Stormtrack - 05-07-20_ok

Lisa M. (Pflugerville, TX) 05-May-20 06:31 PM

Texas, too!

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Mike Thornton (Norman, OK) 05-May-20 06:40 PM

So, we're just going to pretend Texas doesn't exist?

Drew Terril (OKC, OK) 05-May-20 06:44 PM

Why can't that be today? LOL. I'm home, but tomorrow I'll be right back out I'm sure

Mike Thornton (Norman, OK) 05-May-20 06:45 PM

I just realized, I won't have Emergency Management classes after today.... Still not to interested in this setup, NAM 3km is staying consistent, but idk.

Mike Thornton (Norman, OK) 05-May-20 06:54 PM

My thoughts on Thursday.... Moisture will come from the SW into Northern Texas around 11am. Around 00z (7pm) Dew points will be in the mid to high 60s, with instability reaching into the high 2,000s. 18k above the surface, winds will be ranging from 55kts to 64kts in some areas. Model data supports high midlevel lapse rates in this region as well. Capping shouldn't be a huge issue. Main risks at this time look to be strong winds and large hail.

B. Dean Berry (Pittsburgh PA) ✱ 05-May-20 08:23 PM

Texas wasn't on the menu when I made this channel.

Lisa M. (Pflugerville, TX) 05-May-20 09:46 PM

well I’m glad we entered the game because I’m itching to get out.

I’m not terribly interested if the tornado threat isn’t there. Replacing a windshield seems like a nightmare I don’t want to unnecessarily endure (sorry again Mike lol).

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Mike Thornton (Norman, OK) 05-May-20 10:01 PM

Haha!! Yeah, that was completely my fault! I had been near hail for most of the chase and it was 0.50 and below, and I underestimated how strong the updraft really was early in the storms life and that led me to get a cracked windshield. However, usually, I don't go anywhere near the hail core, and I really DO NOT want to destroy my 2012 Explorer. lol. So I'm trying to stay clear of cores this year.

Mike Thornton (Norman, OK) 06-May-20 09:51 AM

Looking at model data, I'm going to sit this one out. Good luck to anyone who chases tomorrow. (edited)

Jacob Melton (Owosso, MI) 06-May-20 12:15 PM

John Choquette (Edmond, OK) 07-May-20 02:01 PM

starting in Hollis, OK today and then were being asked to get north of OKC after that for KOCO today

Mike Thornton (Norman, OK) 07-May-20 02:02 PM

Good luck

Jacob Melton (Owosso, MI) 07-May-20 03:10 PM

Small wind driven enhanced risk added in the 20z update.

Small 5% TOR also added in same general area.

Mike Thornton (Norman, OK) 07-May-20 03:33 PM

Yeah, I'll be out storm spotting for Cleveland County later tonight.... No sense in chasing night storms.

JoshuaClark 07-May-20 05:15 PM

Looks like we are going to be instore for an ugly night.

Mike Thornton (Norman, OK) 07-May-20 05:18 PM

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157421510521279&id=225728016278 Wichita this morning. I really like these photos so I thought I would share.

Jake Wallentine (Wichita, KS) 07-May-20 05:28 PM

Ya, that shelf was legit. The cool thing was that was the initial mid-lev shelf, but after we got some pea size hail there was a secondary shelf back in the rain closer to the actual strong convection. I've never seen that before.

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John Choquette (Edmond, OK) 08-May-20 11:01 AM

Ended up getting hail that was nearing tennis ball size early in the storms evolution just west of the Texas border. Coolest part was honestly witnessing the storm get more intense on top of us. Wasn’t able to ride it along the red river to get the bigger hail because we were told to go north to cover the metro stuff that was happening later. In terms of our limitations to where we could go it was a successful chase day

i think we may be slowly convincing KOCO to let us follow crap south of the red river a little in the future though because we can get them good footage

Mike Thornton (Norman, OK) 08-May-20 11:11 AM

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1448457068679477&id=170800989778431 So pretty.

Meteorologist Michael Armstrong

‪Cumulonimbus at sunset last evening near Cordell, OK.

Shane Adams (Fort Worth, TX) 08-May-20 11:13 AM

Just do what we used to do John....go where you want and don't tell them lol. 9 times out of 10 they would call and tell us to go where we were already heading. We took a lot of liberties.

Different station but it's all the same.

John Choquette (Edmond, OK) 08-May-20 11:51 AM

yeah we have consistently gotten good footage for them the past few weeks so i think we are starting to figure out what we can do

Lol Micheal Armstrong took that pic about the same time I did mine (we were in the parking lot next to each other for a bit)