{"id":31597,"date":"2021-04-23T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=31597"},"modified":"2021-10-19T07:21:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T15:21:42","slug":"april-23-2021-tornado-at-lockett-texas-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2021\/04\/23\/april-23-2021-tornado-at-lockett-texas-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"April 23, 2021 Tornado at Lockett, Texas!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chase video of this event<\/a> by Tempest Tours guide Bob Conzemius<\/p>\n

Video of Lockett tornado<\/a> by Tempest Tours guide Matt Phelps<\/p>\n

Dashcam 10X timelapse video<\/a> of the chase during the tornadic phases by Bob Conzemius<\/p>\n

Bob’s Chase account<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Lunch: \u00a0Mangum, OK\/Holy Grill Cafe<\/p>\n

End: \u00a0Wichita Falls, TX<\/p>\n

329 miles<\/p>\n

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

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 406<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 408<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 409<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 410<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 412<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 413<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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21Z Surface Map and approximate path of the supercell and the tornado locations.<\/p>\n

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Wow — Wow — Wow!<\/p>\n

Our 2021 Tempest Tours season began on April 22 out of OKC. \u00a0The first day for Tour 1 (with guides Bob Conzemius and Matt Phelps) was drab and cool, but a severe risk developed over northwest Texas on the second day out. \u00a0 SPC painted an enhanced risk along the Red River from about Quanah to Wichita Falls, with a 5 percent tornado risk. \u00a0SPC was highlighting the risk for very large hail, more than 3 inches in diameter, courtesy of an (anticipated) intense supercell or two. \u00a0Overall (bulk) shear was excellent, and the low-level shear was not particularly strong. \u00a0However, there was an east-west boundary just south of the Red River which could and would be a very favorable feature for increasing tornado potential. \u00a0The forecast target area was looking rather uncomplicated — get on a dry line storm in the vicinity of Childress and Paducah and stay with it as it moves east along that boundary (and into mid-60 dew points and backed surface winds). \u00a0Storm chasing and forecasting is so easy, right?!<\/p>\n

We lunched at the Rattlesnake Festival in Mangum, OK. \u00a0Skies were overcast and drizzly at Mangum, and we broke out into the better air with clearing not too far south of the Red River, around Quanah. \u00a0And, right on schedule, an agitated area of cumulus clouds…or, an area of agitated cumulus clouds…was in the vicinity of Paducah, not too far to our southwest. \u00a0We took Road 104 west and then southwest to Paducah. \u00a0Upon arrival, a good-sized storm was a bit northwest of town. \u00a0There may have been a second updraft south of this one, but who can remember all of these details six months later?! \u00a0The best way to play this was to stay ahead (east) of the activity and to see which storm might become dominant. \u00a0Fairly quickly it became obvious that this one northwest of Paducah was the storm to monitor most closely.<\/p>\n

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