Paul Austin
It's not just you, Justin. Definitely anticyclonic, based on SRM velocity scans.
2/23/07 NOW: TX, OK, KS
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Tony Laubach
EF5
Verne, Michael, and I score near McLean. More later...
Jeff Miller
EF5
Beautiful!!!!!!!! CONGRATS!!!! Success in February.
These storms are looking impressive now, might be able to drop more! Two well defined supercells with the middle one really behaving perfect. What a way to begin the season. Good luck Tony on more.
These storms are looking impressive now, might be able to drop more! Two well defined supercells with the middle one really behaving perfect. What a way to begin the season. Good luck Tony on more.
Sam Shamburger
EF0
I've been doing some nowcasting for Patrick Skinner and a group of Texas Tech students that are on the southern storm in Collingsworth County. Around 630 pm north of Memphis they reported awesome structure on that storm with a long inflow band and large blocky wall cloud. Unfortunately they got to the storm just after the reported tornado (around 622 pm northeast of Hedley per LSR from AMA).
That storm is looking much more disorganized on radar now than it did earlier as it moves into northeast Collingsworth County.
That storm is looking much more disorganized on radar now than it did earlier as it moves into northeast Collingsworth County.
Bob Schafer
EF5
I was just contemplating that. Storms are headed for lower CAPE environment. Will LLJ and Mid/Upper CAA compensate?
rdale
EF5
Storm approaching Buffalo actually has no lightning and VIL of 2, but OUN just updated saying it's still severe? Hard to imagine this batch reintensifying...
HAltschule
EF5
Seems to me based on the current conditions, that there is a lot more stability east and north of the action. While there have been some decent cells today, I am wondering whether the lower levels of the atmosphere are going to squelch a large outbreak from occurring. I am starting to think more and more along those lines.
Jarrod Cook
EF2
These storms are really low-topped too - most look at or under 40kft. Hopefully the shear doesn't rip these things apart.
Bob Schafer
EF5
Echo tops are supposedly 35-40K for all except Beaver cty OK (PH), which says 41.
So you are correct!
Except, I dunno, I consider 25-30K "low-topped"?
Justin Bailey
EF2
seems like these storms went to split right as they where headed for the more stable air and it just crapped them out. however, i believe that if they can survive until the CAA arrives then they'll fire back up and we'll also see redevelopment along the dryline.
Justin Bailey
EF2
actually, that last frame shows the middle cell looking somewhat better. still has some weak rotation too.
EDIT: the storm east of guymon, ok is starting to look nice with decent rotation evident from DDC and a hook beginning to develop.
EDIT: the storm east of guymon, ok is starting to look nice with decent rotation evident from DDC and a hook beginning to develop.
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Donald Giuliano
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Well, the 00z RUC is very disappointing. The 700mb CAA that was supposed to move out over the warm sector by 06z is instead hanging back behind the dryline, and moving out simultaneously with it. As a consequence much of the precip according to the RUC will be stratiform. Based on the 00z soundings, it does appear the CAA is hanging back, so I've pretty much written off the rest of the evening. I think part of the problem may have been that the NAM didn't realize how much the strong insolation in northwest TX was going to modify the temperatures at 700mb. Looking at the AMA sounding, which was dry adiabatic from the sfc to 600mb, it would seem that the instability was resolved in the atmosphere by strong solar radiation and dry convection during the day, as opposed to strong moist convection at night, in the model. Climatology wins again! 
JR Hehnly
EF4
Power flashes were reported by media in or near Woodward, but from the location described (more IN woodward as couplet moved to the south and east) it sounds more like RFD than tornado. No furthur power flashes were reported.
Donald Giuliano
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Well, perhaps as a jaded chaser I spoke too soon. As long as the storms are sfc-based I'm very excited, I'm just concerned that the SPC mesoanalysis shows the most unstable parcel being about 750m-1km above ground level in western OK.
As long as the storms are sfc-based I'm very excited, I'm just concerned that the SPC mesoanalysis shows the most unstable parcel being about 750m-1km above ground level in western OK.
JR Hehnly
EF4
New tornado watch being issued, valid until 6AM and includes the Oklahoma City metro area... gonna be a long night...
