Day 5: A Funnel

Its going to be a short update tonight as I’m back really late. I’ll put a more detailed write-up in the morning. The good news is that we picked the storm of the day pretty much, a tornadic supercell just south of Hays on the I70. The supercell dropped at least 2 tornadoes, one shortly after I got the shot below. Unfortunately our view was obscured by hail-containg RFD shortly after this shot was taken, so we didn’t get a better shot, but the tornado was confirmed on the Weather Channel, shortly after this shot was taken, as the storm passed close to Hays.

5:49pm

 

6:41pm

But I’m ecstatic. We got to experience a pretty mean RFD (rear flank downdraft), a funnel and I gained a load of experience around a pretty big supercell. We also have some footage of a much larger rotating updraft on Tony’s camcorder, which I will get on here once we get it off the tape.

Tomorrow is going to be massive – the strongest & probably most dangerous day of the trip. Strong tornadoes are possible. I will need a good night’s sleep! Tonight we are staying in Russell, on the I70. A 300 mile trip to Tulsa awaits tomorrow (changes in the models not withstanding). Yes, I have become Chandler from friends – I am off to Tulsa.

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