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Night of the Twisters-Chasing the Dallas, Texas EF3 Tornado

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The night was October 20th, 2019. The year was late, but the seasons were changing. This combination would lead to a spark in severe weather. Originally, this weekend was supposed to be about meteors as a shower was peaking late on that Sunday night. My friend David Baxter, who'm had also just recently moved to Colorado was planning to come down to Colorado Springs to grab beer, and have a chill night of taking photos. However, the night before (Saturday) I had a restless evening and noticed their was a "slight risk" of severe weather highlighted by the Storm Prediction Center with a 5% risk of tornadoes highlighted for Southeast, Oklahoma and into Northeast, Texas along the Red River.   For giggles, I looked at the 3k NAM high res models and it looked about how I imagined a late season setup to look. Instant squall line with likely embedded tornadoes throughout along the Cold Front.  However, diving a little deeper into things it became apparent that the possibility of