Total Distance: 450 miles
Target Area: Along the OK/KS border in far northeastern OK
Chase Area: Bartlesville to Miama, OK - bust
Maximum SPC Risk category: Moderate

Really not much to report. Gabe Garfield, Jana Houser, I, and several others played around far northeastern Oklahoma today. I had been a bit concerned about a lack of shear in the 2-6 km layer (the hodograph basically sat on itself through that layer in most of northeastern OK and adjacent areas of MO and KS), and I assume that's what played some part in the lack of supercell mode (and, likely, the presence of too many storms to begin with). We sat east of Skiatook off Hwy 75 for a while, where we had a chance to talk with some other chasers and spotters. A couple of storms looked okay for awhile as we headed north and east, but, overall, there's really not much to say. We followed the storms to Miami before giving up. There was quite a bit of virga apparent ahead of the storms NNW of Tulsa for a while, so perhaps that cooled the low-levels enough to significantly reduce instability and increase CINH. Heck, we saw long, stable-looking cloud streets E of Bartlesville ahead of the storms that were developing. That's something you don't want to see if you are concerned about low-level stability...

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