USA Storm Chasing Expedition - 27 April, 2009
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National Weather Service has been entered
into the scanner.
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Welcome to Oklahoma.
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Lots of driving.
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Small storm off in the distance.
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Very small storm.
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Still.. It is warned as being dangerous...
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I'm going after it.
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Time to test my storm chasing skills.
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And see if my Wireless internet connection
is any good.
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No drop outs so far.
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Water on road.
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Lots of water on Road.
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Very heavy rain.
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Captures the moment.
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Same thing.. Lots of water.
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Back on the road, chasing a small cell.
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My first report on the spotter network.
Isolated flooding in CBD.
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My setup today.
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Getting there.
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Nice "little" shelf cloud.
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Looks scary, but its not that bad.
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However the tornado sirens did go off in
the town earlier, someone spotted a funnel.
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Entering the bears cage.. (being
"cored"). With a pathetically weak storm.
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Perhaps I should have said "kittens cage"
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It does rain hard though.
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No hail on this cell.
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Exiting the cage.
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Almost there.
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Look back at the small storm.
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Tulsa here I come.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Heading south west to Oklahoma City.
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Nice rays of light here.
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Not too long a chase.
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I was not expecting anything.
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These cells popped out of nowhere.
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Oklahoma... (GPS says "Keep left")
RADAR IMAGES
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This is what those storms looked like.
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A severe thunderstorm watch was issued.
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Chasing a "semi dangerous" cell.
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Entering the cell.
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In the yellow stuff.. (This is were the
flooding was)
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Exiting the cell, with a clean car.