{"id":18862,"date":"2017-05-09T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T08:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=18862"},"modified":"2017-10-20T13:40:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T21:40:17","slug":"may-9-2017-tatum-tornado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2017\/05\/09\/may-9-2017-tatum-tornado\/","title":{"rendered":"May 9, 2017 Tatum Tornado!(?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start: \u00a0Tucumcari, NM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lunch: \u00a0Clovis, NM<\/strong><\/p>\n

End: \u00a0Lubbock, TX<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 675<\/a><\/p>\n

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SPC Mesoscale Discussion 679<\/a><\/p>\n

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A fairly potent upper-level system was approaching New Mexico and Texas today, and would be providing fast south-to-southwest flow aloft over eastern NM. \u00a0A surface low near Hobbs was steering Gulf moisture into east-central NM and vicinity on ESE winds. \u00a0This type of setup is often proficient at tornado production near and north of the surface low when moisture is sufficient. \u00a0Daytime dew points were mostly in the upper 40s on the western side of the NM\/TX border, and in the lower 50s on the eastern side, but would be increasing on a low-level jet towards dusk. \u00a0For the 20Z outlook, SPC upgraded the area from Hobbs to Clovis to “enhanced” slight risk, and bumped up the tornado risk from 5% to 10%. \u00a0That was good to see, as we were hanging out near Tatum, NM, mid-afternoon: \u00a0right between Hobbs and Clovis!<\/p>\n

And by mid-afternoon, storm towers were developing near Tatum and moving to the NNE. \u00a0These were quite high-based, though. As they loaded up with precip and spilled their guts, the cool air helped to bring the storm bases down, and soon there was a menacing HP beast with a very low storm base, where strong inflow was battling cool outflow. \u00a0A suspicious area appeared close to being tornadic, but I did not see one. \u00a0The supercell below was near Morton, TX.<\/p>\n

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