{"id":120,"date":"2010-04-24T23:06:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-25T03:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbuchholz.com\/blog\/?p=120"},"modified":"2011-06-26T12:47:26","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T16:47:26","slug":"day-114-storm-chasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/120\/day-114-storm-chasing","title":{"rendered":"Day 114. Storm Chasing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So far 54 tornadoes have been reported from today&#8217;s storm, with Mississippi and Alabama getting the brunt of the storm, as was expected.\u00a0 Wasn&#8217;t planning on chasing today (if I was, my plan was to stay at the SE-corner of Missouri last night, and then to follow the storms across the south-central U.S. in the morning).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9122.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1792\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9122-448x670.jpg\" alt=\"Feed Silo; Missouri\" width=\"448\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9122-448x670.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9122-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9122.jpg 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As I figured I was too late to track any of the real activity, I decided to half-explore \/ half-track the one storm I thought had potential.\u00a0 I ended up starting in eastern Oklahoma and tracking the storm across Rogers, Arkansas and up through Table Rock Lake to Springfield, Missouri.\u00a0 While I was surrounded by some very intimidating clouds (below picture was the standard view of the day), I managed today to stay out of the hail and 70+ mph winds this storm recording through careful GPS navigation on my Doppler display.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1795\" style=\"width: 468px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9407.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1795\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1795\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9407-458x670.jpg\" alt=\"Storm clouds near Springfield, Missouri\" width=\"458\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9407-458x670.jpg 458w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9407-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9407.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Storm clouds near Springfield, MO<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While there was a clear wall cloud that I tracked for miles, I never positively saw anything touchdown (despite a lot of semi-funnels that were sticking-out).\u00a0 According to the National Weather Service though, a F0 did in fact touchdown 5-miles east of me at the exact time I was driving through (18:40) and was recorded with 80 mph winds.\u00a0 I swear I saw a clear funnel at this point while looking over the lake, but it was only two quick looks I got and I shrugged it off as my mind playing tricks on me.\u00a0 I guess I&#8217;ll never know.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1794\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9384.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1794\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1794 \" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9384-640x424.jpg\" alt=\"Storm clouds near Springfield, Missouri\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9384-640x424.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9384-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9384.jpg 1017w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After leaving Springfield, heading east to intercept storm brewing in southeast<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another 11 hour day and 600 mile drive.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1793\" style=\"width: 455px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9240.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1793\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1793\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9240-445x670.jpg\" alt=\"Beantown USA; Arkansas\" width=\"445\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9240-445x670.jpg 445w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9240-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2010\/04\/20100424-_DSC9240.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beantown USA; Arkansas<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So far 54 tornadoes have been reported from today&#8217;s storm, with Mississippi and Alabama getting the brunt of the storm, as was expected.\u00a0 Wasn&#8217;t planning on chasing today (if I was, my plan was to 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