5/13/05 TALK: Southern Plains

[Tom Dulong]

Radar Update...strongest cell so far...just north of town of Paducah, TX.

Top near 35Kft

 

[B Ozanne]

Cottle county cell is showing some promise.

 

[Tom Dulong]

Originally posted by B Ozanne
Cottle county cell is showing some promise.

Yep...radar echo top now pushing 40kft. Storm appears to be at apex of
dry line bulge.

 

[Kiel Ortega]

First returns from tower SW of Quanah...seems initiation will be focused on meso-warm front/dryline/convergence intersection (the convergence line runs SW-NE located thru N of Lawton to Hollis and then SW thru that line, per OK Mesonet and KFDR radar)

 

[Kurt Silvey]

I’m having troubles seeing these cells at the lower lvl’s of the radar, so I suspect that the >20 T/Td spreads are leading to very elevated bases

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/di...on=abi&nplots=1

EDIT: It should get better if the cells can move ne across the red river

 

[B Ozanne]

If you chase the Cottle Couty cell watch out for the Red River.

Only choices to cross are US-283 and TX-6 heading out of Quanah.

 

[B Ozanne]

More radar returns just south of I-40 in Collingsworth County. It appears the low level stratus is rapidly erroding along the TX/OK border.

 

[Tom Dulong]

Cottle County TX cell has now reached 40-45kft on radar...slow north northeast movement....some convergent rotation in low-mid levels.

 

[Kurt Silvey]

Wow! The s cell in Cottle County came out of nowhere! From nothing to severe warned in 6 radar sweeps, and showing a defined hook with possible low lvl rotation already

 

[Kiel Ortega]

Cottle Co storm seems to be going strong...watch the winds and downdrafts...seems to be a divergent signiture at the lowest tilt

 

[Karen Politte]

Meso now indicated on Cottle County storm - 15kts shear.

Still very young......but it doesn't take long for these storms to go crazy if they want to.

I'm still worried about targets further into w-cntrl and northern OK.

KR

 

[Marcus Opitz]

visible sat showing explosive developement. GRLEVEL3 showing meso on cell in Cottle county near paducah.

 

[Cstok]

DANG! That thing (Cottle Cty) did blow up QUICK. Should move over Quanah in the next hour or so.

 

[Kiel Ortega]

very young meso seems to be in the cottle co storm...any chasers out there might want to stay out of the RFD area today (given yesterday and 67.5 return on north edge of developing rotation)

 

[Cstok]

Originally posted by B Ozanne
If you chase the Cottle Couty cell watch out for the Red River.

Only choices to cross are US-283 and TX-6 heading out of Quanah.

Also looks like the FM680 out of Goodlett. It then turns into Hollis Road as it crosses the red river.