Just got in from two days of chasing in the panhandle of Texas and Oklahoma. Other than spending the night in Liberal, KS, just because the name was so oxymoronic, we spent the time driving. My partner and I managed to cover about 1500 miles in two days, and did see a couple of tornadoes.
The first one was in the Oklahoma panhandle near Guymon, OK. Not much to see and I only got a couple of photos that I will post later. Pretty small funnel and almost transparent with a small dust swirl at the base.
The second one was more dramatic. We were on a storm that formed in west Texas and was moving towards Childress. We followed it south for a while, trying to get a good view and also find a place where we could have good north south road access. Well in that part of Texas roads are in short supply, so we did the best we could. Finally we ended up being chased by the storm and as we drove south from Childress to get out of the rain, a brief funnel formed on the road only 300 yards ahead of us. We watched it continue East across the road and into unpopulated area where it got better organized.
Should have pictures of this soon as well, but I have to get them from our HD Camera since I was driving at the time.
More later.
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That was great chase..We already got too much tornado last May and the first half of severe weather outbreak just ended..Here comes now the second round..First week seems to be pretty loaded with severe weather along the plains..here we go again..Well looking forward for more of your updates..Thanks for sharing a nice story..:)
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