Chase Case #3 (2010 version)

[Jim Bishop]

I'm in great position here at the intersection of 64/49 in eastern Arkansas just east of McCroy, AR. Waiting for the cell to my southwest to reach me. I may stay on it if it shows good tornado potential. If not, I may drop south to Brinkley or so and intercept the other cell further southwest, south of I-40. But I'm sticking with the closer cell unless new data tells me otherwise.

 

[Corey Sloan]

Sliding over to Springfield, MO...not where I really need to be based on latest data....but I am here and to far from everywhere to do anything else....so I'll just hang out and see what happens with FROPA......

 

[Ben Tillotson]

I will continue moving north from Nevada to Butler, MO and wait for 21z data there.

 

[Bob Hartig]

Hey, Danny, everything okay? I'm just itching for more data if you're in a position to provide it.

 

[Danny Neal]

Hey, Danny, everything okay? I'm just itching for more data if you're in a position to provide it.

Yeah, I worked both my jobs yesterday so I was tired out when I got home. I am off today so I will do it momentarily.

 

[Robert Dewey]

Since my last position update, I continued heading east. I'm now somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic on a cruise ship, half-way to Europe.

Can't wait for the new data though. Hopefully my "20 miles north of Springfield MO" proves successful.

These really are fun though, thanks for making the cases Danny!

 

[Danny Neal]

21-22z Update:

SURFACE
IA/MO area
KS/OK area
AR/LA area

SATELLITE
IA/MO area
KS/OK area
AR/LA area

RADAR
IA/MO area
KS/OK area
LA/AR area

LIVE:

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
EASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
SOUTHERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.

* AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CORYDON...OR 31 MILES WEST OF UNIONVILLE...MOVING
NORTH AT 51 MPH. **A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HUMESTON AT 445 PM CDT.**

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* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.

* AT 449 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH
OF SEYMOUR...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNIONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 61 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SEYMOUR BY 500 PM CDT...

****AT 505 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MYSTIC...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF UNIONVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 72 MPH.

SPC TEXT:

455 PM CDT
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA
WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NORTHERN MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 455 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.

*NO MORE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE REPORTED FOR THE STATE OF ARKANSAS OR LOUISIANA THIS DAY*

 

[Robert Dewey]

I guess my best bet would be to race north towards I70 on route 65. I should probably make it just in time to catch the south end of the storms currently near KC.

 

[Jeff Duda]

*NO MORE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE REPORTED FOR THE STATE OF ARKANSAS OR LOUISIANA THIS DAY*

Wow, really? Major bust for me then, unless you mean there could still be severe weather in MS, TN, KY, IL, MO at and east of the current line. In that case, I'd be jetting northeast into and through Memphis and then northeast on I-40.

 

[Brandon Copic]

well I enjoyed my Morning chase grab some dinner in England, Arkansas and then head home to Toledo, Ohio

 

[Bob Hartig]

Thanks, Danny!

Bang! Storms firing right here by Columbia and I'm doing a happy dance, something not easily performed while driving. Realistically, basing my departure from Joplin on the 18Z run, there's no way I could have made it as far north as Kirksville, let alone southern Iowa where the current tornado-warned storm is located. That's okay, though. I'm eastbound on I-70 and am coming up on the exit ramp to US 63. Strong storms are just to my north and there's a tail-end cell firing up right in front of me. Between visual and the next few radar scans, I'll have a better idea how to play things momentarily.

 

[Danny Neal]

Wow, really? Major bust for me then, unless you mean there could still be severe weather in MS, TN, KY, IL, MO at and east of the current line. In that case, I'd be jetting northeast into and through Memphis and then northeast on I-40.

Sporadic reports of wind and hail will be the gist of the action in the south. The main show is just beginning in your home state

 

[Randall Cooper]

Im really liking the area to the N/NW of me. Its still early in the day and I see that the surface winds are nicely backed in Northwest and NorthCentral MO. Seeing this Im going to move north to Atchison, KS and wait, hoping I didnt make the wrong move by not sticking with the original storms already in E KS moving into MO. If I did mess up, its a good thing Im so close to home

 

[Jeff Duda]

Sporadic reports of wind and hail will be the gist of the action in the south. The main show is just beginning in your home state

Son of a bitch!

I know what the date is now. I didn't chase this day but I did spend it at the Des Moines Weather Service Office watching the crew there handle the event. Pretty exciting for an early spring event in this part of the country.

 

[Scott Hammel]

Well, it's looking like another bust for me but in all likelihood, I would've continued E out of Jonesboro and gotten ahead of the bigger cell in the line near say, Bells, TN. Fingers crossed something might produce out of it...