nwburbschaser Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Did anyone happen to save a radar screen shot of the storm near Cordova, NE around 5:20? I had an interesting time on Denton Rd just east of 80e/420th St with some power poles snapping next to me. I figure it was RFD but I am really curious to see how fast it was moving because I was going at least 45-50mph and those rain/wind curtains caught me easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 The rotational couplet didn't seem that strong from the ICT radar... hopefully it wasn't too bad. NWSWichita retweeted this from @travisheying that works for the Wichita Eagle. Guess it was just south of the gas refinery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Be sure to check out the SRSO loop for today http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/1min/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.B. LaForce Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Did anyone happen to save a radar screen shot of the storm near Cordova, NE around 5:20? I had an interesting time on Denton Rd just east of 80e/420th St with some power poles snapping next to me. I figure it was RFD but I am really curious to see how fast it was moving because I was going at least 45-50mph and those rain/wind curtains caught me easily. Is that you in Bart's video with the mesonet on top of the car? Powerpoles snapped on his video with another vehicle right there with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Pretty challenging chase today with all the traffic, and the HP nature of the beast. Followed the storm from near Friend NE, up to near Omaha. Caught a glimpse through the rain of the tornado east of Beaver Crossing. Definitely not the most photogenic to say the least. Low light and wrapping rain curtains made for some frustrating photo/vid ops lol. All in all a fun chase. Always fun to see such a dominant beast of a storm. Time lapse as the monster couplet approached north of Friend NE. Grungy view of the tornado east of Beaver Crossing. Just north of Lincoln NE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwburbschaser Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Is that you in Bart's video with the mesonet on top of the car? Powerpoles snapped on his video with another vehicle right there with him. Nope, I was on a gravel road and that one looked paved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Did anyone happen to save a radar screen shot of the storm near Cordova, NE around 5:20? I had an interesting time on Denton Rd just east of 80e/420th St with some power poles snapping next to me. I figure it was RFD but I am really curious to see how fast it was moving because I was going at least 45-50mph and those rain/wind curtains caught me easily. 5:07 PM 5:07 PM 5:14 PM 5:14 PM 5:20 PM (only have velocity scan) 5:27 PM 5:27 PM 5:27 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonbo Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 My involvement with a "chase" was a few miles south of Missouri Valley, IA with my uncle, where the rotation headed and was weakening substantially. Unfortunatley, camera on phone did not catch the entire remnants of the wall cloud but it was still there and rotating in part 1 of my video. We got hit with constant 40+mph winds and a few instances I could feel it hitting 70 or above. On the drive back south on I-29, there was a few large trees across the interstate that were already pulverized by semi's. We saw a truck crushed on road next to interstate so we had to loop around and get to him. A lot of downed trees in the way but we eventually got to him and he was shaken up but safe. The most interesting part about the area just on the northern edge of Council Bluffs was small clusters of trees along the road that were clearly slammed hard to the ground with how much the large branches from the trees were broken apart. I would have gotten more pictures of them but we were more focused on making sure the guy was ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfgmfg Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 https://twitter.com/MsBriannaClark/status/465892309083500545 Several pictures of the dairy farm wrecked near Hospers, IA last night. http://goo.gl/maps/KtF5V satellite view of the location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ground Scouring Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 ... Also there is a report of a house destroyed to the basement/foundation earlier near Sutton from the first large tornado that cell produced. The supercell had quite an intense couplet at that time and location. For a time I was very concerned about the south half of Sutton, but the tornado just missed it. Maybe we'll see an EF4 rating based upon the destruction of the single home, as in the case of New Linden, IL, last fall. As an aside, how did Beaver Crossing fare? The TVS went almost directly overhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 between Glenvil Nebraska, and Ithaca Nebraska, how many separate tornadoes were there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Did anyone happen to save a radar screen shot of the storm near Cordova, NE around 5:20? I had an interesting time on Denton Rd just east of 80e/420th St with some power poles snapping next to me. I figure it was RFD but I am really curious to see how fast it was moving because I was going at least 45-50mph and those rain/wind curtains caught me easily. Were the Dominators near you as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackH Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Here's our account of yesterday's dusty grungy mess. Excuse the language when we get run over by a gustnado out of nowhere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P7cA1Mq0yc&feature=youtu.be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwburbschaser Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Were the Dominators near you as well? I didn't see the Dominators at all yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettjrob Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 Yesterday sucked, plain and simple. High UH on convection-allowing models and tornadic supercells don't mean squat when the RFDs are as big as the FFDs and you