0 | 1.25" | 70 | 510 |
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TORNADOES | HAIL | WIND | MILES |
A sagging frontal boundary with very high instability in southeastern Nebraska and northeastern Kansas was expected to be the primary target zone for severe weather with a chance for tornadoes and large hail. SPC had specifically outlined Northwest Missouri with higher probabilities but I was more interested in the western edge of the risk area for a better chance at isolated cells and to avoid the Missouri terrain.
I left GI around 17z and headed to my initial target of Syracuse. I planned to sit here and watch satellite until an obvious target materialized but the cumulus field was well underway by the time I got to Lincoln.
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Despite the cumulus field, I opted to continue on to Syracuse to stage as I was assuming the field would migrate southeast. Eventually, SPC issued a mesoscale discussion at 20z indicating a tornado watch was probably coming as dewpoints in southeastern Nebraska had reached 70° and hodographs were sickle shaped.
The watch came out shortly after at 2035z as cells began to develop to the west and northwest of Beatrice.
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We took off our separate ways to go intercept some storms and a little bit later I finally got on a cell near Wymore just before it went tornado warned.
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While the storm continued to the southeast it maintained its tornado warning as well as generating hail reports as large as 5 inches near Beatrice.
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The storm started getting very HP and tornado reports started to come in around 2220z but I was never able to see anything from my vantage point.
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I continued to track the storm into Kansas as it continued to be tornado warned. The storm ended up impacting Marysville as emergency vehicles were scattered about town. I avoided town and went south on US 77 to continue tracking the storm.
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I followed the storm to Blue Rapids before calling the chase as the storm appeared to be losing organization so I began heading back home and was treated to some cool skies at sunset.
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Chase Recap
START | END | DURATION |
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Grand Island, NE @ 11/1717Z | Grand Island, NE @ 12/0327Z | 10 hours, 10 minutes |
INTERCEPTS | CHASER ENCOUNTERS |
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None | James Wilson (13) |