Possible Tornado Outbreak Sun. 3/30/08 in OK, KS, & MO

[ESipes_89]

A possible tornado outbreak is expected over western and central Oklahoma and southern Kansas on 3/30/08. Isolated tornadoes are also possible, but unlikely, over northern Missouri.

Below is the SPC convective outlook for Sunday. I will update this thread as more information is available.

-Eric
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SPC AC 290558

DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1258 AM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008

VALID 301200Z - 311200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS...CNTRL
PLAINS AND MID MO VALLEY...

...SRN PLAINS/CNTRL PLAINS/MID MO VALLEY...
MODEL FORECASTS CONTINUE WITH A PROGRESSIVE WRN US UPPER-LEVEL
TROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH A BROAD BAND OF SOUTHWEST
FLOW OVER THE CNTRL STATES. IN RESPONSE...A LOW-LEVEL JET WILL
STRENGTHEN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE SRN AND CNTRL PLAINS
INCREASING BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. AT THE
SFC...CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING CONCERNING THE POSITION OF A
STATIONARY FRONT WHICH SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM NRN OK ENEWD ACROSS SE
KS INTO NRN MO BY LATE AFTERNOON SUNDAY. A STRONG CAPPING INVERSION
SHOULD KEEP SURFACE-BASED CONVECTION FROM DEVELOPING IN THE
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE CAP IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN BY EARLY EVENING
AND SEVERAL AREAS OF DEEP CONVECTION SHOULD INITIATE ALONG THE
BOUNDARY WITH AN INCREASE IN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE DURING THE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT PERIOD. MCS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS
OF THE PLAINS OR MID MS VALLEY REGIONS SUNDAY NIGHT.

THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN FOR THE LATER HALF OF THE DAY 2 PERIOD APPEARS
FAVORABLE FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT ACROSS THE NRN PART
OF THE SRN PLAINS. MODEL FORECASTS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP A LARGE AREA
OF MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH INCREASING INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER-LEVEL
TROUGH TO THE WEST. THIS COMBINED WITH A STEADILY INCREASING
LOW-LEVEL JET DURING THE EVENING AND INCREASING LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE
SHOULD RESULT IN A FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMIC AND SHEAR ENVIRONMENT FOR
PERSISTENT SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. A FEW STRONG
AND/OR LONG-LIVED TORNADOES COULD OCCUR WITH PERSISTENT SUPERCELLS
THAT MOVE PARALLEL TO THE BOUNDARY. THE CORRIDOR FOR SIGNIFICANT
SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS MOST LIKELY TO SET UP FROM WRN AND CNTRL OK
NEWD INTO SE KS WITH THE THREAT INCREASING DURING THE EVENING AND
PERSISTENT INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD.

FURTHER NEWD ACROSS WRN AND NRN MO...LARGE-SCALE ASCENT AND
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE LESS DUE TO A LOCATION FURTHER AWAY FROM
THE WRN US UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH. AS THE LOW-LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS
ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE EVENING...STRONG LIFT ALONG THE JET
AXIS SHOULD RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELEVATED STORMS. MODERATE
VERTICAL SHEAR AND COLD MID-LEVEL TEMPS EVIDENT ON FORECAST
SOUNDINGS SUGGEST A SEVERE CONVECTIVE CLUSTER SHOULD DEVELOP DURING
THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT PERIOD.

..BROYLES.. 03/29/2008

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[zooker]

and jackl sent me and e-mail last night about being on amistad this weekend..go figure...

zooker

[Rebbasser]

Amistad? 2 hours west-maybe we'll get lucky-we really need rain, but not tornados.



"I'm happier than a tornado in a trailer park!!!!"

[ESipes_89]

The next SPC outlook will be posted at 1730Z (12:30 CST). I have gone over the latest models and will post their's and my forecast after SPC has updated it's day 2 covective outlook. I will say that this is shaping up to be a VERY DANGEROUS night-time event over W. Oklahoma. Everyone in this area needs to monitor this closely for rapidly changing weather during the overnight hours on Sunday/Monday morning.

-Eric

[ESipes_89]

First is SPC,
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SPC AC 291725

DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1225 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008

VALID 301200Z - 311200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM WRN OK AND VICINITY NEWD
INTO NRN MO AND ADJACENT AREAS...

