John Farley
Supporter
I had a good chase today in Missouri and Illinois. No tornadoes, but lots of interesting storm structure, a gustnado or two, and some wild cloud motion. Intercepted first storm in Pike Co, IL just across the river from Louisiana, MO. It promptly surged southeast, cutting off any plans I had of following it into IL, so I cut back into MO and headed south to intercept the next storms forming to my southwest. As I was leaving it, I did notice a brief, narrow dust formation which may have been a gustnado or may have just been a narrow plume - didn't last long whatever it was.
Once I got to the storms to the SW, I caught a nice wall cloud northwest of Troy, MO. Then another storm just to the south of that one went severe, and I ended up pursuing it all the way east to Highland, IL. It intensified near Wood River, IL, producing wind damage in Roxana and golfball hail near Edwardsville. Then it really kicked up a LOT of dust from Marine to Highland, producing a brief gustnado near Highland.
Another storm to the south then began to merge in, and I pursued this storm east to route 127, as it produced large hail in southern Bond Co. Here are a few pics:
Wall Cloud northwest of Troy, MO
Looking north from just SW of Edwardsville, IL, toward the SIUE campus
Storm produces lowerings near Marine, IL and kicks up lots of dust
Gustnado just north of Highland, IL
Blowing dust entering north edge of Highland
A full chase report is now available at http://www.siue.edu/~jfarley/chase52406.htm
Once I got to the storms to the SW, I caught a nice wall cloud northwest of Troy, MO. Then another storm just to the south of that one went severe, and I ended up pursuing it all the way east to Highland, IL. It intensified near Wood River, IL, producing wind damage in Roxana and golfball hail near Edwardsville. Then it really kicked up a LOT of dust from Marine to Highland, producing a brief gustnado near Highland.
Another storm to the south then began to merge in, and I pursued this storm east to route 127, as it produced large hail in southern Bond Co. Here are a few pics:
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Wall Cloud northwest of Troy, MO
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Looking north from just SW of Edwardsville, IL, toward the SIUE campus
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Storm produces lowerings near Marine, IL and kicks up lots of dust
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Gustnado just north of Highland, IL
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Blowing dust entering north edge of Highland
A full chase report is now available at http://www.siue.edu/~jfarley/chase52406.htm