3/27 OK/KS NOW REPORTS.. 3rd party and real time discussion

[Jeff Gammons]

408PM ET- Amos Magliocco just intercepted a small rope tornado north-northwest of Clintion, OK....Hes continuing northeast on 33 staying just south of the meso attm.

[Kevin Statler]

Dont know why theres no Storm report of that large multi-vortex tornado reported by spotters in OK earlier..

[Jeff Gammons]

Amos just intercepted tornado #2 with the same storm. Now near Fay, OK on 33 closing in on 270.

[Shyanna Busch]

just issued..according to dopplar a mesocyclone was detected..ahh..it just changed to 3D correlated shear as I was typing this.

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 512 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEATHERFORD...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

[Kevin Statler]

There was an F3 wedge tornado today!!! Too bad no one was on it since it was early...like around 1:13 pm..

0113 PM TORNADO 5 NW KINSLEY 37.97N 99.48W
03/27/2004 F3 EDWARDS KS TRAINED SPOTTER

TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINSLEY AND
DISSIPATED 12 MILES NORTH OF KINSLEY. THE PATH LENGTH WAS
10 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 3/4 MILE. SEVERAL FARMS
WERE HIT. FIVE EQUIPMENT BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED, AND A
HOUSE WAS KNOCKED FROM ITS FOUNDATION. A STOCK TRAILER
WAS BLOWN 3/4 MILE FROM ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION.

Awesome! First F3 of 2004!!!

[Jeff Gammons]

Roger Hill reported two tornadoes not far from that today...maybe the same event.

[Dan Cook]

http://www.midwestchasing.com/032704/natlradars.jpg

Nice little couplet. :)

[Scott Roberts]

Originally posted by Kevin Statler
There was an F3 wedge tornado today!!! Too bad no one was on it since it was early...like around 1:13 pm..

Awesome! First F3 of 2004!!!


Ah, but someone DID see it, and catch it on tape! :D My chaser, Lance Ferguson, caught the entire lifecycle of the tornado from just a few miles away. He bagged it just as I finished the trip from home to the station to pick up a photographer for my own chase (which was a bust, but oh, well...)

Started and finished as a rope. I saw only a short part of the raw tape, but it looked like the wedge lasted about 3-4 minutes.

It'll be on our 10pm newscast tonight - which will air more like 11:30 because of NCAA basketball.

Best,
Scott Roberts
Chase Coordinator
KWCH Storm Team 12, Wichita, KS

[mrobinson]

Originally posted by Scott Roberts+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Scott Roberts)</div><!--QuoteBegin-Kevin Statler
There was an F3 wedge tornado today!!! Too bad no one was on it since it was early...like around 1:13 pm..

Awesome! First F3 of 2004!!!


Ah, but someone DID see it, and catch it on tape! :D My chaser, Lance Ferguson, caught the entire lifecycle of the tornado from just a few miles away. He bagged it just as I finished the trip from home to the station to pick up a photographer for my own chase (which was a bust, but oh, well...)

Started and finished as a rope. I saw only a short part of the raw tape, but it looked like the wedge lasted about 3-4 minutes.

It'll be on our 10pm newscast tonight - which will air more like 11:30 because of NCAA basketball.

Best,
Scott Roberts
Chase Coordinator
KWCH Storm Team 12, Wichita, KS[/b]

I believe others were on it as well.. Its rumored that Roger Edwards may have caught this one but I can't confirm it.

[Doug_Kiesling]

BNVN has video on line of the Custer OK Tornado.

The video link is at
http://www.bnvn.com/video/tornado/index2.htm and
go to the bottom of the page.

We will have more video up tomorrow on the BNVN / Weathervine Server

Doug

[Lance Maxwell]

Great video.....I look forward to seeing the rest tomorrow.

[mrobinson]

Originally posted by Doug_Kiesling
BNVN has video on line of the Custer OK Tornado.

The video link is at
http://www.bnvn.com/video/tornado/index2.htm and
go to the bottom of the page.

We will have more video up tomorrow on the BNVN / Weathervine Server

Doug

Niiiiice.. sounds like David Drummond on there.

[Jay McCoy]

It was David. we were only about 1/4 mile away before it dissapated. We werent even sure it was a tornado until we reviewed the video and saw the debris swirl. It was a really fun chase with good results (alot of luck thrown in).

NOTE I made a special effort not to cuss while anybody was shooting which is hard to do sometimes when your excited. :lol:

[Bill Hark]

For those who were out chasing, here are some radar animationsof the storms near Clinton that I have placed on my website. I will remove them in a few days.

http://www.harkphoto.com/tempradaranim32704.gif

radial velocity

http://www.harkphoto.com/tempradialvelocity32704.gif

Bill Hark
http://www.harkphoto.com

[Anonymous]

Hey ya'll (I am spending way too much time in the south),

Yesterday was very fun. Went out with a couple of chasers out towards Watanga, Weatherford, Geary & Okarche. Saw four funnel clouds / tornadoes. Also saw penny size hail just west of downtown Okarche around twilight. Let's see if this is an indication of a busy storm chasing season.