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Another opportunity presented itself for a trip out to the plains.  My son Ryan and I met up with our chase partner Brian Stertz.  The Storm Prediction Center issued an enhanced risk with a 10% hatched Tornado risk.

 

We headed out to our target city of Enid, Oklahoma to await storm initiation.  Had a late lunch when we arrived, then waited for storms to develop.  In mid evening, we watched a storm begin to develop.

 

We moved into position to intercept the nice looking cell as it became severe warned, but to our amazement as the storm approached, the storm vaporized.

It became very obvious after that storm died, we were in the wrong spot.  Further south, storms were on-going and now were Tornado warned.  We made the decision to head south and attempt to intercept one of these storms.

As we moved south, we were treated to a  rainbow from the remnants of the dying storm.

Eventually, we worked our way in front of a tornadic cell in the east suburbs of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Darkness was now making viewing much more difficult as we worked ourselves around to the business end of the storm.  With some maneuvering through the road system, we found ourselves right in front of the hook.

It was now completely dark and visuals were only possible with the lightning bolts.  Finding unobstructed views were also at a premium through the trees and hills.  At one point, a tornado was being reported firmly on the ground and we found a spot to view.  A couple lightning bolts gave us a couple quick glances.

2 Days - 2048 Miles

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