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Temperatures will range from a high of 76 to a low of 60 degrees with mostly clear skies. Winds will range between 2 and 7 miles per hour from the northwest. There is a slight chance of rain.

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64
Cloudy
dew point:61
wind: WNW @ 9mph
humidity: 90
barometer: 1008.10
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3 Day Forecast

Tuesday
Mostly Clear
H: 76° | L: 60°
Wednesday
Partly Cloudy
H: 71° | L: 52°
Thursday
Mostly Clear
H: 71° | L: 49°
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MSNBC Weather Realted News
  • At least 51 killed, including 20 children, as tornado tears through Oklahoma
    At least 51 people, including 20 children, were among the victims of a enormous tornado that roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, pulverizing entire city blocks and leaving behind miles of mangled cars and splintered wood.Officials warned the death toll was likely to climb, making it among the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history.At one hospital, 85 patients, including 65 children, were...
        


  • 'The school started coming apart': Trapped students had nowhere to hide
    When the sirens began blaring and teachers at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., heard that a monstrous tornado was roaring toward their 57-year-old school and its youngest students, there was nowhere to hide.They crouched in hallways and bathrooms, waiting, hoping and praying. Then "the school started coming apart," one neighbor who sought shelter at the school told the Associated Pr...
        


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  • How to help Oklahoma tornado victims
    By Suzanne Choney, Contributing Writer, NBC NewsThe loss of life and stunning devastation in Oklahoma City suburbs after a monster tornado ripped through the area are heart-wrenching. But within hours, relief organizations were getting out the message on how to help.American Red CrossThe Red Cross has set up shelters in various communities. You can donate to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund here...
        


  • Curse or coincidence? Scientists study Tornado Alley's past and future
    Do tornadoes follow well-worn tracks? Where do the deadliest twisters hit? Will climate change make such storms worse? Monday's devastating tornado in Oklahoma raises some questions for which scientists have ready answers, and others that could puzzle them for years to come:Was this tornado a repeat of a famous twister in 1999?For a time, Monday's storm followed a track that was similar to the pat...
        


  • 'Oh, my God!': KFC cook records dramatic footage of monster tornado
    Michael Welch was midshift into his job at KFC in Newcastle, Okla., on Monday afternoon when he noticed hail pounding the parking lot outside the restaurant.Then, as he looked into the distance, he saw the wall cloud of an enormous tornado rotating in front of him.“It was very large and very fast,” he said.  “I could see debris flying all over.”The 24-year-old cook grabbed his HTC cell phone and d...
        


  • 7 children found dead at Oklahoma school wrecked by tornado, officials say
    Seven children were found drowned at a tornado-flattened elementary school where rescuers were searching through the night for survivors as parents kept a heart-breaking vigil, officials said.The students killed at Plaza Towers Elementary School were among at least 51 lives claimed by the monster twister that laid to Moore, Okla.Several children and staffers were pulled alive from the ruins of Pla...
        


  • Six of the worst twisters in US history
    The full extent of the destruction caused by the enormous tornado that ripped through Oklahoma was still being determined as night fell on Monday.  At least 51 people were killed, including seven children at an elementary school. Entire blocks of homes were flattened. At one hospital alone 85 patients, including 65 children, were being treated for injuries. And many were still missing. Here's a lo...
        


  • 'Confirmed casualties' at Oklahoma school flattened by tornado, fire chief says
    There were "confirmed casualties" at a tornado-flattened elementary school where rescuers were searching the rubble for survivors as parents kept a heart-breaking vigil, officials said.Several children and staffers were pulled alive from the ruins of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., after the building took a direct hit Monday afternoon.A little girl was lifted out by rescuers, while...
        


  • Children pulled from rubble at Oklahoma school flattened by tornado
    Several children and teachers were pulled alive Monday from the ruins of an elementary school in Moore, Okla., but rescuers were searching for more kids as hysterical parents converged around the rubble.A little girl was lifted out of the debris by rescuers, while a small boy was carried to a triage area by a woman whose face was streaked with dirt and etched with worry.In another image captured b...
        
 


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