2011-07-30 REPORTS: MN

[Bill Doms]

Tough call sitting in Osakis, MN trying to decide to take the struggling cell to the west along the best instability or take the cell to the north in the better winds. Took the northern cell and sure enough, while the north cell sustained, the west cell tornadoed. The cell from Otterail county down through Todd and into Stearns was pretty messy. It had it moments, but the lack of good surface flow severely limited the tornado chances.

FULL CHASE ACCOUNT WITH VIDEO HERE

Not my first choice in vehicles to head north into the core with a wall cloud right overhead.

 

[Brad Nelson]

I know this is a little late, but here is my chase account from July 30th. We were on the same storm as Bill and thought a couple times that it would drop one! A couple times it had very nice, rotating wall clouds on the cell, but just could not get enough to produce a tornado. Here's the link to the log and video:

http://eyeonthetwister.com/2011/08/01/july-30th/

Watch video >