04/23/04 NOW KS OK TX

[William Combes]

F5 Team

F5 Tornado Safaris is on the Lawton storm. No reports of any tornados yet.

- Bill

 

[Mike Peregrine]

Welcome back to the game Wichita Falls:

324 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HASKELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
THROCKMORTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THROCKMORTON

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 320 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF
IRBY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF HASKELL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
IRBY BY 325 PM CDT
THROCKMORTON BY 355 PM CDT
ELBERT BY 415 PM CDT

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Dang Throckmorton ... I need to rent property there ...

 

[Amos Magliocco]

Steve Miller, who is chasing the Haskell County storm attm, reports having heard FM radio reports of a multi-vortex tornado on the ground with the storm south of LAW. Steve cannot confirm this since he's not there, but that's what he heard on the radio. I expect many of our friends are in chaser nirvana right now.

I called him from up here in a corner of the 10th floor of the Indiana University main library, and was promptly reprimanded by a roving librarian. As far as I can tell (unless people are hiding in and around the stacks), this librarian is the only other human within several hundred yards of me. Sheesh.

 

[J.B. Dixon]

Doesn't surprise any of us that there's a report of a tornado on the ground with this one......thanks for the relay, Amos

As for said librarian, Amos, calmly and politely remind her that...IT"S 3:30 on a FRIDAY AFTERNOON!!! Nobody's studying!!!!!

 

[Trey Atterbury]

What do you guys think the storms in Texas will do? Im sitting at home in Gainesville wondering if I should go out. I really dont want to drive too far today though.

 

[Mike Peregrine]

Trey - I know but I'm not telling. It's time for you to learn the ways of the force young padawan. You must decide whether or not to chase based on the information already given ... is it possible for you to intercept all the way from Gainesville ... or is it too much of a risk ... you must make your own choice today and live with the consequence. You'll feel better about your choice if you make it on your own

 

[ckbehnke]

There is a delicate interaction with the supercell SE of Lawton. Maintaining enough propagation speed to keep ahead of the outflow. If it manages to do that, this one could ride along the warm/quasi-stationary front for a significant amount of time. Looking at the radar out of Norman, you can see the front as a fine line and it's intersection with I-35. Looking at the radar as I write this it appears at this point that the inflow is being choked off by the downdraft. Nevertheless, it's an impressive storm.

As an aside, it was interesting seeing the MD for this storm. I can't recall seeing a MD for one storm in awhile.

 

[J.B. Dixon]

The Lawton area SUP seems to have the hook getting a bit disheveled now.....cycling through to the next one perhaps??? Man, I wish I was there!!!

Look at Yoda Perigrine!! Wise one you are. The show started earlier thanexpected, so it might be hard to play catch up at this point. OOPS, I've said too much!

 

[Mike Peregrine]

Don't look now, but the southern flank of the Haskell storm has developed quickly and is morphing into a brand new supe - another one about to follow to the southwest -

 

[David Wolfson]

What do you guys think the storms in Texas will do? Im sitting at home in Gainesville wondering if I should go out. I really dont want to drive too far today though.

Well, if I were in Gainsville right now, I'd be twitching, and have to jump in my car and drive out toward Breckenridge to wait for the caboose of the line in a few hours and see what develops.

Easy for me to say, stuck here in Arizona, O Fortunately Located One.

 

[mikegeukes]

Severe Weather Event is over, removed information.

Mike

 

[Amos Magliocco]

Originally posted by Trey Atterbury
What do you guys think the storms in Texas will do? Im sitting at home in Gainesville wondering if I should go out. I really dont want to drive too far today though.

Trey, if you don't have someone experienced to ride with, and don't feel confident about storm structure and movement, the best idea might be to stay home and watch the radars, surface features, and reports of chasers strategies. Watching this unfold with the data is a great way to learn.

If you do go, remember to give the storm a wide berth and be prepared for an eastward moving cell to turn southeast (and try to eat you) without warning. Give yourself some distance.

 

[Mike Peregrine]

Excellent advice from Jedi Master Magliocco ...

We're on the verge of having another TOR warning ... the southern cell is now rotating also - and the trajectory is now ideal for this to go on for a while ... look for dual warnings, and possibly a third within the next little while - - - turned out to be an exciting afternoon!

 

[Larry J. Kosch]

Height of that Storm??

Hey, I see there's a tornado warning in Cotton County in OK and the storm is currently moving into Stephens County. I checked the NWS radar on the composite reflectivity scale and was shocked to see a bright white center in that storm. According to the side scale, that's above 75 DBZ. Can anyone tell how tall that the tower dome is on that storm? My guess it would be about 50,000-60,000 feet already. WOW!! :shock: LJK.

 

[Jeff Lawson]

Just talked to Steve Miller. He's leaving the Throckmorton storm and heading south for newer development - said the Throckmorton storm had plenty of broad rotation, but looked outflow dominant. Unfortunately, looks like the newer storms to the southwest are already well behind the boundary. Looks like the tornado potential has decreased significantly.

The storm south of Lawton has maintained a nice radar signature, but I haven't noticed any good low-level velocity couplets lately. And now there's the new junk firing just to the southwest.