I waited until almost lunchtime to leave Oklahoma City, as I wanted to make sure I had the right target in mind and didn't potentially overshoot... I left around 11:15 and headed down I-35.
I was really torn between North Texas and south-central Oklahoma. The first place to stop would be Ardmore, since there was a good road network in all directions. I almost jumped on going south when I saw some attempts at CI to the northwest of Fort Worth, but they didn't amount to much and the FWD special sounding showed a warm nose that would probably suppress development for a while. I also saw that the initial storms over by FDR were near or even a bit northwest of the surface low, suggesting possible left splits and a very low tornado threat.
By mid-afternoon, several small cells were approaching I-35 and began to show improved low-level rotation. I zeroed in on the storm near Springer and I saw an organizing wall cloud. I pulled over for a spot and all of a sudden a small funnel had dropped down. I wanted to get closer, but there were no more routes going north and with trees at least partially blocking view, I turned east.
Within a few minutes, I caught glimpses of a wedge tornado in the distance. It took a few miles before I could find a suitable place to pull over.
Timing was good, because I only had about two minutes before the tornado would rope out.
I stayed with the storm all the way east to near Wapanucka, but I had no other visuals on a tornado after the initial one.
After that, I briefly drove through Wapanucka to look for any damage. I saw what appeared to be an overturned RV and some minor damage to trees, but nothing that caught my attention. I headed home and made it to Oklahoma City just as the sun was setting.
This was probably my best Oklahoma tornado to-date, at least one that I had a clear visual on and managed to get some decent footage of. Every tornado I've chased in Oklahoma has been in hilly/forested areas and this was no different.