...SYNOPSIS...
PROGRESSIVE/AMPLIFYING UPPER PATTERN IS ANTICIPATED DAY 2...AS LARGE
UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WRN U.S. DIGS/MOVES SLOWLY EWD ACROSS THE
ROCKIES/TOWARD THE PLAINS THROUGH THE PERIOD.

AT THE SURFACE...SLY FLOW IS FORECAST ACROSS THE S CENTRAL CONUS AND
INTO THE MID MS VALLEY REGION...S OF A BAROCLINIC ZONE EXPECTED TO
EXTEND FROM THE TX/OK PANHANDLES/SRN KS EWD ACROSS MO INTO IL.
ALONG THIS BOUNDARY...A LEE LOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST...WHICH
SHOULD EVENTUALLY SHIFT ENEWD ALONG THE BOUNDARY ACROSS NRN OK AND
INTO ERN KS BY THE END OF THE PERIOD.

...PARTS OF OK/ERN KS/MO AND VICINITY...
A WARMING/MOISTENING BOUNDARY LAYER IS FORECAST THROUGH THE FIRST
HALF OF THE PERIOD...AS PERSISTENT SLY FLOW PREVAILS ACROSS THE S
CENTRAL CONUS AHEAD OF WRN UPPER TROUGH. WHILE STEEP LAPSE RATES
ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELEVATED MIXED LAYER WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO
OVERSPREAD THIS REGION FROM THE W/SW...ASSOCIATED CAPPING INVERSION
SHOULD SUPPRESS ANY WARM SECTOR STORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MOST OF
THE AFTERNOON.

BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING...A FEW ISOLATED STORMS MAY DEVELOP
ACROSS ERN PORTIONS OF THE TX/OK PANHANDLES OR ADJACENT WRN
OK...WHERE DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S BENEATH STEEP LAPSE RATES ALOFT
SHOULD RESULT IN MODERATE INSTABILITY /1500 TO 2000 J/KG MIXED-LAYER
CAPE/. MORE WIDESPREAD DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED LATER IN THE EVENING
NEAR AND N OF SURFACE BOUNDARY...AS LOW-LEVEL JET INTENSIFIES. THIS
DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY INCREASING LOW-LEVEL WARM
ADVECTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ONSET OF MID-LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS
AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING TROUGH.

WITH MODERATE /NEAR 40 KT/ WSWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW FORECAST TO PERSIST
FROM AFTERNOON ONWARD...INCREASINGLY-FAVORABLE DEEP-LAYER SHEAR FOR
SUPERCELLS IS FORECAST AS SSWLY LOW-LEVEL JET INCREASES THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON -- AND PARTICULARLY AFTER SUNSET. GIVEN DEGREE OF
INSTABILITY EXPECTED...LARGE HAIL WILL BE LIKELY -- PARTICULARLY
WITHIN A ZONE FROM SWRN OK NEWD ACROSS S CENTRAL AND SERN KS.
LOCALLY-DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AS WILL A FEW
TORNADOES -- PARTICULARLY DURING THE EVENING AS LOW-LEVEL JET
STRENGTHENS INCREASING THE DEGREE OF LOW-LEVEL SHEAR.

SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NEWD OVERNIGHT IN CONJUNCTION
WITH STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL JET AND A NEWD SHIFT OF THE STRONGER
WARM ADVECTION INTO THE MIDDLE MO VALLEY REGION. WITH A TENDENCY
FOR MORE ELEVATED CONVECTION WITH NEWD EXTENT...PRIMARY THREAT
ACROSS THIS REGION SHOULD BE HAIL.

..GOSS.. 03/29/2008

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My forecast is accually fairly close to SPC's, although I think the tornado threat will be a little higher. SE Kansas and MO you can now breathe again but, W., N. Oklahoma and SC Kansas watch out.

Early Convection in KS an MO:

Storms should develope along the cold front from SC Kansas to possibly as far as C. MO in the mid afternoon hours with the main threat being hail and high winds. Tornadoes with this early convection are very unlikely but cannot be ruled out at this time. If you live in this area and have outdoor plans, just be sure to bring an umbrella.

