Ian Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 There were chasers on it live, and nobody was burned, lol.There is a lot of running to the high end overall tho. I think having dual pol might be making it worse. Early reports are often horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUGrad05 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Damage really seems pretty minor. I sort of wish there had been a chopper/TV chasers on it live so someone would finally have gotten burned by making EF-rating judgements on-air from looking at a tornado. Yea it's tough to tell just from looking at a tornado in many cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soonertrey Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 From a former OKC Met, about tomorrow's setup. Aaron Tuttle Meteorologist (weatherman) Friday Severe Weather Update (more tornadoes expected): They say 3rd time's the charm. It appears all the ingredients will be present once again across C OK for more supercell storms producing tornadoes. This time around things are more in-phase unlike the last two days. Remember day one we had storms pop early out ahead of the main line which stabilized the atmosphere and prevented tornadoes from occurring with the 2nd wave. Day 2, today, storms fired off too early along the dryling due to the very weak CAP and the parameters needed for tornadoes didn't peak until early evening and by then most of the storms were out of the area. Day 3, tomorrow, it appears the only limiting factor will be weak mid level winds although we'll see plenty of directional shear and extreme instability which can overcome the weaker winds. Throw in a surface boundary to work with and it spells trouble. The CAP should prevent any early storm development, so the show... will be a late afternoon/evening event like we normally see around here. That will be when the tornado threat is highest. C OK will also be the entrance region of the upper jet this time around so I expect explosive storm development and a lot of rotating updrafts with supercells moving through the OKC metro area and along the I-35 corridor once again. If I had to pick the highest area to see tornadoes it would be smack dab in the middle of the state, ie, the greater OKC metro area and points south, north, and east a bit. Tuttle is a good met. He is a pessimistic lean, so I give a lot of credence to what he is saying for tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 bit of horizontal vorticity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsnowx53 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 A few more from the cell near Wynnewood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsnowx53 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Look at this structure on the Pauls Valley cell!!! Nice! We already checked into a hotel lol. Thanks! The chaser convergence was CRAZY on that cell...though some of the people may not have been chasers. And I guess at this point, those structure shots are all 'been there, done that' for you guys haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUGrad05 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Cool pictures guys! Speaking of horizontal vorticity...you guys should have seen the clouds out here at my place tonight...I've seen inflow tails before and quite a bit in my day... But I don't think I've ever seen as many surface parcels randomly rising up to the thunderstorms in my life. As I pulled into the neighborhood there was a large barrel cloud (dunno what else to call it) just rolling intensely very near the surface, perhaps a couple hundred feet off the ground with the top of this huge cloud at about 500 ft...it rolled for probably 5 to 7 minutes and slowly lifted to the base of a thunderstorm just to my north...later on (bout 20 mins) went back outside and there were five of what appeared to be large tail clouds with surface parcels just being sucked up into these storms. Power air dynamics in place today... If the cap is indeed stronger tomorrow, and air dynamics are even better, people will need to stay very weather aware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUGrad05 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Thanks! The chaser convergence was CRAZY on that cell...though some of the people may not have been chasers. And I guess at this point, those structure shots are all 'been there, done that' for you guys haha. So what? It NEVER gets old...LOVE IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSWx Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Had this gnarly cloud blow over us today, interestingly we didn't get a bit of rain, what causes structure like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Here's a screen shot from 3:31 central time, with the news 9 chopper seeing debris at the ground with no funnel visible. Near Ripley, OK. I never saw any specific damage to houses or buildings shown on camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomBlue Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Here's a shot I took around 4 today of the chaser convergences near OKC on GREarth: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Thanks! The chaser convergence was CRAZY on that cell...though some of the people may not have been chasers. And I guess at this point, those structure shots are all 'been there, done that' for you guys haha. I'd probably have gone for it.. I love structure! I think it's more that after two straight weeks of chasing, plus a long day already by 7:30p, the motivation is a little bit less. When we planned three weeks this year I think that was more insurance time in case there was a stretch of crap etc. We ate dinner with some other chasers from MT and SD.. we were all looking at the radar wondering about it at times. If it had produced or something we'd have not been happy lol. At that pt in the day was sort of taking the risk those cells would do what most of the others did and it seems that was the case. Seed, bleed, etc. Kind of a frustrating day at times but I count it as a successful chase. edit: forgot wx_chip is on the board. we ate with him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Had this gnarly cloud blow over us today, interestingly we didn't get a bit of rain, what causes structure like this? looks like a rotating updraft that never really got going strong or the remnants of something bigger like that. in the tx ph yesterday there was a small 'supercell' that we went after which ultimately ended up looking like the worlds smallest LP while it fell apart (and kind of like that--at least from what i can tell from the picture). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messier77 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 A few pics from the storm NW of Ardmore. Made it just in time after a long drive from Hastings, NE. Edit: I should probably note that I chase mostly for structure and tornado pictures are just a bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 It really sucks that something so beautiful can be so destructive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozarkwx Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 I love these pics of the structures, they are incredible!!! Great job guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messier77 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 It really sucks that something so beautiful can be so destructive. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Um...wow. OUN is pulling out the stops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormchaser11 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 More severe weather and heavy rain is expected on Friday as a slow moving storm system moves into the area. The greatest risk of severe weather will be late in the afternoon and evening with tornadoes, large Hail, damaging winds and heavy flooding rains will all be possible. We will start chasing eastern Oklahoma and Tulsa OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhope84 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Wow. OUN using the "violent" word. They must be extremely concerned to use that language. Makes me think there may be a rather small High Risk area in the outlook upcoming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Broken Arrow tornado(s) from Jeff P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernNJ Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Brinkley-Wheatley AR had very short notice of a strong signature in their area moments ago. Hope nothing is going on with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 I have a very strong couplet showing up from both NQA and LZK on that cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 15% hatched tor SW to NEover central OK for Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Mod 15% tor risk over OK again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormchaser11 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Strong couplet on velocity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Wow. OUN using the "violent" word. They must be extremely concerned to use that language. Makes me think there may be a rather small High Risk area in the outlook upcoming. Where'd you see that? It's not on the AFD, since that isn't updated till 8Z usually, not on the HWO either, at least when I check 5mins ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhope84 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Where'd you see that? It's not on the AFD, since that isn't updated till 8Z usually, not on the HWO either, at least when I check 5mins ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Where'd you see that? It's not on the AFD, since that isn't updated till 8Z usually, not on the HWO either, at least when I check 5mins ago... Go on the webpage and click on "Early Friday Evening" in the graphical forecast maps that pop up on the front page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Weather Today Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Where'd you see that? It's not on the AFD, since that isn't updated till 8Z usually, not on the HWO either, at least when I check 5mins ago... It's still there under the Friday 6pm tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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