5/10/05 REPORTS: IA/NE

[Dick McGowan]

Well thanks to my right foot weighing more than my left.............we made it in time for the shelby/audobon co. IA storms. here are some pics





NOTE: Last pic: If u ever see this guy near Plattsmouth NE , better break your wallet out! $1.25 gets u across the river. This storm had nice rotation from the time we stumbled onto, it was trying, such a high base to work with. Some nice wall cloud photos, dust swirl under wall cloud/ small funnels, that tightened a little. Location was 1 mile n of kimballton (i think) and then 1 mile east of, then closer to audobon. Some nice RFD, and ground circulation can be verified with this storm, we left it at audobon to hightail it back to KC. Special thanks to meteorologist/chasers out of Omaha for the baron's shots. To all that chased kearney area storms...WOW what structure, nice photos Mike H!! Sounds like u guys had fun.

 

[Doug Raflik]

About the same story as everyone else on this storm so I will just show my pictures...

spin up about 5 to 10 mins after tornado warning issued. This was about 4 miles east of Harlen, and ½ mile north of 44.
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Just after that spin up, same location. Rotating wall cloud with some scud.
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And look how fast the RFD cut into this thing. This is 4 minutes later.
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Farther down 44 the storm really started looking mean. Here another meso/RFD kick up lots of dust.
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After dark, I headed south to 80 as the storm was now moving south east. I got slightly ahead of it, hoping to get some good lightning pictures but only managed to get a couple good ones.
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Doug Raflik
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[Mike Hollingshead]

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Supercell pics from Grand Island NE area and account.
http://www.extremeinstability.com/05-5-10.htm

 

[Tony Laubach]

I have posted my completed log up on my site!

http://www.tornadoeskick.com/log050510.html

 

[Kurt Hulst]

Done finally got my stuff up on the site.

http://midwestchasers.com

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Small tornado on the ground evident by dust swirl just to the right of the funnel. Very evident in reviewing the video. Frequent CG's were coming out of the tornado.

 

[Amos Magliocco]

I began the day with a target of Ansley, wound up in Central City where I swapped phone calls with Neal Rasmussen about how badly the setup was coming apart. Cu fields were thinning and the sun was hot. About the time we decided that we'd wait only another thirty minutes, our cu returned (a very rare happenstance in 2005), and began to bubble. Within twenty minutes of the first turkey towers, we were chasing.

As I wrote in the TALK thread, I saw a lot of dust on the ground, all caused by RFD. No tornadoes. I know that later in the day, Verne Carlson and his crew filmed a tornado on the southern end of the new development near York. Whatever the case, it was one of the most beautiful sights of the year, a spectacular supercell.

 

[Kurt Hulst]

Okay finally got time well on my week of down time at home to make a short video clip of our Nocturnal Tornado. The RFD is in the right place and the lightning is a big huge help. not mention it was a spinning monster of a storm in General. Nick Grillo, Stacey Young, and Pete McConnel were with Me.

Vid link: http://midwestchasers.com/2005/May/10th/May10th.wmv

Page Link: http://midwestchasers.com/2005/May/10.html