Chase Case #2

[JF Massicotte]

After reading 18Z update I decide to rush towards Hebron, Ne from Hays, Ks, it's a 3hr drive so should be here for the 21Z update.



After 21z update I sit down in hebron, pretty confident that if something is going to heppen I'm in the right place...

 

[Chad Cowan]

0z - Final Update Reports, date and pictures will be revealed tomorrow evening.

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[Verne Carlson]

I have a beautiful supercell just to my west in Grand Island, NE - got great position on this one!

 

[Joel Wright]

I'll be leaving Erick Oklahoma and heading west on I-40 to somewhere east of Amarillo to intercept the storms there. They aren't looking very tornadic but it's my only play at this point LOL.

 

[Chris Allington]

From Central City I saw initiation and headed just SW to Grand Island to get on the storm.

 

[Paul Austin]

0z Update

Well, my only play is the linear-looking storms near and south of Pampa, TX. Pampa is about 2.5 hrs from my present position, so if I race that direction, I might catch a half hour to an hour of pre-dark action, depending on storm speed toward my position. This is certainly not the best position to be in. I'm currently kicking myself for choosing the southern dry line setup over the warm front. though the roads are relatively clear of the normal chaser congestion down here. It's better than a blue-sky bust. I'll take whatever nature offers at this point.

 

[Brian Stertz]

Thar she blows....a nice sculpted beauty and am right beside the towering beast west of GRI. If it keeps east, it should tornado nicely.

 

[Damon Scott Hynes]

With the 0Z, I'm going to drive from Hebron slowly up US-81, going no further than I-80. I won't have to go far.

 

[John Farley]

By 2330Z I was crossing into Iowa and booking north on I-29 toward Missouri Valley, IA, hoping new cells will form along the WF between the ones firing northeast of there and the other stuff farther west in Nebraska. If a new cell or two forms along the front just NW of Omaha as I expect, I will be in position to intercept just north of Missouri Valley before dark.

EDIT - Looks like if this strategy actually works, I'll have the storm to myself as everyone else converges on the Grand Island storm, which was too far west for me to take a shot at.

 

[Danny Neal]

Hootie-Hoot! I am in Geneva, Nebraska, just south of York and just east of Grand Island, and I LOVE what I see! I think I will stroll up 81 to just W or NW of Central City, should take less than an hour, but time doesn't matter anymore with this bad boy perusing the prairies!

 

[Bob Hartig]

Yeah, BAYbee! Here we go, yesyesyesyesYESSS!!! (Leave it alone--it ain't what it sounds like! )

I headed west out of York down US 34 as the storms started going up and am now approaching US 281 and feeling the adrenaline. After last spring's comedy of photo errors, I've learned how to use my camera. Looks like I just might finally get some decent tube shots.

 

[Adam Lucio]

North on 81 I am going to get the cell near Grand Island or perhaps any new development. Aiming for York right now, Im a bit behind but I think I can make it.

 

[Mark Farnik]

Upon spotting the beautiful supercell on the northern horizon, I blast north from Franklin on Highway 10 to I-80 and tear east/northeast to Highway 281, work my way through Grand Island in a rapid fashion and move to intercept the cell on Highway 30 as it moves between Grand Island and Central City. The chase is on!

 

[Scott Weberpal]

Hopping on the developing supercell between Grand Island and Central City and will follow it toward York. What amazing structure on the storm!

I'm streaming live video of the event...

http://www.tornadofx.com/live.wmv

 

[Dann Cianca]

I'm giving up on Dodge City, seeing the cells in the Texas Panhandle. I'm not going to make it to Nebraska in time, so I'll drop south close to the Oklahoma border (Englewood, Kansas) and wait for the cells to move north and east. If anything, it's going to be a good lightning night!