April 25 (Dryline Bust)

Synopsis: Vigorous upper trough and dryline. Several bands of marginally severe storms formed along and ahead of the dryline. Late in the evening, a tornado occurred near Talihena, OK, and two tornadoes occurred near Lancaster and DeSoto, TX

Intercept: No supercells occurred in the target area of central OK. Near sunset, TCU formed near the dryline in northern OK.

Weather Forecast

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No Aircraft Operations during April

Data Collection Highlights:

M-CLASS sounding was obtained near the dryline, about 20 km upstream (with respect to the low-level flow) of the TCU at sunset. Two 18Z
M-CLASS soundings.

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