7/6/2013 Eastern Idaho Supercell Thunderstorm Chase

[Gerrit Gulden]

July 6th 2013 was a See Text 5% wind/hail threat for Eastern Idaho. Storms formed in a Southwest to Northeast direction. I was initially heading further north towards a Severe Thunderstorm with a Meso indicator and hail indicator to 2.75". Ended up seeing a storm forming Southwest of that storm closer to me so decided to stop and watch what it does. The storm went severe for quarter sized hail. Hail indicator as most was at 2.00" with a meso indicator and over 70 dbz. Storm had several wall clouds with visible rotation in the storm itself. Let the storm continue to move over Highway 20 to St Anthony. Experienced half inch hail with 60+ mph winds. This was by far the most photogenic storm that I have seen since 2006.




Video #1

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-Gerrit Gulden

 

[Gerrit Gulden]

Video #2. Timelapse 10X to show motion of storm.

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-Gerrit Gulden

 

[David Mikulec]

I love sitting on thunderstorms and seeing what they'll do as they mature. Had a potent severe cell pass overhead while I was at work in Hardin Co. Kentucky yesterday. What a show it put on!

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[joel ewing]

I thoroughly enjoyed watching your vid, Gerrit. Thanks for the effort. I've only been to Idaho once in my entire life...last year when I drove an ebay-musclecar engine I bought back from Spokane to my home in Tucson. I went thru Boise...Twin Falls, etc. There were parts of that state that reminded me of the Nebraska Sandhills a little bit. I wondered if tornadoes ever hit in the area. I'd stop for fuel (Thirsty Penske Panel-Van) and ask locals about that. They usually said that they'd get one every decade or so. I've always wondered why the non-mountain portions of Idaho really don't seem to get tornadoes. Do you think it's because it's a relatively dry atmosphere most of the time? Same thing for portions of Nevada I went thru. Very remote from flat/soft hills. Are they getting tornadoes once in a while, but it's so sparsely populated that they're not being seen?