Verne Carlson
EF5
I've got a nice cluster of storms I'm chasing in sw IA. Lots of lowerings and maybe a wallcloud or two. Will one of them produce?
Greg McLaughlin
EF5
I am hanging tight in Canadian, TX just south of the retreating front. It appears there are cumulis towers developing along the front. I guess I will wait for a supercell to develop and mature and jump on it.
Bob Hartig
EF5
Tracking with the trio of cells along the IA/MN border.
I'm wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy late getting in on this, but in reading through the information and updates, I would've likely chosen a target in SW IA. I wanted to move south as I saw early afternoon updates, but it looks like if I had stayed where I first went I would have some decent storms to be chasing right now.
Matt Gingery
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL IOWA
EFFECTIVE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MASON CITY IOWA TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LAMONI IOWA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE
ACROSS CENTRAL IA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALONG AND AHEAD OF
SURFACE BOUNDARY. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND RATHER STRONG WINDS
ALOFT WILL HELP ORGANIZE STORMS WITH A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST IOWA
EASTERN MINNESOTA
WESTERN WISCONSIN
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF KENNEDY WISCONSIN TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
ROCHESTER MINNESOTA.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ALONG
SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS EASTERN MN. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF
BULK SHEAR A FEW OF THESE SFC BASED CELLS MAY PRODUCE AN ISOLATED
TORNADO OR TWO ACROSS PORTIONS OF
E MINN AND W WISC THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD ALTHOUGH THE
MAIN RISK BEING LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WIND. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY
PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH A CONTINUED RISK OF LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS STORMS PASS THROUGH LOW LEVEL THETA-E
AXIS.
Going to park on the north side of Topeka, KS, two storms to pay attention to...probably won't have to go any further north than Sabetha.
Brian Stertz
EF5
Based on 20z sfc data...looks like I need to continue west and set up in the Liberal -Meade KS area ....looks like a good place to be with a theta poke and backing sfc winds in that general area...and slightly veered sfc winds south.
Wesley Luginbyhl
EF4
Been sitting in Slapout, OK all day. I am going drive 1 hr SW back to Spearman, TX and plan on staying right on the NW moving boundary. Cu field is getting very intense right over my house back in Borger.
Since this is so close to home and I am not regonizing it, kinda worries me. Just a few more updates. I wont be able to check this probably till late tonight, so what ever goes up in the TX Panhandle I will be going after.
Since this is so close to home and I am not regonizing it, kinda worries me. Just a few more updates. I wont be able to check this probably till late tonight, so what ever goes up in the TX Panhandle I will be going after.
Jake Wallentine
EF1
Moving west to Laverne, Ok....will play anything coming up out of the Tx/Ok pans.
Aric Cylkowski
EF2
Time to start going west to follow the front. I'll be heading to Lipscomb, TX while watching conditions and waiting for a supercell to pop up.
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Andrea Griffa
EF5
I'm chasing the same cluster as Verne and it seems to me to see a lowering, probably rotating...Let's see if it's gonna produce or not.
Kurt Hulst
EF5
20z: Just arrived in Gage. Liking the boundary a little further to the west looks like I will meander West and set up once more in Darrouzett, TX. Will monitor Sat and Radar on the way in case i need to change route.
MatthewCarman
I am still chasing the storms in south west KS. (tail end) I think I will stay with them and see if they produce but I am not liking that they are lining out. I could race to the better area in the panhandles but I am already on these storms so I will follow them untill more data comes out.
Matt Gingery
Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
TEXAS PANHANDLE
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
DODGE CITY KANSAS TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AMARILLO TEXAS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KS AND THE TX
PANHANDLE... SPREADING EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST OK. AIR MASS OVER
THIS REGION IS BECOMING VERY UNSTABLE AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SPREADS
NORTHWESTWARD BENEATH EXTREMELY STEEP LOW/MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES.
INCREASING VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES THROUGH THE EVENING WILL PROMOTE
SUPERCELL STORMS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
STRONG TORNADOESS
Oh well, way to north to try to get back to the panhandle area. I will have to keep with the one I brought to the dance. I will be sticking with the storm cell north of Topeka. Make my position in Nemaha county KS.
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