Dan Robinson
EF5
Many major outbreaks produce significant tornadoes well outside of the primary risk area covered by both SPC and chasers. As a result, these lesser-known events go largely undocumented and forgotten. I think that there are probably numerous videos and photos of these tornadoes that have yet to see the light of day, or maybe have been lost in obscurity online. Some examples:
* May 4, 2003 in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/030504_rpts.html
Everything I can find online about this day is centered on the Kansas/Missouri component of this event. However, this outbreak had a rather prolific component on the warm/stationary front from Arkansas eastward into Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. It's interesting that you can't find much of anything about this part of the outbreak online. No tornado photos or videos or even event synopses that I've been able to locate.
* May 25, 2011 outbreak
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/110525_rpts.html
This day produced notable tornadoes in central and western Missouri (in the vicinity of the surface low) that even I didn't know about until finding several videos of a large tornado in Sedalia, MO from that event. Everyone's focus from that day was on the SE Missouri/Illinois portion, I don't know of any 'traveling' chasers who were on the surface low play. All of the videos from Sedalia look like they were shot by locals and/or spotters.
* May 29, 2004 in the KC area
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/040529_rpts.html
Every chaser I know was on either of the two Kansas storms or the one in Oklahoma, but there was a significant tornado event this day in Missouri (near KC) area that I remember seeing one video of a long time ago. It's surprising no one was on this one.
* May 27, 2001 in NW KS
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/010527_rpts.html
I saw a still image from another chaser (at a chaser convergence afterward) of a rather strong tornado that the big derecho produced in its early stages, but can't find anything on this today.
I'm sure we could find many more examples like this. Did anyone chase one of these 'lesser known' outbreak components, or have examples of more?
* May 4, 2003 in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/030504_rpts.html
Everything I can find online about this day is centered on the Kansas/Missouri component of this event. However, this outbreak had a rather prolific component on the warm/stationary front from Arkansas eastward into Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. It's interesting that you can't find much of anything about this part of the outbreak online. No tornado photos or videos or even event synopses that I've been able to locate.
* May 25, 2011 outbreak
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/110525_rpts.html
This day produced notable tornadoes in central and western Missouri (in the vicinity of the surface low) that even I didn't know about until finding several videos of a large tornado in Sedalia, MO from that event. Everyone's focus from that day was on the SE Missouri/Illinois portion, I don't know of any 'traveling' chasers who were on the surface low play. All of the videos from Sedalia look like they were shot by locals and/or spotters.
* May 29, 2004 in the KC area
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/040529_rpts.html
Every chaser I know was on either of the two Kansas storms or the one in Oklahoma, but there was a significant tornado event this day in Missouri (near KC) area that I remember seeing one video of a long time ago. It's surprising no one was on this one.
* May 27, 2001 in NW KS
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/010527_rpts.html
I saw a still image from another chaser (at a chaser convergence afterward) of a rather strong tornado that the big derecho produced in its early stages, but can't find anything on this today.
I'm sure we could find many more examples like this. Did anyone chase one of these 'lesser known' outbreak components, or have examples of more?