Quincy Vagell
EF4
I targeted the area near Carrington, North Dakota in the afternoon and storms began to fire ahead of CAM progs, near a warm front. With it being early in the event and no signs of storms in the short-term to the west, I followed these storms up to the Devil's Lake area. The storms were somewhat high-based and never acquired substantial low-level rotation. Realizing I was moving into a more unfavorable environment, it was time to make a decision.
My next move was to drop south to Jamestown and make a last ditch effort to catch a cluster of storms in north-central South Dakota. In the process, I kept changing direction as blips on radar suggested maybe storms were finally going to initiate, but none were taking off...yet... After making a brief stop in Jamestown, I got back into my car and noticed a discrete thunderstorm was rapidly developing near my original target and not long after that, it became tornado-warned. This was all with the clock running as sunset was approaching.
I moved in on the storm near Carrington and it was clearly rotating with a shape-shifting wall cloud. The storm put on a structure show for quite a while and even though it did not produce a tornado, it made the almost busted chase worthwhile.
I have some videos to review later that I will eventually get up, but it's time to get ready for today's chase, which is also centered on the northern Plains...
My next move was to drop south to Jamestown and make a last ditch effort to catch a cluster of storms in north-central South Dakota. In the process, I kept changing direction as blips on radar suggested maybe storms were finally going to initiate, but none were taking off...yet... After making a brief stop in Jamestown, I got back into my car and noticed a discrete thunderstorm was rapidly developing near my original target and not long after that, it became tornado-warned. This was all with the clock running as sunset was approaching.
I moved in on the storm near Carrington and it was clearly rotating with a shape-shifting wall cloud. The storm put on a structure show for quite a while and even though it did not produce a tornado, it made the almost busted chase worthwhile.
I have some videos to review later that I will eventually get up, but it's time to get ready for today's chase, which is also centered on the northern Plains...
