Jeff Piotrowski
EF3
Kathryn & I filmed the Tornado on OK/KS Border around 6:30 PM very nice for about five minutes. Video link soon.
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2/27/11 REPORTS: KS/OK/MO
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Kevin Rolfs
2/27/11 Reports: OK/KS
Bagged a tornado just north of Grainola, Oklahoma around 6:20 pm this evening. It was a beautiful white tube with dust being kicked up underneath it. Most of the meso was exposed as well making for great structure to go along with the tornado!! Had to take some ridiculous back roads through Osage County to make it, but it was worth it!!
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Bagged a tornado just north of Grainola, Oklahoma around 6:20 pm this evening. It was a beautiful white tube with dust being kicked up underneath it. Most of the meso was exposed as well making for great structure to go along with the tornado!! Had to take some ridiculous back roads through Osage County to make it, but it was worth it!!
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Mikey Gribble
EF5
This was a funnel on the back end of the tornado warned storm as it approached the OK/KS border. We ran out of road options right before it got to the border so unfortunately we didn't get to see the tornado, but it was still a good chase.
We intercepted the storm just east of I35 and stayed with it all they way until we lost it just south of the border. We were in good position all night right out in front of the updraft base. There was two times while we were on the storm when I thought it might be able to produce a tornado. The first time there was a nice thick lowering that was showing decent vertical motion, but not real strong rotation.
The second time was right before we lost the storm. It was rotating pretty hard then. For about a minute I thought there was a solid chance we were going to get a tornado, but it just couldn't get it done. That's the way it usually works out in February. I really can't complain. I'll take a tornado warned storm with good structure every time on early season chases.
Congratulations to those who got the tornado. I have no idea how you navigated around that area east of the Arkansas and south of the border. That is god's country out there.
BTW there was a disgustingly large number of chasers out for February. I bet we saw 100 of them go by when we finally pulled off of the storm.
I got video of some pretty good wall clouds so I'll post video on youtube and link it here when I do. Below are a couple other pics from tonight.
Scott MacArthur
EF0
We had a great chase and grabbed some nice pics and video of the tornado. We're still making the drive home but here is a quick unedited pic of the funnel from just south of Maple City, KS. We lost our East Road network but still managed to get some good footage. Ran into some good nickel sized hail as well. Will update with more when I can tomorrow. Ran into many chasers as well today but everyone seemed to stay somewhat organized and under control. Congrats to everyone on this storm! It was a great way to start the season.
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Brett Roberts
EF5
Started the day heading W on US-60 from Tonkawa. Made it almost to Alva, only to realize the initial storm near Freedom was crossing the boundary and dying. So I reluctantly hauled back southeast and met up with the storm of the day at Nash, then followed it for two adrenaline-packed, white-knuckle-inducing hours like everyone else and their dogs.
Though it exhibited some cool structure and intermittent wall clouds over the entire duration, it certainly began to ramp up right at sunset. Heading E out of Newkirk with the hordes, I observed an awesome RFD cut which eventually forced me to pause for the shot below (against my better judgment) and get a bit behind.
I only made it as far as Hardy before deciding it was no longer worth the stress of sliding around the mud the roads in my Civic, with dusk imminent. Of course, that was about 5 mi. before it produced the Grainola tornado that Kevin captured in all its glory a few posts up. I watched the show from a somewhat painful distance as the low-topped storm raced off into the jungles and called it a night.
Though it exhibited some cool structure and intermittent wall clouds over the entire duration, it certainly began to ramp up right at sunset. Heading E out of Newkirk with the hordes, I observed an awesome RFD cut which eventually forced me to pause for the shot below (against my better judgment) and get a bit behind.
I only made it as far as Hardy before deciding it was no longer worth the stress of sliding around the mud the roads in my Civic, with dusk imminent. Of course, that was about 5 mi. before it produced the Grainola tornado that Kevin captured in all its glory a few posts up. I watched the show from a somewhat painful distance as the low-topped storm raced off into the jungles and called it a night.
Jeremy Jones
I started my chase out at the Blackwell exit on I-35. I headed west on US 11 and dropped south on US 11A to US 64 and was treated to this...
