OK... Embellished chase details :lol:
#1... David Wolfson, who is on his 'fools chase' :lol:, slips south out of Canandaigua at 18Z as the storm in Allegany County turns tornadic, and drives south, but due to a complicated road network and trees, just misses the early day tornadoes from a storm but the storm is still rotating nicely.
#2... Joel Wright in Lawrence Kansas gets the treat of updrafts and a couple of severe thunderstorm warnings but the storms lack organization and quickly become multicellular. Still a nice lightning show as the thunderstorms last well after sundown.
#3... Non severe thunderstorms develop from northern Indiana through northern Illinois late in the afternoon. Those in the region have the pleasure of updrafts and lightning as the sun goes down but no severe weather.
#4... Late in the afternoon on the high plains, Shane Adams heads west towards developing cumulus to the distant west and northwest. As he gets closer, deep updrafts develop. If he chooses the southern updraft, 90 miles to the northwest of Scottsbluff, he arrives near the town of Douglas in Converse County in plenty of time to witness a weak tornado north of town. If he chooses the 2nd updraft from the southern edge, he arrives near the town of
Wright, Wyoming in time to see an F2 tornado which will affect a significant portion of the town.
Folks in Sterling at 18Z, if they jump north and west fast enough, can get to Converse County by 22 Z. Otherwise they enjoy nocturnal convection as thunderstorms develop southward near sundown.
The day is August 12, 2005.
David Wolfson is closest to tornadoes. Timing, trees, and road directions make things hard for him, but this is embellished, I'll say he got the last 'nader of the storm, so I'll give him the nod. Shane Adams is farther away but more likely to get to storms in time for tornadoes.
Thanks everybody for playing.
Selected radar images will be posted here tonight:
http://www.openprarieexperiences.com/Augus...rnadoEvent.html
