May 16, 2003 Storm Chase

May 16, 2003 Storm Chase | Northeast TX HP storm w/brief meso

I didn't finish with work until mid-morning on the 15th, so the jaw-dropping setup in the TX Panhandle that day would be a miss for me given the distance involved. I was still interested in the progs for the 16th, so I packed up and left that afternoon with a general target of central OK. Though I did arrive in OKC around 11pm that evening, I chose against chasing the tornado warnings well to my west as I was fatigued and craving a motel and meal! The radar in my room showed linear cells to the west, so I felt a bit better about my decision. I believe it was Gary England that night who showed Jeff P.'s stunning video of a horizontal vortex directly over the road in front of him...that imagery alone made it even more difficult to fall asleep that night! The next day was still a decent setup, but the end result was not what I was hoping for.

The TCu line to the SE in Greenville, TX	Near Angler with a nice HP storm	Dense precip behind the shelf cloud	A brief meso of sorts organized south of Gilmer
Gorgeous mammatus in Texarkana

18Z Shreveport, LA sndg - Great hodo and SRHs, but nut much LLCAPE

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