About 20-30 minutes later...
I called off my chase just N. of Newkirk, OK. at this point I was already behind the storm with very little light left, knowing that I most likely wouldn't have caught up with it enough to catch the Grainola tornado. All in all, I'm not disappointed in the slightest, got to test drive my new lens, as well as see some storm structure! Congrats to those that bagged!
About 20-30 minutes later...
I called off my chase just N. of Newkirk, OK. at this point I was already behind the storm with very little light left, knowing that I most likely wouldn't have caught up with it enough to catch the Grainola tornado. All in all, I'm not disappointed in the slightest, got to test drive my new lens, as well as see some storm structure! Congrats to those that bagged!
Mikey Gribble
EF5
I got some video from the our chase in north central Oklahoma posted on youtube now. here is the link http://www.youtube.com/user/loadedgunchasing#p/a/u/0/j-jneMBoGGI
Chris C Sanner
EF5
Given that there was only one cell, it's obvious which one we chased. We played a loose game of tag with it after it developed -- knowing full well that the storm was going to be hauling N and E. Stayed several miles ahead of it -- although when the storm really starting to get it's act together we hesitated a bit before finally continuing N and E. At Newkirk, decided we were going to try to get our first camera probe deployment under the Wall Cloud, knowing full well this would be the end of our chase -- otherwise we would've been in prime position for the tornadoes NE in Osage County. Driving North out of Newkirk...heard some reports that the storm briefly spun up W of town and after reviewing video, I'm pretty sure there was a brief spin-up as the storm was W of town, but I didn't observe it directly -- just would be very possible given the structure observed at the time. Regardless, we deployed -- the wall cloud and attendant circulation passed directly overhead and all in all I feel pretty good about today and the decision made at the end, probably would make it again given the same set of circumstances. Congrats to those of you who bagged the tornadoes in Osage County!!
Brian Mette
EF0
Me and my girlfriend started our chase by heading up to Ponca City. After that first storm that hit Wichita developed, we headed west on 60 for a little while. We stopped for a while on a dirt road and photographed some developing cumulonimbus clouds that were trying hard to become thunderstorms. We decided to follow the developing storms for a bit, eventually stopping at a gas station just north of the Oklahoma-Kansas border.
We waited there for a while, we decided to jet to the southwest to Medford and intercept the storm that eventually dropped the tornadoes. We took 81 south until we practically ran into the core, then turned around and took 11 east.
We stopped a few times on 11 and took pictures and video of wall clouds and rotation.
We even spotted what I believe to be a small gustnado. This picture is actually a video still, and I wasn't zoomed in far enough. But the dust on the ground was definitely rotating, as were the clouds above it.
Eventually, we ran into a whole convoy of storm chasers. We fell too far behind the storm, and decided to just head home.
We waited there for a while, we decided to jet to the southwest to Medford and intercept the storm that eventually dropped the tornadoes. We took 81 south until we practically ran into the core, then turned around and took 11 east.
We stopped a few times on 11 and took pictures and video of wall clouds and rotation.
We even spotted what I believe to be a small gustnado. This picture is actually a video still, and I wasn't zoomed in far enough. But the dust on the ground was definitely rotating, as were the clouds above it.
Eventually, we ran into a whole convoy of storm chasers. We fell too far behind the storm, and decided to just head home.
Jeremiah Rosson
Kenneth jackson and i started the day out leaving the tulsa area around 1pm - headed to POnca City
pulled west by initiation and the day started by a svr warned storm near lamont/ medford headed east
until we got on the tor warned storm north of kaw lake....
similiar pictures as whats been posted...
all in all for february - good start to the season !!!!! let's bring on april
pulled west by initiation and the day started by a svr warned storm near lamont/ medford headed east
until we got on the tor warned storm north of kaw lake....
similiar pictures as whats been posted...
all in all for february - good start to the season !!!!! let's bring on april
Ben Holcomb
EF5
I ended up on the same storm in N OK as everyone else. I was at a different angle to what Brian saw above. I saw the brief dust on the ground, however, I didn't really notice rotation in the dust and thought maybe it was just RFD. Speaking of which, that RFD was COLD
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That's my video from the day. I gave up just as I got out of Blackwell as it didn't really appear to me visually that the storm was going to do anything. It was starting to look like it would produce downbursts more than wrapping up and producing the cone funnel/tornado everyone saw. I fought with data all day, and pretty much just stuck to my GPS program and gave up on trying to have internet.
