Stephen Locke
EF3
Ten minutes after this photo it disappeared on radar.
Dieing supercell- Gem, Kansas. 7-12-10
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7/12/2010 REPORTS: KS/OK/MO
- Thread starter Stephen Locke
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Ten minutes after this photo it disappeared on radar.
Dieing supercell- Gem, Kansas. 7-12-10
James Langford
EF4
Could we please add OK to this?
Left Dallas around 11:30 with an initial target of Clinton, OK. Upon arriving in OKC, got suckered up towards Wichita on I35, and the strong cells in that area. Stopped in Enid, and decided to re-vector back towards the West and our original target. As we headed West on 412 towards Woodward, we noticed strong cells firing around Seiling. We continued West, eventually ending up in the Glass Mountain State Park area (very beautiful area). A beautiful anti-cyclonic supercell was coming up from the South. It had very strong, visible rotation and a nice wall cloud when we first arrived. It quickly went outflow dominant as another anti-cyclonic cell fired to it's South East. Ran into a fellow chaser from the Enid area there who's name now escapes me (sorry!), but really enjoyed talking with him.
We were torn between staying and observing this cell, or heading towards a very strong, almost completely stationary cyclonic supercell north of Putnam, along highway 183. We ultimately decided to head towards Putnam, and took the very long route to go around the storm to the south. This turned out to be the right move, as we were able to observe an incredible, striated HP supercell for quite some time along 183. The storm had incredible banding all along the meso, as well as the inflow area. It was stationary for quite some time, and made several attempts at producing a tornado. Each time the RFD seemed to cut in and tear it apart, and a new meso would form. This went on for quite some time as the storm moved very slowly almost due south along 183. Around this time, heard of a some damage just to our West, which we suspected was due to the incredible downdrafts from the storm.
Ran into Ben Jacobi along 183, and teamed up with with him as we followed the cell all the way to Clinton. Abandoned it here due to darkness. An absolutely incredible chase on a very marginal day. Lots of pictures and videos to come.
James
Left Dallas around 11:30 with an initial target of Clinton, OK. Upon arriving in OKC, got suckered up towards Wichita on I35, and the strong cells in that area. Stopped in Enid, and decided to re-vector back towards the West and our original target. As we headed West on 412 towards Woodward, we noticed strong cells firing around Seiling. We continued West, eventually ending up in the Glass Mountain State Park area (very beautiful area). A beautiful anti-cyclonic supercell was coming up from the South. It had very strong, visible rotation and a nice wall cloud when we first arrived. It quickly went outflow dominant as another anti-cyclonic cell fired to it's South East. Ran into a fellow chaser from the Enid area there who's name now escapes me (sorry!), but really enjoyed talking with him.
We were torn between staying and observing this cell, or heading towards a very strong, almost completely stationary cyclonic supercell north of Putnam, along highway 183. We ultimately decided to head towards Putnam, and took the very long route to go around the storm to the south. This turned out to be the right move, as we were able to observe an incredible, striated HP supercell for quite some time along 183. The storm had incredible banding all along the meso, as well as the inflow area. It was stationary for quite some time, and made several attempts at producing a tornado. Each time the RFD seemed to cut in and tear it apart, and a new meso would form. This went on for quite some time as the storm moved very slowly almost due south along 183. Around this time, heard of a some damage just to our West, which we suspected was due to the incredible downdrafts from the storm.
Ran into Ben Jacobi along 183, and teamed up with with him as we followed the cell all the way to Clinton. Abandoned it here due to darkness. An absolutely incredible chase on a very marginal day. Lots of pictures and videos to come.
James
edward oneal
EF2
Sean Ramsey
EF4
Left Clinton around 6:30pm and headed up to just west of Putnam and observed a very nice supercell that moved very very slowly to the south towards Clinton. It worked out nicely because by the time it got there it was dark and I was at home. An awesome surprise summertime chase!
Brendon Lindsey
EF3
Hey James, it's ok dont be sorry, I have forgot countless chasers name when im all caught up in the storm. I had a very memorable chase yesterday, met a few good new friends and hope to meet up with them again. I was on the fanominal storm in Western OK. I have many awesome pics and video. I will put up a preview.
My dog storm spots better than yours!!! =D
My dog storm spots better than yours!!! =D
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CZandbergen
EF2
Ended up on the same storm as everyone else. Brendon and I met up and ended up chasing together till dark. Most photogenic storm of the season for me. I won't post stills as mine look just like the ones he posted above. Below is time lapse video that I shot.
http://vimeo.com/13307829
http://vimeo.com/13307829
Marcus Diaz
EF5
Brady Kendrick and I were on the storm in NW OK yesterday. We first intercepted it as it was going through Vici. The storm then started to really ramp up. We encounted many different wall cloud formations from both storms. The first storm (east of Vici) produced a very rapidly rotating wall cloud. It was about as close to producing as I've ever seen. After that one became occluded, we darted west through the precip and again encounted many wall clouds. At one time we did see a brief spinup under one of them, but couldn't get the camera pointed in the right direction before it disappeared. After the storm became outflow dominant, we went south, and met up with Steve Miller (TX) and all decided to get some structure shots. We ended up just north of Elk City, where the storm took on an amazing "stacked plates" look to it. All in all not a bad chase!
