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Severe Weather Threat May 17-19, 2025
- Thread starter Brice W
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Kds86z
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Kds86z
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AJS
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Still blows my mind how intense this supercell was.
Kds86z
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Yep. Imagine if that was over populated areas..
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CheeselandSkies
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Man. I was way closer to the start of that EF3 west-northwest of Pratt than I realized or intended to be. Pitch-black on those back roads north of 54/400 out there and most of the lightning was anvil crawlers, not illuminating anything under the base.
This was as I turned north of 54/400 and crossed the same railroad line where the train had just been derailed by the tornado off to the west a short time earlier:
Kds86z
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Epic pics @CheeselandSkies and thanks for sharing.
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*subscribes*
CheeselandSkies
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Had to do some cross-referencing with Google Street view since it was either too dark or if they were in my headlights, too much glare in my video to read any of the signs, but I figured out the road I turned north on was 90th Ave. at Cullison. I went north to NW 10th St., turned right (east), then it T'd out at 60th Ave. where I turned south to get back to 54/400 and go back to Pratt.
Honestly if I'd have been smart I'd have just gone straight north from Pratt when I got there and waited near Iuka instead of trying to intercept the storm right away, but I was already kind of amazed that it was still going after I'd spotted it on radar while in I was in Alva, OK considering my chase day done an hour and a half earlier.
Honestly if I'd have been smart I'd have just gone straight north from Pratt when I got there and waited near Iuka instead of trying to intercept the storm right away, but I was already kind of amazed that it was still going after I'd spotted it on radar while in I was in Alva, OK considering my chase day done an hour and a half earlier.
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CheeselandSkies
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Looking closer at this one, I think I might actually have the silhouette of the tornado here. Just right of bottom center, ahead of the vehicles in front of me. Really wish the lightning had lit up under there better, or there had been some power flashes.
