Well said Brandon and Jeremy. I feel the same way and pray for all affected in Moore. I cannot imagine being a parent facing the fear and uncertainty of a missing child tonight. The Moore tragedy overshadows and supplants the typical process of making sense of the chase day. We targeted southwest OK toward Wichita Falls and went after one of the first storms that went up, eventually getting inside the notch near Bray to see the updraft, which looked good for a bit, before becoming completely rain-wrapped as it moved off to the northeast. We were aware of the OKC area storm but never seriously considered going after it because it was out of our target area. we didn't pay too much attention to it and didn't look at it too closely so had no idea there was anything unusual about this particular tor-warned cell... Ironically, I first learned of the tragedy from a buddy back home on the east coast.
We left the Bray storm and futilely tried to get to the more southern storms in north TX but everything was a rain-wrapped HP mess.
While it goes without saying that I am saddened by the Moore tragedy, I would also like to understand why and how that monster was created in that particular area, which did not seem to be a particularly favored area for development. I am interested in hearing analysis from those who chose that target area or can explain in hindsight why this happened in that particular place.
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) and had to drop South...this is what I witnessed...
