible by the SCIENCE OF METEOROLOGY.
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Don't know who
@NWSNorman
had the foresight to launch an 03Z balloon, but that's Commerce Bronze Medal worthy!
#okwx
#FlipTheLid
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I can happily report that
@ZooAmpOKC
has reached out for assistance regarding weather decision triggers and monitoring. This is a fabulous development for the safe hosting of outdoor events in the heart of tornado alley.
#eventsafety4all
#okwx
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Hey
@weatherchannel
is it really necessary to tempt fate with Paul on a rocking dock over incoming waves in Morehead City, NC? Let’s stop talking about having a safe place to go .. and show your viewers what one looks like?
#WeatherReadyNation
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It’s been an absolute honor & privilege to provide weather support for 62 games and countless more practices full of cold, heat, rain, lightning, tornadoes, and one gorgeous perfect evening for these amazing young ladies. Congratulations 2023 National Champs.
@OU_Softball
#wcws
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Unfortunately, Santa’s meteorologist struggles with frontal placement... given the isobaric pattern on this map.
#ThatsADollar
Proof that
#Santa
doesn’t use weather apps. He relies on North Pole meteorologists and old school DIFAX charts for his forecast. Sometimes the "old" ways are better.
#RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer
#INwx
#MOwx
#ILwx
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6000 PPE-filled welcome back kits assembled in 5 hours by a volunteer army from
@UofOklahoma
Operations
#WearingIsCaring
#OUSafe
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Please don’t forget that unpaid
@NWS
employees are working hard to issue tornado watches and warnings tonight to keep Oklahomans safe while severe weather threatens.
#ThankYouNWS
Once the government reopens those conversations can and will speed up. But it is imperative that Congress comes together to find solutions in a way that doesn’t jeopardize military, children’s healthcare, and important gov’t functions.
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I keep hearing that
@mlb
is working on a weather/lightning safety plan. No urgency I see.
#EventSafety4All
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Amidst this “fast moving storm that came out of nowhere” narrative, we should be promoting the GREAT proactive detective work by
@NWSSpringfield
for issuing a warning that included Table Rock Lake WELL IN ADVANCE of
#duckboattragedy
#mowx
Severe Thunderstorm Warning continues for Branson MO, Hollister MO, Cassville MO until 7:30 PM CDT
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@RyanMaue
However, at the time of the original Alabama tweet, this was the cone of uncertainty.. Alabama would not have been in this cone, even a 7 day one.
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Baseball and Softball coaches!!! Dugouts Are NOT safe shelter in lightning storms!
#EventSafety4All
So you wanna play baseball in Oklahoma? Flooded dugouts, and a lightning strike that knocks out power at the stadium. Not your average day at the yard.
#okwx
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Lightning is not "crazy" "insane" "unusual" etc. It happens every day, and it's deadly! Plan for it, have a bonafide sheltering plan, and do NOT shelter under trees or in tents.
#EventSafety4All
#scwx
#usga
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No offense to the chief mets in the OKC metro. But some serious lessons should be learned from the incredibly calm, informative, professional jobs done this morning by
@LaceySwope
@KOCOShelby
@emilyrsutton
@Marcynovakwx
@kfor
@koconews
@NEWS9
@okcfoxweather
#AllProTeam
#okwx
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Larger ice pellets (super sleet!) creating divots in the pre-existing field of mediocre sleet.
#okwx
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If you are moving in a rental truck.. know where the fire extinguisher is. It can save your life. This is the FRONT seat/cab console where a wiring harness ignited in our UHAUL while in transit. Thanks to all of the
@OUemergencyprep
training, the fire was out before Ft Worth’s
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No way in hell is this true... most of the rest of the nation would have to be wearing masks to offset the 98% of Oklahomans that aren't
#WearingIsCaring
65% of U.S. adults say that they have personally worn a mask in stores or other businesses all or most of the time in the past month.
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The
@ChasRiverDogs
lightning in the
@ZachBlandPhoto
was way too close. Over 100 strikes within 8 miles DURING the game, 3 CGs within 5 miles.
@MiLB
has the same weather safety issue that
@MLB
has. Someone apparently has to get struck before rule changes are made.
@EventSafety4All
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Quite noisy in the
@OUemergencyprep
EOC on the
@UofOklahoma
campus this evening with 2.25” diameter hail stones banging on the roof during our tornado warning. Thanks
@NWSNorman
for all you do!
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If we decided to take care of it like it was our only home, wouldn't every day be Earth Day?
#EarthDay17
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First time I have ever been in a house taking a direct hit with a CG
#LightningStrike
My ears are still ringing. Thankfully the rainfall rate was 5.5"/hour at the time. While the TV's that were on all went dark, the TV in the living room that was off.. is now on.
