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Sean Waugh

@MesonetMan

Ph.D in meteorology, weather enthusiast, storm chaser. Personal account, not a reflection of any organization. Technical advisor and consultant for Twisters.

 Oklahoma
Joined November 2012
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We ride together. We die together. #ObsDay4Life – at Norman, OK
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Sounding from near Osage, KS at 1915Z. #kswx
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6 mi west of Woodbine, KS. 7:29 pm #kswx @NWSTopeka
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Replying to @NWSPueblo
@NWSPueblo measured 3.5” hail 11.5 mi north of Simla, CO on country rd 125 #cowx
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@NWSBoulder too
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South Dakota produces some incredible views. South of Buffalo, SD. #sdwx
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Severe weather is expected again today, this time in central Kansas. NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory, Texas Tech University, and The Cooperative Institute for Severe and High Impact Weather are out collecting data to learn more about these events. #science #weather #noaa
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Absolutely incredible data collection intercept on a violent tornado near Saint Liberty, NE. Near surface data collection with collocated radar and lidar observations. #newx #science
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Also correction this was Saint Libory*
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Out with NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory expecting severe weather in Central and Eastern Nebraska. A potentially significant day ahead, if you’re in the area stay weather aware! #science #noaa #newx
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Never know who you’re gonna run into at a random Applebee’s in Wichita, KS following a storm chase. @DanielShawAU @WxHerbert and twitterless Jaime.
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🌪️🌩️ The LIFT project is in Central Arkansas today, collecting data on storms capable of producing tornadoes and large hail. 👀 Check out the science of LIFT 🔗: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnew…
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Sounding taken from Fayetteville, IL AT 19Z south of the boundary. #ilwx #mowx
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Calling All Storm Chasers! 🌪️ My name is Georgia and I’m a emergency management grad student at UNT. I am studying risk-taking behavior in storm chasing and need your input! Quick, anonymous survey (just ~10 questions). Please take & repost to help! ⬇️ unt.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo…
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ATTN #wxtwitter, chasers, and mets: share to get this message out. Interested in assisting with some new research aiming to identify storm features as it relates to tornadoes? Dr. Daphne LaDue with CAPS would love to hear from you. Check this survey out: qualtrics.ou.edu/jfe/form/SV…
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Ever wanted to have a career in severe weather field work, working with instruments & the data they collect? Wanna come work with me to develop new instruments? There’s an amazing opportunity to join the fantastic researchers at @CIWRO_ doing just that! ou.edu/ciwro/careers
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The University of Oklahoma

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Finally dug through the Morton, TX hail camera data. A 1.6” diam. stone travelled between 36.5-64” (some uncertainty given the exact path it took) and took only 0.0182 seconds to do it. The means at minimum the stone was moving at 124 mph, and could’ve been as high as 202 mph.
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Summary: this tornado was wild and centrifuging hail out of it at incredible speeds. We were about 200 m south of the wedge when this happened.
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Also the image quality sucks because there was SO. MUCH. DIRT. This made it extremely difficult for the camera to focus on things and diffused the light considerably.
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Check out how @noaanssl is revolutionizing hail forecasts one falling stone at a time ☁️🧊 More info here: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnew…
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I’ll process the images better later but it’s entertaining watching 2.5-3” diameter stones bounce off @ibhshailstudy test shingles. And casual Wellfleet tor in the background.
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The best 360 @insta360 reframe Timelapse known to man. Captures the full lifecycle of the Wallace/Wallfleet Nebraska tornado. 77 minutes of mind blowing footage condensed down to 1 minute. Streamed LIVE on the @RadarOmega app.
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