News DetailJune 13, 2007 Geary, OK supercell pictures/video
Posted At: June 14, 2007 @ 3:45 AM
Posted By: Reed Timmer
Related Categories: Tornadoes
Here are some pictures and video from the Geary, OK supercell yesterday (June 13, 2007) evening. The storm had incredible structure, with a well-developed clear slot and rapid cascading motion on the west side of the wall cloud. A very low-hanging cone-shaped funnel developed at around 8:45-9:00 pm just south of Greenfield, OK
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Nice photos!
That was easy enough. - Nice decision to go chase. :D
Nice pics, Those clouds are low. I was watching that cell last night on radar, because I heard you were there. It looked like it was move very slow.
Amazing video once again.
Awesome video...it looked like the sky was about to start falling.
Close but no cigar, and it was never tornado warned
Reed, nice catch, but come on, least you could have done is said, Hey congratulation to Kevin at Ontario Weather Service for calling the Tornado in Oklahome when you almost bet your life savings on OK/KS no tornadoes;) OWS maps don't lie man. Use them at times, but they are still experimental. It was nice talking to you in the OWS Live Chatroom, and hope you come back again. We have much in common, lol and we both probably have the same syndrome. Viva La Storm Chasing and Research!
Today I'm looking curiously at Oklahoma again by Afternoon-Evening time. Same time as yesterday, but further South, maybe Southern to SW Oklahoma? Post a blog about today, and we can start updating conditions etc. Have a great one!
Adam: Holder gave me some mis-information...All I had out there was an atlas. He said it was tornado warned and then my phone died.
It certainly should have been tornado warned based on the low-level rotation...maybe they had the news helicopters on it.
Nice forecast Kevin! OWS: 1 TV.net: 0
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Great video!
This might interest some of you, a Google Earth kml file which shows you a global animation of all lightning strikes worldwide within the past half an hour, and is updated every two minutes...Click my name above to download it...
Nah, Reed, I'm not against you man. SPC is who i'm going for. Consider us friends. I use to be a jerk before about the storm chasing, however you do it for research as well. Talking to you was fun fun fun, and heck like I said, we are very much alike.
Yes, those pictures are really cool, and it should have been tornado warned.
Let's see how everything goes today.
Something should happen in Oklahoma, what say you? Awaiting the blog, and discussion. I do not look at hodographs for my forecast. I found they help a bit, but it's such a small piece of the hidden tornado formula that is waiting to be cracked.
Sup Reed nice video ok i cant stand it this year sucks for St.Louis could you tell me when u think ima get something around here i cant remember the last time we got a squall line they always break apart before St.louis why is that its hot in 90s and this weekend hot and Humid in the 90s you would think, and do you think the front on tuesday will bring st.louis some severe storms? well later awesome videos wish i could see that stuff around here how would you handle not seeing any storms for awhile and lines splitting before they get to ya? lol
That's incredible Jeff...A great tool for the lightning photographer!
Kevin...I know many of the forecasters at SPC personally...and they really are experts at what they do. Like all of us, they also mis-forecast some events...but they really have done an incredible job this year.
The amount of model/observational data they analyze is immense, and their job is highly difficult. I'm sure much of the behind-the-scenes bureaucratic stuff they have to deal with makes their job even more difficult. Rather than taking a stance against them...I'd recommend a more positive approach. Negative energy definitely hinders the learning process...and much can be learned from the SPC products.
Thanks for being such a loyal poster on the blog, Kevin...your insight is always welcome.
I agree with Reed on his above statements...The Spc has done a much better job this year than in previous years. Misforcast should be expected, because nature is ALWAYS/CONSTANTLY changing...
Reed you said you know alot of the NWS/SPC forecasters...but it never has been clear to me? Do you work for the NWS? Or have any ties to them at all?
Also, another thing i have noticed...just from the board here, and the chat the other nite...Reed is a very nice person...and you can tell your a loyal person, as the fact you like loyalty the regular members show.
Reed what do you think about the set up for the next week...Decent cold front sweeping the plains.
Ben: I have no affiliation with the NWS at all. I'm currently working on my PhD in meteorology from OU, but my research is in the economic impacts of short-term climate variability.
We'll be keeping an eye on the Northern Plains for early next week...if the shear can become better correlated with the instability, then it could be interesting.
We're getting some MAJOR rainfall here in central OK!
Reed,
What are the 30 precip forecast modules predicting for the southern plains; particularly north texas? Thanks for all of your work
Thanks Reed, I'll remember that. Yeah, I'm a loyal member, lol. I think what I am trying to do is get all this research in so I can publish somehow, and then it can be turned into a weather model. It would help out, but still a ways off. Wow, Ph.D? I didn't know that. That's good man. I'm just starting off, because I realized I can't get a weather job without a degree now-a-days. A little late, but I hope MSU online excepts me. I'll do a three year program there, and then hopefully go to Graduate at UCLA and expand my degree while HOPEFULLY working at Los Angeles Newsstations as a broadcast Meteorologist. Hey thats a plan! Off to your flooding in OK post.
Kevin...you've definitely got the passion..just keep working hard and everything will pan out. Publishing your research is a great idea.
If you need any help with any meteorology courses in the future don't hesitate to ask!
Hey Jim: Most models are predicting about 1-2+ inches of rain over most of north TX through Sunday morning. If you get caught under a slow-moving storm, there could be more than that. The heavy rain has been rather isolated in nature with this system...I'll put a post up about the TX rain event tomorrow morning as the situation becomes more clear.
thanks Reed
sorry for the spelling in my post. I was wanting to know the 30 day extended forecast for precip in north tx. I am a contractor. I have been hooked on your site since the cnn piece in may. Fascinated with tornadoes since I was a kid
For the fellah that likes to look at lighting strikes heres a map that updated every half an hour by enviroment Canada. Shows all of north america. Just click my name.