#okwx
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#okwx
that prompted negligent post from OKC Zoo Amphitheater on 5/7: 1st lightning w-in 8mi 10:05pm; 160 total lightning strikes w-in 8mi during next 32 min; 14 CGs, 9 w-in 4mi; Closest CG 1mi east 10:28pm; NWS SVR Warning 10:16pm (70mph, hail, tornado possible)
#eventsafety4all
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Thank you
@KOCOMichael
for showing the irresponsible masses endangering others on our county roads.. and for the quote “I’m more fearful of this (chaser convergence) than I am of the storm.”
#okwx
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We likely should focus on the proactive implementation of a weather safety plan rather than the semantics of how our tiny community defines “severe.” Getting hit by lightning is severe, despite glossary definitions that might suggest otherwise.
Again…. There is currently NO SEVERE WEATHER 🤦🏻♂️ Stop saying this.
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Interesting that there wasn’t much thought given to these fires until smoke hit the OKC metro. Imagine what our neighbors in western OK are going through.. and for 2 days now.
#okwx
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Between Kia and Bud Light, weather safety in
#SuperBowl53
commercials was about as offensive as... well, the offenses.
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A heartbreaking day. There are no words at the moment
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Congratulations to all of my friends and colleagues in Norman on their Cotton Bowl win.
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Pouring freezing rain and 31F and people are shooting off fireworks in the neighborhood?? Wish they had this much fortitude with mask wearing!
#HappyNewYear
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It's raining so hard in Houston that it is raining INSIDE Minute Maid Park with the roof closed.
#Astros
#TakeItBack
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Professional development advice: Do your job SO horribly that people are willing to pay you $78,000,000 to STOP doing it.
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Although having a service is great, my friends and colleagues know that I have long advocated for on-site professional meteorological support to facilitate dedicated & rapid nowcast & weather decision making, especially when large numbers of spectators are at risk.
NEW:
@RedRocksCO
spox Brian Kitts tells me the city amphitheater crew and the concert promoter
@LiveNation
both used different meteorology contractors - SkyView and Accuweather. He says they communicated storm threats as they got them.
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One minute Terminal Doppler radar (TOKC) data does a fantastic job pinpointing
#earthquake
start time 11:24-11:25pm 2/2/24 (see birds becoming airborne SW of Newalla by 11:25pm) as well as the several minutes it took for the birds to settle down. (Twitter/radar comparison
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I believe Dr Fauci’s June forecast just verified
BREAKING: U.S. reports 100,000 coronavirus cases in 24 hours, setting world record - BNO count
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Boston is absolutely one of the most walkable cities I have ever encountered. This week a goal was set to walk 26.2mi. I can now say I finished A Boston "Marathon!" (and it only took FOUR days!)
#AMS2020
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I’m a little embarrassed that all I was planning on doing was working on the backyard fence.
In 1665, the University of Cambridge temporarily closed due to the bubonic plague. Isaac Newton had to work from home, and he used this time to develop calculus and the theory of gravity.
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What happens when a meteorologist, a university president and weather hazards all meet simultaneously? Find out today as
@OU_President
visits
@ousom
#METR4743
#ouwx
#wxtwitter
#EMgtwitter
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I think a legislature should be funding over 50% of the cost of the state universities before acting like a majority owner.
I am pleased to file the companion bill, SB 76, to Chairman Dustin Burrows' HB 298, which would require legislative approval before a public senior college or university can change membership in a collegiate athletic conference. Read my statement here:
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Dangerous lightning begins at 6:49pm. A parachute jumper at 6:58pm? Simultaneous with a ground stroke only 3 miles out? And the game starts anyway? Invite
@LHSAA
to attend an
@EventSafety4All
or
@NCS4usm
summit on weather/venue safety!
#WeatherReadyNation
#nfhs
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No
@CollegeMarching
band in the country applies weather intelligence as effectively as
@OU_ThePRIDE
@BrianBritt1
is today’s
@ousom
#METR4743
guest to talk about keeping the
#MarchingArts
safe in the face of weather hazards.
#OUSafe
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Ever wonder why meteorology students have to study fluid dynamics to understand the atmosphere?
#txwx
#radarlove
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I feel like a painful time capsule has burst open, spilling memories of a 7-year-old child glued to the TV set in 1969 both inspired by human achievement in space, and fearful of our stubborn refusal to embrace EVERY neighbor with decency, honor and civility here on Earth.
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People griping about
#hurricanemichael
cat 4 vs cat 5 are like the people that gripe when their straight line wind damage isn’t classified as a tornado. Moving air can be deadly at any wind speed depending upon your exposure/vulnerability. Focus on the hazard, not the category.
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Finally found a virus-free environment to socially distance myself in while teaching
@ousom
#METR4743
in telework mode!
