CHASE CASE 4

Seems i've wandered into a red box...i'd be on the storm near Guymon right now...hopefully it will do something soon here or else i will head SW to the next cell heading my way out of the tex pan.
 
Think I will play that area between Hobbs and Jal and then track this SE New Mexico supercell until a little after sunset...maybe catch a meteor show once the chase is off. Love the West Texas sky. Hope to hear some tornado sireens before then pardner. Hears something...rolls down window...smile on face...tone alert TOR for Lea Co. NM....tornado sireens wailing...time for action. There goes the Dominator...
 
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I'm on this one: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SEVERAL SPOTTERS REPORT A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 12 MILES WNW OF LOVINGTON MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25MPH.

EDIT: Oh and now I know the date - have to sit this one out.
 
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Still sitting down here in Liberal and am warching 3 different cells in my approximate area. None have really emerged as a dominant storm yet but I'm going to stay patient and see what happens...
 
AT 2215Z THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MAF HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR LEA COUNTY, NM UNTIL 23Z. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SEVERAL SPOTTERS REPORT A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 12 MILES WNW OF LOVINGTON MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25MPH. THOSE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

I am on that one as well glad i stuck around Tatum and dropped south and west a few miles at 22z
 
LEA COUNTY UPDATE. . .

TORNADO ON THE GROUND TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON SH 206 BETWEEN TATUM AND CROSSROADS. TORNADO NOW LOCATED 5 TO 10 MILES N OF TATUM, NM. DAMAGE REPORTED NEAR TATUM.
 
Dropped down SR 172 by Caprock and am now heading west on SR 249 to intercept the storm moving out of Artesia.

EDIT: Cancel that. Looks like I missed a radar update and a whole bunch of other info. Aagh. Not sure where the hell I am right now, but I'm on a storm, dadgum it! :confused:
 
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23Z UPDATE

VISIBLE SATELLITE:

CONUS: http://i49.tinypic.com/2uiaxhk.jpg

MIDWEST: http://i45.tinypic.com/rvvo1j.jpg

S PLAINS: http://i46.tinypic.com/13ypb2u.jpg

RADAR COMPOSITE

MIDWEST: http://i45.tinypic.com/2ughsaa.gif

S PLAINS: http://i45.tinypic.com/20jll61.gif

TORNADO WARNING!

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABQ HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR ROOSEVELT COUNTY, NM 2 MILES NORTH OF ARCH, NM. LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND MOVING EAST. THIS STORM IS HEADING TOWARDS ROGERS, NM AND PORTALES, NM.
 
After seeing the tornado WNW of Lovington, storm quickly got away from me. Unless I see something more promising to the south, just going to keep driving north on NM 206.
 
Well I missed quite a few updates and am way too far north to play anything in central KS at this point so I'll prob just start moving east south east to try and stay out from under the anvil tops and hope for the best..
 
IT SEEMS THAT IT THE DATE IS BEGINNING TO RING A BELL OR TWO. . .

THAT BEING SAID, THE REPORTS FOR 3-23-07 ARE AS FOLLOWS. . .

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Note: All data are considered preliminary
Tornado Reports (in CSV format)

Time Location County State Lat Lon Comments
2125 LOGAN QUAY NM 3536 10344 ROOFTOP TORN OFF CHURCH IN TOWN OF LOGAN. SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES DEMOLISHED. SOME INJURIES..EXTENT UNKNOWN (ABQ)
2231 16 WNW LOVINGTON LEA NM 3303 10361 (MAF)
2308 10 N MCDONALD LEA NM 3329 10332 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF TATUM AND NORTH OF MCDONALD. (MAF)
2321 7 NW TATUM LEA NM 3333 10340 (MAF)
2334 12 N TATUM LEA NM 3343 10332 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON SH 206 BETWEEN TATUM AND CROSSROADS. (MAF)
0004 3 N CROSSROADS LEA NM 3356 10334 MEDIA REPORTED A CAR OVERTURNED BY A BRIEF TORNADO 3 NORTH OF CROSSROADS ON STATE HIGHWAY 206...AWAITING FURTHER INFORMATION. (MAF)
0005 1 S MILNESAND ROOSEVELT NM 3363 10334 BARNS DAMAGED (ABQ)
0124 2 N ARCH ROOSEVELT NM 3414 10314 LARGE TORNADO (ABQ)
0128 ROGERS ROOSEVELT NM 3398 10323 HOME DESTROYED IN ROGERS (ABQ)
0142 10 NE PORTALES ROOSEVELT NM 3428 10322 TORNADO NEAR CURRY COUNTY LINE. SOUTH OF TEXICO JUST NORTH OF HWY 202 (ABQ)
0154 6 SE CLOVIS CURRY NM 3435 10313 *** 2 INJURIES *** HOUSES DESTROYED ON CURRY COUNTY ROAD 4
0158 10 ESE LAKEWOOD EDDY NM 3256 10420 ROPE TORNADO REPORTED 10-12 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF LAKEWOOD. (MAF)
0200 15 E LAKEWOOD EDDY NM 3262 10410 PUBLIC REPORTED A ROPE TORNADO ON THE GROUND EAST OF LAKEWOOD. (MAF)
0205 3 S FARWELL PARMER TX 3435 10303 RELAYED BY KLBK VIEWER. NO DETAILS KNOWN AT THIS TIME ON DAMAGE. (LUB)
0420 7 SW MORTON COCHRAN TX 3365 10284 LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS SOUTHWEST GIN DESTROYED 7 SW MORTON. HOUSE DAMAGED 3 NW MORTON. MULTIPLE REPORTS FROM LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS OF TORNADO SIGHTINGS BETWEEN 2320 A (LUB)
0859 MCLEAN GRAY TX 3523 10060 PATH LENGTH OF 2 MILES AND WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. STORM SURVEY REVEALED EF1 TORNADIC DAMAGE ON SOUTH AND EAST SIDES OF MCLEAN CENTERED ON SOUTH FM 3143 (AMA)
 
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