23 May 2024 – Western Oklahoma Supercell

After a season where we had generally been making all the right decisions… we came up on a day where we had a 50/50 chance and picked the wrong storm. Our supercell storm exhibited strong rotation at times in Beckham County, but came nowhere close to producing the spectacle that was farther south near Duke. After our storm shrank up to nothing, we made an attempt at getting to the south storm, but was turned away after the tornado wrapped up into intense core. It made it too dangerous to approach from the north. A few pictures:

Looking west from 2 miles east of Elk City at 5:12 pm CDT
Looking southeast from 2 miles east of Erick at 5:59 pm CDT
Looking east from 7 miles west southwest of Sayre at 6:21 pm CDT
Looking west from 2.5 miles south of Sayre at 6:30 pm CDT
Looking northwest from 2.5 miles south of Sayre at 6:39 pm CDT