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my first tornadoES 4/24/06

#1 Postby SamSagnella » Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:37 am

I will have a full chase report up sometime tomorrow, but I witnessed my first two tornadoes today in central Oklahoma, one of which was a classic anticyclonic.

EDIT: see below.
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#2 Postby Cookiely » Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:40 am

Great pics. Thanks for sharing.
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#3 Postby vbhoutex » Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:27 am

Nicely done Sam!!! Looking forward to the rest of the report.
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#4 Postby Weatherfreak14 » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:00 am

Me too. Cant wait until I get out into OK and start my chasing.
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#5 Postby conestogo_flood » Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:54 pm

Congratulations!
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#6 Postby JonathanBelles » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:51 pm

nice pics
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#7 Postby SamSagnella » Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:41 pm

** Wall cloud about 5 min prior to first tornado touchdown
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** Tornado #1 touching down.
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**Tornado #1 1m30s after touchdown:
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**Tornado #1 3m30s after touchdown:
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**Tornado #1 5min after touchdown:
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#8 Postby wxmann_91 » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:36 pm

Great photos Sam!! That's gotta be one in the "classic chase" column for those who bagged.
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#9 Postby x-y-no » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:49 pm

Nice job!

Congrats on the successful chase - may there be many more. :-)
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#10 Postby SamSagnella » Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:02 pm

Thanks, Guys!

Tornado #1's rope out -- looked like dental floss; ~10-12 min after touchdown:
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Tornado #2 (anticyclonic) touches down, while tornado #1 is still in progress to its north:
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#11 Postby isobar » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:48 pm

Way to go, Sam! Awesome pics!

Question ... Was the anti-cyclonic tornado in the same cell
as a cyclonic one? That would be interesting. I thought
most anti-cyclonics occurred in the northern cell of a
bow/derecho. Learn something new everyday! :)
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#12 Postby wxmann_91 » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:10 pm

isobar wrote:Way to go, Sam! Awesome pics!

Question ... Was the anti-cyclonic tornado in the same cell
as a cyclonic one? That would be interesting. I thought
most anti-cyclonics occurred in the northern cell of a
bow/derecho. Learn something new everyday! :)


There have been numerous cases of anticyclonic tornadoes stemming from supercells, such as the 5/29/04 Jamestown, KS, and Calumet, OK tornadoes. It appears, from SRV data, that the old cyclonic meso occluded, and a new anticyclonic meso formed just to the south (the storm cycled).
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#13 Postby isobar » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:49 pm

Thx wxmann. Makes sense, though I suspect generally the anticyclonic would be weaker.
The one in Sam's shot has a landspout type appearance.
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#14 Postby brunota2003 » Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:10 pm

Nice photos...I was at Pizza Hut yesterday and caught them talking about an anti-cyclonic tornado...that wouldn't happen to be yours would it? :lol:
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#15 Postby HurricaneHunter914 » Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:10 pm

Looks like you're on your way to become a master tornado chaser. Keep up the good work!
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