May 30 2006 western OK panhandle chase
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6:57pm - another marginal high plains set-up. i blew off chasing May 27-29 and "got away with it" so figured i better try my luck with this one. 30 and 40 knot mid- and high-level flow respectively along with some actual height falls were anticipated over the target area. outflow boundary sagged into north TX panhandle, which I targetted near Perryton. the cold air was too deep and surface winds remained northeasterly. meanwhile, two lines of high-based crapvection formed in the steep low-level lapse rate air just south of the OFB. the favorable corridor for storms to develop some rotation was small to non-existent... and storms were very slow-moving. i headed northwest toward SE CO, as the upslope component had popped an isolate storm which was actually moving (~25kt), along the CO-NM border. i intercepted it northwest of Boise City, OK. it was outflow dominant. |
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7:16pm - a storm farther to the southwest |
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7:24pm - more multicell fun |
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7:25pm - linear mode evolves and the rest isn't much to write about... |
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7:27pm |
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7:33pm |
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7:45pm - gust front looms over Keyes, OK |
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7:49pm |
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8:02pm |
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8:10pm - pretty |
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8:10pm |
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8:11pm |
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8:14pm |