Out our back window.......  Click to see the entire photo. 

Damage from 1983 Los Angeles Tornado During El Ninos, California's "Southland" (coastal counties from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles to San Diego up to the mountain foothills) has a significantly enhanced risk of tornadoes during the rainy season.  The worst tornado in Los Angeles' history occurred during the strong 1982-83 El Nino. It was an EF-2 that injured at least 30 people. There are reports that it killed six but there were no direct fatalities.  If you live in the Southland, I urge  you to check with your insurance company to make sure you have coverage for a tornado. Since this is forecast to be a record El Nino, who knows that the tornado situation may turn out to be? This includes people living in apartments as you need coverage for your contents. 

The NBC News story is here .  Below is a photo from a police body camera of an innocent man pulled over at gunpoint in Florida. This image shows  Jason Frederico  during a wrongful traffic stop by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office in Florida .  Deputies drew their weapons, ordered Frederico and his 16-year-old epileptic daughter out of the vehicle, and placed them in handcuffs before realizing the mistake.   Some innocent person will be killed before all of this has played out. 

Severe thunderstorm watch until 11pm. 80 mph wind gusts 2.5" diameter hail Slight chance of a tornado.  The area in brown has a significant risk of tornadoes this afternoon and evening, Please keep up on the weather today if you live in the area. 

As much as 5" are forecast to fall in southwest Oklahoma and three inches as far northeast as the Lake of the Ozarks. Flooding is possible in western Oklahoma and parts of west Texas.