Hard to get granular with this trough. The best news is that I have a live spouse, and there will be no long-term consequences from surgery. Colon cancer is not to be trifled with and I am proud of her for getting the exam that found this problem. At this point she is recovering by the day and has handled pain that would have left me in bed. Her level-6 pain is my level-10. That said, I cannot pretend it did not hurt to miss this week of storms. The most charitable thing I can say about this year is that it has been so-so. I had a fun week at the end of April but it was largely non-tornadic, and completely void of photogenic vortices.
A few days ago it appeared that Sunday was going to be the big day, sandwiched between a day one on the high plains and day three in the lower longitudes. Day one turned out to be a festival in northeastern Colorado, and that was Saturday, with over a dozen tornadoes in the same county. The afternoon surface map showed a strong dry surge coming out of southern Coloradotoward a triple point northeast of Denver.
Sunday was originally a moderate risk day, later demoted to enhanced by SPC. They de-emphasized the northern portion of their area in northern Kansas in favor of southern Kansas and Oklahoma. I do not throw stones, especially when I am so distracted, but the confirmed tornadoes wound up in northern Kansas, plus a lone occurrence in southern Oklahoma
Monday begat violent tornadoes in south central Oklahoma that will likely turn out to be the best of the year. The video is impressive. It would have been fun. This day was much better handled by SPC.
