April 26 (Gainesville, TX storm)

Synopsis: Tornadic storms formed ahead of a stalled dryline in north-central TX

Intercept: The mobile mesonet "armada" deployed on a nearly-dead storm near Ardmore which earlier had produced a mesocyclone and possibly a tornado. The armada then intercepted the back side of the Gainesville, Texas storm and a couple of weaker storms.

Weather Forecast

Details

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No Aircraft Operations during April

Data Collection Highlights:

Fixed-CLASS soundings (LBB: 18,21,00Z; ADM: 19Z) M-CLASS soundings near 18Z Mobile mesonet passed through the back side of the Gainesville mesocyclone.

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