{"id":13019,"date":"2015-05-07T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T08:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=13019"},"modified":"2015-11-15T14:54:20","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T22:54:20","slug":"may-7-2015-northwest-texas-strong-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2015\/05\/07\/may-7-2015-northwest-texas-strong-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"May 7, 2015 Northwest Texas strong storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

We awoke today in Vernon, smack dab in the middle of an “enhanced” slight risk with a 5 percent tornado risk outlined! \u00a0Yes! \u00a0But, there was already a mesoscale discussion issued before 11 a.m., and another one around 1 p.m. —- yuck! \u00a0Where is our precious cap? \u00a0The wording on the second discussion is pasted below. \u00a0I think we headed south out of Vernon to watch some stuff go up shortly after noon. \u00a0We eventually wound up on a mediocre supercell that was tracking ENE from about Seymour to Holliday. \u00a0It had its moments, but I think its bark was worse than its bite. \u00a0We gave up on this one and went back to Seymour for other storms, but by then it was a messy junk-fest and I gave up on the day. \u00a0We headed to Altus for an early check-in and to enjoy a steak dinner for our tornado catches on May 5. \u00a0The tour had a couple of chase days remaining, but on the 8th I had to hand the TD duties to Chris Gullikson as I had to fly back home to L.A. for a few days.<\/p>\n

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 MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0533\r\n   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK\r\n   1252 PM CDT THU MAY 07 2015\r\n\r\n   AREAS AFFECTED...SRN OK THROUGH NRN TX\r\n\r\n   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY \r\n\r\n   VALID 071752Z - 071945Z\r\n\r\n   PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...80 PERCENT\r\n\r\n   SUMMARY...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED AND\r\n   INCREASE IN INTENSITY FROM SRN OK THROUGH NRN TX THIS AFTERNOON.\r\n   LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...BUT A FEW\r\n   TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. WW WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED SOON.\r\n\r\n   DISCUSSION...STORMS HAVE LARGELY EVOLVED INTO AN MCS FROM NWRN TX\r\n   INTO SWRN OK AND IS MOVING SLOWLY EWD. STORM EMBEDDED WITHIN LEADING\r\n   EDGE OF MCS OVER SWRN OK IS BEGINNING TO SHOW UPDRAFT ROTATION. THE\r\n   SFC LAYER DOWNSTREAM FROM THIS ACTIVITY IS UNDERGOING RAPID RECOVERY\r\n   AS AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WEAKENS AND LIFTS NWD...ALLOWING RICHER\r\n   \/UPPER 60S F DEWPOINTS\/ TO ADVECT THROUGH NRN TX AND SRN OK. MIXED\r\n   CONVECTIVE MODE WITHIN THE MCS AND GENERALLY MODEST LOW-LEVEL SHEAR\r\n   LOWERS CONFIDENCE IN A MORE SUBSTANTIAL TORNADO THREAT.\r\n   NEVERTHELESS...DEEP SHEAR FROM 40-50 KT...A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AND\r\n   MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT EMBEDDED ORGANIZED STRUCTURES\r\n   WITHIN THE MCS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS AND BOWING SEGMENTS. MOREOVER A\r\n   FEW DISCRETE STORMS MIGHT ALSO DEVELOP SEPARATE FROM THE MCS. AS\r\n   THESE STORMS INTERACT WITH THE RESIDUAL BOUNDARY...ISOLATED\r\n   TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE DESPITE RELATIVELY SMALL AMBIENT\r\n   HODOGRAPHS. OTHERWISE...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL THE MAIN\r\n   THREATS AS THIS ACTIVITY DEVELOPS EWD THIS AFTERNOON.\r\n\r\n   ..DIAL\/HART.. 05\/07\/2015\r\n\r\n\"150507_0445_Seymour\"<\/a>\"150507_0451_Seymour\"\r\n\r\n<\/a>\"150507_0453_Seymour\"<\/a>\"150507_0452_Seymour\"\r\n<\/a>\"150507_0454_Seymour\"<\/a>\"150507_0461_T2grp\"\r\n<\/a>\"150507_0464_T2grp\"<\/a>\"150507_0459_T2grp\"<\/a>\"150507_0458_T2grp\"\r\n<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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