May 29 of this year was an example of a great storm chase that didn’t include catching a tornado. There was a brief tornado with this storm, but from my position, I didn’t see it. Nonetheless, at one point I was incredibly close to a rotating wall cloud – do I get points for proximity? No, I guess not.
Amazing structure in colliding storms, looking north toward Piedmont, Oklahoma, May 29, 2012. A brief, rain-wrapped tornado was reported. Photo by Chris Kridler, SkyDiary.com, ChrisKridler.com
But the real crown jewel of this chase was a few minutes of incredible structure on this supercell, which I followed with friends, then on my own, from Canton, Oklahoma, toward the Oklahoma City metro.
The night’s finale was lightning around the National Weather Service in Norman.
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