Verne Carlson
EF5
Michael and I left our target of Norfolk, NE around noon when it was clear that the setup was not working out and headed towards Ogallala, NE where we were content to just skip the day and setup for Saturday in the NE panhandle. As we approached North Platte we could see that a CU field was developing to our north along the cold front and cells were beginning to fire. We headed into the sand hills were we intercepted the tornado warned cell in Cherry County, NE and witnessed one of the best mesos we've seen all season! Many times it tried to spin up scud in it's updraft but we never could confirm a touchdown.
Did anyone else see the crazy privately owned 737 jet shooting touch-and-go's at the Norfolk Airport?? That was almost as exciting and unexpected as anything I've seen this storm season! :blink:
Meso in Cherry County, NE as it was tornado warned
Interesting lowerings were seen but no touchdowns confirmed
Edit: The elevation in central NE is ~3400' (where we saw this storm) as opposed to ~1700' in eastern NE, with the same upper 50 Tds the LCLs in central NE had a much better chance to produce. Something I noticed while checking my GPS in the two locations today.
Edit to Bobs comment below: LOL - yeah probably a little of both! 2006 has made us jump into some places and setups a good year would never take us. One of the roads we were on at one point was actually a single lane paved road that went north for miles made out of old recycled asphalt. The sand hills are truely something to be experienced!
See you out there!
Verne
Did anyone else see the crazy privately owned 737 jet shooting touch-and-go's at the Norfolk Airport?? That was almost as exciting and unexpected as anything I've seen this storm season! :blink:
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Meso in Cherry County, NE as it was tornado warned
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Interesting lowerings were seen but no touchdowns confirmed
Edit: The elevation in central NE is ~3400' (where we saw this storm) as opposed to ~1700' in eastern NE, with the same upper 50 Tds the LCLs in central NE had a much better chance to produce. Something I noticed while checking my GPS in the two locations today.
Edit to Bobs comment below: LOL - yeah probably a little of both! 2006 has made us jump into some places and setups a good year would never take us. One of the roads we were on at one point was actually a single lane paved road that went north for miles made out of old recycled asphalt. The sand hills are truely something to be experienced!
See you out there!
Verne