The team of Miller/Hall both got stuck with deliverables and meetings that we could not get out of on Monday. After the early convection worked over the atmosphere, I resided myself to the fact this was complicated and we’d need a lot of luck. If we had had the time, we would have been in Kingfisher County, but we did not. Steve and I talked about 4:30 and agreed on a gentlemen’s chase. As we hit the road about 5:35 we saw the storm going up to the west of Mannford and decide to go get it. We would chase this storm through Tulsa, Owasso and on to Catoosa. It wrapped up several times and tried to get going, but never really produced any funnels that I saw. It looked pretty impressive as it moved of Tulsa’s downtown. Glad to see that a lot of friends got stuff out west and southwest. The vehicle tracking worked perfectly and NWS Tulsa was able to a track on us. http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=wx5sky&terra=4&radar=***
The previous two shots are outside Mannford, OK
Outside Sandsprings, OK
Downtown Tulsa, OK
Photographers note: The images were shot with an extreme wide angle that introduces some distortion. I was attempting to capture the amazing storm structure.
Sent several clips to KTUL that aired:
Early convection shot at Citiplex towers in Tulsa
Wind and rain halfway between Owasso and Collinsville
Flooding halfway between Owasso and Collinsville|W|P|114632745836090602|W|P||W|P|ChaseHelp@gmail.comThe streak ended. Justin Teague, Matt Patterson and I intercepted a large tornadic storm today in HD and with a vx2100. The video aired on several major networks (CNN, Weather Channel, and ABC Good Morning America as well as several local affiliates. It was a great chase with some of the best guys in the business. I am very lucky in that I get to chase with experienced people. It really helps when you can split the costs as well. A full chase account was written by Matt Patterson. I'm placing it below as there is little I could do to improve it.
We started out in St Joseph and decided to head west towards Marysville KS to get a better idea of how far we wanted to go, do to the moisture situation. We sat there for a couple of hours and waited for initiation. Some stuff started popping by Grand Island NE. We went north after seeing some towers go up. We watched 2 or 3 storms go by, waiting on one to deviate and root. Finally the plan panned out, and the storm which had gorilla hail started moving toward us on the East side of Beatrice. The initial wall cloud was huge and fairly high based. It started to lower in and the low level rotation was very strong. The tornado lasted about 3.5 minutes. The storm became very rain wrapped and started moving right towards us. We pulled up to a little farm house and prepared for the RFD. This was the scariest part of the day. There was Debris and road gravel being thrown around everywhere. Our windows were pulsing and the back end of the 4 runner was trying to lift off the ground. We then tried to get next to a large barn, figuring that it would shield us from the flying debris. At this point we all were starting to really worry as to whether we were in another tornado, which seemed possible because the meso that occluded from the original tornado moved right over us. Bob then stated that we had "2 options, we are either going to die or we are not going to die." For some reason that made us feel a lot better, knowing that we had no control over the situation. Bob will post all the HD video and audio of the situation later. Anyway after 4 minutes of shear terror, we moved on. We looked at a couple of storms after that and everything looked to be outrunning the instability we then preceded back to St. Joseph and intercepted the storm that had a tornado about 5 min before we got there. All in all it was one hell of a chase.
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|W|P|Cool, and congratulations. finally got to use that new camera? |W|P|Now, if you can just do it totally on your own and without bragging about selling your video. Good thing you run with experts in their field.
Joel G|W|P|Damn, Bob, looks like someone told it like it is! How 'bout some credit given to "The Kid." Hell, he was the guide and you were the hunter with the high-powered rifle. Bob Hall|W|P|It was a skeleton posting left via a blackberry. The video link was added later and I was too tired for a full chase account. Matt Patterson and Justin Teague were absolutely critical to OUR success. This was not a braggard comment. I always try to surround myself with the best, and all of the people I chase with fall into this category. Charles|W|P|"anonymous"I would not put my name on a dickhead statement like that either! Looks like some people are pretty irritated that they have not seen shit this year!lol
Steve Miller|W|P|All of this negativity... Turns out you can't be a successful chaser in the current climate.
They kick you when you're down; they kick you harder when you're up.
