May 3rd, 2003

SPC Risk: MODERATE - VERIFICATION
Chasers: Car1: Dean, Brian, Hamish, Jose / Car2: Harold, Kelly, Don, Allison
Area Covered: area around Quanah, TX then back to areas around Altus, OK
Miles Logged: 405.8
Largest Hail: none
Tornadoes: none


Synopsis/Chase:
Pretty lame setup on this chase day. Dryline sharpened across the Eastern Texas Panhandle to west of Wichita Falls, TX and southward into Southwestern Texas. Lack of CAP caused early storm initiation, thus storm mode tended toward multicellular even with moderate low to mid level shear and CAPES on the order of 2000 J/KG. Still, got some good pictures of the famous Altus McDonalds! woohoo!

data check in Lawton

northern split from near Quannah, TX

north split, or south split? Ummmmm?

another shot of the north split

viewpoint stop on the way to Altus

a whole lotta thinkin goin on!

my attempt at suicide

good shot of all the peeps

Hamish shows his hidden botany desires

ohhhhh that is so peerrrrty!

the famous Altus, OK McDonalds

some nice pussy towers

pseudo funnel cloud

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