Joe Zemek
EF2
Oh no. Please, no: someone out there has to have at least one photograph of the incredible supercell that blew up over Sioux Falls, outside the RISK area, on Thursday, prompting a small Tornado Watch for SD/MN/IA as it moved ESE.
As the morning forecasts had little mention of severe for the area, I decided to spend another day with my cousins in Vermillion SD before heading to SW Kansas on Friday. This turned out to be the kind of day where enough elements were in place for a more experienced chaser than myself to recognize the real potential, & sure enough, an undetected mid level vort max showed up & triggered an amazing storm, of which I have no documentation, as I was in my cousin's car sans cameras, maps, or phone charger, & upon hearing the TOR warn less than an hour up I29, I decided against wasting precious time driving back to their house to get in my truck.
So, after a race up I29, exiting at HWY 11 heading east toward Canton, IA, successfully passing the storm & seeing a gorgeous tight structure transitioning to HP & obscuring one reported tornado (per LSR: 7 NW CANTON), I had only my very-low-battery smartphone, which REFUSED to take pictures on the grounds of its low battery state. "STUPID PHONE! TAKE THE PICTURES AND THEN GO TO SLEEP!" Sigh. Oh well, I can see it when I close my eyes. It was definitely the highlight of a hard-to-pinpoint-the-target-and-when-you-do-it's-cloud-obscured chase week.
My initial Google Imaging turns up no images of this storm. I sure hope they show up, because they will be amazing; reminiscent to me of 6/2/05 Colorado, but more compact & tight.
As the morning forecasts had little mention of severe for the area, I decided to spend another day with my cousins in Vermillion SD before heading to SW Kansas on Friday. This turned out to be the kind of day where enough elements were in place for a more experienced chaser than myself to recognize the real potential, & sure enough, an undetected mid level vort max showed up & triggered an amazing storm, of which I have no documentation, as I was in my cousin's car sans cameras, maps, or phone charger, & upon hearing the TOR warn less than an hour up I29, I decided against wasting precious time driving back to their house to get in my truck.
So, after a race up I29, exiting at HWY 11 heading east toward Canton, IA, successfully passing the storm & seeing a gorgeous tight structure transitioning to HP & obscuring one reported tornado (per LSR: 7 NW CANTON), I had only my very-low-battery smartphone, which REFUSED to take pictures on the grounds of its low battery state. "STUPID PHONE! TAKE THE PICTURES AND THEN GO TO SLEEP!" Sigh. Oh well, I can see it when I close my eyes. It was definitely the highlight of a hard-to-pinpoint-the-target-and-when-you-do-it's-cloud-obscured chase week.
My initial Google Imaging turns up no images of this storm. I sure hope they show up, because they will be amazing; reminiscent to me of 6/2/05 Colorado, but more compact & tight.