Trentham Stormchasers

'Going to Extremes' 2011 USA Roadtrip

Report: Clyve Herbert

Photography: Jane ONeill / Clyve Herbert

19th May, 2011

19th May: Enid, OK to Great Bend, KS
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Dryline storm gets its act together NE of Dodge City, KS

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Weak funnel, north of Ford

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Mind blowing updraft developing over a relatively small base feature

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Spectacular plains storm, west Kansas

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Developing rain free base with suspected rotation

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The rainfree base area continues to expand and starts to feed on moist air deriging from the SE.

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Weakly rotating base interacting with outflow.

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Narrow updraft column, SW quadrant

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Strong rainfoot spreading west from collapsing core. (Outflow from these storms kept pushing the dryline west)

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As the storm moves NE it continues to intensify and develops a prominent flanking line

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This stomr is tornado warned and the flanking line becomes large

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Approaching maximum strength, a rain wrapped tornado was reported rain wrapped in the core, unfortunately we couldn;t see it. Interesting tail feature on the SE.

Stay tuned for tomorrow's episode...

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