Hello,
after a several-hour trip on the last night we are on Thursday morning all quite exhausted in Fort Worth, Texas arrived. Why are we so far have been equivalent to the South, I will explain later in yet. First I would like to get closer to our readers, but first the events of Wednesday. After the violent storm on Zentralkansas in the night to Wednesday have eventually subsided, we are on Wednesday morning after securing new refueling and shopping (you would not believe how fast food such as water, fruit and biscuits can be re-used up) by Great Bend in the direction Northwest Oklahoma broken. There was our "target area" for the day, even the Storm Prediction Center has the area Südwestkansas, Eastern Texas Panhandle and issued for the northwest Oklahoma a Moderate Risk, which is a moderate risk for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.
About Dodge City was about noon, to the southwest, and finally south to about Buffalo, Oklahoma. It is a very small town that is just like the other places where aar surrounded by endless plains and red rock formations with shrubs. South of Dodge City, we crossed it in the meantime become stationary front, which among other things on Tuesday in Kansas brought the storm. South of the front we were in the early afternoon between Ashland, Kansas, and Buffalo, Oklahoma again with strong gusty south wind 28 ° C in warm and humid air.
Since we are in this very sparsely populated region has no Internet data available were and auh the NOAA Weather radio only occasionally got a signal, we had most of the time rely on our eyes . The sky was the afternoon in Buffalo with thick clouds covered and rather hazy. Other Chaser talked with us along the road and we briefly discussed the situation. After a short time put out that we were exactly the right place, because a Suerzelle has become a little southwest of us and we were able to mighty anvil . Recognize For example in the small town of May we saw the upswing in all its glory and quickly developed a rotating wall cloud, our first of the day.
The clouds sank further and further down and ragged clouds were rising from the floor on her, but for a tornado, it would then not enough yet. Soon, the powerful become Southeast wind shifted to west and was much cooler, a rather bad sign. For a while we followed the storm, the weather service was now provided with a tornado warning, to the north. Next to us, gathered a few other chasers, including the "Twister Sisters" the hunting of a larger TV crew was documented aufwänig. The first cell of the day and weakened a little southwest came right after a new storm, which, while a wall cloud, but produced no tornado.
after a navigation error that led us on a dirt road (here Mudroads), and in quite a while to the north, we decided finally to the south of the now cooled and cloudy 'area south to the northeast Texas Panhandle (on the Map of the "panhandle" in the northwest of the state to break) by. We succeeded quite well so we could watch the evening near Follett, a new super cell (To the Mets: a huge HP storm). West and southwest of Follett, we faced a huge thunderstorm with dark gray or greenish color, and many Naheinschlägen.
after a navigation error that led us on a dirt road (here Mudroads), and in quite a while to the north, we decided finally to the south of the now cooled and cloudy 'area south to the northeast Texas Panhandle (on the Map of the "panhandle" in the northwest of the state to break) by. We succeeded quite well so we could watch the evening near Follett, a new super cell (To the Mets: a huge HP storm). West and southwest of Follett, we faced a huge thunderstorm with dark gray or greenish color, and many Naheinschlägen.
Finally, this storm moved past us and we turned back east and then to the north in order to observe the onset of darkness now that cell or other storms. We did not wait long, because our cell went blithely on his way to Harper and Beaver County, Oklahoma, and delivered an impressive lightning show.
We went then to the north in the direction of Laverne and now there was something sinister. In the darkness went west of us to a supercell with tornado warning to North-east. On one side we could see again and again in the glow of the flashes a marked decrease in the updraft clouds (Wall Cloud), hammered on the other hand, a few miles away from us big flashes in completely dry weather in the world. Now it was at night and with little data, a very high attention to preserve, so there were no surprises.
Soon the storm was approaching and it strikes followed in the vicinity, some so bright that the trail of the lightning had burned for some time on our retina. After a few minutes we met with a strong tail wind and rain we were once again just to the east from the cell.
presented a short drive east of Buffalo found that we were dealing not only with the tail wind, but with really strong storm and the wind was as seen from our location with views to the east from back, but suddenly from left and about two clock was formed a new wall cloud. This was a very dangerous situation, we were close to a possible circulation and we had poor visibility. It only took a few minutes until the radio was issued a new tornado warning for the exact same cell ... The cell
but moved slowly away to the northeast and we followed close behind at the next opportunity to finally escape to the southeast. After a 40-minute drive towards Woodward then we tried to 1:30 in the morning in Woodward to catch a motel room. Thus, we had bad luck, the whole town was fully booked and the West threatened a massive squall line. The mood was almost spooky, as we could in the entrance area a motel in the west of the city observed in strong southerly wind Geblitze constant over the whole western sky ...
It took about 20 minutes before us this complex is then squalls, torrential rain and lots of lightning crossed. Since we really Woodward had no longer an option on a motel room and turned out to also had that has taken root since the evening a potentially poisonous spider somewhere in our car (and we would pass in those so of course nothing around wanted!), We decided for a long drive to Dallas, where we could check in for luck as early as Thursday morning at 9 clock in a motel in Fort Worth. It was very interesting 24 hours ...:-)
Ciao, Lars
, Julian, Eric, Felix
Soon the storm was approaching and it strikes followed in the vicinity, some so bright that the trail of the lightning had burned for some time on our retina. After a few minutes we met with a strong tail wind and rain we were once again just to the east from the cell.
presented a short drive east of Buffalo found that we were dealing not only with the tail wind, but with really strong storm and the wind was as seen from our location with views to the east from back, but suddenly from left and about two clock was formed a new wall cloud. This was a very dangerous situation, we were close to a possible circulation and we had poor visibility. It only took a few minutes until the radio was issued a new tornado warning for the exact same cell ... The cell
but moved slowly away to the northeast and we followed close behind at the next opportunity to finally escape to the southeast. After a 40-minute drive towards Woodward then we tried to 1:30 in the morning in Woodward to catch a motel room. Thus, we had bad luck, the whole town was fully booked and the West threatened a massive squall line. The mood was almost spooky, as we could in the entrance area a motel in the west of the city observed in strong southerly wind Geblitze constant over the whole western sky ...
It took about 20 minutes before us this complex is then squalls, torrential rain and lots of lightning crossed. Since we really Woodward had no longer an option on a motel room and turned out to also had that has taken root since the evening a potentially poisonous spider somewhere in our car (and we would pass in those so of course nothing around wanted!), We decided for a long drive to Dallas, where we could check in for luck as early as Thursday morning at 9 clock in a motel in Fort Worth. It was very interesting 24 hours ...:-)
Ciao, Lars
, Julian, Eric, Felix
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