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Gorky

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  1. Cool radar scan from Denver International Airport. Looks like there's a tornado over Runway 35R right now! Not gonna be a great sight to people waiting to take off!
  2. I was on navigation duty yesterday also. Difficult day for sure. We got east into Mustang but traffic was so severe I made the call to head back west right towards the new meso developing on the trailing cell. Weirdly, traffic heading towards the tornado warned cell was a lot clearer than that heading away Managed to get back south at 81 towards Minco using primarily gravel roads jumping onto 81 purely for the bridge crossing. The lack of bridges over the Canadian River was primarily responsible for the crazy funnel of chasers and evacuees into Mustang I believe (along with the radio calling for people to evacuate if they had no basement).
  3. That's the reason we are still sat north by I40. Were not guaranteed to get a storm up here but if anything goes, it's got a decent chance.to tornado. Stuff bubbling away nicely and plenty of time still...
  4. This is video footage I shot from Moore on Monday as the tornado approached. We bailed on the tornado from our first location and picked up the family of a chase partner whose house was not far from the eventual path. Footage continues as we drive away from their house and get to a safe point south whilst it passes. (The house was spared with the path going a mile north but lots of debris littered the area). Listen for the roar of the tornado from 3 and half minutes in.
  5. Good luck today and stay safe. We are gonna stick it out up in OKC. All chased out for now and need a couple of rest days before we are back in the panhandle most likely
  6. Couple of quick pics from our chase today. Gonna probably do a big report tomorrow at some point. Not sure we will chase the moderate risk. Need a day to relax and recover right now..Scariest moment was when Dave realized it was heading in the general direction of his chase partner's (Thom Yancey) home. We had to rush back, pick up the wife and get the hell outta there. For a small time, this meant we had to drive back towards the wedge at it's fiercest. I35/SW 19th junction SE19th (Thom's house) Storm heading east. We bailed on the storm to collect Thom's kid from school and drop them back off at their house which was spared - although covered in debris from other houses.
  7. Sickening to watch. We stayed south as it headed through Moore on SW 19th street. The tornado paralleled this road about half a mile north as it crossed I35. We ended up flying east to pick up the wife and kid of a guy we were chasing with and fled south with debris falling around us. Ended up watching the storm head off east whilst we waited for a clearing to get back north. No damage at the house but tons of metal and insulation scattered across the roads, fields and roofs. Headed south out of the metro immediately after. Traffic was insane and didn't need any more vehicles, though I wish there was something we could have done to help. Chased a few other cells later but kinda halfhearted. Abandoned chase knowing we were going to have a long drive to bypass the damaged areas.
  8. Watched this from half a mile away. Had to bail east to pick up the wife of a chase partner and get them to safety. Car is plastered with roof insulation... Not good
  9. We are further up the turnpike having witnessed the tornadoes earlier. Think one town up from Netweather. That Carney wedge was incredible, though we were a little further south than we'd like
  10. It's a way off but Friday looks nice up in SD. It is my first chase day over there and quite probably out of reach for me without a 12 hour overnight drive. Hodographs around Seneca, SD look insane Could be a nice day before the day event with a more widespread event on Saturday. Would imagine the team could chase further South on the sat to not leave them too far from DFW on Sunday. Alteratively, we may get some dryline storms to play with further south on Friday (dependant on boudnaries from the previous day I imagine which is what I'm hoping for for personal reasons! Eitherway, it could well be a good end to Tour 1 if things play out! Best of luck everyone!
  11. Does not bode well for the start of my trip on the 17th. GFS is showing a some decent moisture and a western trough starting to set up for the first days of my trip and I've come to learn that whatever the models say is going to happen 2 weeks out, it's probably going to be the exact opposite Certainly looks a little ridgy to start with but no real moisture issues and some subtle disturbances over W texas would lead to some good chase days if the 6z GFS is to believed on the 9th and the 10th. Still plenty of time for models to swing one way or the other.
  12. Rapid rotation on JR Hehnly's cam. About to put down a tornado! or...... maybe not Sure I saw some wispy funnels in there
  13. Just got in and looking at the current mesoanalysis, it seems like things have trended more towards last nights NAM rather than the GFS. 26C at Altus, but only 8C up at Elk City! Hopefully it holds back and doesn't undercut the storms like last week. Edit: RAP isn't showing anything near as big a cold surge as last week, in fact keeping things pretty stationary albeit further south than forecast last night.. Could have a few rounds of storms traversing into Central OK from the SW into the early hours if that's the case
  14. Crazy differences in the models for tomorrow still.. NAM is going for a repeat of last week with cold front plunging into OK. The GFS is still good for a potent outbreak. This stuff makes my head hurt
  15. Day 3 moderates are pretty rare (maybe a dozen or so ever issued). The last 2 were biggies, being April 14th Last year and April 27th in 2011. Of course, for every outbreak following on from a day 3 moderate risk, you have your May 13ths 2009 (where there was only one real storm to be on and that was in the jungles of Missouri (still bitter at the 800mile journey, bee sting and roadworks I endured to see a rain core wrapped completely around an apparent tornado for about 30 seconds between trees!) Models have not been consistent with this event of the last 3 or 4 days. Should be some better agreement now we are getting into the NAMs sweet spot at <T48. Definitely going to keep an eye on it. Just wish I had more free time at the moment as this could be good practice for the chase this year!
  16. Dominator 2 in position for to intercept the cell west of Mountain View
  17. Really not convinced this met on the stream knows what he is talking about!
  18. Wow. Brian's stream is amazing right now..
  19. Getting 150kt g2g on the latest grlevel3 scan... Textbook... Tornado confirmed in Scotland (which was hit hard back in 2011 I think)
  20. Looking pretty classic now.... Funnel reported on last warning update..
  21. Yup.. really ramped up again now that it ate the cell it ran into
  22. Cell south of Ola is getting the look now!
  23. Brian Emfinger should be streaming thae business end of that storm shortly... http://tvnweather.com/live
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