Radar and visual view of the Minco to Tuttle supercell of 23 April 2022

This is a view of the high precipitation supercell from the ground 1 mi north of Rt 4 and 37 east of Tuttle, OK, the KTLX WSR-88D (lower right) and the TOKC TDWR (lower left). The NWS surveyed an EF0 damage path which appeared to be from a tornado directly in the middle of our ground view during the time lapse. The storm's thick hook echo prevented us from getting view of what the tornado may have looked like. But the radars showed a velocity couplet with a 60-65 kt velocity difference. And you look at the WSR-88D spectrum width and there is a small peak right where the damage track occurred and crossed about 2 mi north of Tuttle.
What about why the hook echo was so opaque? The reflectivity was sure high, about 55 dBZ but at the same time the Specific Differential Phase, or KDP, showed high values of 2-3 deg/km along the front of the hook, right in our way. KDP is related to the amount of liquid water in the path of a radar beam. The more liquid water there is the higher the KDP becomes. Melting hail adds an extra boost to the KDP too. I believe this hook, however, is mostly lots of medium to small drops of rain and that is an excellent way to scatter light, especially in the blue wavelengths. Instead, we get a travertine blue light emanating out of the core. It's beautiful in its own right but I really would've liked a view inside.