May 18th, 2013 Had to sit this one out

Due to work, I was unable to make any chases this day, but after viewing the maps, seems like anyone with a hunger for chasing was out on the western side of the state.

May 8th, 2013 Open roads and scary skies

On my way to drop off my grandson in Garber, Oklahoma, the wife and I saw some nice cell structures along the way.

May 1st, fast and furious..not a big day to chase

Some assorted images I took on May 1st of cells firing to the north in Kansas on my way into work and the rainbow that surprised me at the end of the day.

April 26th, 2013 hail encounter in Piedmont, Oklahoma.

Hail, hail and more hail witnessed in Piedmont, Oklahoma.. Quarter sized hail was the largest seen.

April 17th, 2013 The Lawton landrom episode

The day looked promising at first as the seasons first moderate risk was to setup over western oklahoma for the day.  Here are the morning views:

 

Heading west of Oklahoma city, the unusual temperature changes between the fronts caused some crazy passages of temperature change as I crossed back and forth along the front.  Here are a few images that I took as I passed through very dense fog and then began heading south towards Lawton, Oklahoma.

 

Entering back into the warm air, the possibility of something interesting to happen south was about to take shape according to the radar pulls. I gave up on the northern cell which didn't look all that interesting and continued onward to the Lawton cell.

 

As being the first really big chase of the season, there were lots of chasers out on the road, including some of my friends from the Channel 8, Mike Collier, Fred Williams, Jordan Overton. Finding a good place to view the store which was on a northeast track, I set up 5 miles south of I-44 and waited.

   Although the possibility of a tornado was promising with a strong rotating wall cloud, the storm began to be undercut which ended any chance of seeing anything before dark.  The drive back to Bartlesville was extremely slow due to the heavy rains all the way home.

 

First Chase of 2013 April 9th, 2013 aka Junk Day

First chase of the year turned out to be nothing more than a failed attempt for a tornado watch.  Setup near 60 and 35 near Gunther, Oklahoma only to see the clearing of the morning overcast skies turn into raw sewage..