Oklahoma Supercells with Incredible Lightning and Blinding Rain (6/26/2021)

Jason Chiappa
Jason Chiappa
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Published 2021-06-28
Highlights of my last storm chase of the season in Oklahoma! Taken in the southwest portion of the state including the towns of Lawton, Altus, and Frederick. By far the coolest lightning combined with storm structure I have ever seen at 0:50 between Frederick and Chattanooga, especially the contrast of pinkish lightning against turquoise-tinted storm clouds (a result of extreme amounts of precipitation). The structure seen is a shelf cloud associated with the strong outflow winds from the rear flank downdraft, which was warned for damaging winds, as seen at 0:33. Outflow-dominant supercells like this one do not produce tornadoes.
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