There was a lot of people out there, even on side dirt roads. I am going to have to rethink my dirt road strategy, as I ended up behind a lot of people going slow in small cars on the dirt roads
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That's my video from the day. I gave up just as I got out of Blackwell as it didn't really appear to me visually that the storm was going to do anything. It was starting to look like it would produce downbursts more than wrapping up and producing the cone funnel/tornado everyone saw. I fought with data all day, and pretty much just stuck to my GPS program and gave up on trying to have internet.
There was a lot of people out there, even on side dirt roads. I am going to have to rethink my dirt road strategy, as I ended up behind a lot of people going slow in small cars on the dirt roads
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Connor McCrorey
EF3
A frustrating but rewarding chase! I was pretty convinced the cap would break as the event approached, and fortunately it did, right on the dryline in NW OK. We were on the storm from not long after initiation until sunset. Due to terrible road options east of Blackwell, we headed north into Kansas to try to approach the storm from the west by blasting east out of Arkansas City. About the time we got to KS, we started hearing reports of the tornado everyone is talking about and I was getting really mad we had missed it. After driving east for probably fifteen minutes, we decided to dive south in a last-ditch effort to see a tornado before sunset. Looking off to the east, we finally managed to see a big dusty tube a few miles away. Contrast was poor, but I did get video of it! I'm not sure if this was the same tornado, just later in it's life, or if it was a new tornado altogether, but here it is!
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And here's a shot of the remaining funnel just before it completely roped out.
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And here's a shot of the remaining funnel just before it completely roped out.
Dan Robinson
EF5
2/27/11 REPORTS: IL/MO/KY/AR
I spent all day down around Cape Girardeau, MO waiting for convection advertised to go up to the south by most short-term model guidance. That target was a bust, thankfully I didn't go any farther south. I ended up back in St. Louis for the bow echo that struck the city around midnight.
A few photos and video from the STL event are here:
http://stormhighway.com/blog2011/feb2811a.shtml
I spent all day down around Cape Girardeau, MO waiting for convection advertised to go up to the south by most short-term model guidance. That target was a bust, thankfully I didn't go any farther south. I ended up back in St. Louis for the bow echo that struck the city around midnight.
A few photos and video from the STL event are here:
http://stormhighway.com/blog2011/feb2811a.shtml
Colt R Forney
EF0
What an awesome day for February in OK! Got on the storm not long after it fired by Cleo Springs, OK and raced with it to around Grainola, OK. Back roads almost screwed us over several times as we entered the Osage Hills east of Blackwell, OK, but managed to stay ahead and get some great shots and vid of a beautiful white tornado!
This photo was several miles east of Blackwell, OK
This was several miles south of Grainola, OK as the tornado was developing...what a beautiful storm!!!
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The vid of the tornado as it moved by to our North and East.
This photo was several miles east of Blackwell, OK
This was several miles south of Grainola, OK as the tornado was developing...what a beautiful storm!!!
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The vid of the tornado as it moved by to our North and East.
Adam McAdoo
Nice Storm
Bart Comstock and I was there as well we actually chased it into Osage county till the roads got bad then we shot north and crossed into Kansas and seen a cone funnel coming down, but lost the storm it was moving way too fast and way too much chaser traffic to keep up. Also spotted one off in the distance which we later found out had touched down, but at first we thought was just a optical. All in all a great day for Feb. nice start to the 2011 season!!!!!
Bart Comstock and I was there as well we actually chased it into Osage county till the roads got bad then we shot north and crossed into Kansas and seen a cone funnel coming down, but lost the storm it was moving way too fast and way too much chaser traffic to keep up. Also spotted one off in the distance which we later found out had touched down, but at first we thought was just a optical. All in all a great day for Feb. nice start to the 2011 season!!!!!