Late Afternoon and Evening Convection in OK and KS:

Isolated Supercells are forecast to develope along the cold front and associated dryline in NW Oklahoma near the low. Any storms that develope in this area will quickly become severe. Early on a capping inversion should limit storm coverage (hence the slight risk) but, as the short-wave trough pushes into the area the cap will weaken and storms will increase in coverage during the evening/overnight hours. Shear will also strengthen during this time period posing a greater threat for large hail and tornadoes. Some strong/long tracked tornadoes can't be ruled out at the present time.

OK, KS Tornado Threat Discussion:

Despite concerns regarding the cap, I don't think this will largely inhibit late afternoon/evening convection over NW and WC Oklahoma. First, There is increasing flow over the rockies which normally is attributed to local outbreak events. Second, The upper-flow could very well strengthen more than progged at this early stage. (This is what happened on May 3, 1999.) Third, there is a very strong moisture advection which is doing wonders for the CAPE (CAPE means Convective Available and Potential Energy, I think). All in all this could turn out to be a decent setup.

Storm Speed and Direction: ENE at 20-25mph
Severe Risk: Slight (15-30% chance of a severe thunderstorm within 25 miles of any given point in the risk area)
Primary Concerns: Large Hail, Damaging Winds, and Tornadoes

Links:
http://spc.noaa.gov/
http://spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/
http://www.weather.gov/
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/enhanced.php
http://weather.cod.edu/
http://www.wxcaster.com/weather.php3

People in the NW half of Oklahoma and SC Kansas, monitor weather situation closely sunday (3/30/08) evening and during the overnight periods.

-Eric

[bamabassman]

hope ya'll take cover out there guys! hope no one gets hurt. good luck.

[ESipes_89]

New SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook:

SPC AC 301244

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0744 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008

VALID 301300Z - 311200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TODAY FROM E TX INTO LA...

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT FROM
NW OK TO THE NE KS/NW MO AREA...

...NW OK/SW KS LATE THIS EVENING...
A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SWD ACROSS KS IN THE
WAKE OF A STRONG MID LEVEL TROUGH EJECTING NEWD OVER WRN ONTARIO. S
OF THIS BOUNDARY...A MOIST LOW-LEVEL AIR MASS /BOUNDARY LAYER
DEWPOINTS OF 64-68 F/ WILL SPREAD NWD ACROSS TX/OK/SRN KS DURING THE
DAY. LOW CLOUDS MAY SLOW SURFACE HEATING WITHIN THE MOIST AIR
MASS...BUT STRONGER SURFACE HEATING ALONG A DEVELOPING DRYLINE NEAR
THE WRN OK/TX BORDER WILL COMBINE WITH THE INCREASING MOISTURE AND
STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES TO SUPPORT MLCAPE VALUES OF 1500-2500
J/KG THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING ACROSS NW TX AND CENTRAL/WRN OK.

THE PRIMARY UNCERTAINTY FOR THIS AREA WILL BE WHETHER OR NOT
SURFACE-BASED CONVECTIVE INITIATION WILL OCCUR BY THIS EVENING.
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A WEAK LEAD SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE
LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY THAT EXTRAPOLATES TO THE WRN KS VICINITY BY
LATE THIS EVENING. THIS FEATURE SHOULD BE RELATIVELY DIFFUSE AND
CONVECTIVE INITIATION WILL LIKELY RELY ON AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN
THE LOW-MID 80S TO MINIMIZE CONVECTIVE INHIBITION ALONG THE DRYLINE
AND NEAR THE SURFACE TRIPLE POINT...AS WELL AS LOW-LEVEL ASCENT
ALONG THE SLOW MOVING FRONT ENE OF THE TRIPLE POINT. IF DEEP
CONVECTION CAN DEVELOP PRIOR TO NOCTURNAL STABILIZATION OF THE
NEAR-SURFACE LAYER...A PRONOUNCED INCREASE IN THE SLY LLJ AND
ASSOCIATED LOW-LEVEL SHEAR FROM 00-03Z WILL CONTRIBUTE TO FAVORABLE
VERTICAL SHEAR FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT.
VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELLS...AS WELL.

