I started watching the GFS and NAM model’s on Monday , it was easy to see a multi- day set up for chasing . I was not able to chasing the Saturday due to family plan’s , so I was up till 3 a.m. watching a big tornado north of Enid , Ok. on TV and going over model’s . Sunday morning a upgrade to a High risk was made and hard push was started to get to Altus as fast as we could. Left Sulphur around noon and made Altus around 2:30. After we got to town , we stopped at the gas station just in town and talked to chaser’s from KOCO and KSWO which was cool . After a quick data check and a call from Neil , we started moving north toward Sayre . After we reached Mangum Ok. which was having a Rattlesnake Carnival , we started seeing chaser’s head south . After getting data we headed back to Altus .We drove around south of town we headed west of town .Watched the first cell move through town with a nice wall cloud produce a large funnelthat was about ¾ the way to the ground over Altus Air Force Base . Called the funnel in and watched it fall apart . Caught the second cell as it took almost the same path. Watched as a nice rain free area produced many funnels as it pasted over Altus . ( no siren ever sounded and no warning? ) Watched the area until we moved to Snyder then north to Roosevelt Ok. where we gave up and started are return to Sulphur . Drove through a strong storm
west of Lawton , the lightning show was incredible !
Got home around 11:00 p.m. Almost feel this was a waste of a high risk and a PDS Tornado Watch .
Mile’s : 475
Time : 11 hour’s
Hail : none
Tornado’s : none
Funnels : more than I can count
Thank’s to Erik for running camera’s and Neil Mayo for nowcasting.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 192
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
140 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
PARTS OF NORTHWEST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 140 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CHILDRESS TEXAS TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CHANDLER OKLAHOMA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
DISCUSSION...WITH STRONG SHEAR AND A VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT IN
PLACE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY INTENSITY ALONG AND E OF DRY LINE
NWRN TX. SUPERCELLS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG
TORNADOES ALONG WITH VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BECOME AN INCREASING
THREAT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS STORMS DEVELOP NEWD ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 192
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
140 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
PARTS OF NORTHWEST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 140 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CHILDRESS TEXAS TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CHANDLER OKLAHOMA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
DISCUSSION...WITH STRONG SHEAR AND A VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT IN
PLACE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY INTENSITY ALONG AND E OF DRY LINE
NWRN TX. SUPERCELLS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG
TORNADOES ALONG WITH VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BECOME AN INCREASING
THREAT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS STORMS DEVELOP NEWD ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA.
