Tom Lynch

Tornado remains on the ground now moving at 35 mph

Distances are vast out there and i think the location of the tornado is a tad out of reach at the moment.

Confirmed tornado ahead of the team moving at 20 mph thats the tornado not the team

TORNADO WARNING

Probably It might be a bit hit and miss trying to meet up at the terminal - once there we can post our room number. We are walking down to a diner called Aspen Creek. Tom

Ok well severe storms are in progress. here is a radar of the location of some of those storms.

John Finney has just updated my on the teams location They are the blue dot I guess travelling westwards One of Johns phone photos from today Tom

Team update : Their target is La Grange, Wyoming. Temps in that area 80F Dewpoints 60F winds from the NNE 13 mph. Watch this space. Tom

The team were staying overnight in Ogallala but not sure where they are today. Internet access must patchy for them . Tom

Hi Justin i guess that may work. You may need to go to our terminal. We will be phoning for the shuttle bus.

Team update They are heading for Ogallala , Nebraska. Putting themselves in a good position for Sunday. Tom

The team are currently in Elk City , Oklahoma and will be loading up at 11am. Early thoughts are that Paul may head uptowards Nebraska. Tom

Paul took some stunning photographs containing insane lightning. He is his FB report to be going on with. What an amazing chase day in Western Oklahoma today. A pair of LP Supercells broke the Cap around 6pm and put on a stunning display of Structure and Mammatus, the Southern cell had 2 white rope funnels only 1/3 of the way to the ground. Some bad grass fires were started from Positive Cg bolts raining out of the anvil. Ended the chase down by Mangum with beautiful red skies and lightning raining down around us. They are currenty overnighting in Elk City , Oklahoma. A place where I seem to remember seeing some bikers with a cofin on a trailer. Tom

First of a few photos taken by John Finney. This is from the back of his camera. Tom

The storm that the team are on has produced a funnel. Tom

Photo from John Finney

So what are the team looking at ? they are just east of the beast tom

For anyone interested in why Woodward is their target area see image Woodward is just to the right of the low pressure and dryline in Oklahoma. Good call Tom

For anyone interested in why Woodward is their target area so image Woodward is just to the right of the low pressure and dryline in Oklahoma. Good call Tom

Well Paul likes both types of models On a serious note. The team are going for the slight risk today in Oklahoma This was Paul's message earlier. 'Target area today Woodward - Early start for us today already heading south through Kansas' On another note I am a life long member of the library in Woodward. Tom

Paul will be able to update this once he has had a good look at the models (weather) There could be a quandary because there is a slight today in Oklahoma. After which the action is back in the high plains. Question do you turn your back on the slight in order to give you a couple of extra chase days. It is a bit of a trek back to DFW but that's another day in the office for a stormchaser. Wouldn't it be nice if it was all in one area for the whole season. Like 'Twister the movie' Watch this space Tom

Fingers crossed for you Martin

Thanks John Brilliant photos , as always , nice to know you have retained all those photographic skills that I taught you when we sent off with our Kodak Brownie . Interesting factoid Lake McConaughy is locally know as Big Mac . Tom

Today I have to say Kansas looks nice with a dryline and an outflow boundary in place. Will have to wait until Paul wakes up and looks at the various options. Tom

Will be extra romantic cos my wife's friend Ann is coming along too.