Abundance of Chasers, Lack of Storms...

A cell East of Purcell, Oklahoma at sunset.

We began our chase in Purcell, Oklahoma, and ended it in Purcell, OK. In the mean time we went south on I-35 to Davis, OK to stay East of the dryline and ran into one of the biggest convergence of chasers I have seen in eleven years chasing. The crowd included us (MESO), Roger Hill (and his tour of 13 people plus crew), Josh Wurman (and his Doppler on Wheels), Sean Casey (owner of the TIV, Tornado Intercept Vehicle) and his Discovery Channel crew, possibly Shane Adams (at least it looked like him), a group of Italian storm chasers, and many other individual chasers all with their unusual chase vehicles in the parking lot of the Snack Shack gas station. We took after a cell around 7 p.m. and were the first group to head back up North to Purcell and then East on SR 39 to pursue the best thing in the neighborhood. We found a nice vantage point on 77 South and enjoyed the last show for the day as the sun set under the base of the cell. We then headed to Wichita Falls, TX and are working our way into position for tomorrow. There was only one report of a tornado in the plains, in Missouri near the Kansas border.
Sean Casey in front of his TIV (Tornado Intercept Vehicle) as featured on the Discovery Channel.