May 24, 2002 Southwest Oklahoma Storms

This day dawned with much promise but delivered less than we had initially expected. Closely spaced storms quickly developed in a line along the dryline in extreme western Oklahoma and northwestern Texas. With one or two brief exceptions no one storm stood out from the rest. We still managed to find some interesting things.

A storm near Vinson, OK develops a wall cloud with large nub-shaped funnel cloud. Note also the  inflow tail coming in from the east along the forward flank gust front.	A close up shot of the wall cloud and funnel. Moderate rotation is evident within the funnel cloud at this time.	The funnel cloud protrudes 2/3 of the way towards the ground. This is not a tornado since we couldn't confirm damaging ground-based circulation.	Another wider perspective of the funnel and parent storm.
The low-level mesocyclone wraps in rain and weakens. Over the course of the next 4 hours, we see two more small, funnel-producing updrafts in southwestern Oklahoma.	Eventually all the storms lose organization but we note some very photogenic mammatus clouds. The group eagerly departs one of the vans to watch the display.	Mammatus atop a terrific sunset.	Danny and Simon assess the sky with amazement.