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Tornado alley adventure - 21 - 26.5.2016.
« en: Mayo 28, 2016, 15:55:49 pm »
Good morning Spain!

I spent 6 days, mostly in Kansas, and i was five days in stormchase.

I'll start with the most important event, tornadoes around Dodge City.

24.5.2016. Minneola - Dodge City tornadoes

Supercell: Yes
Tornado: Yes, the strongest one had been preliminary rated EF-3
Hail: Yes

SPC outlooks:







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...SUMMARY...
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT
   FOR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND
   THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.  VERY LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES
   WILL BE POSSIBLE.  ANOTHER FOCUSED SEVERE STORM THREAT AREA WILL BE
   ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO TO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON INTO
   EARLY TONIGHT.

   ...ERN TX PANHANDLE INTO SWRN KS AND NWRN OK...
   AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM JUST SW OF GCK/DDC AREA
   TOWARD GAG  OK WITH BILLOW CLOUDS INDICATING THE RELATIVELY STABLE
   AIR MASS FOR NOW. CONTINUED STRONG HEATING...AS WELL AS A RAPID NWD
   TRANSPORT OF UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 F DEWPOINTS WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED
   STORMS FORMING ON THIS BOUNDARY. LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL INCREASE WITH
   TIME COINCIDENT WITH THE LOW-LEVEL JET...AND THIS WILL SUPPORT
   SLOW-MOVING SUPERCELLS. EXTREME INSTABILITY WITH MIDLEVEL LAPSE
   RATES IN EXCESS OF 8.5 C/KM INDICATES TORNADOES MAY BE STRONG.

Dodge City sounding:




The first tornado

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

The second one

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

IMG_5213 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Double trouble, two tornadoes on the ground, with very brief third tornado next to the smaller one

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Dodge City was lucky this time, tornado passed just west of the city

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

New brief tornado north of Dodge City

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Route US 283, between Dodge City and Jetmore, brief funnel

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Rainbow north of Jetmore

Dodge City, KS area tornadoes, 5/24/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Video:


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« Respuesta #1 en: Mayo 28, 2016, 16:03:06 pm »
21.5.2016. Leoti Kansas tornado

Supercell:Yes
Tornado: Yes, couple of brief touchdowns
Hail: Yes

My very first day in alley this year.

This storm went from ugly, poor looking bunch of nothing to real beauty

Leoti KS tornadic supercell, 5/21/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Leoti KS tornadic supercell, 5/21/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Leoti KS tornadic supercell, 5/21/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

IMG_4772-Pano by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Near Leoti KS. It became obvious that this cell is going to produce something. Warm inflow winds were observed

Leoti KS tornadic supercell, 5/21/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Leoti KS tornadic supercell, 5/21/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

The third touchdown, i have the first two recorded, i'll post that video later

Leoti KS tornadic supercell, 5/21/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Leoti KS tornadic supercell, 5/21/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Impressive structure:

Leoti KS tornadic supercell, 5/21/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Leoti KS tornadic supercell, 5/21/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Leoti KS tornadic supercell, 5/21/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Mammatus

Leoti KS tornadic supercell, 5/21/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Leoti KS tornadic supercell, 5/21/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Leoti KS tornadic supercell, 5/21/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr







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...SUMMARY...
   A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ARE EXPECTED THIS
   AFTERNOON/EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MONTANA.  A SEPARATE
   AREA OF SEVERE STORMS IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM WESTERN KANSAS TO WEST
   CENTRAL TEXAS...WHERE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
   POSSIBLE.  A COUPLE OF TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR THIS
   AFTERNOON/EVENING IN WESTERN KANSAS.

   ...CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...
   A BROAD UPPER LOW REMAINS CENTERED OVER PARTS OF CA/NV THIS
   MORNING...WITH A SHORTWAVE TROUGH ROTATING ACROSS WESTERN CO.  THIS
   FEATURE WILL LIKELY CONTRIBUTE TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
   THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THE SURFACE DRYLINE NEAR THE KS/CO
   BORDER...SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN PARTS OF THE TX PANHANDLE.  12Z
   MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW
   INTENSE CELLS LATER TODAY.  WHILE THE COVERAGE MAY BE
   LIMITED...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL AND DEEP
   LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND
   DAMAGING WINDS.  A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.  IT APPEARS THE
   STORMS WILL NOT PROGRESS VERY FAR EASTWARD OVERNIGHT BEFORE
   WEAKENING DUE TO A NARROW INSTABILITY AXIS AND PROXIMITY OF UPPER
   RIDGE.

