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The Meteorology of Tour #1
This is the most volatile portion of the storm season in Tornado Alley, when potent upper-level dynamics clash with emerging thermodynamics. These parameters sometime lead to tornado outbreaks, when multiple storms produce significant tornadoes within a 24-hour period. Texas is especially active during the early-May period, with the focus translating slightly northward to Oklahoma in mid-May.
Some noteworthy events intercepted by our staff during this period include:
Central OK, May 3, 1999. Large, deadly tornado tracked along I-44, later striking Moore (F5).
Tennessee Colony, TX, May 4, 1999. Strong tornado struck prison.
Oklahoma Panhandle/Southwest KS, May 5, 1993. 3 tornadoes, 2 large, on ground 2 hours. Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX, May 5, 1995. Potent supercell produced softball hail, $1 billion damage. Happy, TX, May 5, 2002. Large, deadly tornado.
Cullison, KS, May 7, 2003. Large, damaging tornado.
Yates Center, KS, large tornado, May 8, 2003.
Oklahoma City, OK metro area, large tornado, May 9, 2003.
Northern Missouri, three tornadoes, May 10, 2003.
May 12, 2004, Attica, Kansas (4 tornadoes).
Our goal is to intercept the best storm of the day anywhere on the Great Plains, from Texas to the Dakotas, and from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River.
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