Chase Log: May 31st, 2008
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Total Distance: 255 miles
Target Area: Tonkawa, OK
Chase Area: Osage County, OK
Maximum SPC Risk category: Moderate
Watches:
Mesoscale Discussions (MCDs):
Junkus convectus. Intermittent supercells and multi-cells developed just E of I35 in far northern Oklahoma, but they failed to realized the max surface-based instability. We waited at the Tonkawa exit along I35 for a few hours before blasting ENE to developing convection in western Osage Co. We made it to near Skiatook (N of Tulsa) before turning around as the storms rapidly dissipated. The lowlight of the chase was watching the impressive supercells (right- and left-splits) W and NW of OKC on radar on our way home.
