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Monday, May 10, 2010

I caught the storm near Medford, OK (I believe the same storm that produced the multi-vortex tornado). I saw numerous funnels, however I wasn't able to identify any of them touching the ground. After getting caught up in the road network, I mistakenly allowed the storm to get ahead of me. Once falling behind the storm I was on, it became difficult to keep up, since it was traveling at ~50 mph. While attempting to catch up to the storm, it appeared quite impressive on radar. It's quite possible it produced tornadoes, but was unable to see them, if they occurred, since they would have been obscured from my position just a few miles away.

While traveling on the interstate I encountered trees, and several overturned 18 wheel trucks. There were also downed power lines next to some of the roads while I was trying to catch up. On a side note, I once again saw the TIV and 'Dominator'. Every time I encountered them they were traveling quite quickly, passing me each time.

Also, today I was storm chasing on my own. While I enjoy the freedom, I do miss the help of a good partner, and found managing the computer, car, etc. quite difficult especially with the fast moving storms.

Will now be forecasting for tomorrow.


Unfortunately this was just a part of what occurred today.

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