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Meteorologist George Flickinger's Storm Chasing Pictures and Southern Plains Forecasts |
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Meteorologist George Flickinger's Storm Chasing Pictures and Southern Plains Forecasts |
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Flickinger Weather |
March 30, 2006: Bad Choice + Wrong Turn= 0 Tornadoes |
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We discovered that Mackenzie doesn't care for cows... |
I made a cardinal bad storm chasing decision this day as I let early convection pull me off my target. Our original target was between Ponca City and Wichita, near the OK/KS state line. However, I let developing storms near and southwest of Oklahoma City veer me that direction. Meanwhile north of Ponca City, storms fired ahead of a strong dry push, later producing small tornadoes near Independence, KS. We later tried to catch the more northward storms, but I missed a turn while heading toward Kansas. We couldn't recover. |
After we broke off the OKC storm, we sped north toward the KS state line. This developing storm is 50 miles away and later tornadoed near Independence, KS. |
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We couldn't catch the Independence storm, so we patrolled farther south for fresh development along the dryline. These developing storms didn't produce tornadoes as they are "lining out". |
This developing tower tries, but fails to stay isolated. Notice the lower clouds left and right of the tower-- a storm line is forming. |
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No visible lowerings or circulations, but the setting suns creates a bright, beautiful landscape. |
My friend Dan joined us this day. He's a cool dude. |
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