Here's my panoramic pic of this amazing structure!
Here's my panoramic pic of this amazing structure!
Ben_Jacobi
EF1
Was on the same storm. Targeted Cheyenne, OK. Storms started to break out around 5:00 and struggled for a while, but they eventually got organized. Got caught in between two developing supercells (Vici,OK) both with healthy wall clouds and strong rotation. Followed the storms all the way to S of Taloga and met up with James and his partner Zack Biggs. Together we chased the HP beast all the way back 183 to Clinton, OK. Incredible chase day. Congrats to all who were out! Will update my blog with full report, here's just a teaser...
*EDIT 7/13/10 12:41am*
Updated the blog with chase report.
http://photographybybenjacobi.blogspot.com/2010/07/071210-incredible-chase-day-in-nw-ok.html
*EDIT 7/13/10 12:41am*
Updated the blog with chase report.
http://photographybybenjacobi.blogspot.com/2010/07/071210-incredible-chase-day-in-nw-ok.html
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James Langford
EF4
Finally processed most of my pictures, although I'm still working on a few panos. Here's a link to my full report:
http://www.langfordphotography.com/...ce-Chase/12917668_rzkH9#933610526_ohG92-X2-LB
Time Lapse video of the best parts of the HP cell:
http://www.langfordphotography.com/...nce-Chase/12917668_rzkH9#933610526_ohG92-A-LB
Anti-cyclonic supercell near Glass Mountains State Park:
Our first view of the monster HP cell south of Putnam:
Storm now really getting it's act together:
Beautiful stacked plate meso!
Close to the end of our chase, with the sun highlighting the clouds. The storm was really starting to move quickly to the south, so we had a hard time staying ahead of it. Ben was standing just next to me here:
Thanks,
James
http://www.langfordphotography.com/...ce-Chase/12917668_rzkH9#933610526_ohG92-X2-LB
Time Lapse video of the best parts of the HP cell:
http://www.langfordphotography.com/...nce-Chase/12917668_rzkH9#933610526_ohG92-A-LB
Anti-cyclonic supercell near Glass Mountains State Park:
Our first view of the monster HP cell south of Putnam:
Storm now really getting it's act together:
Beautiful stacked plate meso!
Close to the end of our chase, with the sun highlighting the clouds. The storm was really starting to move quickly to the south, so we had a hard time staying ahead of it. Ben was standing just next to me here:
Thanks,
James
John Farley
Supporter
Here a couple pics from Cuba and Bourbon, MO around 4 p.m. We were traveling through the area and stopped and backtracked a little to watch the storm for a while, but were limited in our ability to chase as we were traveling with a cat. Although this wall cloud was quite persistent, this storm only had a special weather statement, not a SVR warning. Other storms around the area also had small lowerings under their main updrafts.
Brendon Lindsey
EF3
Well here are pics of the other storms that were to the NE of the HP beast in OK. This occured a couple hours before hand. One was for sure anti-cyclonic. Be sure to check out this question on this pic I have below.
I WAS QUITE FAR FROM THIS STORM BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A MESO, BUT ONLY PROBLEM WAS IT WAS ON THE FARTHEST NORTH POINT OF THE STORM???
This is from for the previous post,
I WAS QUITE FAR FROM THIS STORM BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A MESO, BUT ONLY PROBLEM WAS IT WAS ON THE FARTHEST NORTH POINT OF THE STORM???
This is from for the previous post,
Nick Biermann
EF0
Rare July tornado in OK?
Chased the HP supercell in NW OK and have similar photos to those posted by others, with the exception of one. I caught this interesting feature at 819pm while looking N/NNE from E0870 Rd about 1/2 mile west of the US 183/OK-47 intersection. At the time I thought it might be a white streak from a hail shaft, but I later heard that Val and Amy Castor reported a tornado somewhere east of Burmah and that power poles may have been downed along E0830 Rd near US 183. The location of these reports and the distance from me would match up very well with the feature in my photo. I'm not saying this is the tornado, but I do think it could be. Of course, I would love to know if anyone else observed something similar, and if other accounts match the timestamp on my photo.
Chased the HP supercell in NW OK and have similar photos to those posted by others, with the exception of one. I caught this interesting feature at 819pm while looking N/NNE from E0870 Rd about 1/2 mile west of the US 183/OK-47 intersection. At the time I thought it might be a white streak from a hail shaft, but I later heard that Val and Amy Castor reported a tornado somewhere east of Burmah and that power poles may have been downed along E0830 Rd near US 183. The location of these reports and the distance from me would match up very well with the feature in my photo. I'm not saying this is the tornado, but I do think it could be. Of course, I would love to know if anyone else observed something similar, and if other accounts match the timestamp on my photo.
