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May 10, 2003

Tornadic Supercell in Tulsa Metro

Storm appears to be getting its act together again. SRH in the environment it's approaching is absolutely ridiculous (400+!).

Starting to get more reports in from chasers regarding the Oklahoma City tornadoes. Apparently, several got close enough to be forced to take cover. Eric Nguyen reports major damage in NE OKC near the Frontier City amusement park. I guess Amos and Dave are still on the storm, but I'm betting they'll stop in Tulsa...terrain gets pretty bad east of there, and Dave has family in the area.

Also hearing a lot of reports of an amazing amount of coordination between the NWS, spotters, law enforcement, media, chasers, etc. That's the way it should be.

I'm running on fumes, so once the storm exits the Tulsa area, I might call it a night.

UPDATE: Tornado on the ground in extreme southern Tulsa, near the Arkansas River, near Bixby.

UPDATE: Storm will be exiting Tulsa County soon. As it continues east, it should encounter a more capped atmosphere. That might be enough to finally kill the damn thing.

Anyway, I'm beat. Tomorrow looks like a potential dryline event close to home (or perhaps a squall line if the cold front catches up quickly enough), so I'm getting some sleep.


Tornado near Attica, KS - May 29, 2004


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