A fairly marginal situation, as moisture was limited and extensive cloud cover further lessened any instability. A fairly strong upper storm was moving across as was a strong cold front, but with very marginal instability, it seemed chances for any good storms, much less tornadic storms, were minimal as well.

Late in the afternoon, the extensive low clouds rapidly cleared ahead of the front, increasing instability enough to fire storms along it. I could see storms north of Norman, but they looked glaciated and unimpressive. However, TV reports indicated rotation northwest of Blanchard, moving ESE. This had me out the door heading towards Blanchard. A few miles north of town on Hwy 62 I encountered an apparent microburst with 50-60mph winds, nearly blowing me off the road. I stopped soon after that about 1 mile north of town as the storm base came into view. I could see two inflow bands feeding into the base, one from the SW and one from the NW. Where they converged, a small lowering formed, with moderate rotation. Inflow became quite strong, so I tried to head north then east to stay ahead of the storm, hoping for a miracle, but because of the rapid movement of the storm, I quickly fell behind it. As I headed east on Hwy 9 through Norman, heavy rain led to serious hydroplaning problems. As darkness had set in and with lousy road conditions, I ended the chase in Norman, even though I could see what appeared to be a large lowering to my east.

There was only one official report of severe weather with these storms, 60mph winds near Tecumseh, although I did experience 50-60mph winds near Blanchard. I should have reported it but at the time had no idea how to.