This is sooooooooo tempting for me to take Friday off and make the drive over to eastern Arkansas. A lot of the terrain over there is quite good, mostly flat and some wide open spaces. SE Missouri is also very good for chasing, and even some of the roads have square mile section roads, almost (but not quite) like our "section lines" here in OK.
I think it would be about a five hour drive from Norman to Little Rock, so a tank of gas should get me there. A tank driving around chasing, if it verifies, and another tank for the drive back.
I have a good friend there in Newport, AR (Kelley) who chased with me last year, so perhaps it's his turn :wink: to host me on a chase day !! :lol:
Good luck to all those who do venture over there. It just might set up where the terrain isn't too bad and there'll be some good roads !! :wink:
It always concerns me when these big outbreaks are called for in populated areas, as obviously the further east you go, the more populated areas and a lot of folks in those parts of the country just don't take the severe weather emphasis very serious. :roll:
I may wait for the Day 2 tomorrow, then decide if I'm going to take the day off and gamble the gas money for the drive over there. As Jeff said in an earlier statement, it sure seems like the moisture has been "zapped" out of the southern plains (so far) this year.