May 31st, 2007 Oklahoma Panhandle Tornadic Supercell
Last Updated on Monday, 04 January 2010 20:54 Written by Roger Hill
May 31st wasn't a day I was really expecting too much. Moderate westerly flow aloft, coupled with fair moisture and decent instability would set the stage for supercells, producing hail, wind and tornado or two. We started in southeast Colorado where storms formed on the north side of the Raton Mesa, then propagated into the Oklahoma panhandle and became nice supercells. One storm in particular, featured here, produced at least 2 low contrast tornadoes and a couple of spinups under the shear line, and hail to baseball size.
Click on the photo below for a larger image:
Storms first formed as a cluster in southeast Colorado. |
Menacing core from the HP supercell, as it approached, looking northwest. |
Interesting lowering. |
Wide shot of the storm, west of Guymon. |
A zoomed in shot of the core and structure. |
Small rope tornado as we drove a bit east to get a better look at the structure. Courtesy of Bob Eaton. |
Wall cloud, which was rotating, looking east behind the core. |
Spin up under the shear line (didn't get the small funnel above in the photo) on the west side of Guymon. |
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