26.5.2016, Tornado bust south central and central KSSupercell: 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







...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.