Another Chase Case! #9

[Jeremy Perez]

Wow, it looks like the towers built nicely and paced & chased me all the way from Tonkawa, OK to Independence, KS. I hope I found a good vantage point for some views & photos of the bruiser straddling the Montgomery/Labette county lines in the 21Z Radar image. I think I'd be inclined to work this one up Hwy 169 then east on Hwy 400. Following it beyond Parsons and through Crawford County would probably stymie me. If it's good enough, I'll try east/north zigzagging the farm grid, which might teach me another nice lesson. If I give up on it at Parsons, I'll be watching the next cells moving up from the WSW while heading east on Hwy 400 to Pittsburg where I may be in time to catch the next batch. I'll try to position north-south on Hwy 69 for those.

 

[Mike Ridgeway]

The chase is on for me and I've been on that cell in the Lawernce, KS area. I'll just stay with it for now, likely blasting northeast as the cell continues to stay strong (I hope). If this cell gets to far ahead of me I do have another just south of Lawrence I can chase. All is good for now, I'm eyeing a nice base with strong inflow.

 

[Matthew Fischer]

right now heading the for the cells inbetween topeka and kc! will try to intercept the south most cell out of grouping.

 

[Greg McLaughlin]

I recognize this event now, so I will not post anymore regarding this chase. As far as my forecast goes I would have done better this time around vs. what I did in reality on this day.

For those of you who were behind the storms when they developed, you have little chance of keeping up with them, much less seeing a tornado.

I learned a valuable lesson from this day: get well ahead of the dryline and let the storms come to you. On days like this when storm speeds are quite fast you will likely only get one shot at a storm.

 

[Paul Austin]

I don't like my "gut" target as much as before. Sfc Temps have failed to breach the low 60s threshhold, and Td's aren't much better. I do still feel there could be a surprise cell in SC/SE SD late in the day as temps aloft are much cooler and 300/500 mb divergence is quite high here. However, LL winds are weak, and the air left in the wake of morning MCS just hasn't recovered much...

Well, what do you know? It ain't the main show for sure - probably some elevated hail and wind machines with TD's struggling to reach the mid-50's. I'll be kicking myself if one of those actually produced.

I would think that I would notice the fast approach of the drier air from the SW and the sagging boundary to the north as I hung around York and shift further SE or at least E. But since I'm trying to play this as the data comes, I'll race on over and down I-29 towards Mound City and Savannah, MO in an effort to intercept the nice nice lone sup near Topeka (evident on sat - I'm guessing the time stamp would reveal this image is a little post-21z, no?) or maybe something will develop over the next couple hours along my route. The air down that way is rich enough to sustain it or anything new developing, especially with the enhanced convergence...I hope. I wish I could get a glimpse of the storm's direction to better target, but something is wrong with my data connection. Note to self: Quit cutting corners with equipment - no more jimmy-rigging to save a buck or two - time to plop down some cash and get something a little more reliable

Aside: Marc, the pics are hilarious, but don't they belong in B&G? Now you've done it! Someone's gonna call the forum police, LOL.

 

[Doug Mitchell]

Weeeeeeeeeee, putting on my pants for the first time today and chasing the cell just to the east of Lawrence.

 

[Michael P. Morris]

I'm continuing north to get on that storm just north of Coffeyville...it looks to have uninterrupted inflow on it for now.

 

[Michael O'Keeffe]

Going to move west towards the cell racing NE towards Pittsburg, KS where I am sitting and going to intercept.

 

[Bob Hartig]

Yaaayyyy! The show is on! I'm on the cell by Lawrence, up ahead of it and trying to navigate unfamiliar territory. I'll stick with this cell for as long as it shows promise. But I'm approaching KC, and since I don't consider that to be "chaseable terrain," I may ditch the Lawrence cell in a while unless it's really producing, and jet east past the big city. I'm eyeballing the next cell south, which has no competition at the moment, and am considering intercepting it east of KC as it moves northeast toward I-70

These storms are riding a pretty narrow ridge of high dewpoints; I hope they will continue to have ample moisture to work with for a while.

 

[David Wolfson]

As best I can tell, I stayed in Hiawatha, KS, but left by 20Z to head back across the river when the advancing dryline began to fire just east of me. I made it through St. Joseph before the tornadic-looking cell developed over the city on the 21Z radar.

I'm going to stick with this cell as it moves east. Position favors the cells farther south, but they're either too near the KC metroplex or too far away for me, and this one looks to be riding an east-west boundary of sorts.

 

[Verne Carlson]

Vigorous cells moving east of my location at Chickasha, OK moving into unfavorable terrain. Will leave those and race to Stillwater, OK to stay on the tail end of the line going from nc OK up into e KS.

 

[Buddy W Bradley]

I recognize this case as well. That satellite will stay in my mind for ever. I planned on chasing this day for most of the week. I bagged my first tornado on this day with debris cloud. In fact..... where I was located... there was debris falling out ahead of the storm for over 20minutes before the tornado arrived. It was like nothing I had ever seen before. Now, to concentrate on the other case. Good luck to all and BE SAFE!

 

[Dick McGowan]

I'm moving east into Parsons, KS before the sup's core, just to my south, gets me.

 

[Marc Remillard]

I'm moving east, a bit late, to get those towers east of my position (Topeka, KS). South of Kansas City is my target.

 

[Jason Branz]

Enhanced convergence near the state line led me to head northeast from EMP. Hit 470 east around the south side of KC, hoping to get on 435 north toward Worlds of Fun. Maybe get some better vis out there around Liberty MO as this storm zips through the metro area. I have two or three dates in my head for this one, but not quite sure which one yet.