{"id":16067,"date":"2016-05-28T14:28:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T22:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=16067"},"modified":"2016-12-16T21:22:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T05:22:02","slug":"may-28-2016-large-damaging-rainbow-on-the-ground-baca-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2016\/05\/28\/may-28-2016-large-damaging-rainbow-on-the-ground-baca-county\/","title":{"rendered":"May 28, 2016 Large, Damaging Rainbow on the Ground — Baca County"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start, Oklahoma City<\/p>\n

End, Lamar, CO<\/p>\n

429 miles<\/p>\n

lunch at Woodward (Braums)<\/p>\n

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I think that every chaser knows where Baca County is. \u00a0Is there a better-known county on the Plains?<\/p>\n

This was the first chase day for Tour 4, out of OKC, with Tempest guides Woody and Justin (the Nicotine). \u00a0There was a slight risk way down in TX, primarily south of Abilene. \u00a0Since the tornado potential was poor, the target distant, and the next day we needed to be near the w TX\/e NM border west of Amarillo, or thereabouts, I decided to head west from OKC to be in good shape for Day Two.<\/p>\n

Moisture was meager, but there was a chance of some high-based convection in and around extreme southeastern Colorado. \u00a0That is what we wound up with. \u00a0And, if you prefer not to have a sentence end with a preposition: \u00a0“That is with which we wound up.” \u00a0 Oops — I hope that the word “up” is not a preposition in this case. \u00a0How about “That is with which our up was wound.” \u00a0That sounds pretty good. \u00a0We went to Baca County for some high-based junky convection, and that is with which our up was wound.<\/p>\n

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Oh, yes, we witnessed a big and bright rainbow near Campo, and then went to Lamar for the night. \u00a0Note that Woody is well aware of the correct compass quadrant in which the rainbow appears.<\/p>\n

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