CHASE CASE 14

[Nathan Edwards]

Oooh.. nice multple vortex tornado reported near me... was I on it? I'm not sure. If the tornado was with the tail end charlie, probably. IT looks from the reports it might have been a bit further north. Lets give myself the benefit of the doubt and I'll have jumped onto it due to the sig being pretty impressive for that cell. I wouldn't have been more than 20 minutes drive from it at any point

In reality, I'd probably be upset to have missed out on the Hill City tornado, but the Floydada cell sounds like somewhat of a monster also. Did anyone chase Texas on this particular day? If so are there any chase accounts of this storm? Photos? Videos? I've seen a couple of damage photos from a brief search but nothing more...

 

[Dustin Wilcox]

Jeff and Kathryn captured some absolutely stunning photos and video of the Trego Center storm, some of which are viewable here...

http://www.twisterchasers.com/2005_severe_weather_page_2.htm

 

[Brandon Ivey]

Wow, I now have my first virtual tornado/tornadoes! It is funny that I never figured out this date until the storm reports were posted. I left my target of SW Kansas to head up and catch the stuff in NW Kansas. I actually chased on this date down in Meade County, KS. LOL. I wish I could trade the virtual chasing with the actual date! Oh well I still got two "rain-crapped" tornadoes down there, south of Fowler. Here is a link to the edited video from that day in SW Kansas. I nearly got zapped in the last clip of the videos! I got back in the car REAL quick after that. I think my face actually looked like that too!!!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxCMQ6AFwDI

 

[Brandon Ivey]

Jeff and Kathryn captured some absolutely stunning photos and video of the Trego Center storm, some of which are viewable here...

http://www.twisterchasers.com/2005_severe_weather_page_2.htm

Wow that is pretty impressive! Now I hate myself even more for not making the longer trip and playing the northern target back on that day in 2005. Thanks for reminding me on what I missed out on Dustin!

 

[Michael O'Keeffe]

O man what a day that was! Got lucky this time.

 

[Jeremy Perez]

Wow. It looks like I was 'on' the productive Meade storm & its successors, but it's hard to say whether driving conditions would have allowed me to get far enough west to see the touchdowns on the NW side of Meade between 5:30-6:00 pm. The 7:05 pm F1, heading SE on the East side of Meade should have been within reach though.

Thanks very much for posting this chase case, Matt.

 

[Dennis Dennison]

This was a difficult one for me-but 60 miles either way-So I guess I would have missed it all

 

[John Erwin]

Thanks Matt! This was very enjoyable (and educational) for me. Looks like I would have seen at least one tornado on that Meade county system, although like Jeremy stated the road system is a bit tight around there.

I'll be having a T-bone, medium rare with a Coors please!

 

[Paul Austin]

I didn't chase this event in rl, but it's interesting that some participants, including myself, figured the cells further north were probably HP in nature, while the Meade, Co. cell was probably more classic and discreet. In reality, it looks like the tornadoes on the Meade storm were rain-wrapped, and that this is not necessarily the case with the northern storms. I feel pretty good, having picked Meade to bed down in the previous night, but my antsy self just HAD to move around a bit and burn some fuel. I guess it just wouldn't be a chase without some of that expense, LOL. Marc, I'll meet you back in Liberal for a decent juicy steak.

Thanks again, Matt. This one was pretty interesting with that sagging OFB across OK, the dry line explosion, and the early action up in nrn KS.

 

[Dick McGowan]

I didn't figure this date out until the first hook echo was displayed at 21z with the storm near Hill City, KS. I actually thought it was an earlier date. I was talking to Darin on the phone and asking him which day he thought was a tornado day near HLC with an outflow boundary nearby...and it hit me right away. I couldn't chase this day and probably the reason why I didn't recognize it right away.

Amos Magliocco has some great shots of the Trego Center supercell as well: http://www.cycloneroad.com/2005june9.htm

Hill City, KS Storm"
Mike Hollingshead: http://www.extremeinstability.com/05-6-9.htm
Eric Nguyen: http://www.mesoscale.ws/05-documents/050609.htm

 

[Paul Austin]

I didn't figure this date out until the first hook echo was displayed at 21z with the storm near Hill City, KS. I actually thought it was an earlier date. I was talking to Darin on the phone and asking him which day he thought was a tornado day near HLC with an outflow boundary nearby...and it hit me right away. I couldn't chase this day and probably the reason why I didn't recognize it right away.

Amos Magliocco has some great shots of the Trego Center supercell as well: http://www.cycloneroad.com/2005june9.htm

Hill City, KS Storm"
Mike Hollingshead: http://www.extremeinstability.com/05-6-9.htm
Eric Nguyen: http://www.mesoscale.ws/05-documents/050609.htm

Wow, the gator head inflow tail day! I should have recognized the date when the results were first posted. I knew I should have blasted north in this virtual chase. Excellent pics, and I was definitely wrong about the HP nature of the northern storms. Nice work to those of you who chased and succeeded in rl.

 

[Dann Cianca]

23Z update:

Moving north out of Ness City, KS. Should be in Trego county just after 23Z and will intercept the storm.

0Z update:

Staying on Trego County, KS storm, on dirt, south of WaKeeney.

0100z Update/Storm Reports​

2302 2 NW TREGO CENTER TREGO KS 3890 9993 BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT 602 PM AND AGAIN AT 605 PM. ALSO REPORTED BY KSNW STORM SPOTTER. (DDC)
2315 1 N TREGO CENTER TREGO KS 3889 9990 LARGE CONDENSATION FUNNEL WITH DEBRIS CLOUD OBSERVED (DDC)
2334 2 S OGALLAH TREGO KS 3895 9973 (DDC)
2341 4 E OGALLAH TREGO KS 3898 9966 THREE SEMI TRUCKS BLOWN OVER ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE OF I70. HIGHWAY SIGN TWISTED. (DDC)
2358 OGALLAH TREGO KS 3898 9973 RELAYED BY GOODLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (DDC)
0014 TREGO CENTER TREGO KS 3888 9990 TORNADO NEAR TREGO CENTER. (DDC)
0022 13 W TREGO CENTER TREGO KS 3885 10013 (DDC)
0035 9 W TREGO CENTER TREGO KS 3888 10007 (DDC)

Well ... I'd say chances are pretty good that I saw one if not more than one tornado. How about a nice 24oz Porterhouse?

 

[Dennis Dennison]

I was pretty close to this one 2202 4 SSW VICI DEWEY OK 3610 9933 VERY BRIEF TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY KFOR SPOTTER (OUN


BUt I know I missed the show

 

[Matt Gingery]

I will give you credit for that one Dennis, and I am sure that you would have intercepted this day. Enjoy your steak buddy!!

 

[John Farley]

Hard to say exactly how I came out on this virtual chase. I would have been around 12 miles NE of the Vici, OK tornado, and might have been able to take a back road closer when I visually observed the storm. But the tornado was brief, so it is questionable whether I could have seen it. Also questionable whether I could have gotten to the Floydada tornado later - probably I was a little too far north, but I suppose theoretically it is possible.

Didn't chase this day in real life.

Sorry for the lateness of this post; things kind of got away from me the last few days and I didn't have a chance to check the results until tonight.

My cell south of Woodward died. Hope I caught a tube around 22Z before it did! I am now blasting west toward the TX panhandle to try to catch a cell along the line that has explosively developed along the dryline. I've still got 2 hours of daylight, so I am hopeful!