May 24 (Wichita Falls, TX supercell)

Intercept: Armada first looked at weak thundershowers near Seymour, TX. An isolated intense storm formed NW of Wichita Falls, and the armada collected data on this storm while it exhibited weak-moderate low-level circulation and a wall cloud. The storm became outflow-dominated near sunset.

• Weather Forecast

Details

• Surface Weather Map
• 850 mb Map
• 500 mb Map
• Composite Radar
• Satellite Visible Image
• Satellite IR Image

  

Aircraft Operations

• NOAA WP-3D

Data Collection Highlights:

Stereo movie footage of a rotating wall cloud.
Mobile mesonet transects of low-level mesocyclone, rear-flank downdraft and inflow region.
Possible P-3 data set.

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