Category: Field Notes
Last Tuesday, we took a family trip to Coffeyville, KS. My Mom’s birthplace. For you history buffs: in 1892, the C.M. Condon bank was robbed by the notorious five-member Dalton Gang. The gang was gunned down by townspeople during the robbery. Emmett Dalton, the lone survivor of the gang, was sent to prison
11:30 PM Tornado Warning for Tulsa was canceled. Storm moved a little further east. I dodged that bullet. ___ 11:21 PM Tornado Warning for east central Tulsa county. My house. Heavy rain, small hail and lots of wind, so far. Lost radar connection. ___ 10:28 PM A line of severe
It was a LONG day for sure. I left the house at 12 noon and arrived back home at 12 midnight after covering 554 miles. The tornado watch issued was for SE Colorado, SW Kansas and NW Oklahoma. I decided to venture towards the panhandle. The closer I got to
10:11 pm – I traveled a little over 300 miles chasing 3 storms. None of the three really produced much, but it was nice to get out and into nature. I started in Coffeyville, chasing 2 cells into Parsons. Then back south and west for several miles to meet up
This is why I had to keep moving last Wednesday. This photo of the funnel at Garnett and highway 244 was posted on Twitter today. I dropped south too early. Or did I?
I wasn’t going to chase today. My plan was to watch it on radar and relax. Right after I posted the first tornado warning at 5:21 PM, all hell broke loose. A tornado was reported on the ground near Westport moving to the east, towards Tulsa. I jumped in the truck
12:26AM – Shot this image of the full moon with my Nikon D7000 on a tripod with a shutter release cable. Lens 55-300mm f4.5-5.6, Focal Length 300mm, ISO 100, Exposure 1/160 sec at f/16.
I really hadn’t planned to chase today, but when the storms started lining up in a watch box, I couldn’t resist.
The NWS has released a video discussing lessons learned from the El Reno tornado on May 31, 2013. This is the tornado that claimed the life of well-known storm chaser Tim Samaras.