This day featured much consternation and a pretty good western OK supercell. The consternation was due to a mechanical breakdown on one of the tour… [Read More]
Archives for May 2010
May 11, 2010 Chase Update
I suppose it’s time for an update from Plains Central. When we last left you, we were at the beginning of my first chase tour… [Read More]
May 11, 2010 Woodward County, OK supercell
The atmosphere over the southern Plains was much more relaxed compared to yesterday! A strong cap and weak boundaries were above western OK. With decent… [Read More]
May 10, 2010 Red Rock, OK tornadic supercell
Today’s atmospheric setup showed huge potential for nasty tornadic supercells in OK, and the potential was realized during the afternoon and evening! A tornado outbreak… [Read More]
May 3-8, 2010 Last half of Tour 2
Unfortunately, the last half of this tour was a little short on good storms. On May 3rd, we viewed a dud cumulus field from a… [Read More]
May 3, 2010 Picher and Neutral, OK and KS
We had time to kill in between systems, so we poked around Picher, OK. Much of Picher was thrashed by a large tornado on May… [Read More]
May 2, 2010 Southeastern KS weak convection
This was a day to get out of the Arkansas forests and back to the west. There was a chance of some convection in southeastern… [Read More]
May 1, 2010 Northeastern AR Supercells
I bit the bullet and played the high risk area of eastern Arkansas. Heck—we were already in St. Louis, so why not?! Tornadic supercells were… [Read More]