4/25/09 REPORTS: OK/KS

[Glenn Dixon]

This is what we watched for a long time east of Clinton, OK, looking back to the west. I just kept thinnking how cool it would be to see a tornado on the ground with the wind farm in front.

This is a low-quality vid cap, the video is a bit better. That's about the best it got for us all day. Oh wellz.

 

[Tim Marshall]

McLean, TX - Roll, OK Supercell

Like many of you, I targeted the eastern TX panhandle. Carson and I got an early start and spent the afternoon watching struggling high-based towers near McLean, TX. Finally, a storm got going and moved slowly northeastward. It was nice not having to race chase for once. The storm became a classic supercell near Briscoe, TX and we followed it to Roll, OK. We saw some nice cloud-base rotation but the supercell remained high-based thanks in part to only 60 degree dewpoints. Ended the day on the tail-end charlie storm south of Sayre, OK with great structure in the setting sun. No T's but still a nice chase day. We'll try again today. tm

 

[Verne Carlson]

Short: Also chased the Wheeler, TX to Strong City, OK cell and then dropped down to the tail-end cell south of Elk City, OK at dark. That was the treat of the day for us!

>> Full report here <<

 

[Adam Lucio]

Quick summary as were about to head out for todays target which we wont have to move too far for.

Had a fun a dynamic chase day in westnern Oklahoma. Storms were high based and most of them were splitting so we tried to stay with right splits in hopes one would root itself. Got into the same large hail with Skip as we watched a high based shear funnel move over the lake. Got some dents in the truck and I too am amazed I didnt lose ay glass. Chased the next round of sups heading towards Cordell which developed some odd wall clouds but never could produce.

Caught some nice sacked plates meso structure just south of town before night time fell and we settled in Clinton. Fun day and got some intense hail video along with beautifull structure. A good start to the 2 day chase trip.

Full account wont be up for a couple days. Chasing today and driving home tomorrow.

 

[Chris Harrell]

I shot this photo of a tornado just NW of Leedey, OK yesterday, around 7:30 pm.

 

[Chris McBee]

Spent most of the day in Hemphill County, TX and Roger Mills County, OK. I have posted a video (link below) of the rapid rotation on Highway 130 between Reydon and Durham.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfoCJH3F6C8&fmt=6

 

[Matt Gingery]

Brian Hurst, Myself, and Charlie met up near Elk City and hung out at the Super 8 grabbing time lapse shots. Shortly after arriving a discrete cell popped near Pampa, Tx. We intercepted this cell in Roger Mills County and chased in and around Crawford:

Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_P0OAVGTy8

Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXH2-PWRTtk

Video 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31cq0FgDS_Q

Video 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISWb4PE_G2I


We ended the day by dropping off of the first play, and jumping on two massive supercells near Elk City to close out the day. The cell we ended the day with near and just south of Elk City had an amazing Meso, pancake stack with beautiful straiations. We were getting pelted by rogue hail being ejected to the south flank of the cell in the precip free base. Truly an amazing storm. Verne Carlson has some nice pics of this cell in an earlier post.

 

[Darrin Rasberry]

Got some video of the Sentinel storm that doesn't do justice to its beauty, and adding on the 2-2.5 inch hail we found on the road a few minutes earlier, this somewhat leisurely stair-stepping day almost singlehandedly justified the 1500-mile round trip were it not for the next day's horrific teasing and disappointment. I think Oklahoma has been by far my favorite state for structure and hail, and Saturday reminded me why.

 

[Buddy W Bradley]

Well the day started about 10am as we departed Springfield MO for w. Ok. We decided to head toward Enid and arrived there about 4pm after the pit stops and stuff. Things hadnt started popping up in that area and we knew the real play was gonna be farther southwest. So we headed south to Kingfisher and then west to set up near Watonga. Things were very windy and muggy but not much in the way of convection all around. After about 6pm we found a local radio station with great weather coverage and wall to wall updates from Weatherford area. Before storms could really get into the Watonga area darkness was setting in so we decided to head back toward home. As we were coming up us 81 by Vance AFB they put out a Tor Warn for Enid. Strong rotation was detected 4 miles west of Vance AFB. We proceded up us 81 to 412 east. As we were traveling along 412 east the radio report said there was a lowering in n. Enid. So we pulled over and got out the video camera. UNBELIEVABLY.... I got 6-8 minutes video of the Tornado with power flashes that hit northern Enid and did the damage at the fairgrounds and the Expo center as well as other areas. The tornado was a perfect funnel shaped cloud at first and it lifted. Then it dropped down as a Tube or rope-like tornado. It is unbelievable how well the video camera was able to capture the tornado and power flashes. If it wasnt for the intense lightning... we would have never known it was there. What an incredible chase for us. Logged 850 miles, bagged 1 damaging tornado!! I just dont know how to get the video from my camera to computer since the camera is 8mm and about 15 years old.

 

[Chris C Sanner]

Was targeting the area 60 miles south of the triple point Saturday. Ended up catching a very photogenic LPish Supercell which had one of the longest hail cores I've ever driven through..got hit by a ping pong ball or two as we drove through it. Here are a couple of pics:

 

[Dustin Wilcox]

Should have chased all night and then slept in on Sunday, would have boosted my success on both days. As it was, chased several supercells on Saturday, though none were any to exciting...

http://severechase.com/4-25-09.html

 

[Brian Thalken]

Chased Saturday in western OK, started in Sayre and worked my way east to Weatherford. Chase account will be posted on in a day or so with video clips.
http://www.nebraskastorms.com

Initial convection south of Sayre, OK.

Cell over Weatheford, OK showing some action on the right edge.

Zoomed in on some of the action. That was about as exciting as it got.

Nice structure near Weatherford, OK.

 

[Danny Neal]

Just going to throw up a few photos from this day, I have a lot more video than stills from getting owned by a golf ball to tennis ball sized hail storm near Foss Lake, OK. After that we dropped south to a pair of supercells near Clinton and Cordell and saw some beautiful stacked plates. Finally sampled a couple more hail cores before staying in Clinton. Will post more on my web page in the coming days when I get everything figured out.

 

[Jason A.C. Brock]

SW OK STORMS

CHASED 4/25 & 4/26 AROUND THE RETROP SENTINEL & MOUNTAIN PARK OK AREAS. Two of the best pics from the two days. Photos by Jason A.C. Brock. Chased both days with Jeremy Wilson of holytornado.com & The tricountyweather.com guys.
More pics and video at our website http://www.holytornado.com
Also at http://www.youtube.com/shadowchaser777

Why does the weather never do what we want it to? Maybe cuz its the weather.

 

[Connor McCrorey]

Like everyone else, I chased the supercell that formed up near Wheeler as it moved into OK. It looked great, but never could produce. My video from this weekend all sucks, but I might as well put it up anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfLnHzXEUCc