Mike McMahon,
Robbie Reeves
Satellite Partners (Luann's car):
Luann Cobb,
Ashley Cox,
Tom Jurczack,
Josh Ward,
Daniel
Target:
Kingfisher, OK
Distance:
˜170 miles
Duration:
˜4 hrs
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Primary Partners (My car): Mike McMahon, Robbie Reeves Satellite Partners (Luann's car): Luann Cobb, Ashley Cox, Tom Jurczack, Josh Ward, Daniel Target: Kingfisher, OK Distance: ˜170 miles Duration: ˜4 hrs |
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I attended the NMO training class, which luckily was in OKC, for a couple of weeks. I checked data a few times during the day, and it looked like a good chase day. A moderate risk was issued during the early forecast, and I made my usual calls to see who was interested in going out. To my surprise, a few of my NMO partners were also interested in a chase (including the instructor Luann). Robbie met me in the parking lot, and as soon as NMO was finished we left to get Mike. Luann's group met us on the road around Kingfisher.
The chase itself proved mostly uneventful. Storms fired west of Hwy. 81 and trained to the NNE. We stopped on Hwy. 51 a few miles west of Hennessey to await the arrival of the first supercell. The storm became outflow dominant and a squall line began to develop though as it neared. There were a few discreet cells that were still on-going to our SW, which were still south of I-40 in Caddo county. We headed south to intercept, even though the storms did not seem impressive on radar. To my surprise, a tornado warning was issued as the storm entered Canadian county. We setup again near Concho, just north of the casino. A wall cloud was visible to our SW at dusk. The wall cloud quickly dissipated as it got dark.
 Dust blows across Hwy 81, aided by strong SE winds |
 The anvil spreads out from the first supercell |
 The first cell approaches NW of Kingfisher, OK |
 The southern supercell in the distance |
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Northern storm becomes outflow dominant west of Hennessey, OK |
 The wall cloud begins to dissipate west of Concho, OK |