2014-04-27 REPORTS: IA KS OK TX NE MO AR MS AL TN

[David Hoadley]

Report of Tornado north of Bradshaw, NE

"(I saw someone on the SPC report that it briefly touched down and he had video evidence. Don't know who that was yet)"

Darren, I think Dustin Wilcox may have made that report. I met him north of York, and he said he saw that brief touchdown about 4 1/2 miles north of Bradshaw.

 

[Darren Addy]

"(I saw someone on the SPC report that it briefly touched down and he had video evidence. Don't know who that was yet)"

Darren, I think Dustin Wilcox may have made that report. I met him north of York, and he said he saw that brief touchdown about 4 1/2 miles north of Bradshaw.

Thank you for that, David. I am not surprised. Dustin seems to be near nearly every tornado that drops in Nebraska the past few years, it seems like!

 

[Joe Karel]

Started out the day in Sioux Falls, SD staying at a friend's. Drove straight south to Lincoln, NE by around noon and quickly realized we needed to make the treck West to get into the instability due to that morning convection. Went west on 80 till 281 south to Hastings. Had to make the decision West for the arc of storms that were already tornado warned or take a chance East on the lone cell developing on the KS/NE border. Couldn't pass on a lone cell and headed East and got our first view of the storm just south of Geneva, NE. Followed the storm north on 81 all the way up to Norfolk, NE when it was basically done. Staying on 81 kept us a farther distance East of the storm but saw a quick needle funnel right before we went into York and lost site of it. Being that far East never saw the first tornado reported but seemed to have caught the second tornado on the south side of the rain core about 2:24mins into the vid as we were just south of Osceola. Right before that inflow blew my tripod/camera over face first into the concrete (second time that day) and I barely got it working as that tornado emerged. It was gone before we even realized what it was and still looks very different from my angle than other people captured in their pictures but seemed to be the right time/place. Overall, good first chase of the season, definitely brushed off a lot of dust built up over the winter.

Watch video >

 

[Joe Pudlik]

Ended up playing the northern target in N-C. KS and NE, and picked up the first tor on the season WNW of Osceola, NE...

http://www.turbulentstorm.com/1/post/2014/04/april-27th-2014-n-c-kansass-c-nebraska-chase.html

 

[Dan Robinson]

I saw three targets on Sunday: the dryline/cold front in western Missouri, the open warm sector/cold front in Arkansas, and the warm front in Missouri/Illinois. All three areas had adequate environments for tornadoes (directional shear, lift and instability). Since the warm front was in my backyard, it was my obvious choice despite it not being as strong of a play as the other two areas. I have reached a point where I would much rather chase a "home" setup that has tornado potential than a distant one, even if the out-of-area target has better parameters.

I departed St. Louis before noon right as elevated storms began firing just north of the warm front bisecting the metro. Storms finally began firing south of the front just west of Wentzville, so I headed up Highway 61 to follow this activity northward. The warm front was rapidly lifting northward, and the storm cluster I was on never seemed to be able to catch up to it nor really get organized. I finally let the storm go at Hannibal. At this point, a messy line of severe storms was moving in from the west, but rapidly lost intensity as it approached Highway 61. I eventually called off the chase and headed home, just ahead of the dissipating line.

 

[Alex Heimberger]

Scored my Dad his first tornado KS/MO border. Wild chase.