{"id":24828,"date":"2019-05-22T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T08:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=24828"},"modified":"2019-10-10T21:14:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T05:14:30","slug":"may-22-2019-mulhall-oklahoma-severe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2019\/05\/22\/may-22-2019-mulhall-oklahoma-severe\/","title":{"rendered":"May 22, 2019 Mulhall, Oklahoma Severe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Begin: \u00a0Salina, KS<\/p>\n

Lunch: \u00a0Perry, OK (Braums)<\/p>\n

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

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

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 733<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 734<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 736<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 737<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 740<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 741<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 743<\/a><\/p>\n

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

22Z Surface Map:<\/p>\n

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(May 21<\/a> wound up a bust into north-central Kansas.)<\/p>\n

Chase account<\/a> for May 22 by TT guest L. Ryan.<\/p>\n

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We had a 15-percent hatched<\/em> tornado risk area to consider today. \u00a0It extended from the Ozarks of Missouri into the tree-filled hills of northeastern Oklahoma. \u00a0A 10-percent hatched tornado area was as far southwest as about Oklahoma City. \u00a0The area near extreme northeastern Oklahoma looked best meteorologically for supercells and tornadoes. \u00a0I was less than enthusiastic about the prospects of chasing severe storms in that area given the terrain and trees. \u00a0And, chasing in that area would be even more difficult than usual as recent floods had closed numerous roads. \u00a0I decided to try our luck a little farther west, roughly along I-35 west of Stillwater, where a little moisture convergence was evident midday. \u00a0Winds were nicely backed also.<\/p>\n

This strategy was looking really good for about 15 minutes as a tornado-warned storm with a great, low base and shallow wall cloud took shape just to our west, near Mulhall (see first image below). \u00a0As the storm continued to the northeast, however, it weakened considerably. \u00a0WHY?! \u00a0I don’t know, but it may be because the storm had moved away from its happy spot where the good convergence was, coupled with rising 500 mb heights.<\/p>\n

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