Hello From the Road!
Day 3:
May 13, 2008 -- We woke up to a windy day in Shawnee, OK. After our meeting where we decided to head south west, we chilled at the hotel a bit longer. Since we were quite close to where we wanted to go we weren't in a hurry to get moving. The cap was also suppose to hold until mid-afternoon.
We got on the road about 11 and headed to Ardmore, OK. When we got there we found a spot to hang out while we waited for some storms to start firing. We saw a lot of other storm chasers at and around the gas station we were at. We decided to move up to a local church which was on a hill, and we could get a 360 view! After waiting for a while with no such luck, and the radar not looking so great in that area, we moved on down into Texas, south of the Red River. There was a section of cells within reaching distance. So we hopped in the vans and jetted on down there. Getting closer we could tell where we wanted to position ourselves based on the radar. Out came the maps! Soon we could see the clouds from the storm in the horizon. One cloud managed to punch through the cap! It looked really neat along the setting sun. We got closer and closer, and decided if we wanted to see it, we had to go West and get close! Once we turned on a gravel road, we could see it dead ahead. We turned the vans around as to have a quick escape if needed. We got out and watched a spectacular show! There was incredible lightening and we even saw rotation coming from a wall cloud out of the storm. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough sheer to get anything from the rotation, but it was still a sight to see! I got some awesome lightening pictures as well as some pictures of the wall cloud.
Today we're headed into the heart of Texas to try and intercept some storms developing on the dry line! Should be quite an exciting day! :)
~Taylor~
P.S. I wrote this from the road on our way to Brady, TX!
***Pictures later!***