[Part 1 of 3] A small but somewhat persistent funnel cloud formed at the tip of a triangular wall cloud. Conveniently, it developed right as I pulled over at this relative flatland clearing—which isn’t easy to find in a forested, hilly part of northeastern Oklahoma that more resembles Alabama. Perhaps that’s fitting, since a song by the band Alabama was playing on the radio as this funnel twisted and writhed along just to my southwest and south for 3–4 minutes. The supercell was strongly tilted and shallow, offering only sub-severe hail, with good separation between the main precipitation area and the low-level mesocyclones. This was how I could observe the eastward-moving circulation safely from the northeast and north. [Go to Part 2]
2 E Afton OK (30 Jan 21) Looking SW
36.685, -94.9222