Skip Talbot
EF5
Scott Kampas, Andrew Pritchard and I chased the northern end of this system. We opted out of blasting into southern Indiana because of the terrain and waited for the second line to get its act together. It never blossomed like the first line but we still managed an intercept: a severe cell just north of Newton, IL in Jasper County. Radar showed very tight rotation for a couple of scans and we parked right under the couplet. Embedded in the precip though, we couldn't see jack. Tor warning was issued right about this time. Scott did an analysis when the damage survey came out. It looks like we were about a mile north of an F1 with a 10 mile track. We couldn't see the tornado through the rain and the video couldn't bring it out either, so its a good thing we weren't any further south as it pushed over a semi and brought down powerlines. We ran east a bit after the line passed us but after stopping to check data it was clear the chase was over. We headed home with orange mammatus and a double rainbow behind us. Not a bad run for November and we made the best of the storms we had in our area.