Virtual storm chase

[pottyprof]

All links working here.. Jane says its spooky..

[Paul Sherman]

This is what you call a Dominant Supercell, now this cell has split and become a Right Mover, the Floydada cell has become a Left Split but the Silverton Supercell with a tornado still on the ground is just ingesting the cell to its south, what a Monster!!!

Paul S

[Mad Murdoch]

cheers links are working now and i am listerning to it...

[Nick F]

Latest Barons Doppler radar images of the storm over Silverton posted on a US forum suggests 2 mesocyclone areas, the S'ern one most severe in the tornado watch area and is a right mover, and as Paul says has a tornado on the ground:

[biddie]

Nick and Others are you listening to the Realplayer Link, this is giving Live updates of Warnings coming through as they happen, click the link and click on Lubbock! A Tornado has now been confirmed on this storm.

Nick that area is a prolific producer of storms, the dryline seems to set up just west of Lubbock or Plainview/Amarillo and they move North east and back build.

Once again that link on page 9 is awesome, it is the actual weather radio we listen too whilst chasing.

Paul S

aww jus says done when i click on it wont let me get to the link !

[Nick F]

544 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR BRISCOE

COUNTY...

AT 539 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SILVERTON. THE MOST

DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SILVERTON...MOVING

NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CAPROCK CANYON ST.

PARK AND SILVERTON. PEOPLE IN SILVERTON SHOULD TAKE COVER

IMMEDIATELY!

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED! TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.

MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING

SITUATION. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE

TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!!

[Paul Sherman]

544 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR BRISCOE

COUNTY...

AT 539 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SILVERTON. THE MOST

DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SILVERTON...MOVING

NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CAPROCK CANYON ST.

PARK AND SILVERTON. PEOPLE IN SILVERTON SHOULD TAKE COVER

IMMEDIATELY!

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED! TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.

MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING

SITUATION. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE

TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!!

:o

[Nick F]

Other storms begining to fire-up further NNW just ahead of dry line over OK Panhandle and far SW KS:

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=AMA

But looks at that beast N-East of Plainview/ SE of Amarillo! A good meal in the Big Texan tonight for anyone spotting the Silverton tornado!

[pottyprof]

Certainly a beast of a storm.. trying to find any TV info..

[Paul Sherman]

Other storms begining to fire-up further NNW just ahead of dry line over OK Panhandle and far SW KS:

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=AMA

But looks at that beast N-East of Plainview/ SE of Amarillo! A good meal in the Big Texan tonight for anyone spotting the Silverton tornado!

REMEMBER THE RULES !!! You only get a Steak if you get a Nado........................Unless you visit the Big Texan and then Steaks are compulsary!!

Paul S

[pottyprof]

Other storms begining to fire-up further NNW just ahead of dry line over OK Panhandle and far SW KS:

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=AMA

But looks at that beast N-East of Plainview/ SE of Amarillo! A good meal in the Big Texan tonight for anyone spotting the Silverton tornado!

PAH.. my last virtual chase i ended up with a big mac!!.. Hope yer wallet melts..

[Paul Sherman]

Lol Pots !!

BTW The Storm just West of Tribune (Ks) could get Tornado warned soon, it has that look about it on radar.

Paul S

[Nick F]

Yup, looks like the lid/cap has broken over SW Kansas now ahead of dry line - with a fair few bright echoes appearing, good cells to tag near Tribune and Colby, my target area of Elkhart not too bad for today.

Talk of steak at the Big Texan making me hungry now!

Another tornado confirmation with the Southern side of the storm area East of Plainview:

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

603 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

SOUTHEASTERN BRISCOE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS.

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 601 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 15

MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUITAQUE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE VALLEY

SCHOOLS...CAPROCK CANYON ST. PARK AND QUITAQUE AND HIGHWAY 207

SOUTH OF SILVERTON.

OMG:

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

553 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT

FOR ARMSTRONG COUNTY...

AT 547 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE

THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PRODUCED LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO BASEBALL

SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAYSIDE...OR ABOUT 23 MILES

NORTHWEST OF SILVERTON...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. IN

ADDITION...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CLAUDE WITH A STORM

THAT WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 50 MPH.

[Roger J Smith]

Would agree tomorrow (Thursday) looks good for tornadic development across west-central SD, NE, KS and central OK, with very slow forward progress of front allowing any mature supercells to remain intact for several hours. Large energy peak at 19 to 20z tomorrow (2-3 pm CDT) should be ideal for early development so large tornadoes can form by prime time.

Another severe weather feature will be exceptionally heavy rainfalls developing further north around the top end of the pinching low in Dakotas, while this would not be a storm chase feature, expect to hear reports of 3-6 inch flooding rains in parts of eastern and central ND, sw MN and e NE w IA from this system.

[pottyprof]

Some of the smaller TV stations are broadcasting the warnings.. the rest are just going for the general programme stuff at the moment..

[pottyprof]

Topeka are asking for help tonight spotting..

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/showsigwx.php?warn...Weather+Outlook

[Paul Sherman]

God that supercell out east of Plainview has just stuck there for about an hour now, with absolutely nothing to the south of it!!

Also as Storm are firing near to Amarillo, I have found a weather cam

http://www.kvii.com/weather/radar.aspx?type=sky_cam

[biddie]

very clear cam paul sky looks very ominous !

[Paul Sherman]

very clear cam paul sky looks very ominous !

Hopefully it heads towards the cam, although most of the storms are moving away from AMA, Shame as we could have seen some Lightning shots, although for the die hards an MCS Is supposed to roll off S/E Colorado and New Mexico later, so might get some Lightning action from that cam. One to keep Pots.

Guys I am calling in to my bed in about 20 mins.

Night

Paul S

[Mammatus]

I'll keep watching the Cam Paul. Some thunderstorm action in the distance worth watching

Cheers Paul and Nick for all the indepth information and updates, great stuff!

Mammatus

[pottyprof]

I'll add that now before i forget Paul..

Added..

OH!! sorry i didn't realise you were slinking off to bed.. It's early!! light weight!! :o

[pottyprof]

Some fantastic growth in those towers.. Unbelievable!!

[Gorky]

34 tornado reports and climbing. Still several cells with confirmed large tornadoes on the ground around and about. 1 fatality confirmed in the Oklahoma Panhandle already, and that storm still has a large multivortex tornado on the ground in Kansas 2 hours later. It's probably cycled but that is one impressive cell. McLean may well have been hit by a large tornado as one was confirmed just southwest of McLean and the hook went right over the city.

Another storm which headed just east of Goodland is currently displaying 186kt gate to gate shear on lowest tilt atm too! This has apparently also had an incredibly large long track tornado associated with it as it passed through mainly rural areas. It will be approaching a few mroe populated areas soon hwoever, passing just between Bird City and McDonald in KS if they are lucky.

Edited March 29, 2007 by Gorky

[Mammatus]

Hi Gorky

34 tornado reports!!! Quite an afternoon/evening for Oklahoma and Mclean. Would love to be there an experience the power of these cells!

Mammatus :o

[Gorky]

Yes.. Quite an evening. Sounds like a few towns may have been hit by large tornadoes unfortunately. Reports are pretty scattered, but there are now 50 reports with at least a handful of other confirmed tornadoes mentioned in warnings but not posted to the reports page.