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THE FOLLOWING ARE CHASE AND STORM REPORTS FROM THE 2002 CHASE SEASON |
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 JULY 7TH FREAK WESTOVER/MEGARGEL LANDSPOUT TORNADO ON SUNDAY JULY 7TH NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORECAST FOR THE AREA. SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE EXPECTED BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS FORECAST. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY WEST ACROSS THE AREA WHICH WOULD BRING FLOODING RAINS TO CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. IN TEXHOMA SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE ONGOING AND 2 OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES COLLIDED OVER THE WESTOVER AND MEGARGEL AREAS. THIS WOULD CREATE SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG IT. AT ABOUT 4PM MEGAGEL SHERRIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR WESTOVER. THIS FUNNEL WOULD DROP TO THE GROUND AND PRODUCE A WEAK TORNADO ASLO KNOWN AS A LANDSPOUT. WHILE NO TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTRORM WARNINGS OR WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT MEGAGEL DID SOUND THE TORNADO SIRENS AS THE LANDSPOUT STAYED ON THE GROUND FOR A BIT BUT CAUSED NO DAMAGE. THERE WAS REPORTES OF POSSIBLY A SECOND LANDSPOUT AS WELL BUT IT WAS NOT CONFIRMED DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT WAS WRAPPED IN A RAIN SHAFT. PHOTO ABOVE OF LANDSPOUT TORNADO NEAR WESTOVER TEXAS ON 7/7/02. PHOTO BY CARLTON BROCK |
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 JULY 11TH GREER COUNTY STORM THURSDAY JULY 11TH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WASFORECAST FOR A LARGE PORTION OF TEXHOMA.MAINLY NORTH OF THE RED RIVER. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM STORMS THE NIGHT BEFORE WAS FORECAST TO PUSH THROUGH TEXHOMA BRINGING WITH IT SHOWERS AND STORMS. HOWEVER AT NOON THE SLIGHT RISK AREA WAS TAKEN OUT BECAUSE WINDS ALOFT APPEARED TO BE TO WEAK TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER. AT ABOUT 3:15 HOWEVER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR GREER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THIS STORM PRODUCED NICKEL SIZE HAIL 3 MILES EAST OF REED. ALSO REPORTS CAME IN AROUND THE AREA OF WINDS FROM 50-60 MPH. STORMS PRODUCED AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PRODUCED AREA WIDE GUSTY WINDS BUT NOTHING TOO OUT OF CONTROL. A LOT OF LIGHTNING WAS ALO REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AND POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED IN THE LAWTON AREA AS WELL AS A REPORT OF ONE HOUSE CATCHING FIRE DUE TO LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WOULD DIE OUT AFTER SUNSET. RADAR IMAGE ABOVE OF SEVERE STORM OVER GREER COUNTY ON 7/11/02 |
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 JULY 12TH TEXHOMA COOL FRONT STORMS ON FRIDAY JULY 12TH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR PARTS OF TEXHOMA MAINLY NORTH & EAST OF A LINE FROM OKLHOMA CITY TO WICHITA FALLS TO GRAHAM TEXAS. A COOL FRONT WAS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS TEXHOM A AND BE THE FOCUS FOR WIDESPREAD STORMS ALL ACROSS TEXHOMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED ABOUT NOON FOR PARTS OF TEXHOMA. THIS WATCH INCLUDED GRADY CADDO COMANCHE COTTON STEPHENS & JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 5PM THIS WATCH ALSO INCLUDED POINTS TO THE EAST. IT WAS NOT UNTIL EVENING HOWEVER THAT STORMS WOULD GET A BIT SEVERE. ONE STORM AT ABOUT 4PM WOULD BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING HAIL TO QUARTERS AND WINDS TO 60 MPH IN WISE COUNTY. THE OTHER STORMS WOULD NOT FIRE UP UNTIL ABOUT 7PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR CHILDRESS & COTTLE COUNTIES WHERE WINDS TO 63 MPH WERE REPORTED AT THE CHILDRESS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. OTHER STORMS WOULD BECOME SEVERE IN WILBARGER TILLMAN & COTTON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WOULD DROP HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE IN PETROLIA AND PRODUCE A LOT OF LIGHTNING AND WINDS TO 60MPH. THE STORMS WOULD DIE OUT ABOUT 12AM. PHOTO ABOVE OF SEVERE STORM NEAR BURKBURNETT TEXAS AT SUNSET. PHOTO BY JASON BROCK |