#EventSafety4all
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I am NEVER going to get used to
@weatherchannel
naming
#winter
storms! I just told a caller that she had the wrong number. She asked if
#Bessie
was coming here. 🙇🏼♂️ Had no idea she was asking about
#okwx
(Calling back to apologize now.)
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Move over Great Lakes.. The OKC Metro lake effect belts are cranking tonight!
#okwx
#radarlove
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If there is a silver lining here, maybe more people will be able to correctly identify the US States on a map.
#Election2020
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Special thanks to
@OU_ThePRIDE
for implementing weather safety protocols in the face of extreme heat, and allowing for data collection by
@ousom
students in Pride to research and better understand heat illness in the marching arts.
#InStepWithSafety
#EventSafety4All
#OUSafe
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Another case study to add to the
#EventSafety4All
workbook
Watch video of the lightning strike that hit backstage of the Country Stampede as people run to take shelter.
#kswx
@wibwweather
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The negligence and complete disregard for player and fan safety exhibited by
@MLB
must stop before someone is killed. It’s long past time for
@MLB
to send someone to
@EventSafety4All
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I guess I was naive to think that a football fan base would be able to understand and apply the concept of defending against the spread.
#MaskUp
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Ohhhh
@NFL
How FAR you have come on weather safety (
@TonyDungy
in danger a few yrs ago vs
@TonyDungy
safe tonight). Announcers modeling SAFE BEHAVIOR! This makes me happy!
@MLB
it's your turn!
@EventSafety4All
#uswx
#weatherreadynation
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A STAMPEDE WARNING has been issued for a portion of the
#AMS2018
Exhibit Hall from 6pm-6:15pm
@NASAHyperwall
@OTTHydrometry
&
@HarrisCorp
should take their stampede precautions now.
#OUPartyTicket
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Can I go so far as to say my
@ousom
#METR4743
students are badass! Those attending today with location turned on include the
#COVID19
impacted areas of Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, South Carolina, and across the Atlantic to England and Germany.
#resilience
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Thanks
@twillrick
for the “job shadow” opportunity of a lifetime! The weather support operations here are second to none! Well done
@DISupdates
#weatherreadynation
#eventsafety4all
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Amateurs w/ access to radar images are not trained to make life safety decisions in weather hazards, yet our profession facilitates this false sense of security. We must continue to push for the use of professional weather expertise!
#WeatherReadyNation
Initial NTSB review provides timeline of duck boat’s final minutes before it sank
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Equivalent to sending people to their home tornado shelter a month after the tornado goes through.
BREAKING: In a 3-2 vote, an ordinance mandating the wearing of masks in public was passed by the
@CityofEdmond
City Council. However, because the ordinance did not pass with the required majority for an emergency provision it will take 30 days to go into effect.
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This day is always the most stress-filled, pressure-packed day on my event weather support calendar, but today brings a foreign sense of calm. Strangely, I miss days like this one...
#okwx
#OUCommencement
#eventsafety4all
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Indeed! Making hailstone tea!
#okwx
I just watched
@texasembassy
put hail stones into his drink with five star restaurant finesse during a video lecture.
#okwx
#hailstorm
#hail
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Flash Flood Alley and this design don’t seem to mesh well.
#atxwx
BREAKING: The Texas Transportation Commission is poised to fully fund a massive $7.5 billion overhaul of ALL of Interstate 35 throughout Austin
#ATXcouncil
#txlege
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Communicating risk to, and safety messaging for mass audiences of diverse needs.
@weatherchannel
@JimCantore
is today’s guest in
@ousom
#METR4743
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😂😂😂 Now THAT was
#DamnGood
In other news, a large avocado is sweeping its way across much of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
#Guacpocalypse
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Just received this picture from my uncle who lives near Barker Reservoir in
#HoustonFlood
#FireAnts
on water. Do NOT touch with oar/paddle!!
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Please don’t overlook that event safety is not just about weather support. The audience behavior aspect is also an important factor in these situations.
@EventSafety4All
#cowx
#RedRocksCO
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I’m still …. No words.. after all the debunking of street shark …
#Ian
delivers a real one?
The storm surge is so powerful from
#HurricaneIan
that it has brought a shark into the city streets of Fort Myers.
🎥
@BradHabuda
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Interested in the role
@nws
plays in impact-based decision support services across the nation?
@ousom
#METR4743
today features the timeless wisdom of
@NWSNorman
@ounwcm
#PlayItSafe
(pic:
@iluvwx
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"Not expected"?? Does
@RoyalCaribbean
not follow ANY meteorologists on Twitter?
#anthemoftheseas
#excuses
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The
@mlb
weather protocols have to change before someone gets struck by lightning. Lightning w/in 5 miles of
@Orioles
& continuing for 18 minutes until a heavy downpour stopped play & grounds crew was sent out into the dangerous conditions to care for the field.
@EventSafety4All
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