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Radar images:















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Re:Tornado alley adventure - 21 - 26.5.2016.
« Respuesta #2 en: Mayo 28, 2016, 16:07:55 pm »
22.5.2016, Mullen to Valentine and back, northcentral Nebraska

Supercell: Yes, couple of
Tornado: No
Hail: Yes

I was following couple of supercells. One of them went tornado warned, but failed to produce.

Developing SC

Mullen NE to Valentine NE supercells, 5/22/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Nice structure, before this two cells merged

Mullen NE to Valentine NE supercells, 5/22/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Mullen NE to Valentine NE supercells, 5/22/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Mullen NE to Valentine NE supercells, 5/22/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Hail to the left

Mullen NE to Valentine NE supercells, 5/22/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Tornado warned SC, i ended up in front of rotation

Mullen NE to Valentine NE supercells, 5/22/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

New SC were developing SW toward Mullen, im going back

IMG_5013 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Mullen NE to Valentine NE supercells, 5/22/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

North of Mullen

Mullen NE to Valentine NE supercells, 5/22/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Mullen NE to Valentine NE supercells, 5/22/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Mullen NE to Valentine NE supercells, 5/22/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Mullen NE to Valentine NE supercells, 5/22/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

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...NORTHERN PLAINS...
   WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A FAST-MOVING SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER
   WESTERN UT.  LARGE SCALE UPPER FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE
   WILL SPREAD INTO WY/CO THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS
   THIS EVENING.  12Z MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT
   SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ACROSS PARTS OF ND/SD/NORTHERN NEB
   BY 00Z AND SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD DURING THE EVENING/NIGHT.  FORECAST
   SOUNDINGS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF ALL RISKS.
   HAVE ADDED A SMALL 5 PERCENT TORNADO RISK AREA TO PARTS OF SD/NEB
   WHERE SLIGHTLY BACKED LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE FORECAST...AND WHERE
   SEVERAL 12Z CAM SOLUTIONS INDICATE A HIGHER RISK OF DISCRETE
   SUPERCELLS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  ACTIVITY MAY GROW UPSCALE
   DURING THE EVENING WITH A CONTINUED RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.
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Re:Tornado alley adventure - 21 - 26.5.2016.
« Respuesta #3 en: Mayo 28, 2016, 16:12:36 pm »
23.5.2016, Texas panhandle and a little bit of Oklahoma

Supercell: Yes, couple of
Tornado: No
Hail: Yes

The first cell in Texas was looking promising, but dissipated after only 90 minutes.

Hedley TX supercell, 5/23/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Hedley TX supercell, 5/23/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Hedley TX supercell, 5/23/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Hedley TX supercell, 5/23/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Hedley TX supercell, 5/23/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Hedley TX supercell, 5/23/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Hedley TX supercell, 5/23/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Hedley TX supercell, 5/23/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Heading back north, toward Higgins and Follett TX. Nice, but short lived LP-s

Follett TX - Catesby OK supercells, 5/23/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

This cell went tornado warned, producing some nice hail.

Follett TX - Catesby OK supercells, 5/23/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Follett TX - Catesby OK supercells, 5/23/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Follett TX - Catesby OK supercells, 5/23/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Follett TX - Catesby OK supercells, 5/23/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

This cells were toward NE, somewhere around OK and KS state line

Woodward OK supercells, 5/23/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Woodward OK supercells, 5/23/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Woodward OK supercells, 5/23/2016 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

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...SOUTHERN PLAINS...
   WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS TWO SHORTWAVE TROUGHS THAT WILL LIKELY IMPACT
   THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY.  ONE IS
   OVER NORTHERN AZ...AND IS FORECAST TO TRACK INTO CO/WRN KS BY THIS
   EVENING.  A SECOND TROUGH IS NOTED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO/SOUTHERN
   AZ/NM AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST TX AFTER SUNSET.  BOTH FEATURES WILL
   LIKELY HELP TO INITIATE SEVERE STORMS ALONG THE DRYLINE...BUT THE
   TIMING OF THESE FEATURES IS A LITTLE LATE TO MAXIMIZE THE SEVERE
   THREAT AROUND MAX HEATING.  THE RESULT IS THE RISK OF ISOLATED
   INTENSE SUPERCELLS FROM SOUTH-CENTRAL TX INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL KS...BUT
   CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING WHERE THE LARGER AND MORE INTENSE
   CLUSTERS WILL DEVELOP.

