[BobDDuck]

Sorry... forgot to include that 36 was closed (but the lights were on and no lighted X on the runway).

Fuel situation: We (hypothetically) had had to weave around a lot of stuff on the way in. Also, there was no weather in the forcast for the airport so hence after a go round we wouldn't have had anything over our normal 2000 pounds of gas for reserve. That would have given us about 15-20 minutes to circle somewhere before we needed to be on final approach for a runway.

So the decision tree went something like

Land
--- but not stable
OR
Go around
--- storm slows and able to make normal traffic pattern around
OR
Storm shuts down the airport and we hold or divert right away
--- Storm rolls over in less the 15 minutes and we land
OR
Storm takes more then 15 minutes to leave and we are screwed


I don't think I am trying to justify an (hypothetical) crappy approach. It just always seems amazing to me how despite the fact that we try very hard to keep open options and avoid traps like this, they happen very easily.