Tornadoes  2008...... Tornado Tim will be there....
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Storms built rapidly near Erin Springs Oklahoma.  We were there about 40 minutes before the storm went severe, our predictions were dead on and we didn't miss the first big storms of the day.  Our new prediction system seems to be working well.  Under 4500 J/Kg  C.A.P.E  these storms went up in less then 30 minutes.  The hail got to over 2 inches before it trashed our windshield.	Nothing gets prettier than a building supercell.
The storms waited until dusk to fire up, but we had enough light to get some great shots.	The new Doppler truck for the ROTATE research team.

The new Hailinator failed to save our windshield on the first big chase. I didn't have time to deploy entire net and the windshield is not cracked on the passenger side. Score -   Hailinator  0    Hail  1
The new "Hailinator" is ready for action.

This should keep us from loosing our windows so easily we hope.

New Camera mounts are in place this year for better filming.

Action starts April 21st.............................

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