6 May 1994 (Tornadic HP supercell near Kaw Reservoir)
Synopsis:
Cold front in Kansas, dryline in western OK, and outflow boundary near the KS/OK line. The lid was strong, but a line of storms formed along the outflow boundary, eventually becoming two SSE-moving HP supercells.
Intercept:
The armada intercepted one HP supercell as rotation first developed, and collected data for several more hours. The storm moved from Kaw Reservoir to near Pawnee, OK just after sunset (termination of data collection). It produced an F1 tornado near US60 east of Ponca City. It also produced two wide, parallel swaths of microburst damage. Two of the vehicles collected data within the microbursts, measuring winds approaching 40 m/s.
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