{"id":19194,"date":"2017-06-02T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=19194"},"modified":"2017-11-04T21:52:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T05:52:06","slug":"june-2-2017-southern-tx-panhandle-severe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2017\/06\/02\/june-2-2017-southern-tx-panhandle-severe\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2, 2017 Southern TX Panhandle Severe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start: \u00a0Vega, TX<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lunch\/late breakfast: \u00a0Vega\/Hickory Cafe<\/strong><\/p>\n

End: \u00a0Abilene, TX<\/strong><\/p>\n

415 miles<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 937<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 938<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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Today was the final chase day for Tour 4, and we began in Vega, Texas. \u00a0We had to be back to OKC by midday tomorrow. \u00a0The best chance for severe weather was way up in the Dakotas, though with no risk of tornadoes, according to the SPC outlooks. \u00a0SPC showed a marginal risk as far south as east-central Colorado. \u00a0Though West Texas was in the “general thunder” area, it appeared that there was a decent chase opportunity in the Lubbock area. \u00a0We headed south and by early afternoon, decent updrafts were already developing a little south and southeast of Lubbock. \u00a0Despite the low-end severe risk and “general thunder” outlook, SPC provided a mesoscale discussion which pointed out an “MCV” (mesoscale convective vortex, see link above) just west of Lubbock. \u00a0They felt that any convection would not be well-organized due to unfavorable wind shear shear, but that landspout tornadoes were possible. \u00a0Unlike the past several days, with somewhat poor moisture and good shear; today we had good moisture and poor shear. \u00a0Dew points were in the low-mid 60s in the eastern Texas Panhandle.<\/p>\n

The cells near Lamesa were heavy with rain, and there were occasional lowerings and hints of decent-low-level organization.<\/p>\n

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