April 22, 2001
This thip was s gamble that storms could develop in southwest
Oklahoma or north Texas and move into a better air mass. Since the targt
was only southern Oklahoma we decided to try it, but realized a little
later is wasn't going to work out.
Date: 4/22/01
Parthers: Danny Cheresnick(driver),
Kevin McGrath and Valerie McCoy.
Miles: 184 miles
Summary: A short drive hoping for
something to form ahead of a surging dryline, but it never happened.
The Chase: A dryline was moving quickly eastward across western
Oklahoma this day. There was a strong cap in front of it, but with very
good clearing and temps into the low 80s with low 60 dewpoints in the
Wichita Fallas area, we decided to drive southwest a little hoping
something would form in that clearing. A pseudo-squall line formed in
Oklahoma, and tracked through northern and central parts of the state, but
nothing really got too sever where we were hoping it would. The main
forcing was a little farther north from the main thermodynamics. It was
worth a try since it was within a little over an hour from Norman. We
were home in time for the Simpson's, so it was a success that way at
least.
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