| DATE |
AREA |
OBSERVATIONS |
|
W OK |
SCOTT CURRENS
AND I OBSERVED TWO LONG-LIVED SUPERCELLS THAT PRODUCED 4 TORNADOES NEAR THE ELK CITY TO
CLINTON, OK AREA. A GREAT MARCH DAY. |
|
SE OK |
SCOTT CURRENS
AND I OBSERVED A LONG-LIVED SUPERCELL FROM ARDMORE TO NEW OBERLAND, OK. WE OBSERVED
A FEW WALLCLOUDS WITH ONE HAVING A SERIES OF THIN FUNNEL TUBES ALOFT. |
|
C / E OK |
SCOTT AND I
OBSERVED THE OKC STORM AND LEFT IT AS IT MOVED OUT OF THE CITY TOWARDS MORE SIGNIFICANT
STORMS TO THE SOUTHEAST. WE OBSERVED A SUPERCELL AND WALLCLOUD NORTH OF ADA, OK, AND
A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM NEAR ADA, OK. |

- APRIL 30
|
S OK |
SCOTT CURRENS
AND I OBSERVED AN HP SUPERCELL NEAR WAURIKA, OKLAHOMA. GOLF BALL HAIL WAS OBSERVED. |

- MAY 8
|
SW NE |
SCOTT AND I
OBSERVED A SUPERCELL NEAR COLUMBUS, NE THAT PRODUCED A NEAT CONVERGING DUST THING THAT WAS
REPORTED AS A TORNADO THAT DID DAMAGE TO SOME FARMING EQUIPMENT. |

- MAY 9
|
SE SD |
SCOTT AND I
OBSERVED SOME MARGINAL SEVERE STORMS NEAR O'NEIL, NE WITH SOME GORGEOUS MAMMATUS DURING
SUNSET. |

- MAY 10
|
WY |
WE OBSERVED A
STATIONARY SUPERCELL NEAR DOUGLAS, WYOMING, WHICH EXHIBITED GREAT STRUCTURE WITH
STRIATIONS AND 50 MPH GUST INFLOW. THAT NIGHT WE HAD STRONG SFC WINDS WITH LOOSE
OBJECTS AND DUST IN THE AIR. |

- MAY 11
|
SD/ND BORDER |
WE OBSERVED THE
STORMS NEAR THE WARM FRONT NORTHEAST OF THE SFC LOW ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER. THE
FRONT WAS BEGINNING TO SURGE SOUTH AND WE KEPT GETTING 30 F TEMP DROPS BEHIND THE FRONT.
WE OBSERVED A NEAT SHELF NEAR DARK AS THE LINE OF STORMS ADVANCED EASTWARD.
AGAIN, THAT NIGHT WE HAD A DUST STORM. |

- MAY 12
|
SC KS |
MEGA SUPERCELLS
OBSERVED ALONG THE KS / OK BORDERS. WE OBSERVED AN INCREDIBLE LP THAT PRODUCED A
WEAK TORNADO, AND WE OBSERVED THE SERIES OF TORNADOES NEAR HARPER, KS, INCLUDING A CLOSE
WEDGE TORNADO SE OF HARPER, KS THAT WAS RATED F4. WE MEASURED SUSTAINED WINDS OF
70MPH WITH GUSTS IN THE LOW 80MPH RANGE. STRUCTURE WAS JUST AMAZING! |

- MAY 13
|
C OK |
BLAH, STORMS
FIRED AT 11AM ALONG TWO OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT COLLIDED AS WELL AS ALONG THE SOUTHWARD
MOVING COLD FRONT. STORMS FIRED AND QUICKLY GOT UNDERCUT BY THE COLD FRONT. WE
GAVE UP AND WERE BACK IN NORMAN BY 0230 PM. |

- MAY 24
|
S NE / N KS |
TORNADO
OUTBREAK ACROSS NE, KS, & MO. SCOTT CURRENS AND I OBSERVED 11-12 TORNADOES
WITH MANY BEING LANDSPOUTS. THIS OCCURRED ALONG THE NE / KS BORDER. |

