05/22/08 NOW: CO/NE/WY/KS/OK/TX

[Scott Lincoln]

Tornado Watch 336 out for an area 70 miles E and W of a line from 50N Gage OK to 55SW Wichita Falls TX. Not sure yet if this, too, is a PDS watch.
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KWNS/0805221925.wwus30.html

SPC page shows it as not a PDS.

 

[Scott Lincoln]

http://www.wyoroad.info/highway/webcameras/I80Laramie/I80Laramie.html

Semi blown over by high winds... looks to be in the area near where the tornado was reported.

 

[Zach Chappell]

Storm damage on webcam I-80 near Laramie http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w194/sdwxman/?action=view&current=I80LaramieEast.jpg http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w194/sdwxman/?action=view&current=I80LaramieWest.jpg

 

[Mike Johnston]

The storm just SE of Scott City, KS bears watching for awhile here - as it moves about 1 more county-length north, it will enter the area of enhanced low level helicity. Seems to be consolidating with the weaker storm which had initiated just to its south.

Given where so many were pre-positioned in this area, there are sure to be many chasers one this one.

 

[Andrew Ryan]

High Risk for the area where storms are heading in the 2000z outlook. I like that scott city storm too. I've been watching it for about an hour and it has cycled quite a few times.

 

[Sam Sagnella]

Cap almost completely eroded across Ern TX Panhandle, thus the developing storms should quickly mature. Ern tier of counties in the TX Panhandle and wrn tier in Okla really under the gun over the next couple of hours, though LL shear/LCL heights are not nearly as favorable as areas to the N.

 

[Chris Lott]

Warren Faidley's initial target of Perryton,TX may pay off. Storms are firing from just south of Perryton and to the south near Memphis, west of Childress. A little DL punch should make these storms take off.

 

[Sam Sagnella]

John Wetter reported a tornado 12S of Gove, KS via spotternet about five min ago. There are literally about fifty chaser icons showing up in the vicinity of that storm, lord knows how many others are out there that aren't registered with SN.

 

[Sam Sagnella]

TOR for Weld County CO. Confirmed tornado on the ground near/in Johnsontown; fire chief reports no damage at this time.
http://www.weldsheriff.com/
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KBOU/0805222129.wfus55.html

 

[Sam Sagnella]

Tornado also on the ground in Laramie County WY, moving into Cheyenne attm.
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KCYS/0805222134.wwus55.html

 

[Doug Mitchell]

Cell between the tornado warned stuff near I-70 and the one near Garden City went from crappy high base to a rapidly rotating wall cloud with a big funnel half way to the ground within about 10-15 minutes. Broke off and now blasting south. Sirens blasting in Dighton

 

[David Wagener]

Wheeler Co, TX storm is becoming a bit better organized. Some organized rotation in it, but nothing to scream about yet. Hail size estimates have shot up again on GR2AE...over 3", but only 0.75 confirmed.

Either way the panhandle storms are moving out of the linear config earlier to a couple isolated cells.

 

[Doug Mitchell]

Storm near Dighton cycling, storm still looks a little too high based at the moment but is rapidly getting its act together. Wall cloud should be on webcam at TornadoLive.com

 

[Scott Lincoln]

Storm northwest of Selden, KS, looks to be the big one at this time. Looks like the strongest couplet I've seen since the Windsor, CO, tornado earlier today.

100-120kts of shear at 4000-5000ft AGL.

Looks like it has a clear shot for inflow, but the mid level mesocyclone in the storm appears to be much weaker than the lowest level rotation.

 

[Doug Mitchell]

Tornado imminent on Dighton, KS storm. Rapid rotation.