3/7/09 NOW: TX, OK, KS

[Steve Miller TX]

A very interesting event occurred this morning in extreme SE CO S and SE of Springfield. Law enforcement and the public reported a tornado which prompted a tornado warning for Baca County. It looks like this occurred along the frontal boundary and was probably a landspout.

Whooda thunk it?

 

[BrandonWhittington]

Its kinda interesting..Its almost making me want to head north Steve...Im in fritch, TX waiting and watching this line of showers\storms move accross the northern panhandles...It will be interesting to see what happens when this line interacts with a little bir more moisture.

 

[Chris Lott]

Visible sat shows a clear slot developing in SW KS pushing into C. KS. I wouldn't be surprised to see some development here later with some heating and better, although not great, moisture.

 

[Matthew Harding]

Severe T-Storm Watch #45 issued for C & E KS till 10 pm cst highlighting hail potential. Some TCU already showing up on vis sat imagery S of DDC.

 

[Jordan Hartley]

Looks like a cell developing a couple miles S of Greensburg, KS in Kiowa Co. Its about 3 pm now so at least were not waiting until sunset for initiation like I thought we would yesterday. Will have to wait about an hour to see how to play this. Its so close to home that its worth getting out if theres going to be something discrete near the metro. Maybe some good structure pics^^

 

[Bob Hartig]

Bill Oosterbaan and I are NE of Caney and headed northwest via Wichita. Looks like first cluster of cells initiating near triple point along stationary boundary. We've got a fair drive, but time to kill and nothing to lose. Moisture may not be great, but AOB 55, it's not bad.

 

[Tim Millspaugh]

Cell south of Coldwater showing some promise, thought about traveling west or NW but may stay right here in ICT

 

[Andrew Stoller]

Yea, that cell has a little rotation there on the southeast flank as it's moved northeast towards Nickerson. Perhaps it can get some helicity as it's moving right long the stationary front. But RUC analysis is showing hardly any instability now with all the cloudcover east of the little dry slot area.

 

[Jim Saueressig]

It has become Torn warned.

Edit: As much as I would love heading that way it looks like the action is picking up south of it in a hurry and will probably make a linear situation sooner than I could get near it.

 

[Tim Millspaugh]

12 miles west of hutch tornado warning

 

[Jason Bolt]

Just talked to ex-wife who say a funnel cloud west of nickerson. She apparently is working EMS out there and monitoring EMA traffic.

Edit: Tornado on the ground 4 west of South Hutch.

 

[Tim Millspaugh]

tornado reported on the ground at hiway 61 and hiway 50, 4 miles SW of South Hutch

 

[Tim Millspaugh]

Trained spotter LEO, tornado on the ground at K-96 in south hutchinson

 

[Andrew Stoller]

http://67.225.179.1/full-screen-chaser-video.php

Verne Carlson is on it, but the stream from TV.net is super sketchy.

 

[David Draun]

Hutchinson airport got smacked by the supercell RFD, measured a 59mph wind gust as the storm passed. Looking linear now as it heads toward Marion.