Congrats on catching the tornado in HD and double congrats for selling the shit out of it. I would do the same thing.
anonymous = dildo
Mike (KE5EHI)|W|P|Congrats Justin, Matt, and Bob. Shame people have to get themselves up by bashing others that are successful. And as Steve said, I hope you are "selling the shit out of it". Guess some are just jealous of others success. I mean, I would assume if Justin and/or Matt didn't want you there as a partner, you wouldn't have been. But what do I know. Steve Miller TX|W|P|Excellent video, Bob! Just ignore the petty comments. It's an unfortunate state of things in the "stormchasing community" nowadays. It's really pitiful that they don't have anything else better to do.....or a better way to boost their self esteem.You're a class act and a true gentleman Bob. Maybe that's the true source of their jealousy.
|W|P|"Damn, it's damn near impossible to post anything about chasing these days w/o it turning political. Here's a toast to you Bob, and those you chase with. Unless they (partners) take offense to your post, it's nobody else's god damn business. As a frequent chase partner of yours, I think highly of your opinions and strategies, and have seen you chase effectively solo (err, with a non-chaser driver... ;P ). Maybe Charles is right, and they're just jealous, who knows. (BTW, I want this to in no way be construed as bashing Justin or Matt, as they are top notch chasers, how somebody could think of this post as that I don't know, but someone out there will)" |W|P|Congratulations Bob! I leave and your streak ends - what are the chances of that? |W|P|Just found out who giblet is.That is just weird. Hope you arent helping out that org any more
|W|P|Nice catch.
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I'm Driving to St. Joe , MO first thing in the morning.|W|P|114430092111071715|W|P||W|P|ChaseHelp@gmail.com |W|P|should have been down here, tracked thru pawnee and osage county again, about on same track as storm you previously tracked.
At about 4:35 PM we are 11 due east of Willow, OK and have a picturesque view of the storm and get an update from Joel that the center of rotation about 8 miles to our west and the storm is really starting to “crank.” The radar capture bears this out as well. We would chase and be chased by this storm for the next 7 hours all the way back to Tulsa, OK. We are all rolling video tape and shooting pictures and ready to relay a tornado report any minute via NWS Tulsa (ask me about the irony of this). To this point we have seen only two other chasers and are in the absolute best spot. As we reposition later we find about 100 chasers have joined us on this storm. The Dry line never kicked in, dew points were about 3 degrees less than projected and mid level shear was marginal.
This storm never dropped a tornado, but it had a good enough chance to warrant an extremely dangerous situation watch from the SPC. Total mileage from Steve’s house to mine at the end of the day was exactly 550 miles (kind of weird). For those keeping track this is the 21st consecutive chase of mine without a Tornado. This is still less frustrating than contract bridge (ask me sometime), and cooler than skydiving (ask me sometime). To some this would represent an absolute failure, but post chase analysis has bore out the major chase decisions and reasoning. Fortunately the next 2 weeks look to be an active weather pattern with events every 2 to 3 days. We need the rain.
Our chase “family” had the day well covered. Steve Miller (TX) playing the Childress/Red River storms, Charles Allison had the Woodward/Kansas state line covered. This chase diversity would have assured that a “family” member got a tornado any other day. I know several other “made” men from our “social club” were also out there, but have not checked in.
Special props to Joel for the amazing Red Carpet VIP Presidential Now Casting. I’ve got-to-go sacrifice a chicken to appease the chase Gods. Is there a Witch Doctor in town? If you didn’t click on the tornado link, you need to. This is the Bob Hall orchestra working on our creepy Xylophone chase theme.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ssqnK6SXWF8 April Fools!!!!|W|P|114403302684246854|W|P||W|P|ChaseHelp@gmail.com Joel G|W|P|Okay, dammit, I bit! Actually, the bass player is worth the watch and is the human equivalent to a high F1 or low F2 raking open farmland. Thanks, Bob, for the kudos, as well!Spelling and grammar
The official spelling is Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight SavingS Time.
Saving is used here as a verbal adjective (a participle). It modifies time and tells us more about its nature; namely, that it is characterized by the activity of saving daylight. It is a saving daylight kind of time. Similar examples would be dog walking time or book reading time. Since saving is a verb describing a single type of activity, the form is singular.
Nevertheless, many people feel the word savings (with an 's') flows more mellifluously off the tongue. Daylight Savings Time is also in common usage, and can be found in dictionaries.
Adding to the confusion is that the phrase Daylight Saving Time is inaccurate, since no daylight is actually saved. Daylight Shifting Time would be better, but it is not as politically desirable. 2007 March 11--November 4 2008 March 9---November 2 2009 March 8---November 1 Lifted from http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/ |W|P|114401368274728666|W|P||W|P|ChaseHelp@gmail.com
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|W|P|114394879464163699|W|P||W|P|ChaseHelp@gmail.com |W|P|Looks like its going to be here soon. Keep your head down, and good luck. Bob Hall|W|P|Thanks, made it back safe and sound. 45 mph winds at my house.Just passed through Carter, OK.
|W|P|114392960869068672|W|P||W|P|ChaseHelp@gmail.com15:50 just washed the jeep. Repositioning to Sayre, OK 3rd radar scan and the cell about to cross the border is impressive.
|W|P|114392883481099267|W|P||W|P|ChaseHelp@gmail.comSitting in Elk City, OK analyzing data. Tornado watch went up about 30 min ago.
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