A lee cyclone was forecast to develop across western Kansas and cause a dryline to sweep east across the state while a warm frontal zone was expected to strengthen and lift into Southern Nebraska. SPC had an enhanced risk forecast in the southeast portion of Nebraska.
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The synoptic situation featured a negatively tilted trough ejecting over the Plains, a stationary front across southern Nebraska and a dryline pushing through Kansas. This presented two good targets for chasing as a lee cyclone migrated east throughout the day along the Nebraska/Kansas border.
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June 25th was kind of an unexpected day for the local area. I wasn’t even planning to chase but it’s an easier decision when it ends up being a local event and you don’t have to go very far from home. The early day SPC outlooks omitted Southern Nebraska as the synoptic setup was displaced further to the south and east.
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June 22nd gave a nice opportunity for a local chase, while tornado risk was low there was a warm front extending from a low over Eastern Wyoming draped across South Dakota and Nebraska that was expected to lift north throughout the day. Initiation was expected north of the front in Northeast Nebraska into Iowa.
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After the tornado in Selden on the 24th, I went home to get my phone replace since it bricked itself while I was out. Luckily I was able to put my SIM card in my iPad so I could still get data otherwise that chase would have been interesting. So I spent the 25th home taking care of that and came back out on the 26th for two final days. This day we were expecting a warm front to stretch across northern Kansas and early thunderstorm development was pretty likely.
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