April 13, 1999

Date: 4/13/99
Parthers: Tony Waters and myself.
Miles: 482.3
Summary: A late start, we just missed a few interesting things, but this day never lived up to it's potential.
The Chase: I had an interview at NSSL this day, so we got a late start from Norman. We made good time on our way to Altus and then Hollis. The dryline had not yet fired when we got to Childress, so we stopped quickly for some fast food and watched the small cumulus towers bubble a little bit. We headed NW on 287 towards a cell. It crossed over 287 in front of us a little ways, and we then realized we were on the wrong side of the dryline. That small cell intensified as it went NE. We tried to get back close to it by heading east from Memphis, TX to 83 north. We never did get back into position on it though. We drove through small drifts of hail in Wellinton, TX. That pretty much sealed this as a chase that just wasn't going to work out. We followed it north some, and took I-40 back to Norman catching a few glimpses of lightning.

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