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Anvil to south of me is over north kent I think. I'm at laindon essex at the mo.
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I tried to follow the storm from white city but was thwarted by london underground. Sitting on c2c now with really dark clouds all around me but bright sunshine overhead. The southern cell looks very juicy!
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Excellent cloud just went over here.
Black base. Good convection. Thunder and cg. Heading NE, looks like there's some hail in there too.
Really strong low level winds too.
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Yay - Thunder and lightening in White City
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Looks like inflow on this back end of the storm.
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Just had a downpoor and one clap of thunder in White City. Wish that coundted as a storm
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Yeah, I don't like the terrain in these parts so I'm off to see the wizard (any excuse to get my shoes out). Unless anything else pops up. Maybe the twister museum too?
Virtually of course, although my shoes are just in the next room. . . .
Happy hunting & stay safe as always x
and then I log on Facebook n see there's a tornado heading right for kansas city. Well I got the Kansas bit right. Wonder if virtual me made it. . . .
Hope everyone is ok!
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I think id be tempted to head up to Wichita as my Target is there down to enid. Great access to my favourite road, the I35
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Ok. I hope the North East and Missouri have a cap bust!
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The charts tell me to spend the morning in Lawton, but I am sticking with my theory that ground moisture is affecting storm stability , so I'm unsure.
I think the north east may get a cap bust.
It's a toughie.
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Hail. Amazing Pics!
My coat misses hail
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This is so sad. Tour 1 stayed at The Days Inn on Rangeline Road for a couple of nights and I've been retracing our routes through the town. Looks like the Mall There a couple of the guys went shopping has gone. Wondering if Crazy Golf survived
Its so different seeing somewhere you've been having been hit. It really makes you think about storm chasing and the other side of it.
J x
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SAme one, and jusr doing a quick reccie on google maps, a quick check looking through the photo's suggests the main area of the path appears to have hit between 7th and 32nd street, which suggests it was less than 1/2 a mile from the motel where we stayed. Lots of requests for help on 7th St, but requests strech as far as 32nd. Here's a map showing what I think is is the main touchdown area based on initial info, with the pin showing the location of the Best Western we stayed in:
There's a Home Depot shown in the pictures which is a mile north of the motel. The hospital that was wrecked is about 3miles (road route) about 1.7miles as the crow flies from where we stayed.
Suggestion is that up to 75% of Joplin may have been hit by this tormado.
Another 5 videos (which I cant watch as it's blocked)
Isn't that where you went shopping?
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that's sad. we stayed in joplin didn't we? or is it a different one?
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Tempted to hang in McAlister SE ok today.
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I'm with you in Hays today. At the Golden Corral - snacking out until tornado time.
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well I'm happy in weatherford for now. in the md area (just I think) n good road options too. if a cell popped up a bit further north as suggested I could get there pretty quick. if I was actually in america of course. . .
I-hop franchise in the uk? yes please! ( the storms go without saying!)
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I had a look at the charts for this earlier today.
I initially went for weatherford (Western OK) but looking at the models im not sure if I want to be a bit further south.
Still - Weatherford looks like a good starting point - just hope it's not a cap bust.
Other option is central Kansas but I have reservations about there as, although there is little/no Cap there is no CAPE.
So sticking to Weatherford for now - unless I missed something?
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Dirt Road are evil.
Nough said!
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Sunday 21st looking good from 12z GFS at least, 500mb geopotential height/SLP chart for 00z Monday 23rd (18z CDT Sun 22nd) show falling heights from the trough over the Mountain West and a lee surface low over the central High Plains of KS/NE/CO:
Exit of strong jet at 250mb over central/southern plains would create divergence aloft and thus convergence at the surface = storms:
add to this some good moisture return north and thus lots of CAPE:
= severe storms on day 1?
12z ECM maybe has a trough slightly further west over western USA with more in the way of ridging over southern and central Plains, but still scope for some moisture return over southern Plains, but would it be capped?:
So hopefully the slightly more progressive GFS is right ...
Hey Nick,
Having a look at the charts myself (and I'm a beginner) I think there's a small chance the cap could break in western Oklahoma on the 23rd. My concern this year is the moisture return. Having been out there on Tour 1 and seen the extensive drought in the western southern plains I am wondering what effect the lack of ground level moisture will have on storm development. The dry line storms I would usually expect to fire in this area failed to develop on each occassion this year. Perhaps the drought is affecting this development? Wondering what your thoughts are on this?
Fingers crossed for the coming week though. Could be good for those lucky enough to be out there!
TJ x
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:rofl: Brilliant :rofl: I have officially been sacked from Tour Leader after this chase target verified, were the Vills and Couplets Maxed you did not specify :lol: Love you guys to death Paul S
They may well have been according to some people *roll eyes*. Sadly our radar was limited so it's hard to say.
LOL. Hope you guys are having fun.
More Pics to come from me at the weekend.
Jo
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We started our chase day in the Best Western, Irving to discuss our strategy for the day.
Anya suggested out first chase target as the Car Rental Car Park at DFW. We jumped on the shuttle from the hotel and made our way to the top floor.
Armed with the car rental radar screen and mobile phone compasses we decided our best view point would be from the south west corner.
We repositioned ourselves and waited patiently, checking the radar every 5 mins or so.
Soon things started to look good. The sky was getting darker and planes were making hard turns immediately after takeoff.
CGs began striking to our west.
As the squall line drew closer we saw the base encroaching upon us and what we believe to be a gust front.
Things got very bad, very quickly. We were soon being slammed with torrential rain, straight line winds, bullet thunder and lightening coming from all directions.
This went on for over an hour.
As soon as we realised a gap in the line was approaching we headed into car rentals to catch the coach to terminal D.
We had identified our next target as Gate 16 in terminal D.
We rushed through security and were soon repositioned. The storm was still taking a rest so we determined this was an excellent time for lunch.
Just as the storm ramped up again we finished lunch. Upon consulting the radar and SPC it was apparent storm direction has changed slightly so we repositioned one again to Gate D20. We stayed here for the rest of the afternoon being treated to a lightening show. The runways were actually close for some time in the afternoon.
The payoff for these storms was a delayed flight for most of us but this was definitely worth it.
A successful day’s chase in all.
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Yesterday the remaining members of Tour 1 - Stu, Anya, Craig, Claire, Trevor and Jo - decided to chase........ At the airport.
Here's the days briefing.
:rofl: Brilliant 
Love you guys to death 
Paul S 
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Thunder and lightening in W12.
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