- Started the day in Hays KS.
- Headed south towards
- Woodward OK. Along the way,
- we stopped in Greensburg KS
- to visit the
- World's Largest Hand Dug Well!
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- There was a lot of crap overcast
- near Woodward, but skies
- brightened to the west.
- We stopped at Shattuck OK
- briefly to see the windmill park.
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- Now in the far NE TX panhandle,
- we waited for initiation.
- You gotta love Chris' safari hat!
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- A good Cb finally went up near
- Lipscomb and we moved to intercept.
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- At a dirt pull-off, we were joined
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- Explosive convection was
- noted directly overhead.
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- About this time, the first tornadic
- dirt swirl formed near an RFD jet.
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- Further north near Follet, the
- storm put down another
- tornadic spin-up.
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- ...and another.
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- The end of the above spin-up.
- A wall cloud & funnel are visible
- overhead and to the left.
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- A bit further east, this wall cloud
- developed with intense rotation.
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- This wall cloud was sucking
- scud right off the ground!
- But the meso got undercut by outflow
- and the storm died shortly afterwards.
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- further SW towards Pampa. We noted
- another storm just north of the
- 281/70 intersection.
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- This storm exhibited a nice
- base with good inflow.
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- Nice inflow bands from the north.
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- As we watched it, a blocky
- wall cloud formed under the base.
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- A clear slot became visible.
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- A large bowl-shaped lowering
- formed with what looked like a
- multi-vortex tornado under it.
- north and confirmed a tornado
- with this cell.
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- But now onto the big show!
- Further south near Pampa, we came
- into view of a beautifully sculpted
- updraft with striations.
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- We sat on 70, photographing
- lightning behind the updraft,
- while being blasted with 30mph
- SE inflow winds.
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- WOW!!!
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- Lightning kept shooting out under
- the updraft vault.
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- Nice crown!
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- What a great storm!
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