- MAY 26
|
W / C OK |
SCOTT AND I
OBSERVED A LONG-LIVED SUPERCELL FROM EAST OF ELK CITY, OK TO THE OKC METRO. IT HAD
WALLCLOUDS AT TIMES, HOWEVER IT KEPT GETTING UNDERCUT BY COOL OUTFLOW. AS THE STORM
WEAKENED IT TURNED INTO A GORGEOUS LP SUPERCELL WEST OF THE OKC AIRPORT. |

- MAY 29
|
SC KS |
SCOTT AND I
OBSERVED A LONG-LIVED SUPERCELL AND ASSOCIATED LONG-TRACKED TORNADOES FROM HARPER TO
WICHITA, KS. A TOTAL OF 9 TORNADOES WERE OBSERVED INCLUDING 2 SATELLITE TORNADOES. |

- JUNE 1
|
NW TX |
HP SUPERCELLS
IN NW FLOW, MISSED THE SIGNIFICANT HAIL THREAT DUE TO LACK OF GOOD ROADS. SOME GREAT
LP STRUCTURE WAS OBSERVED AS OUR STORM DETACHED FROM THE PRECIP CORE. |
| JUNE 2 |
SW OK |
STORMS WERE
OUTFLOW DOMINANT AND NOTHING REALLY ORGANIZED UNTIL IT REACHED CLAY COUNTY, TEXAS. |
| JUNE 9 |
NE CO |
SCOTT AND I
OBSERVED 3 DUSTY WEAK TORNADOES IN NORTHEAST COLORADO. WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 M/S
WERE OBSERVED SW OF ONE OF THESE TORNADOES ACCOMPANIED BY TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL. NEED TO ADD A FEW PIX |

- JUNE 10
|
SW NE |
WE OBSERVED A
LONG-LIVED TORNADO FROM NORTH OF JULESBURG, CO TO NEAR BIG SPRINGS, NE, WHICH CROSSED
I-80. THIS TORNADO APPEARED TO BE QUITE STRONG AS IT RAPIDLY MORPHED INTO A CYLINDER
SHAPED TORNADO WHICH WE OBSERVED FROM A MILE OR SO SOUTH OF THE TORNADO. WE OBSERVED
A SECOND TORNADO DURING THE LATTER PART OF ITS LIFE NORTH OF OGALLALA, NE AS WELL AS
OBSERVING BASEBALL SIZED HAIL. |

- JUNE 12
|
S KS |
SCOTT AND I
OBSERVED A VERY PHOTOGENIC SUPERCELL WITH A LONG-LIVED TORNADO SOUTH OF WICHITA, KS.
4 TORNADOES WERE OBSERVED ALONG WITH BASEBALL TO SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL. |

- JUNE 18
|
NE NM |
SCOTT BLAIR AND
I OBSERVED A SUPERCELL DEVELOP ON THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES AND MOVED SOUTHEAST INTO
RURAL NEW MEXICO. SOME OF THE MOST RURAL ROADS I HAVE EVER BEEN ON WERE TAKEN IN
ORDER TO CONTINUE TO OBSERVE THIS STORM. 1.5 INCH HAIL WAS OBSERVED. |

- JULY 2
|
C OK |
AWESOME CLASSIC
SUPERCELL AND 2.75 INCH HAIL WAS OBSERVED BEFORE THE STORM TURNED INTO AN LP DURING SUNSET
NEAR STRATFORD, OK. |
| AUGUST 7 |
E NM |
SCOTT AND I
OBSERVED TWO SUPERCELLS OFF THE FRONT RANGE OF NEW MEXICO SOUTH AND ALONG I-40. WE
HAD A LATE START OUT OF SANTA FE AND DIDN'T GET TO THEM IN TIME TO OBSERVE ANY SIGNIFICANT
HAIL, HOWEVER, WE DID GET SOME GOOD STILLS OF THE STORM AND LIGHTNING THAT NIGHT. |

- AUGUST 10
|
E CO |
SCOTT AND I
OBSERVED AN LP SUPERCELL WITH GREAT STRUCTURE NEAR LAMAR, CO. |