Chase Case #13

[Scott Weberpal]

I'm surprised I don't recognize what day it is yet considering it's an upper-midwest day. Probably an older day (Pre-2000), otherwise I would think I'd recognize it. Either that or I'm just getting old and my memory is departing me

 

[Matt Gingery]

After the IR image, I have fallen back to Hillsboro ND. I am going to head north on I-29 to Buxton, and head east on 220 towards Climax MN. That will get me out ahead of this cell in case we get additional development. I can head north or south from Climax MN. Possibly NE towards Crookston MN.

 

[David Wolfson]

I'm staying with the tail-end of the storm associated with the surface low near Minnewaukan, ND. It's probably early summer with plenty of daylight through 02Z up here. There's also something going on upstairs that's rolled northeast through Dickenson per the IR sat. Might as well reserve a room in the metropolis of Devil's Lake while I'm waiting...

 

[Dann Cianca]

Wayfaring Map

 

[Bob Hartig]

Looks like setting up in Hastings worked out well. I don't know this territory, and this being a virtual chase, I can only guess the terrain is floodplain and flat. The storm will pass a little to my north, so I'll nudge north up SR95/CR15 and intercept. I have the option of crossing the river on 94; or if the storms backbuild, as someone else mentioned, I can move from there back south and cell-hop down SR/95/CR15, or any of these other N-S routes on the east side of town. Keep me in Hastings for now, but I'm ready to jump north.

 

[Dean Baron]

Those storms west of TC look like crap now from the reional view, but I will head southwest of Norwood/Young America to get to the southern most part of the cluster. Really hoping that these storms mature...

 

[Matt Gingery]

Well, I passed Crookston and still heading north on MN HWY 75. Heading towards the Hallock MN/Pembina ND area. Right on the Canadian border. Cells look much better up near Pembina, and I am banking that they will back build towards the Hallock area by 0130z update. The cell near Grand Forks just hasn't gotten its act together, so I am going to get up into the forward flank of this low in S. Canada. Alot of action popping along the ND/Canadian border. I have sat on this cell near Grand Forks too long, it may happen, but instinct tells me to head towards Hallock.

 

[Sarah Glenn]

I'm the ass that's jumping in late and chasing the junk in western Kansas. LOL. Hope to join in next time - but these are very informative and help my forecasting ability.

 

[Paul Austin]

0030z: Change of plans. The two cells that have developed out of the cluster I'm pursuing have not made as much northward progress as I had expected. I have made it to about Niagra, ND by now, but I will backtrack to Petersburg and head south on 32. This is a more n-s oriented route. I should be half way to Aneta, ND by 1z. I don't know if I can make enough time to intercept, but it is my only play. As an aside, the cells along the Canadian border look decent at 0030z. Maybe Andrew will score up there.

 

[Sarah Glenn]

I'm still going to point at this late southern target. Apparently, I had to work or go to school or something. Currently I will sit in Wakeeney, KS, and wonder if the cell on that IR image from 00:15 Z can do something fun. If not, I will see some nice lightning later, and sleep at my parents' house in Wichita.

 

[Dann Cianca]

0100Z update

*** Tornado Warning Issued for Scott, Hennepin, and Dakota Counties in Minnesota... Radar indicates a storm capable of producing a tornado. This storm will be near Shakopee at 0100Z, Savage at 0105Z, and Burnsville at 0110Z ***

Wayfaring Map

 

[Michael O'Keeffe]

Almost able to see the base of the tor warned cell in Minnesota.

 

[John Farley]

By 23Z, I could see the towers going up from my location 25 or 30 miles NW of St. Cloud. I turned around and blasted SE, reaching Bass Lake Rd. just NW of the 94/494 intersection now at 030Z. I am looking at the storms to figure out whether to blast south on 494 to get on the SE side, or east on 94 to get a little more ahead of the storms. Which I do will depend on my visual observation of the storms and my more zoomed-in local radar view, but from the regional radar it looks like I have just enough time to blast south on 494 and get SE of the storms. This is a more metropolitan area than I prefer to chase in, but I think that if I can get SE of the storms, I can at least find an exit where I can safely watch the storms and blast south to safety if need be.

EDIT - As I blast south on 494, I hear the TOR warning mentioned in the 01Z update. I am nervous about getting overrun near where 494 changes from North-South to East-West, and do get into some light precip, but manage to stay just ahead of the core and blast east to the Mendota Bridge, which I will cross and head SE for an intercept near Coates. I go this far east because I fear that if I take 35 south into Burnsville, I will get cored.

 

[Scott Weberpal]

0100Z update

*** Tornado Warning Issued for Scott, Hennepin, and Dakota Counties in Minnesota... Radar indicates a storm capable of producing a tornado. This storm will be near Shakopee at 0100Z, Savage at 0105Z, and Burnsville at 0110Z ***

I'm shooting video of a rapidly rotating wall cloud in the SW corner of the metro. Time to scoop Kiesling and show him how it's really done!

 

[Dean Baron]

well, obviously I was wrong about the storms. I am heading east towards Burnsville, the storm should stay just far enough south so that we dont have to mess with the interstates. The only problem with this area is that it is river valley so the terrain SUCKS.