Chase Log: May 08th, 2002

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MAP

Total Distance: 350 miles
Target Area: Fairview, OK
Chase Area: Medford to Blackwell, OK
Maximum SPC Risk category: Moderate
Watches: Tornado Watches 254, 255, 256, and 261
Mesoscale Discussions (MCDs): 717, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 728, and 731

Another finals-week chase... Kim and I headed to northwestern OK on hopes that the dryline would initiate supercells in an highly unstable and nicely sheared environment. As the sky remained cloud-free, we realized that the cap was handily winning, so we headed northward towards the OK/KS border, knowing well that there were storms in southern KS. By the time we neared the border, we were greeted with a very nice shelf cloud. Despite a report or two of tornadoes associated with this MCS, we saw nothing other than some shear eddies on the underside of the shelf cloud.