{"id":26947,"date":"2020-05-15T22:01:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T06:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=26947"},"modified":"2020-11-06T17:16:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T01:16:06","slug":"may-15-2020-electra-goes-severe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2020\/05\/15\/may-15-2020-electra-goes-severe\/","title":{"rendered":"May 15, 2020 Electra Goes SEVERE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start: \u00a0Clinton, OK<\/p>\n

Lunch: \u00a0Binger\/Meeks 152 Diner<\/p>\n

End: \u00a0Wichita Falls, TX<\/p>\n

about 400 miles<\/p>\n

SPC Day One\/20Z<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 596<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 598<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 600<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 602<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 604<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 607<\/a><\/p>\n

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Storm Reports<\/a><\/p>\n

Bob’s account<\/a><\/p>\n

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Surface map 21Z<\/p>\n

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We had a nice enhanced severe risk with primarily a large hail threat today in the vicinity of the Red River (OK\/TX border). \u00a0After lunch in Binger, a strong boundary was nearby and surging towards us from the ENE. \u00a0This boundary helped to get a line of storms going in southwestern OK during the early afternoon. \u00a0We weren’t going to have much fun with this activity, so we headed south into northwest Texas, where the airmass had not yet been disturbed. \u00a0CAPE values were quite good (near 4000 J\/kg), and wind was strong from the east towards late afternoon. \u00a0But, the setup was not particularly favorable for long-lasting and discrete supercells.<\/p>\n

We found some rather poorly-organized storms near Crowell, TX (first two images below). \u00a0A bit later, east of Crowell, a prominent storm base took shape not too far to our north (next three images). \u00a0The storm looked briefly like a tornado-producing candidate, and we headed east a little more to stay with it. \u00a0But we transitioned quickly into GET EAST mode (in a rather quirky road network) in order to stay ahead of some other heavy precipitation cores. \u00a0We utilized some seldom-used paved roads in southern Wilbarger County, south of Vernon and Electra. \u00a0We could not stop at all to admire the bleak, wide-open spaces.<\/p>\n

A storm no more than 15 miles to our south or SSW became tornado-warned, and we had a chance to get a bit closer to take a look (final three images below). \u00a0It looks like we had an RFD cut and action area going, but we saw no tornado. \u00a0During the rather frantic 30-45 minutes or so before dark, Bob narrowly missed plowing into a bunch of bovine that cut across the road — great work, Bob! \u00a0He saved us from much consternation. \u00a0Convergence in our vicinity was off the charts as moist easterly winds were surging into Wilbarger County. \u00a0Heavy rain developed and escorted us into Wichita Falls for the night.<\/p>\n

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