Ian Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Some more pics from the weekend: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/05/20/a-weekend-of-storms-in-kansas-and-oklahoma-photos/ We are about an hour south of OKC now. Storms going pretty early for my liking but we will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Great pics, Ian! Good luck today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Are they on this monster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Are they on this monster? Hope they were not particularly close. That was a nasty radar signature. Edited to add: blow by blow coverage starting on page 25. It's bad in Moore, OK. http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/40284-may-15-20-severe-weather-obsdiscussion-part-2/page-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Hope they were not particularly close. That was a nasty radar signature. Edited to add: blow by blow coverage starting on page 25. It's bad in Moore, OK. http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/40284-may-15-20-severe-weather-obsdiscussion-part-2/page-25 Awful. Hopefully they went to the southern cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 This was bad for Moore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 We hit the first tor warned cell which dropped one but we couldn't see it. Headed to red river cell now. Scary stuff up north. We passed thru there on the way here. Tornado magnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Stay safe, Ian et al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Some more pics from the weekend: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/05/20/a-weekend-of-storms-in-kansas-and-oklahoma-photos/ We are about an hour south of OKC now. Storms going pretty early for my liking but we will see. Damn Ian, I don't know what you do for a living, but if it isn't photography you need a career switch. Those photos are incredible. I sure am glad this is working out for you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Weather channel just said the Moore tornado was 2.5 miles wide! I've never heard of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 This was bad for Moore Looks like there will be lots of fatalities based on the video. This may end up being worse than the may 3rd event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Paul's Valley? On the ground now accndg to news. Incredible today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Weather channel just said the Moore tornado was 2.5 miles wide! I've never heard of that.Would be tie or record. Forget how wide Hallam NE was. 2.25 or 2.5x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 This is a tough day. I'm legitimately nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Ian and his team are in a bad spot... Trying to run from rain wrapped tornado per his twitter per central thread "Running from likely rain wrapped tornado. Ended up in a bad spot." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 We are OK now. We were probably 5-10 from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 We are OK now. We were probably 5-10 from it. Glad to hear. You get caught in the bear trap? Or Just get too close? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 This is a tough day. I'm legitimately nervous. Some of these cells are moving into seriously crazy areas for development Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 HP supercells suck. Can't wait for a day in Nebraska with one cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 This is totally not directed at you, Ian, because I'm pretty sure you're talking about the conditions, not the videos and photos.....just a general observation from today. Normal chase-days are pretty exciting to keep up with the updates throughout the afternoon. On a day where workers might have to pull multiple kid bodies from an elementary school, it's just an off-moment juxtaposition to be reading about chasers lamenting how they couldn't get a good tornado shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 My sister is in Moore. Her house is OK. No power or cell service. Some minor damage. She says it looks like a nuke went off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 My sister is in Moore. Her house is OK. No power or cell service. Some minor damage. She says it looks like a nuke went off. Was she in Moore for either '99 or '03? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 This is totally not directed at you, Ian, because I'm pretty sure you're talking about the conditions, not the videos and photos.....just a general observation from today. Normal chase-days are pretty exciting to keep up with the updates throughout the afternoon. On a day where workers might have to pull multiple kid bodies from an elementary school, it's just an off-moment juxtaposition to be reading about chasers lamenting how they couldn't get a good tornado shot. Fair enough. I am mobile and can't really follow it well. This is the moral dilemma of chasing. It's goin to happen one way or another. Chasers prob don't save the lives they think they do but they certainly help. Sadly in a case like this violent tornadoes kill a lot of people when they hit a city. I am glad we weren't there. Seeing the pics makes me sick. That said I'm not going to come home tomorrow and will thoroughly enjoy our next field tornado if there is one x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Fair enough. I am mobile and can't really follow it well. This is the moral dilemma of chasing. It's goin to happen one way or another. Chasers prob don't save the lives they think they do but they certainly help. Sadly in a case like this violent tornadoes kill a lot of people when they hit a city. I am glad we weren't there. Seeing the pics makes me sick. That said I'm not going to come home tomorrow and will thoroughly enjoy our next field tornado if there is one x Understood, and that's exactly what I meant--- you guys aren't in the chasing-disaster category at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 This is a debate that comes up every year and there's always varying opinions. As long as chasers are respectful and do not get in the way of emergency officials during a situation like this, I don't have a problem with it. Fair enough. I am mobile and can't really follow it well. This is the moral dilemma of chasing. It's goin to happen one way or another. Chasers prob don't save the lives they think they do but they certainly help. Sadly in a case like this violent tornadoes kill a lot of people when they hit a city. I am glad we weren't there. Seeing the pics makes me sick. That said I'm not going to come home tomorrow and will thoroughly enjoy our next field tornado if there is one x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I told Ian this over text, but I'll say it here too... I'm glad you guys went south instead of staying north towards OKC. Sorry you guys didn't get any tornadoes today, but am glad you all are safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 It is a good thing they caught some early....interest in the success of their chase is going to go down about 1000%...I will still follow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I told Ian this over text, but I'll say it here too... I'm glad you guys went south instead of staying north towards OKC. Sorry you guys didn't get any tornadoes today, but am glad you all are safe I expected about what happened for us. I was nervous today.. Bad terrain plus what happened. Getting 3 days in a row is pretty hard. Something to shoot for in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 It is a good thing they caught some early....interest in the success of their chase is going to go down about 1000%...I will still follow....I'm probably going to stop posting about it on FB at least. Well at least till we get another tornado. ;p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 I'm probably going to stop posting about it on FB at least. Well at least till we get another tornado. ;p you'll get another one....stay safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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