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Storm Chase: Day #10
We had a large Slight Risk area yesterday, though the game was to stay to the northern and western parts of the risk area. We also had a 2% tornado threat ring that accompanied this Slight Risk. We left Guymon, … Continue reading
Port Royal, VA Storm
Typically, I post about articles or books that I have been reading on Thursdays. However, a tornado-warned storm just passed near my home town in Virginia. The radar image from Sterling, VA, shows the strong, messy storm, which had a … Continue reading
Posted in Radar Imagery, Severe Weather
Tagged #vawx, Jersey, King George, Matt Eak, meteorology, photography, Port Royal, shelf cloud, storms, tornado warning, video, Virginia, weather
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Severe Weather Today: 11/16/14
There were no severe storms yesterday. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued a Slight Risk for parts of the Gulf Coast today. Associated with the Slight Risk area is a 5% Tornado Threat Ring. There are storms already firing, … Continue reading
Chase Day #6: Night time wall cloud and tornado warned storm, 420 Miles
We started this chase day in Lamar, CO under a slight risk. We arrived at the hotel late, having ended the previous day chase in west central Texas, so I did not post a prediction on this blog. I likely … Continue reading
Posted in Chase Account, Follow Up
Tagged severe thunderstorms, storm chase, thunderstorms, tornado, tornado chasing, tornado warning
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4-17-13: Likely an intense chase day
I captured several beautiful radar images showing rotation in discrete cells across southwestern Oklahoma. Of the most interest was a tornado warning (though no reported tornado, according to SPC this morning) in Manitou, which is about 9 miles north of … Continue reading
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Tagged frederick ok, Manitou OK, moderate risk, tornado, tornado warning
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5-25-12 Chase Day: Severe Thunderstorms, Supercells, Tornado Warned Cells, 572 Miles
We started out our day headed towards Arnett, OK. This involved rolling through familiar territory: territory we crossed in the 2011 chase, as well as on 4-14-12. I-40, to US-281 to OK-51, where OK-51 was an important road to us … Continue reading
More Photos from 4-14-12
These photos were captured with my dash cam. On the morning (11:33 am CDT) of 4-14-12, it sure didn’t look like severe thunderstorm weather in Woodward, OK. Overcast and cool. It was humid and breezy, however… Cells went up quickly, … Continue reading
The Morning of April 15: A Night in Woodward, OK
After dinner, I settled back into my hotel, the Sands Inn, in Woodward, OK. I started bouncing between grading papers and reading a book my girlfriend recommended. That was the first time we lost power. Once we lost power, I … Continue reading
MCS in target area
Well, it looks like there is an MCS raging in the target area. The tornado threat looks to have shifted a bit north. The cells are more discrete to the northeast as well- Woodward, OK area, which I thought was … Continue reading
6-9-11: Check out the hook.
A bunch of discrete cells are firing across KS and OK. Of the most interest to me would be the one with the “hook echo”, where precipitation is wrapping around a spinning storm. The hook has been tornado warned, hence … Continue reading
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