{"id":15674,"date":"2016-05-16T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T08:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=15674"},"modified":"2016-12-02T16:25:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T00:25:42","slug":"may-16-2016-another-channing-supercell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2016\/05\/16\/may-16-2016-another-channing-supercell\/","title":{"rendered":"May 16, 2016 Another Charming Channing Supercell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start, Oklahoma City; end Plainview, TX; 593 miles; fast-food lunch in Woodward and dinner in Amarillo (Applebees)<\/p>\n

Tour 3 began out of OKC on May 16, and I was back from Los Angeles after a 4-day break. \u00a0Tempest drivers for this 10-day tour were Tom Trott and Chris Gullikson. \u00a0It was obvious that we needed to get ourselves up to the northern TX Panhandle for today’s chase, so we did a relatively quick guest orientation this morning. \u00a0Initial development was expected around the western OK PH and NW TX PH, where wind shear was quite good and instability more than adequate for organized storms and supercells. \u00a0Low-level moisture was too meager to provide a really good tornado risk…but you know how it goes in the Panhandles in May.<\/p>\n

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We continued to the NW TX PH from Woodward following a quick lunch, and zeroed in on a supercell that was moving towards Dalhart from the northwest. \u00a0This storm, and\/or another nearby storm, had already produced a few (relatively weak and brief) tornadoes. \u00a0Some were near the town of Felt, OK. \u00a0This supercell had a bit of a wet and outflowish look to it as it came into view. \u00a0We stayed with it from Dalhart to a little east of Hartley. \u00a0It looked somewhat nasty and ugly, but did not appear to be a good tornado-making candidate. \u00a0A new storm beckoned to our west, and seemed to be in decent air. \u00a0We went back to Hartley, and viewed a splendid, rounded, storm base to the west. \u00a0The images below begin at this point. \u00a0A nice RFD cut in, and the north side of the updraft base wrapped up nicely, but no tornado emerged. \u00a0The storm forced us down to Channing, and a little south of there. \u00a0We allowed the updraft to pass overhead, and we did not have to move in order to enjoy the pretty sunset light on the rear of the development as it drifted to our east.<\/p>\n

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