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November 2nd Oil City, New Mexico Tornado

Once in a great while, a November set up needs to be chased. Nov 2/3 looked quite volatile in the southern plains/high plains so we ran one of our on call tours. With a full van we headed south from Denver to chase a triple point play in southwest Texas/southeast New Mexico. We arrived after a nearly 700 mile drive to watch a supercell favorably interact with the warm front/outflow boundary and spin like crazy. A broad circulation occurred southwest of Oil City and produced a 10-15 minute tornado. As the storm moved east towards Andrews, Texas, it continued to be tornado warned but slowly weakened. Another supercell formed south of town and also became tornado warned. It appeared to be slightly elevated, but produced insane lightning and huge hail. The second day we chased in Oklahoma, however storms were quite linear with embedded mesos and several became tornado warned. None of them had the look, and as they crossed the warm front into colder air, it was obvious they weren’t going to become tornadic. We headed back west and spent the night in Amarillo, driving north through snow into Colorado. All in all, a fun trip and anytime you get a nice supercell and a tornado in November it was worth it! Enjoy the pics!

Here is a link to our Youtube video from the day as well: