Deviant Tornadoes - Analysis of the Cole OK Tornado April 19 2023

In this video, we take a deep dive into a very chaotic tornado event in central Oklahoma. Lucky for us, we have both high-resolution radar imagery with GRLevel2, and tons of cool structure shots from chasers at all angles around this storm. Thank you so much to everyone who contributed, and thank you to my chase partners. Without you, none of this would be possible! :)

[@PecosHank]

Very informative. Kinda glad I chose the Flint Hills target this day.

[@mattmangrum5715]

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[@jamiedawson7060]

Hank=G.O.A.T

[@MattMorganJP]

Great musician. Great storm chaser!

[@janledford3010]

Ok, how have I missed you??? Or maybe I haven’t and just didn’t catch your name, because that voice of yours no one could forget!!! I’m an instant fan!! This is an amazing analysis!!! I knew about these tornadoes, but had no idea of this fascinating day of events. Thankyou for your knowledge, and these wonderful pictures of the incredible and beautiful structures of these storms. I hope you have the full chase, I’m fixing to look for everything you have! God bless you and stay safe out there!!! Can’t wait to see what else awaits me on your channel!!!!😁🙏🙏

[@GabrielHarber]

We have been graced.

[@AndreWehrle]

25:00 That's pretty much exactly my thought on your other video. This was one of several cases we've seen in recent years where a deviant tornado nearly moves out of the warning polygon, with a new one issued with just a couple minutes' lead time for the actual track of the tornado.

[@jglstorms]

I finally got to take a look at this. I noticed the Etowah to Pink meso tracked in sync with the Zdr column aloft. Amazing example of a deviant motion of supercell allowing the tornadoes to keep persisting while moving due N. The Shawnee Zdr column was impressive as it sped toward town.

[@OHWXisgaming]

The hodo king has finally dropped the best video of 2023. Surprised this isn’t number 1 on trending

[@chaserjime9478]

Thank you Cameron for your time. Never quit learning how to chase safely.

[@swatt862]

This is a wonderful video. Thank you for sharing such detailed knowledge.

[@ThunderChasers]

I'll never forget this day. We saw Cole, Washington, and Etowah. Then we got caught behind driving through the aftermath. We stayed south of the storms the entire time.

[@iproaus7in67]

thanks doc

[@StormChaserJustinNoonan]

What a fantastic video mate. Loved watching and learning about this.

[@MattMorganJP]

You do an amazing job explaining everything.

[@AustinJonesStormChasing]

Amazing video! Thanks for putting it together.

[@hgbugalou]

I love your work Cameron. Its extremely fascinating. I follow you on Twitter as well and enjoy your posts there. Keep up the good work.

[@ltdjag7577]

Whew! Very in depth analysis Cameron. This event alarmed me at the time, The storm traveling east toward Pink, then boom!, swings wildly back NW, nearly to the radar site. Thanks, and please do more.

[@SShrikke]

Oh my god a new Cameron NIxon video

[@NickSchrader]

Hi Cameron, I attended Chasercon in Danville, IN today and your lecture on hodographs was extremely helpful and informative. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge with us, and I wish you the best of luck with your research project.

[@HunterAnderson]

Seeing those EML lapse rates between 8.4-9.5C/km on the proximity soundings is just *mwahhh* chef's kiss. Target the EML!!! (-; Thanks for sharing your analysis on this Cameron. The evolution makes much more sense after learning about the intricacies of storm motion, vorticity vectors, and their effects/relationship to the hodograph thanks to your prior lecturing videos, discussions/research on your website, and random banter online. I remember working operations this night and issuing only a couple wider TORs just to account for deviant tornado potential - I didn't want to chase each individual circulation and have overlapping polygons/warnings which would likely cause confusion to our customers down there. Definitely a different method than what OUN carried out, but they still captured everything at least. What a wicked event with some top-tier structure!

[@DertiDerty]

Hello, You said in another video that supercells with sculpted laminar bases (indicative of forced ascent) are generally unfavorable for tornadoes. This is a great counter-example! By the way, how do you explain the sort of "collar" that we can see at 29:07 at the top of the low-level updrafts ?

[@CameronJNixon]

Definitely a great counter-example!! And really good question. *Generally*, structure is widest in layers where there's more moisture (since it's easier for clouds to condense farther away from the strongest rising motion). So, in this case, there would be a moist layer near the ground, a dry layer in the mid-levels, and a moist layer again above that. This is actually common in classic EML chase days, which feature a very dry layer advected above a moist boundary layer, with remnant Pacific moisture aloft!

[@DertiDerty]

@@CameronJNixon Thank you !

[@SilencerDude]

I was in my home when we were hit by this tornado. We got very lucky, where our mobile home was situated, we had a bunch of trees that kept the strongest winds from hitting us. My friend was living in a small building a couple hundred feet from me. The tornado picked up the whole building with him, his wife, and son in it They were carried about 50 feet before the floor fell away from the rest of the building and dropped them into an dried up pond. They walked away with bumps and bruises.

[@ericascali5427]

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