04/09/08 NOW: OK/TX/KS/AR

[Kiel Ortega]

Saw a funnel through rain for all of about 3 seconds just west of I20 and Hwy 707. Had a second area of rotation just north of I20 and Hwy 707...currently following behind it on county roads as we lost it in the rain Just found some damage to a mobile home's car covering and fencing. At county road 496 and 495 W of ABI

 

[Adam Atkins]

The tornadoes were reported were likely brief as the storms were crossing the SW-NE oriented baroclinic zone...neither was able to root and now it appears have crossed to the cold side of the front. I'd be interested in the cell SE of MAF now with more instability to play with off to the E and NE.

 

[Brian McKibben]

Verne Carlson has a rapidly rotating wall cloud on his live stream

 

[Andrew Stoller]

Verne Carlson looks like he's on a rapidly rotating wall cloud.

:edit: Verne's on it! Huge meso, giant RFD cutting in and a big beaver tail starting to form.

 

[Mike Johnson]

that cell NE of Abilene is looking nasty now. It had a very pronounced hook with a nice velocity couplet the previous few frames but the latest scan is not as organized at 0.5 degrees. Looks like a nice storm to look at anyway.

 

[James Aydelott]

cell NE of ABI is merging with the southern cell, will be interesting to watch, could be an HP hailer in the making.

 

[Andrew Stoller]

http://www.severestudios.com/livechase

http://live.severestudios.com/verne.carlson.asx

It's down right now though.

 

[Kiel Ortega]

just got pounded by ~2.5-2.75 inch hail at Hwy 351 and 604...luckily no breaks in the glass, but haven't been able to verify no dents

 

[Andrew Stoller]

http://www.tornadovideos.net/index.cfm/do/s.LiveTracker

Currently showing a raggedy wall cloud/lowering.

:edit: I think they may be looking at a wedge tornado!!!

 

[Alex Lamers]

Nice hook on radar in Shackelford Co. Looks like there's quite a few chasers on that per spotternetwork.

AJL

 

[J.B. Dixon]

The Shackelford Co. hook looks to pass just south of Breckenridge in the next 20 minutes or so. It may not miss that town by much at all. Mickey Ptak & Mike Hollingshead have a front row seat for this one, as they are perfectly positioned, per spotter network.

Textbook storm riding the warm front....this one could cycle a few times. I know we said that about Monday's main cell, but upper level moisture isn't a problem today. This thing has some staying power. Classic.

 

[Scott Lincoln]

According to the latest radar scan in GR2Analyst (2150UTC), I'd be getting pretty certain that there is a tornado on the ground, or about to be one soon, at least that would be my best guess. Radar only sampling the hook at ~500ft right now and there seems to have been a jump in the lowest scan shear. SW core of ~35 is coincident with the TVS and the GR2Analyst NROT product is at 1.9.

Edit: I suppose it is also possible that there is alot of noise causing it to look that way, since it doesn't seem to be so consistent in the 2154UTC scan.

 

[Melissa Moon]

* AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 17 MILES WEST OF BRECKENRIDGE..MOVING EAST AT 46
MPH.

Can anyone verify this??

 

[Alex Lamers]

Extremely nice hook on radar now. Lots of stormtrackers on it...I would think one of them would be able to confirm it. Should have some sort of lowering there I would think...that's quite a supercell there.

AJL
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[Scott Lincoln]

Extremely nice hook on radar now. Lots of stormtrackers on it...I would think one of them would be able to confirm it. Should have some sort of lowering there I would think...that's quite a supercell there.

AJL
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Unfortunately I dont have my Spotter Network feed on my GR2Analyst right now to see where they are all positioned.

2154UTC scan - apparent couplet with 90-100kts of shear at ~5000ft, also coincident with a SW spike, but doesn't seem to extend down from there as I thought it did before.