Jack Beven
EF0
While it was rather tame compared to the recent action in the Plains, I intercepted a supercell (or supercell-wannabe) in southern Miami-Dade County, FL this evening.
About 7:15 EDT I noticed a strong tilted tower to the west as I was coming out of church. When I got to a position to see the base, there was a large ragged wall cloud with slow rotation. The wall cloud lasted at least 10 minutes as I drove up to the storm, but the rotation never looked strong enough to make me think a tornado was about to develop. Outflow air coming in from the west (I'm not sure from what) then undercut the updraft. The wall cloud dissipated in less than 15 minutes, and I don't think the storm lasted much longer.
I didn't see the final dissipation, though, as I drove north through the west side of the Miami metro area to see if I could intercept a supercell in the oncoming MCS. That didn't work too well, as it got dark rather quickly and all I could see was lightning-illuminated downpour.
I did encounter some small hail from the MCS about 8:15 PM.
There were two other potential supercells to the south and southwest of the one I chased. I was close enough to the cell to the south to see it had some kind of lowering, but not close enough to see if it were a wall cloud. The other cell was out in the Everglades and all I could see was the tilted updraft.
Jack Beven
About 7:15 EDT I noticed a strong tilted tower to the west as I was coming out of church. When I got to a position to see the base, there was a large ragged wall cloud with slow rotation. The wall cloud lasted at least 10 minutes as I drove up to the storm, but the rotation never looked strong enough to make me think a tornado was about to develop. Outflow air coming in from the west (I'm not sure from what) then undercut the updraft. The wall cloud dissipated in less than 15 minutes, and I don't think the storm lasted much longer.
I didn't see the final dissipation, though, as I drove north through the west side of the Miami metro area to see if I could intercept a supercell in the oncoming MCS. That didn't work too well, as it got dark rather quickly and all I could see was lightning-illuminated downpour.
I did encounter some small hail from the MCS about 8:15 PM.There were two other potential supercells to the south and southwest of the one I chased. I was close enough to the cell to the south to see it had some kind of lowering, but not close enough to see if it were a wall cloud. The other cell was out in the Everglades and all I could see was the tilted updraft.
Jack Beven