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 JULY 28TH TEXHOMA STORMS ON SUNDAY JULY 28TH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR THAT PART OF TEXHOMA MAINLKY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TO HENRIETTA TEXAS. WHILE NO WACHES OR WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT SEVERE STORMS DID FORM IN PARTS OF TEXHOMA. BAYLOR THROCKMORTON HASKELL & WILBARGER COUNTIES WOULD ALL HAVE WARNINGS. WINDS UP TO 70 MPH WERE REPORTED ALONG WITH HAIL AS LARGE AS HALF-DOLLARS. A TORNADO WARNING WAS ALSO ISSUED FRO THROCKMORTON COUNTY BUT THE STORM QUICKLY DIED OUT. OTHER STORMS WOULD ROLL INTO TEXHOMA DURING HE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND PRODUCE NO WARNINGS BUT SOME SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR BECKHAM COUNTY AND POINTS TO THE NORTH FROM 8PM TILL 1AM. THESE STORMS WOULD PRODUCE WINDS TO 60 MPH IN CADDO & WASHITA COUNTIES WHERE 4 INCH TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN. PHOTO ABOVE OF SEVERE STORM NEAR WICHITA FALLS TEXAS ON 7/28/02 PHOTO BY JASON BROCK |
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 AUGUST 13TH TEXHOMA COLD FRONT STORMS ON TUESDAY AUGUST 13TH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR ALL OF TEXHOMA. A VERY UNSEASONABLY COOL COLD FRONT WAS FORECAST TO SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS TEXHOMA DRIVING TEMPERATURES FROM THE UPPER 90S INTO THE UPPER 60S. ALONG WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE STORMS WERE FORECAST TO ERRUPT ALONG AND BEHIND THIS FRONT. AT 3PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR OUR NORTHEASTERN COUNITES OF COMANCHE COTTON GRADY CADDO STEPEHENS & JEFFERSON AS WELL AS POINTS TO THE EAST. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR MOST OF OUR TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 10PM.. STORMS WOULD FIRE ALONG THE FRONT IN THROCKMORTON & BAYLOR COUNTIES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED. THESE STORMS WOULD MOVE TO THE EAST SLOWLY. THROCKMORTON COUNTY HAD QUARTER SIZE HAIL5 MILES NORTH OF THROCKMORTON. CLAY COUNTY REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL. ARCHER COUNTY HAD QUARTER SIZE HAIL 1 MILE WEST OF ARCHER CITY. HENRIETTA IN CLAY COUNTY AS WELL HAD QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARGO QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL IN WILBARGER COUNTY. FINALLY ANOTHER SLIGHTLY SEVERE STORM DROPPED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 2 MILES EAST OF MIDDLEBERG. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WOULD BE ISSUED UNTIL 2AM FOR MOST OF OUR TEXAS COUNTIES AS STORMS DIED OUT AROUND 1AM. THE T.A.S.C. CHASE TEAM CHASED THESE STORMS TO OLNEY THEN BACK TO ARCHER CITY THEN TO WINDTHORST AND GOT SOME GOOD LIGHTNING PICS AROUND THE LAKE ARROWHEAD AREA. ABOVE: MARK PAPAK TAKES PHOTOS OF A SEVERE STORM NEAR LAKE ARROWHEAD TEXAS ON 8/13/02 PHOTO BY JASON BROCK |
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 ON SATURDAY AUGUST 24TH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR THAT PART OF TEXHOMA MAINLY NORTH OF THE RED RIVER. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS FORECAST TO POSSIBLY SPARK SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG INTERSTATE 40 DURING THE AFTERNOON PEAK HEATING HOURS. AT ABOUT 9PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR BECKHAM AND WASHITA COUNTY FOR A STORM THAT MOVED OUT OF ROGER MILLS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. WHILE ROGER MILLS COUNTY WAS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TILL 10PM NON OF TEXHOMA WAS EFFECTED BY THIS WATCH. THE STORMS WOULD DIE OUT ABOUT 11PM. WINDS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL TO NICKELS WAS REPORTED. RADAR IMAGE OF SEVERE STORM OVER BECKHAM WASHITA & ROGER MILLS COUNTY ON 8/24/02. |
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AUGUST 26TH CLAY COUNTY STORM ON MONDAY AUGUST 26TH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WAS FORECAST FOR THAT PART OF TEXHOMA MAINLY NORTH OF THE RED RIVER. A COMPLEX OF STRMS WAS FORECAST TO ROLL OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND ACROSS OKLAHOMA DURING THE NIGHT TIME HOURS. WHILE THIS DID OCCUR MOST OF THE STORMS WENT INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA BUT A FEW STORMS DID FIRE AROUNDTHE ELK CITY AREA AND MOVE ACROSS COMANCHE AND THEN CLAY COUNTIES. THE ONLY STORM THAT WAS SEVERE WAS THE STORM OVER CLAY COUNTY. THIS STORM PRODUCED WINDS TO 60 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THE STORM ALSO FORMED WHAT IS KNOWN AS A LENTICULAR CLOUD FORMATION THAT COULD BE SEEN FROM THE WICHITA FALLS AREA. THIS TYPE FORMATION WHICH TAKES ON A BOWL OR A UFO TYPE SHAPE USUALLY OCCURS IN MOUNTAIN REGIONS. MANY PEOPLE REPORTED THE CLOUD AS A WALL CLOUD BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. THE STORM SOON DIED OUT ABOUT 11AM. ABOVE: PHOTO OF LENTICULAR CUMULAS CLOUD FROM SEVERE STORM NEAR JOLLY TEXAS. THESE CLOUD FORMATIONS USUALLY OCCUR IN MOUNTANOUS REGIONS PHOTO BY JASON BROCK |
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