Jimmy Deguara
EF3
Hi,
Jimmy Deguara here.
Our season - a group of between myself to up to 7 chased the plains from 10th May through to 28th May 2010. In summary, I personally counted in there between 7 to 10 tornadoes. I have to go home and check footage to confirm. Most of the tornadoes were in Oklahoma and we did see a violent tornado up north of Kingfisher come straight at us. Another of the favourites on the same day was the mulit-vortex tornado down near Paul's Valley. We got down there 15 minutes or so before the tornado suddenly formed! We were as close as a few hundred metres from the tornado at one point as the RFD bucketted our vehicle.
We also were onto one and possibly two tornadoes near Ponca City on the 10th May event. No data on that day made it an interesting chase.
One interesting tornado was the tornado in extreme SE Colorado which w most likely witnessed from Kansas! That storm was incredible and exploded as we neared it!
From a technical perspective, this year was not kind to us and we have had to chase without data but that seemed not to worry as I don't chase with data in Australia.
All in all, an interesting season - my second best after 2004 season in trms of number of tornadoes.
I am heading home today after an urgent family requirement but I am not disappointed given what has been achieved in such a relatively short time.
Regards,
Jimmy Deguara
Jimmy Deguara here.
Our season - a group of between myself to up to 7 chased the plains from 10th May through to 28th May 2010. In summary, I personally counted in there between 7 to 10 tornadoes. I have to go home and check footage to confirm. Most of the tornadoes were in Oklahoma and we did see a violent tornado up north of Kingfisher come straight at us. Another of the favourites on the same day was the mulit-vortex tornado down near Paul's Valley. We got down there 15 minutes or so before the tornado suddenly formed! We were as close as a few hundred metres from the tornado at one point as the RFD bucketted our vehicle.
We also were onto one and possibly two tornadoes near Ponca City on the 10th May event. No data on that day made it an interesting chase.
One interesting tornado was the tornado in extreme SE Colorado which w most likely witnessed from Kansas! That storm was incredible and exploded as we neared it!
From a technical perspective, this year was not kind to us and we have had to chase without data but that seemed not to worry as I don't chase with data in Australia.
All in all, an interesting season - my second best after 2004 season in trms of number of tornadoes.
I am heading home today after an urgent family requirement but I am not disappointed given what has been achieved in such a relatively short time.
Regards,
Jimmy Deguara