Monday 2nd May 2022 - Oklahoma (Moderate Risk)

Started today in Norman and SPC went with a 15% Hatched area for Tornadoes mainly in NW to North Central Oklahoma. Once again we would be plagued with a SE Crashing Cold Front which would catch upto the Dryline Storms and we had to hope something could fire and get the job done before the Undercutting would occur.My target today was Fairview and we got there in good time about 30 miles east of the Dryline. Storms fired nice and early around 3pm and we watched and waited for one to become severe. We got onto our first Storm as it neared Fairview and gained a Tornado warning, we punched through to the SE side through small hail and watched a rotating wall cloud. Another storm to its south then started to rain into our updraught and started to kill it off. Another Storm about 30 miles to our South East near Waynoka now looked like the one to be on so we blasted south and east. The Storm quickly gained a Tornado warning and we had a great view of the Updraught and Wall Cloud from the west as we approached Loyal.As we turned East towards Loyal with the hook in front of us a Tornado dropped in front of us, the Meso churning away in front of us, this Storm had a real chance at a Strong Tornado occuring but it had the Cold Front just behind us catching it up really fast and almost pulling it into the line.Amazing sight seeing the RFD Clear slot in the above picture.The Storm was now being undercut by the Cold Front so it was one last Supercell to go after down near Chickasha and we headed south through El Reno and south towards Chickasha. This Storm was a stunning LP Supercell but we were on the wrong side to see the Bell Shaped Structure unfortunately. We chased the storm all the way to the I35 Corridoor near Purcell and noted quite a bit of rotation but ultimately the Cold Front caught this storm as well. We then watched the Squall line head towards us.We then went North to Norman and watched the Mammatus on the clearing Squall get lit up in the Setting Sun.

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