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28 May
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May 28, 2023 – Northern Kansas

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Memorial Day Weekend gave an opportunity for a couple of local chases. A week of marginal setups across the southwest migrated into the Central Plains to close out the holiday. The 28th featured a bit of stronger mid-level flow across Nebraska and Kansas as a trough moved across the area. This manifested with a slight risk across Western Kansas and the OK Panhandle and while tornado chances were pretty marginal they couldn’t be ruled out.

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13 May
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May 13, 2023 – Northwest Iowa Tornado

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May 13th was the final day in a four day event stretching from Colorado to Iowa. I had actually driven home the prior night after a lengthy internal debate about whether I would even chase this day. Well, I awoke in the morning and given the forecast I decided that with the way this system performed the last three days, Northwest Iowa wasn’t that far after all.

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11 May
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May 11, 2023 – Western Kansas

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May 11th was day two of a four day chase event. The trough from yesterday was forecast to form a closed low in Southern Colorado and be nearly on top of the surface low. It would be another great opportunity for low topped supercells on the north and northeast side of the low. The bulk of turning in the hodographs would be in the lower 3km which is what we want to see for tornadoes.

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10 May
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May 10, 2023 – Akron, Colorado

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May 10th featured a rare 10% tornado risk in Northeast Colorado. When you have strong easterlies pumping moist air into the foothills you chase Colorado. While a trough was digging into the Four Corners, a lee cyclone was forecast to sit in Eastern Colorado with a warm front stretching into Northwest Kansas. This actually presented two decent targets for tornadoes as the Kansas play wasn’t something to discount.

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