Alex Lamers
EF4
I went out chasing randomly today. After seeing a strong storm about 7 miles northwest of Rush Springs in SW Grady County (50 mph winds, CG lightning). We went back north through Chickasha where there was quite a bit of standing water over Highway 277. Then we heard the SPS for Northern Grady County mentioning some low-level rotation on a storm and we decided to head to Tuttle. About 5 miles southwest of Tuttle we noticed a rain-free base and pulled off onto a side road. There was a downpour to the south and to the north and off to the west and it appeared we were in a fairly rain-free region wrapped by heavy rain. Not to mention there was plenty of low-hanging scud ascending into the cloud base. There may have been weak rotation but seeing as how we were right underneath it, it was difficult to gauge. We stayed with it on the back roads as long as we could and then of course 10 minutes later we hear a tornado warning for Oklahoma and Canadian Counties.
I saw a bit of a lowering but that's about all...a friend said he unexpectedly heard the sirens and then saw the funnel before it disappeared out of line of sight!
So we got the early stages of the tornadic storm and some photos of that.
AJL
I saw a bit of a lowering but that's about all...a friend said he unexpectedly heard the sirens and then saw the funnel before it disappeared out of line of sight!
So we got the early stages of the tornadic storm and some photos of that.
AJL
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