6/3/08 NOW: IL

[Matthew Fischer]

Just wondering is up right now and watching the supercell in central IL right now. SE of the lincoln radar site. Looks pretty amazing on radar right now!

 

[Mike Peregrine]

You can add Missouri and Kansas to the thread if you'd like.

Initiation visually confirmed on the west side of the tor-watched box over and north of MCI metropolitan area.

 

[Mark Blue]

Another cell is trying to get its' act together just SE of Lawrence. We're due south of it and will be closing in over the next few minutes. We took off out of Wichita earlier heading up the turnpike thinking this was the way to go.

 

[Mike Peregrine]

Have fun with that one, Mark. It will be moving directly into the metro at rush hour. Eek! I'm going to wait around for a bit until one passes overhead or intensifies to the point of interest and then head out after it. I'm tempted to try and guestimate the path of the one west of town, and then go ahead and move into intercept position east of KC to wait for it to cross traffic.

Wonder where I'll end up tonight ...

 

[Darrin Rasberry]

Storm entering the KC metro just picked up a heck of a lot of VIL on the past scan. Garbage N and S of it nearby might be spelling the quick beginning to a line but there's still enough CAPE to give it oomph over the metro area before it lines up. 22z RUC shows an area of poor CAPE near KC but it's isolated and likely a hiccup; strong CAPE is everywhere else.

Shear just isn't enough to keep this discreet for long if other stuff keeps firing up IMO but as it is going to truck right over the metro immediately it's something I'm gonna keep my eye on.

 

[Mark Blue]

I hear ya Mike, we're going to take I-435 across the south side of town and try to catch up with it on the east side of town. Right now we're in Olathe and the storm is just to our north and ever so slightly west.

 

[Mike Peregrine]

It really is exploding right now. I can't help but wonder about shear, just because surface winds seem so calm outside for the time being. That could modify with the right near-storm environment, though. Apparently there is plenty of CAPE available to this thing.

The storm track is aimed straight over my house, and I'm definitely looking for the core to come somewhere close. How nice for Kansas City ... and for my roof! At least this will be an easy chase.

Edit - lol, when I zoom in all the way on the storm track line, it LITERALLY is over the top of my house. This thing is already looking supercellular.

 

[Chris Strahan]

I am streaming live from just outside Kansas City. Tracking storm as it moves ENE

 

[Mark Blue]

We're about to turn north on I-470 and will plan to meet this beast on the east side of town in the next few minutes. Better look up your insurance agent soon Mike!!

 

[Mike Peregrine]

I'm using 146.520 for any operators out there (kc0tcc). Think I'm going to go ahead and move a bit east and south to avoid the hail.

 

[Scott Udell]

KC area TV stations reporting on the storm in the metro area now (my GRLvl3 shows it as Cell J0). One station reported possibly lowering (visible from helicopter). I'm in NW Olathe, just E of K-7, and looking north I am seeing it (and what I assume is one of the weather helicopters). Assume this is the same thing Chris is showing on his Chase Cam?

 

[Ben Prusia]

Local spotter net in Johnson County, Kansas has several spotters reporting a wall cloud with some rotation in it in the northern part of the county in Shawnee/Lenexa. Looks like radar has the rotation between I-435 and K-7 north of K-10.

I am currently in Gardner watching the southern storm to see if anything goes there.

 

[MatthewCarman]

The storm by KC has vil's of 70-75 with a 80% chance of severe hail but no warning on it yet. I would expect large hail to be falling from that storm or alot of rain. The storm in the Oklahoma panhandel has vil's of 70-75 and is capable of tennis ball sized hail. Also a 56 MPH wind gust reported with this storm I believe.

 

[Chad Cowan]

http://www.kmbc.com/video/16480018/index.html

KC streaming helicopter

 

[Mike Peregrine]

Seeing RFD cut on the wall cloud west of Lee's Summit. I'll watch this for a few, but plan to head south to get the new storm moving between here and Harrisonville. The wall cloud looks good. Wish all this other stuff wasn't in the way -

edit - starting to look pretty choppy. There's nothing like chasing storms through a city filled with trees, hills and people.\

edit 2 - this thing just got really sweet looking again -