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CRW_5167_JFR_small
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: 4069
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CRW_5168_JFR_small
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: 3852
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CRW_5171_JFR_small
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.
Date: 05/19/2010
Owner: Chumpson
Views: 3715
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CRW_5173_JFR_small
Date: 05/19/2010
Owner: Chumpson
Views: 3895
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CRW_5176_JFR_small
Date: 05/19/2010
Owner: Chumpson
Views: 3958
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CRW_5178_JFR_small
The tornado dissipated and/or became obscured by rain wrapping around the wall cloud.
Date: 05/19/2010
Owner: Chumpson
Views: 3790
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CRW_5182_JFR_small
Roger and I repositioned east to a few miles WSW of Dover to view the large rain-wrapped mesocyclone (view to the SW).
Date: 05/19/2010
Owner: Chumpson
Views: 3442
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CRW_5183_JFR_small
View to the W.
Date: 05/19/2010
Owner: Chumpson
Views: 3659
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CRW_5185_JFR_small
Date: 05/19/2010
Owner: Chumpson
Views: 3575
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