...CENTRAL/NE KS INTO NW MO LATE TONIGHT...
THE FRONT WILL LIKELY RETREAT NWD ACROSS NE KS/NW MO LATE TONIGHT IN
RESPONSE TO CYCLOGENESIS ACROSS CENTRAL/NE KS...IN ADVANCE OF THE
PRIMARY MID LEVEL WAVE /NOW JUST OFF THE CENTRAL CA COAST/ THAT WILL
BEGIN TO EMERGE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS FROM 06-12Z. INCREASING
LOW-LEVEL WAA ON THE NOSE OF A 40-50 KT LLJ SHOULD SUPPORT ELEVATED
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT ALONG AND N OF THE SURFACE
BAROCLINIC ZONE. STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND AN INFLUX OF RICH
MOISTURE FROM THE S WILL SUPPORT MUCAPE VALUES OF 1500-2000 J/KG
OVERNIGHT...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL WITH ELEVATED
SUPERCELLS.

...E/NE TX AND LA TODAY...
A LARGE AREA OF ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS HAS PERSISTED OVERNIGHT
ACROSS AR/MO...WITH RENEWED DEVELOPMENT OVER E/NE TX THE PAST COUPLE
OF HOURS. THIS CONVECTION APPEARS TO BE REINFORCING THE BAROCLINIC
ZONE FROM NE TX INTO NRN LA/SRN AR AND NW MS. EXPECT ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM DURING THE DAY ALONG THE PRIMARY FRONT AND A
SECONDARY DIFFUSE MARINE WARM FRONT FROM E TX INTO LA...IN ADVANCE
OF A WEAK MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ENEWD FROM CENTRAL/E TX.
RICH LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND THE RESIDUAL ERN EXTENT OF THE ELEVATED
MIXED LAYER OVER TX/OK WILL SUPPORT MODERATE INSTABILITY AND STRONG
UPDRAFTS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED LARGE HAIL.

..THOMPSON/SMITH.. 03/30/2008

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My original forecast has not changed much although if RUC model guidence verifies, storms could fire along and east of the dryline earlier than expected.

RUC convective precipitation has established supercells over western Oklahoma and SC Kansas by 00Z (7pm CST). Any storms that do develope in this region will quickly become severe with the likelyhood of large hail and isolated tornadoes. A few strong/long-tracked tornadoes are also possible. Please monitor the weather during the late afternoon, evening, and overnight hours for rapidly changing conditions.

-Eric

[ESipes_89]

Quick little graphical update.

[ESipes_89]

Final SPC Day 1 Covective Outlook

SPC AC 301631

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1131 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008

VALID 301630Z - 311200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS INTO IA/MO...

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PARTS OF TX/LA...

...PLAINS STATES...
MORNING WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS BROAD TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER THE
SOUTHWEST STATES...WITH SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS PROGRESSING
THROUGH TROUGH INTO PARTS OF CO/NM/AZ. ONE OF THESE SHORTWAVE
FEATURES IS NOW OVER WESTERN CO/NM AND WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL
PLAINS THIS EVENING. MODELS AND TIMING OF SATELLITE FEATURES
SUGGEST LARGE SCALE FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE WILL NOT
AFFECT MOIST/UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER KS/OK UNTIL NEAR OR AFTER DARK.
THIS LESSENS CONFIDENCE THAT MANY STORMS CAN BREACH CAPPING
INVERSION AND MAY LIMIT COVERAGE OF SEVERE STORMS.
NEVERTHELESS...IT APPEARS THERE IS A RISK OF SUPERCELLS AND
ASSOCIATED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER A PORTION OF
NORTHWEST OK AND SOUTHERN KS THIS EVENING.

PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SURFACE DRYLINE WILL BE BECOME SHARPLY
DEFINED THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN OK. MLCAPE VALUES ALONG AND
EAST OF DRYLINE WILL EXCEED 2000 J/KG DUE TO POCKETS OF DAYTIME
HEATING AND INCREASING MOISTURE. HOWEVER...A STRONG CAPPING
INVERSION WILL LIMIT CONVECTIVE THREAT TO IMMEDIATE DRYLINE AREA
WHERE DRY ADIABATIC LAPSE RATES IN DRY AIR WILL HELP TO DEEPEN
MIXING AND ELIMINATE CAP. SEVERAL MODEL RUNS SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER WESTERN OK...MAINLY AFTER
00Z. IF THIS CAN OCCUR...SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

AFTER DARK...APPROACH OF UPPER TROUGH AND CONVERGENCE ALONG SAGGING
COLD FRONT WILL AID IN FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS NEAR THE KS/OK
BORDER. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO POSE A RISK OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES AS THEY SPREAD EASTWARD OVERNIGHT.

ANOTHER AREA OF SEVERE THREAT WILL BE LATE TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KS. SUFFICIENT ELEVATED CAPE IS LIKELY TO
DEVELOP AS WARM ADVECTION STRENGTHENS AND PROMOTES THUNDERSTORMS.
HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS.

FINALLY...ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT
AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD INTO PARTS OF
NORTHERN MO AND FAR SOUTHERN IA. HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT IN
THIS REGION AS WELL.

...TX/LA...
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS OVER FAR EAST TX AND WESTERN LA.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY SOMEWHAT THIS AFTERNOON AS DAYTIME
HEATING DESTABILIZES AIR MASS. STRONGER CELLS IN THIS AREA WILL
POSE A THREAT OF HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON.

..HART/JEWELL.. 03/30/2008

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My last forecast still stands and this is this last update until late tonight or tomorrow. I will be chasing today so everyone in OK and S KS be careful. I am going to stay in Cordell at the time being but may choose to go to NW OK later this afternoon. At this point targeting is kind of a mess due to the cap and uncertainties if, when, and where it will break.

If I get anything, I'll update eveyone with pics.

-Eric

[WTL]

Are you a chaser or a weatherman? I have always been a bit of a weather geek myself.

[ESipes_89]

Just a chaser

BTW, It's not over. It may just be beginning. Cogar, Union City, and Minco, OK take cover.

I didn't get any tornadoes today because the short-wave trough moved further N. than expected. This is why an overnight event may occur. I do have some interesting pics so, if I'm not chasing tomorrow as well in E OK, I'll include some pics of the early storms tomorrow.

-Eric

[carolina-rig-01]

lmao at reb and tomater.

we live in southwest missouri and are getting pounded today with thunderstorms. our tornado sirens were going off when i woke up this morning and i heard they spotted a tornado just a little ways south of here.

[WTL]

Growin up, for years my older brother thought he was gonna be a meterologist, so I got into it too. Wish I could storm chase round here but its not safe around these roads, hills and trees like it is out there.

So, I sit at home with popcorn and cheese nips and watch tornado porn on the tube....you know, yelling at the tv "ohh do you see that TVS? Damn man! Alright, show the base reflectivitly Dan...and the vil..."

[carolina-rig-01]

tornado porn........lmao

[ESipes_89]

Well, things turned out better for the residents of Oklahoma than I had expected. Only Edmond got hit and it was only an EF-1 to low EF-2. Some houses tore up pretty bad and a few missing roofs is all that happened. I'm glad to say there were no serious injuries reported.

As for me, it happened to late for me to get any tornadoes. We first got on the storm that formed over Dill City, Ok. After it became apperent that this wasn't going to produce, we moved south to Sentinel, OK were we observed a good wall cloud for the rest of the night. We followed it as it traveled east along the southern border of Wa****a County. It had great "spaceship" structure with a few funnels and reports of softball sized hail but, no tornadoes. The low-level shear was just not enough to produce. We gave up at dark and went home.

-Eric

Storm attemping to form a wall cloud SW of Cordell, OK.


Great RFD shot W of Sentinel, OK. Most people would confuse this for a wall cloud but, it's just SLC (scary looking clouds) in the rear flank downdraft.


Awsome "Spaceship" structure.


Elevated wall cloud ESE of Rocky, OK with more great "spaceship" structure.



We did get a tornado yesterday (3/31/08) in SE Oklahoma near Madill but, because of all the trees and hills, I have no pictures of the tornado. I just structure shots.

[carolina-rig-01]

great pictures!

[toneyoutdoors.com]

Great pics thanks man