WELL, I TRIED (4/30/09)

I tried for a chase today. I almost didn't go, but I decided to at the last minute. I thought hard about just going east toward Shamrock, but I decided to go SE towards Childress because of the better agitated Cu developing and better CAPE values. Wrong choice! I sat and sat watching Cu develop and fall apart. I headed home around 7:30, and what do you know, a lone cell developed north of Elk City. It went T-storm warned and then tornado warned very quickly. I knew there may be only one or two cells to catch today, but it just didn't happen. I took a few snaps of the distant cell while I was in Clarendon. It had a decent overshooting top on it at times.

I did make friends with some cows though, while eating beef jerky. Wait, maybe I didn't make friends with them. I wondered why they had such a sad look on their face. Oops...


THE RED BARN AND COW PHOTOS WERE TAKEN NEAR HOLLIS, OK
THE DISTANT STORM PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM CLARENDON, TX LOOKING NE