   A LONG-LIVED MCS OVER SOUTHERN OK IS PROCEEDING EASTWARD...ALLOWING
   THE RAPID RETURN OF RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE NORTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN
   OK AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KS.  FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST VERY STEEP MID
   LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND STRONG INSTABILITY...FAVORABLE FOR A RISK OF
   VERY LARGE HAIL IN THE STRONGER CELLS ACROSS THE ENHANCED RISK AREA.
    DEEP LAYER AND LOW LEVEL FLOW IS ALSO SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELL
   STRUCTURES INCLUDING A TORNADO OR TWO...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF
   EVENTUAL BOWING STRUCTURES PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.
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Re:Tornado alley adventure - 21 - 26.5.2016.
« Respuesta #4 en: Mayo 28, 2016, 16:17:48 pm »
26.5.2016, Tornado bust south central and central KS

Supercell: Yes, couple of
Tornado: No
Hail: Yes

Morning convection, along with some pockets of dry air, and messy storm mode destroyed any chances for tornadoes in CSC Kansas. Cells were firing everywhere.

The first storm of the day for me was nasty looking HP monster

Severe thunderstorms central Kansas, 5/26/16 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Severe thunderstorms central Kansas, 5/26/16 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr





The second cell, more on Classic SC side, but got contaminated by other developing Cbs. It went tornado warned, but failed to produce

Severe thunderstorms central Kansas, 5/26/16 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Severe thunderstorms central Kansas, 5/26/16 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr





At the end, everything just merged into MCS, beautiful shelf was just after me

Severe thunderstorms central Kansas, 5/26/16 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Severe thunderstorms central Kansas, 5/26/16 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr

Severe thunderstorms central Kansas, 5/26/16 by Nikola Pavlovic, on Flickr















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...SUMMARY...
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND
   DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN
   NEBRASKA...KANSAS...WESTERN OKLAHOMA...AND PARTS OF WEST-CENTRAL
   TEXAS.  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL OTHERWISE BE
   POSSIBLE OVER A BROAD AREA OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS.

   ...NEB/KS...
   MORNING SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A DEEPENING LOW NEAR DDC...WITH A
   WARM FRONT EXTENDING EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL/EASTERN KS.  A VERY
   MOIST AND EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS PRESENT IN THE WARM SECTOR
   OF THE LOW...WHERE NEAR DRY-ADIABATIC MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL
   CONTRIBUTE TO AFTERNOON MLCAPE VALUES OVER 4000 J/KG.  GIVEN THE
   APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH AND STRENGTHENING WIND FIELDS THIS
   AFTERNOON...IT APPEARS THERE IS A CHANCE OF AN ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER
   EVENT OVER PARTS OF KS AND SOUTHERN NEB. 

   STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON NEAR THE SURFACE LOW
   OVER SOUTHWEST KS...AND TRACK NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE
   AFTERNOON/EVENING ALONG THE WARM FRONT ACROSS THE MDT RISK AREA.
   MODEL SOLUTIONS SUGGEST THE EVOLUTION OF THESE STORMS MAY BE MESSY
   WITH MIXED MODES.  HOWEVER...THE UNUSUALLY FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMIC
   ENVIRONMENT...COUPLED WITH INCREASING LARGE SCALE FORCING AND WIND
   FIELDS SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS...SUGGESTS THE RISK OF STRONG
   TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE HAIL.  THERE IS SOME RISK OF MULTIPLE
   ROUNDS OF CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL KS AS STORMS EMANATING FROM CO
   MOVE INTO THE AREA AFTER DARK.

I still have to upload more videos. Check my Flickr account for more photos.
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Re:Tornado alley adventure - 21 - 26.5.2016.
« Respuesta #5 en: Mayo 28, 2016, 19:01:11 pm »
Wow... very long report, but really interesting and plenty of incredible pics! Thank you very much, Nikola ;) ;) ;)

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« Respuesta #6 en: Mayo 29, 2016, 18:27:36 pm »
Fantastic job, you are the best conection here for the information and images. Good lucky and congratulations.
 I'm sorry , my english is basic. ;)
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« Respuesta #7 en: Mayo 31, 2016, 08:38:45 am »
Impresionante amigo.

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« Respuesta #8 en: Mayo 31, 2016, 08:57:50 am »
¡¡Buah!! Poco se puede decir con palabras... Impresionante lo que nos traes. Gracias por compartirlo y enhorabuena por la experiencia y el resultado de las fotos.

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« Respuesta #9 en: Junio 04, 2016, 21:39:29 pm »
 :-X :o ¡Espectaculares pavlovic!.
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