My first tornado part 2

Our plan was to head east and try to get ahead of this supercell one more time, but after going for about a half an hour the convection popping over Oklahoma City made it inaccessable safely. Driving into convection in a high shear/high cape environment is not a good idea. Our option was either going back to the hotel or chasing one small storm in northwestern oklahoma. We decided to go towards the storm in northwestern Oklahoma while taking pictures of the storms as we went away.

Here are some pictures of the day:



Here is the dryline/outflow boundary triple point really well defined by cumulus on the satellite view. This is where initiation began.



Look how crisp the updraft was on the backside of the forming supercell



Here are the two tornadic supercells early in the day



A textbook RFD (Rear Flank Downdraft) and a hook echo on radar. You can see the updraft/mesocyclone where the rain begins. There is also a hail shaft in there.



Here were the two supercells heading towards Oklahoma City.

PS. I got great video of the tornado in Western OKlahoma and it will be on youtube as soon as I get home.