May 22 dusty wall cloud and crazy inflow

[Bill Hark]

I viewed it from the south and actually thought it was a wedge at one point. Charles Edwards says he saw a few spinups under it and a couple of brief tornadoes outside of the circulation. Although I was slightly bummed it wasn't a wedge, it was very cool. Much more impressive than many tornadoes that I've seen. My video below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BKEzd1iiEg


Bill Hark

 

[Andrea Griffa]

Here's our view from the near E side of the mesocyclone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl2qc1DQuz0

There appeared to be a few different brief spinups within the same larger circulation over a period of 10-15 minutes. It certainly wasn't a "wedge" when viewed from our location, but interesting nonetheless.

Rich T.

Thanks Rich I would say that there's a nearly clear tornado on the last part of your video: you can see a clear funnel with dust at the ground. At this point, do you remember your location? Were you N of the interstate or south?

 

[Andrea Griffa]

I viewed it from the south and actually thought it was a wedge at one point. Charles Edwards says he saw a few spinups under it and a couple of brief tornadoes outside of the circulation. Although I was slightly bummed it wasn't a wedge, it was very cool. Much more impressive than many tornadoes that I've seen. My video below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BKEzd1iiEg


Bill Hark

I thought the same for some time. When I take the exit to Collyer, when the wall was not yet near the interstate, I saw immediately the only possible tornado, before the wall become completely dusty. I saw something like a funnel and briefely we had dust at the ground.

 

[Derrick Herndon]

We saw this feature as well but could not confirm a condensation funnel, only what appeared to be a ground circulation kicking up dust.

 

[afischer]

I viewed it from the south and actually thought it was a wedge at one point. Charles Edwards says he saw a few spinups under it and a couple of brief tornadoes outside of the circulation. Although I was slightly bummed it wasn't a wedge, it was very cool. Much more impressive than many tornadoes that I've seen. My video below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BKEzd1iiEg


Bill Hark

I felt the same way, and would be in general surprised if something tornadic wasn't going on under that feature 615-620pm (but no way to prove it one way or the other). You were closer than I was, but here's my view. http://tornadohead.com/174-7471_imgA.jpg

It looks like Scott Currens may have been extremely close... I would be curious to hear his thoughts. http://www.violentplains.com/2008_Chases/20080522.htm

Edit: note that this feature was well south of I-70 and was actually riding up the Gove-Trego county line. (I think the person who started this thread was referring to the storm a bit later as it was closer to I-70/Collier; I observed a definite tornadic circulation at around 642pm closer to I-70 -- debris on the ground).

 

[Rich Thompson]

Thanks Rich I would say that there's a nearly clear tornado on the last part of your video: you can see a clear funnel with dust at the ground. At this point, do you remember your location? Were you N of the interstate or south?

We were parked on the first gravel section road N of I-70, at an intersection with one of the N-S roads. We sat in that location for 15-20 minutes as we watched the dusty spinups to our distant S/SSW, then the close passage of the big meso.

Rich T.

 

[Chris Gullikson]

6:25pm south and west of Collyer by 5 miles or so - big dusty wrapped area reveals a barrel tornado:

6:27pm showing the little satellite tornado to the southeast of main circulation:

6:33pm another tornado back to the west right after the awesome circulation passes by nearly overhead just like Rich's video shows:

 

[B Doss]

This storm produced tornadoes at this point and prior to that. I was south of this feature and followed it for several miles of dirt road and encountered tornadic damage twice. It was a large and low meso that that produced several tornadic spin-ups that I and four other chase vehicles encountered in a open field at one point south of Collyer prior to the barrel and cone tornadoes. Unfortunately, visibility was low to the large amount of dusty inflow, but I'm glad to see some were in position well enough to get some great shots.

 

[Andrea Griffa]

This storm produced tornadoes at this point and prior to that. I was south of this feature and followed it for several miles of dirt road and encountered tornadic damage twice. It was a large and low meso that that produced several tornadic spin-ups that I and four other chase vehicles encountered in a open field at one point south of Collyer prior to the barrel and cone tornadoes. Unfortunately, visibility was low to the large amount of dusty inflow, but I'm glad to see some were in position well enough to get some great shots.

Thanks guys for posting these shots. You're lucky for the possibility to take dirty roads. I couldn't get the wall till in those crappy roads because of our vans. Never mind: the show was one of the most intense of my life even at the Collyer exit.

 

[Andrea Griffa]

Just to add some contributes to the possible tornadoes, I found on nebraskastorms.com/storms something that could confirm tornado hypothesis: go to the account 5 TORNADOES - KANSAS - MAY 22, 2008 and see images just after the Grainfield tornado. I'm talking about the dusty meso still south of I70.

 

[Mike Krzywonski]

I was w/ Cloud 9 Tours, & we were nearly underneath the collar cloud as it crossed the dirt road:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRWUy2Ueh84&feature=related

 

[Andrea Griffa]

I was w/ Cloud 9 Tours, & we were nearly underneath the collar cloud as it crossed the dirt road:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRWUy2Ueh84&feature=related

I think I was talking about when the wall cloud was south of I 70..Did you take this movie north or south of the interstate?

 

[Mike Krzywonski]

I think I was talking about when the wall cloud was south of I 70..Did you take this movie north or south of the interstate?

Charles Edwards shot the video, & I'm uncertain of our location in relation to the interstate. I do know that it was the same location as the video in the 2nd post of this thread, as our headlights are visible in the distance.

 

[Brian Thalken]

Finished editing this season's storm vids. Here's my video of the LARGE tornadic circulation by Collyer south of I-70 on May 22, 2008 before it becomes dust filled. Jonathan Garner and I were driving south looking to the southwest at this tornado. The circulation on the ground looked intense...I couldn't believe how rapid the movement was when we were still several miles away.

Here's the link to the video...it's half way down the page on with the title "Large Tornadic Circulation on the ground near Collyer, KS - May 22, 2008".

http://www.nebraskastorms.com/storms.htm

 

[Andrea Griffa]

Finished editing this season's storm vids. Here's my video of the LARGE tornadic circulation by Collyer south of I-70 on May 22, 2008 before it becomes dust filled. Jonathan Garner and I were driving south looking to the southwest at this tornado. The circulation on the ground looked intense...I couldn't believe how rapid the movement was when we were still several miles away.

Here's the link to the video...it's half way down the page on with the title "Large Tornadic Circulation on the ground near Collyer, KS - May 22, 2008".

http://www.nebraskastorms.com/storms.htm

Thanks Brian, That was just the confirm I was looking for; I saw it more far away than you because I was stopped down very close to the exit of Collyer. Anyway I could see somehting like the movie you posted.