May 5, 2007???

[Cody Pryor]

Hi Everyone!!!

Hi this is my first post to this forum. I have been watching and a member for a while now. I chased a lot last year. I was in KS last spring on May 5 and was wondering about a paticular storm I chased. I started in Oklahoma and seen the cum towers going up NW of me so I pursued them into KS. I stoped at 160/183 and 1 intersection I think. When I arrived there was several chasers there. I was just wondering if anybody on this forum was there at that storm. I have a few pics of the weak wall cloud, and some major towering cum clouds at location. I think i remember one of the chasers saying that it had some interesting lowerings before I showed up.

Well I stayed there and watched for about 20-30 min. And watched about 5 or 6 chasers head back south. Finally I made the painful decision to head south with them. We ended up in a 7 car caravan heading towards Woodward, OK. I was just wondering if the storm that would of been there went tornadic after I left??? BTW I was in a dark blue Chevy Cavalier if any one can remember.

Thanks everyone I really enjoy reading your posts, and learining from you guys. I am slowly reading and educating myself for Spring 2008. If anyone can offer me any information it would be greatly appreciated. If this post is in the wrong place, please feel free to move it. Thanks Mods.

Thanks Cody

 

[Verne Carlson]

Right around dark near St. John, KS things went crazy there. A number of chasers where on the cell that produced multiple tornadoes, some quite large with two on the ground at times. Here's our report:

http://stormchaserco.blogspot.com/2007/05/2007-05-05-report.html

 

[Tony Lyza]

Just a friendly suggestion; don't abbreviate "cumulus" by using "cum."

 

[Jeff Miller]

Tony is correct.

The proper abbreviation for Cumulus is "Cu". Towering cumulus would be "TCu."

For obvious reasons. And welcome to Stormtrack!!

 

[Nathan Edwards]

We were sat just south of the junction there for a while as that storm went over Coldwater and followed it for an hour or two. It had some well produced wall clouds, and I saw a distant funnel cloud to the west at one point but I didn't see anything I could confirm as a tornado. There was a spotter report from this storm, but if anything touched down, it likely didn't have a funnel all the way to the ground and was only brief. It seemed like every chaser in Kansas was on that storm. The traffic was snarled up like rush hour south of Stafford as the wall cloud was at it's most defined and this was on crappy roads. I have to wonder what the local sheriff's were thinking...

 

[JIM SELLARS]

Cody....Look at this link and match the times and locations....they may not be entirely accurate but it should help...All the best...Jim

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/070505_rpts.html

 

[Scott Taylor]

I was on a storm north of Buffalo in OK that day, and later intercepted a tornado warned storm in Woodward, OK. Got on two others that night also.

Here's the storm we watched just south of the KS border on 183. Was this it?

 

[Joel Wright]

We ended up east of Great Bend Kansas that day towards sunset.

 

[John Farley]

Assuming you were talking about the evening storm, not the ones in the same area in the early afternoon:

According to Storm Data, a tornado was confirmed with this storm from 6:33-6:37 northeast of Protection and west of Coldwater. Later, the same storm produced a number of additional tornadoes in Kiowa, Edwards, Pratt, Stafford, and Pawnee Counties, including an EF2 that was on the ground for nearly 27 miles.

I was on this storm from near Laverne, OK up to about 6 miles north of Protection, KS, but due to a poor road choice ended up behind it so I missed the tornadoes. Those who were most successful were in large part positioned farther up in Kansas and were able to let the storm come to them. I did get a video capture, through trees, of what MAY have been the tornado west of Coldwater, but I am not at all sure of that because it was a very poor view.

FWIW, my chase report is at http://www.johnefarley.com/chase50507.htm

 

[Matthew Fischer]

From what i remember from that day, My friend Adam Lucio and I we were sitting on a hill SW of Pratt around County SW 70 Ave and US 54 and 400. We had a cell come from the sw and looked somewhat good. Then about 20 minutes we left and we're like nothing going to happen lets go to greensburg and look at the damage and take some pictures to warn our friends back home who ignore warnings. Then as we were deciding a tornado warning came out for Pratt county and we like ummm lets go now to pratt and go after that cell. Rest of the was a blur on which roads we took. That was a good day! Hopefully next year the storms wait till last week of may and first week of june! I have those two weeks off!

 

[Laura Hedien]

We were on the SPC reported 2322Z Raymond and 0032Z Claflin KS tornadoes on that day.
Attached is yellow highlighted map of our travels that day, a radar capture from 0010Z near Great Bend, and the Raymond tor.
PM me if you'd like the videos but they weren't the most photogenic. Fast movers- +35kts.
Laura

 

[Laura Hedien]

Oh yes.... and welcome Cody! This is a great place to learn.
Laura

 

[Shane Adams]

I was on a storm north of Buffalo in OK that day, and later intercepted a tornado warned storm in Woodward, OK. Got on two others that night also.

Here's the storm we watched just south of the KS border on 183. Was this it?

Mickey Ptak and I were on this storm from the first cu. Followed it into Kansas, where we let it go near Protection, to focus on the next storm coming up the line. Eventually we observed multiple tornadoes from this second storm, while being inside the damage path of the May 4 tornado, south of Greensburg along hwy 183.

 

[Scott Taylor]

Mickey Ptak and I were on this storm from the first cu. Followed it into Kansas, where we let it go near Protection, to focus on the next storm coming up the line. Eventually we observed multiple tornadoes from this second storm, while being inside the damage path of the May 4 tornado, south of Greensburg along hwy 183.

Yeah, we were so close to doing the same thing, and knew we probably should go on into KS... but decided to take our chances on the three western OK storms. I'm still regretting that decision to this day!!!

Congrats.

 

[Cody Pryor]

Mickey Ptak and I were on this storm from the first cu. Followed it into Kansas, where we let it go near Protection, to focus on the next storm coming up the line. Eventually we observed multiple tornadoes from this second storm, while being inside the damage path of the May 4 tornado, south of Greensburg along hwy 183.

Well I think the one that you let go at protection is the cell I was talking about. I remember going past another cell on my way back South into OK.
I think that must be the one you are talking about Shane. I really apreciate your help. I am gonna post a couple of my pics of that cell in my next post. Maybe some body can recognize it.


Thanks guys for all your help!!! If there is way I can go back and edit my abreviation for cumulous clouds please let me know. I think that This post is what answers my question. Thanks again everyone!!!

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