Скачать или смотреть March 26-27, 2004: West Central Oklahoma Tornado Chase Day

What became one of the most active and successful severe weather storm chase seasons for myself and many others commenced in late March 2004 across West Central Oklahoma. Our long marathon journey began at the Iowa National Weather Association Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference in Des Moines, Iowa. After some extensive data checks between lunch and dinner on March 26th, several of us who either had already presented or attended the bulk of talks decided to roll the atmospheric dice on an upcoming storm systems entering the central Plains and make the long drive southwest. The multi vehicle caravan of chasers from Iowa included myself, Keith Brown, Tony Laubach, Tim Samaras and Carl Young. This is my video journal from that experience.

Despite very limited "sleep", everyone who made the trip south witnessed several weak tornadoes and some excellent storm structure for late March in Oklahoma. The day concluded near Okarche, Oklahoma with a double funnel photo opportunity at sunset. The best part of course, at least for me, were the many people along the way that made this experience worthwhile combined with that first chase day excitement for those who were out. A special thanks to Tony Laubach for providing some supplementary video post chase at dinner in Oklahoma City.

Enjoy!

Video © 2004 Blake Naftel, All Rights Reserved.