April 30, 2010 Ozark County, Missouri Tornadoes
Last Updated on Thursday, 14 October 2010 12:56 Written by Roger Hill
April 30th took me to southwest Missouri for what ended up being a High Risk day from SPC. All the ingredients were coming together for a tornado outbreak in Missouri and Arkansas. We targeted a pinch point in the boundary that occured near Muskogee, Oklahoma. Storms kept firing in that location and then raced north into colder rain cooled air in southwest Missouri. Finally, one storm was able to right turn and not race into the colder air. This storm produced several confirmed tornadoes in northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri as it pulled the boundary into it. We intercepted two of those tornadoes. If you have never chased in the Ozarks before, it is a very difficult task. With storm motion at 50 MPH, we were on curvy, winding, hilly roads that you could not drive over about 40 mph safely on. Thus as the storm passed us we could never catch it again. Below are a few pics and also a video I shot. Still it was an exciting successful chase!
Large wedge tornado near Hardenville, Missouri.
Tornado is seen between the two telephone poles towards the left of the screen. The wedge is still there in the right side background.
Closer in shot of the stovepipe shaped tornado over the telephone pole.
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