have to risk your life for fleeting, rain-soaked views of dancing vortices. We didn't see much of anything on the long-track Sutton-Lincoln-Omaha supercell, and dropped it just W of Lincoln; that was far more time than it deserved. Then while trying to get S out of the grungefest, we lost data for awhile and suddenly found ourselves within a couple miles of a brief but intense spinup W of Swanton (N of Fairbury). It was associated with one of many messy, transient supercells training along the KS/NE border which were eager to tilt the outrageous low-level shear during their short lifespans. The dew point map at 00z last night was one of the most deflating images I've ever seen, and felt like the death knell for the 2014 chase season for southern areas (I know it's not that simple, but my goodness). I thought the intense advection at low-levels would finally help to offset drought effects, but something clearly went awry. I haven't had a chance to analyze everything in detail due to being the driver for chases both Sat-Sun, though. Saturday, OTOH, was one of the top few non-tornadic chase days I've ever had. Jaw-dropping structure on multiple storms training over the same area E of Wichita with great lighting and blue skies behind them. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being my favorite chase of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Sutton, NE wedge via Philip Lueking. Reminds me a bit of El Reno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1900hurricane Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Sutton, NE wedge via Philip Lueking. Reminds me a bit of El Reno. Holy crap, I saw the still image from that tornado passed around Twitter yesterday and was slightly skeptical that the entire thing was the tornado. After watching that video clip though...wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Holy crap, I saw the still image from that tornado passed around Twitter yesterday and was slightly skeptical that the entire thing was the tornado. After watching that video clip though...wow. Yeah, I think soon enough the chaser community is going to start giving up these wall cloud on the ground HP ones. Rare as they are, no fun at all. Wide RFD and vorticies whipping around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Yeah, I think soon enough the chaser community is going to start giving up these wall cloud on the ground HP ones. Highly unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Yeah there's no sign the chaser community has learned anything other than sticking the tornado needle in your arm is quite a rush. Tho I wonder how much of this recent stuff is just us finding out about it when it was not mentioned prior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soonertrey Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Yeah there's no sign the chaser community has learned anything other than sticking the tornado needle in your arm is quite a rush. Tho I wonder how much of this recent stuff is just us finding out about it when it was not mentioned prior. Yep. I've counted 3 different "experienced" chase groups that were impacted by tornadoes on Sunday. I thought it might change after Kirkwood and especially El Reno. I guess I thought wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfgmfg Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=698378586876831 Sioux County Sheriff caught the Hospers tornado on his dashcam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwburbschaser Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Yeah, I think soon enough the chaser community is going to start giving up these wall cloud on the ground HP ones. Rare as they are, no fun at all. Wide RFD and vorticies whipping around. It was almost impossible to see much of anything yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=698378586876831 Sioux County Sheriff caught the Hospers tornado on his dashcam. That is a nasty looking tornado - wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Yeah there's no sign the chaser community has learned anything other than sticking the tornado needle in your arm is quite a rush. I thought it might change after Kirkwood and especially El Reno. I guess I thought wrong. This "I guess no one learned anything after El Reno" stuff is lol worthy nonsense. What did we learn that day that we didn't already know? Tornadoes kill...knew it. Tornadoes and storms are unpredictable...knew it. Chasing can be risky...knew it. Getting close can be deadly...knew it. There's nothing different that we know now compared to before El Reno occurred. The people that sit behind a computer and post about how others should go about their life are the problem. Each person has a choice to do what they want. Some, such as Reed, like to get right up in it. While you have others that generally like to watch things from a given distance. There's no right and wrong, just a lot of idiotic opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonbo Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Very interesting one hour hi res loop of the cell when it was going through central Nebraska. It was rotating to the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackH Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Beaver's Crossing tornado rated EF3 and 1.5 miles wide in Seward County... 7 other tornadoes confirmed thus far in the Omaha CWA with one other strong tornado at EF2... Hastings office has not published surveys yet that I have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Beaver's Crossing tornado rated EF3 and 1.5 miles wide in Seward County... 7 other tornadoes confirmed thus far in the Omaha CWA with one other strong tornado at EF2... Hastings office has not published surveys yet that I have seen. GID put out a PNS with survey info this evening. Sutton tor was an EF-3 and the Fairmont tor was an EF-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackH Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Good deal, thanks. I missed the PNS Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 So in other words that supercell was a damn machine, unsurprisingly. And wow at that satellite loop, really neat to see the rotation at high altitude like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.