In The Vortex

Tag: oklahoma

  • 04/09/09 Chase Forecast

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    Good morning from Lawton, OK.  I drove up from Texas last night and stayed here when I got tired to chase in northern OK/southern KS today.  Pressed for time as I need to hit the road but current preliminary target is the OK/KS border at I35, and I will adjust as needed.  I haven’t decided if I am going to play the cold core setup on the west end of that, or the warm front on the east end.  I’ll know when I get close to the preliminary target.

    Moisture is rapidly advecting northward through OK, should be an interesting day with a potent, compact system.  We should see several tornadoes across the outlook area today.

    I’ll be live streaming today, and you can see that on TornadoVideos.net.  I should have that up and rolling here shortly, but the chase won’t actually begin I don’t think until mid-afternoon.

  • 03/23/09 Chase Forecast

    Sunday ended up being a bust in the Texas Panhandle (as mostly was expected) but met up with Steve Miller (TX) and we had a nice drive around the eastern Panhandle which was a good test for me on the new TVN video streaming as well as discovered I had EVDO service the entire time!  Ended the day with an incredible dinner at the Big Texan in Amarillo!

    Attention now turns to severe weather potential today and chasing…

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    Our forecasting this morning, which I don’t have much time to get in to as we are hitting the road now, we have initially target west central OK along I40 which gives us options to play both northern and southern targets in Oklahoma if we need to.  Despite moisture lacking a little, wind fields are incredible and I expect it to be a long day/night across Oklahoma.   Things should light up in NE and KS as well, but I’m focusing on OK for our chase.  Strong tornadoes are a definitely possiblity today, so those living in the area need to keep tuned to their local media and have their NOAA weather radios on.

    I’ll be streaming live video on the new imap tracker found on TVN.  Click the LIVE link on the left side.