Five years ago on this day, one of the more infamous events in storm chasing circles took place. A "high risk" was in the forecast, with conditions expected to support a large-scale outbreak of numerous supercell thunderstorms each capable of producing multiple long-track, strong to violent tornadoes across much of Oklahoma and adjacent portions of western north Texas.
However, due to some subtle factors not well picked up on by the weather models in advance, and/or overlooked by forecasters, this did not materialize. One notable tornadic storm did develop, though and moved into southwest Oklahoma. I was in good position, in place ahead of this storm as it crossed US 62 just east of Gould, OK. However, just as I decided to move to stay ahead of the storm, I was met with a solid line of chaser traffic coming east on 62 and was unable to find an opening big enough to safely get in. I ended up going all the way west into Gould to find an opening to spin a uie and join the conga line, by which time I was hopelessly behind as the storm produced a large tornado near the town of Mangum.
KZitemr @ConvectiveChronicles has a great meteorological breakdown of why this day didn't play out per the original forecast thinking.
• The May 20, 2019, High...
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