dmckemy
EF1
Convective initiation was a bit of concern this day...high resolution models were indicating isolated supercells possible in the NW part of South Dakota, while other models weren't supporting convection in that region. We headed out in the early afternoon as a Cu field went up northwest of Faith, SD, and caught the first storm that took off. We were out ahead of it by at least 20 miles, so we got to sit and watch it come toward us for about 30 to 45 minutes. The storm seemed to have LP characteristics and was quite a site to watch! From my vantage point, I did not see it drop any tornadoes... it didn't help that LCL heights were pretty high.
This storm slowly died out, and we headed north to catch another storm. This storm developed a decent rotating wall cloud west of Bison, SD, but did not produce a tornado.
This storm died out and another storm to our southeast fired off. We took off after it and got caught in the core and witnessed some 2+ inch size hail. After getting through the core, the sun was setting on the clouds and produced some really cool images/shots of the storm.
All in all, a great chasing day!
Also, here's video of the LP timelapse
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This storm slowly died out, and we headed north to catch another storm. This storm developed a decent rotating wall cloud west of Bison, SD, but did not produce a tornado.
This storm died out and another storm to our southeast fired off. We took off after it and got caught in the core and witnessed some 2+ inch size hail. After getting through the core, the sun was setting on the clouds and produced some really cool images/shots of the storm.
All in all, a great chasing day!
Also, here's video of the LP timelapse
Watch video >
