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Gallery 2010 chases 19 May 2010 near Dover OK
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19 May 2010 near Dover OK

Roger and I (eventually) targeted the western of two supercells and observed two tornadoes from near Loyal OK to a few miles SW of Dover OK. The latter tornado got a little too close, and the massive hordes of chasers forced us to give up on the storm. We finished the chase with a much more peaceful view of a tornadic storm near Meeker and Prague.

Date: 05/22/2010 Owner: Chumpson Size: 19 items
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Roger admiring an abandoned shack and windmill near Thomas OK. Meanwhile, the first tornado of the day was about to occur with the ragged looking storm to our WNW around Leedey. This was the start of a long, painful process of deciding which storm to ta

Date: 05/19/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 5157
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The first towers of the Hennessey supercell formed over us in Weatherford and moved off to our NE, while the other storm had already formed near the triple point W of Leedey. We discussed the pros/cons of each area for an hour while driving N and stoppin

Date: 05/19/2010 Owner: Chumpson Views: 4761
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It didn't take long for storm rotation to increase and the base to lower as the storm moved into Kingfisher County. Strong rotation developed on the N side of large meso/gust front, and soon led to brief tornado formation W of Loyal.

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The tornado dissipated and/or became obscured by rain wrapping around the wall cloud.

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Roger and I repositioned east to a few miles WSW of Dover to view the large rain-wrapped mesocyclone (view to the SW).

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View to the W.

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