MAY 26, 1997 EASTERN OKLAHOMA Where indicated, images © 1997 Ed Cohen
Sapulpa Tornado As we approach Tulsa from the SW our target storm literally explodes to our north but soon a new storm to the south begins to choke it. We drop to Sapulpa and then east to I 75 and a bit south. I notice a dramatic horseshoe flank as the RFD pushes out. We view the parent wall-cloud to the Sapulpa tornado from the east as it already starts to wrap in rain curtains. After moving a bit south we get a better view and watch a broad cone slowly form and then completely wrap in rain and dissappear. Then a new menacing wall-cloud forms to the north east. A funnel forms in the old occluded meso.
Beggs Tornado We moved south behind the Beggs storm reaching HWY 16 in time to see the beautiful orange hose rope and decay. Looking southeast we see a truncated cone. What a day!