Storm Chase: November 5, 2008
Click here for really impressive hail video (Video will be on top right after you click the link). I took the digital camera pictures below:
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(ABOVE: Winter storm? Nope, that's hail and "hail fog" near Edmond and Guthrie.)
Channel 2 photographer Ty Ngyuen and I chased severe thunderstorms on November 5, 2008. The storms formed in the OKC area then moved northeastward into Green Country.
(ABOVE: My view out of Storm Chaser2 as we drive along Interstate 35. Vertical cloud development and leaning updraft towers offer clues of hail potential)
Lots, lots and lots more hail fell from the storms burying the grass under a layer of ice. The impressive hail cover forced drivers to navigate through "hail fog".
The fog (above photo) formed due to the large temperature contrasts between the warm ground covered underneath a layer of 32F ice, then sandwiched under a warm air layer just above the ground. After we rode out the storm, we drove along the icy roads chasing the storms back toward Tulsa. A small tornado was later reported in Osage County.
(BELOW PHOTO: I touch a golfball-size hail stone. The grass disappeared under the ice!)
If you missed the link at the top of page, Click here for the gutter-full gobs of hail video.
Enjoy! GF