Travel Route: OKC – Emporia,KS
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Events of the day
7:00 AM – wake, shower, dress
8:00 AM – Large, hot breakfast: Eggs, yogurt, fruit, bagel, cream cheese
10:50 AM – Matt and I take a photo of ourselves and our chase vehicles.
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11:00 AM – Safety briefing; brief presentation
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11:45 AM – load the vans. Here’s the Van 1 (lead van) crew for the day!
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12:00 PM? – headed west to Geary,OK.
2:00PM? – Had lunch (BLT) at the Broadway Cafe.
3:00 PM? – Weighed our options: position ourselves for a play in Texas versus head into the northern plains, where are the next three days all have decent severe potential. Mosied North then entered I 35.
6:00 PM? – Detoured off of I 35 to visit the damage path for the Andover tornado (29 April). The path was quite narrow but had some F2 damage.
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7:00 PM? – Reentered I 35 and continued north. Exited at El Dorado. Ate dinner at Anita’s (Mexican: shrimp cocktail and Carne Asada; great tasting food, but I ate too much and got an upset tummy).
8:15 PM? – Continued north on 835. Bill called numerous hotels and we finally ended up at the Super 8 in Emporia, Kansas.
9:30 PM – turn in for the night.