Pecos Hank
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New Video Tonight / Should we have chased today?
🕑 Added 2022-05-17 18:05:21 +0000 UTCHello Patrons,
I'm currently composing TexMex guitar for a full account video of the May 4th family of tornadoes. This video indulges requests for longer cuts and entire chases, though I jump cut the less exciting moments. With some uncertainty I'm currently crediting myself with 6 tornadoes for the day, not including many long lived gustnado type periphery spin-ups. This number may go down in the future as some of these tornadoes might be lumped into one longer tracking tornado. Here they are...
Number one, a weak dusty tube made possible by the exceptional drought Texas is currently experiencing. Had there been any moisture on the ground, this would not have been revealed and tallied.
Number two was the Big Red. Say hello to fellow Patron Marcus for making a cameo in this shot. Be sure and watch his video he posted in our community section.
Number three might arguably be tallied as an extension of number two. The several minutes without strong ground circulation and overall different characteristics of this long lived fully condensed white tornado has me subjectively defining them as two separate tornadoes.
Number 4 was the game of chicken I posted in the last video. Ultimately, the tornado won.
Number 5 was a similar tube hiding in my blind spot. Luckily my rear security cam captured it. It still haunts me that I didn't pull over and capture it with better cameras. It would have been awesome.
And number 6, slash the reason I didn't notice number 5, was because all my attention was focused on a developing mile wide wedge. This was the tornado that impacted Lockett Texas and blew the windows out of a storm chasing tour van. Note tornado 5 still in this shot as well.
CHASING TARGET TODAY
My forecast for today uncovered significant tornado parameters near Wichita Kansas. The NAM model has been resolving a storm in this atmosphere as well, however the HRRR has not. The WindBreaker was packed and ready to depart for Kansas until the 1AM SPC outlook was issued. The SPC did not even include my target area within their 2% tornado risk...???
I tend to trust the SPC over my analysis, but if I miss a discrete storm in Kansas today, that trust will be shattered. Dr Anton, Dr Tracie, Daniel Shaw and many more are out there risking sunburn today.
The SPC and HRRR continues to say nay while the NAM continues to say yay. I've felt that the HRRR has been spooky accurate there last 2 months and the NAM not so much. FYI, these models are constantly updated / tweaked. Once you get used to how they perform they're changed ... but ultimately for the better in theory.
Thanks again guys! hope to upload this video tonight or tomorrow. The next week doesn't look great for tornado loving freaks, but that can change with the flap of a butterfly wings. Perhaps Friday will offer something near the Red River.
xox
Comments
And the music that accompanies it - you are the best.
Fabulous cinematography. Love it!
Brenda
Great video! Love all of the variety of colors and shapes. Even the tornado out your back window was photogenic! Glad that all of your driving paid off. I don’t know where you find all of the energy to hunt down nature’s beasts and document it so creatively. Well done tornado wrangler. Well done!
Great captures of the May 4th tornadoes! I was armchair chasing that day with Vince Waelti's livestream. So crazy to be there watching those same moments live. There were a couple times where Vince was like, oh hey there's Pecos Hank. Knowing you were out there too made me instantly anxious to see your pictures and videos of that day! Huge fan of your music too!
Brent
Dear N.S aka Ms. Pecos, I recall a recent quote (paraphrasing?) "My wife is going to kill me." Amazing video and partner in life.
Wren Logan
Thanks for rekindling my childhood obsession with tornadoes 😊 I’ve spent the whole night going down rabbit holes trying to learn about “inflow jets” and “RFD’s” I might be exhausted today, but totally worth it 😅
Paul Sherman
@pecos hank this might just be your greatest work yet. It was absolutely mesmerizing & i shared the youtube video with my coworkers!
Puffjanga
"This video indulges requests for longer cuts and entire chases" While I have not been following you closely for some time I have to say I am entirely with whomever made such requests! Frankly I just love watching storms. Seeing supercell thunderstorms march across eastern Colorado has been one of my life's greatest pleasures. My best to you Hank. I will add that I look forward to any snake, critter, nature or general weather videos you might put out in the future!
Petra Perez
Had to post again to say what a fantastic video that was! Music and editing were top tier as usual. That looks like it was a fun chase.
Baldevi
Those were purdy tornadoes! Thank you for sharing them with us!
