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April
14, 2001: Warm Frontal Thunderstorms: Vivid
flickering of light fills my room, awakening me from a deep dream. It is 12:30
AM and I drag myself to the bedroom window to witness a scene of lush electric
sweetness. Nearly
continuous flickers of vivid platinum fill the night, followed by roars of
thunder as thick sheets of rain tumble about, barely touched by wind. All is
balmy and sweet scented. As
this flickering storm presses towards the northern horizon, an occasional bolt
of dazzling lightning fire drops to earth not far from me, disappearing into
tremendous booms that race into clouds and quickly disappear.
It reminds me a bit of the thunderstorm I saw over the Caribbean Ocean
last summer. It is
interesting how these cloud- to- ground bolts
of lightning come behind the main storm. By
dawn, a moderate risk of severe storms is drawn just north of my area, and a
slight risk over us. This has certainly got my curiosity up.
Nearly
exactly 12 hours after the pre-dawn thunderstorm, a thundershower arises out of
the overcast with jet-like roars across the clouds and one great nearby bolt.
As fast as it comes, it then disappears and dissipates away into partial
sunshine. With
all the errands I must run today, I choose to stay local instead of position
towards Oklahoma for a possible chase. Yet I am ready to spring forth later in
the afternoon for a more local intercept, since conditions may hatch a great one
for us as well. Upper-level impulse approaching us from the SW, with our area
just south of the warm front while 70 degree dew point air sits over our region) After
all the hype, nothing develops - - - except one kick butt super cell near
Wichita Falls, TX, right along the
warm front; a good three hour drive
from my place. This mother of a storm drops a tornado at one point. |
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