ALFALFA, OK TORNADO AND BINGER, OK TORNADO
9 OCTOBER 2001
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![]() 5:46 PM: Tornado D2 moving toward Alfalfa. |
![]() 5:48 PM: Tornado D2 moving toward Alfalfa. |
![]() 5:52 PM: Tornado D2 just west of Alfalfa. |
Tornado D2 continues
toward Alfala, changing shape again from a wedge to a tall, white stovepipe just west of
the village. Eventually, a new meso formed just south of our position and we were forced
east again. The tornado(s) were rain-wrapped and difficult to see at this point, and
we were in a better position to intercept a new supercell (for us anyway) to our south on
State Highway 281 about 6 miles south southeast of Binger. Here we witnessed two more tornadoes, designated, E3 and E4 on the Norman NWS Tornado Table, (Damage Path #7) emerge from a remarkably sculpted updraft--the most striking vault I've ever seen, tightly striated all the way around with a winding inflow tail. The reason for the confusion in the damage survey below is that there were actually two
tornadoes, very close to one another, which emerged from this supercell. The first
is the one in the pictures below. Another small, wispy funnel touched down, which we
believe to be E4, before a large multi-vortex tornado, E5, crossed the road My
friend Thanks to Steve Miller and Jeff Lawson for nowcasting assistance.
From Norman NWS Damage Survey: DAMAGE PATH #7 (Tornado E3):
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![]() 5:53 PM: Tornado D2 just west of Alfalfa. |
![]() 5:53 PM: Tornado D2 just west of Alfalfa. |
![]() 5:54 PM: Tornado D2 just west of Alfalfa. |
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![]() 6:00 PM : Tornado D2, now a stovepipe, (just to the right of the pole) west of Alfalfa, OK. |
![]() 6:12 PM new meso forming just to our south chases us from our stovepipe-viewing area just south of Alfalfa (Alfalfa sirens were NOT going off at this time). |
![]() 7:05 PM Southeast of Binger, OK / Amazing sculpted vault preparing to drop a tornado. |
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![]() 7:06 PM Southeast of Binger, OK / Amazing sculpted vault preparing to drop a tornado. |
![]() 7:07 PM Southeast of Binger, OK / Amazing sculpted vault preparing to drop a tornado. |
![]() 7:08 PM Southeast of Binger, OK / Amazing sculpted vault drops Tornado E3. |
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![]() 7:10 PM Tornado E3 Southeast of Binger, OK. |
![]() 7:10 PM Tornado E3 Southeast of Binger, OK. |
![]() 7:11 PM Tornado E3 Southeast of Binger, OK |
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![]() 7:11 PM Tornado E3 Southeast of Binger, OK |
![]() 7:11 PM Tornado E3 Southeast of Binger, OK |
![]() 7:11 PM Tornado E3 Southeast of Binger, OK |
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![]() 7:12 PM Tornado E3 Southeast of Binger, OK |
![]() 7:13 PM Large wall cloud eventually drops Tornado E5 and crosses the road. |
![]() 7:14 PM Tornado E4 Southeast of Binger, OK. Robert and I were northbound toward Binger on 281 at this point. |