{"id":22405,"date":"2018-05-14T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T08:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=22405"},"modified":"2018-11-04T10:55:15","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T18:55:15","slug":"may-14-2018-northwest-oklahoma-supercell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2018\/05\/14\/may-14-2018-northwest-oklahoma-supercell\/","title":{"rendered":"May 14, 2018 Northwest Oklahoma Supercell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 414<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 416<\/a><\/p>\n

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SPC Mesoscale Discussion 420<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 421<\/a><\/p>\n

Storm Reports May 14<\/a><\/p>\n

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Finally — moisture and instability on the Great Plains were improving. \u00a0This was the first chase day for Tour 3 out of OKC, and we found ourselves with a large slight risk area to consider. \u00a0I elected to try northwestern Oklahoma. \u00a0One of the primary negatives for this day was the wind shear. \u00a0It was barely marginal for supercells. \u00a0Up in eastern Colorado, the shear was excellent, but the moisture was poor.<\/p>\n

I don’t recall too much about this day (five months after the chase!), and it doesn’t help that my notepad from the day is missing. \u00a0Oh well, there wasn’t too much to write home about, anyway. \u00a0Uh oh…I am starting to recall some stuff. \u00a0We were hanging out near Kiowa, Kansas, on the OK\/KS border for much of the afternoon. \u00a0It was bloody hot. \u00a0A decent cell went up about an hour’s drive to our east. \u00a0I liked the area around Kiowa quite a bit more, and elected to stick to my guns and to wait for for a storm to develop nearby. \u00a0The storm to our east, near Arkansas City, Kansas, wound up producing a rather nice tornado. \u00a0 Oops. \u00a0I had done a good job at forgetting this day until now. \u00a0When that storm started to go up, I figured that it would quickly move to the east and we would have great difficulty getting into position. \u00a0But, it wound up moving quite slowly, and I should have gone after it.<\/p>\n

Finally, some strong convection developed to our southwest, near Waynoka, I think. \u00a0This stuff took us ENE-ward, and we had some semi-decent structure from about Carmen to Jet in northwestern Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

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